1. Eoin Keenan
1 Maryland Park | Weaverspoint | Crosshaven | Co. Cork
087 235 9717 | eoin.keenan@emc.com
Professional Summary
25+ yearsof pre-sales,technical marketingandengineeringexperience withinthe ITsector.
In-depthknowledge of cloud, storage innovations, andbusinesscontinuityand disasterrecovery.
Electronicsgraduate withextensive EMCin-house training.
Delivered 6,000+ presentations to all audience levels, from system administrator to CIO.
NominatedforEMC’sPresidentAward.Awarded top presenter for ILM, highest no. of sessions globally.
Bilingual, with fluent English and strong German.
Career History
2013 – Date EMC (EBC Cork) Consultant Technology Advisor
Achieved Consultant Technology Advisor grade.
Part of a team of 4 Evangelists supporting $500m revenue annually.
Evangelized topics for transition to platform 3 computer platforms: Cloud Computing, object storage;
foundation for data lakes; Flash Technologies (AFAs) , converged infrastructure, and software defined
data centre.
Averaging very high quality customer feedback.
Presented at EMC India partner summit.
Organised SAP focus week.
Managed EMC for service providers focus week.
2005 – 2013 EMC (EBC Cork) Senior/Principal Technology Advisor
Evangelized the transition into private and hybrid cloud environment.
Part of team planning for expansion of EBC program into new Centre at Bangalore COE.
Presented at first EMC Forum in Bangalore.
Plannedforandpresentedat several fieldbriefing programmestoexpand SouthAfrica, Gulf and Asia Pac
markets.
Delivered keynote and breakout sessions e.g. South Africa and global EMC forums. Audiences of 700+.
Play a key part in focus marketing programmes with platinum partners, including CISCO and BROCADE.
Led focused programmes virtualisation event, including organising resources and SME’s.
Developed and delivered training programme to Sales Talent Academy.
Gave press interviews @ VMworld in L.A. describing EMC’s relationship and integration with DELL.
Facilitated interviews with EMC TV.
2. 1999 – 2005 EMC (EBC Cork) EBC Evangelist
Approached by Director of EBC to join the team. First presenter hired within the team.
Instrumental in getting the new EBC up and running. Supported recruitment of new presenters.
Delivered productpresentationson storage hardware anddisasterrecovery (mainframe, open systems).
Nominated for EMC’s President Award for top presenter globally (2000).
Awardedtop presenterforInformationLifecycle Management, withhighestnumberof sessions globally.
Deliveredsalesenablementtraining fornew hiresinEMEA, LatinAmerica, Babson Business College (US).
Delivered training to the new Inside Sales Division.
Contributed to AWE (After Work Education) programme.
1994 – 1999 EMC (Customer Service) Tech Support Level 2
Joined as Level 2 Engineer, the highest level of technical support in the company at the time.
Hired as 2nd
employee within the new department.
Provided support to launch the Product Support (PSE) lab in Cork.
Travelled globally to implement and upgrade EMC systems and support field teams.
Provided on call support.
Travelled to Product Support Lab (PSE lab) in the US to support the team.
Represented EMC at tradeshows. Set up equipment and answered product queries.
Delivered technical product training and demos.
1990 – 1994 Enterprise Computers(Germany) ImplementationEngineer(IBMMainframe)
1988 – 1990 Chase Computers (FelthamU.K.) ImplementationEngineer(IBMDASD)
Qualifications
2015 EMC VCE CertifiedProfessional
2015 EMC VMware certifiedProfessionalVTSP5.5
2014 EvaluatorGroup AdvancedStorage Training
2014 EMC ProvenProfessional
2006 EMC PowerMessaging
2006 EMC PowerPresenting
2005 EMC ITIL Certified
2005 EMC SPIN Training
2003 EMC Six SigmaFundamentals
1986 CarlowRTC C&G Certificate inIndustrial Instrumentation&Control
1985 CarlowRTC Certificate inElectronics
Additional Information
Othertraining:Completedextensivein-housetrainingwithEMC,bothclassroomande-learning.
IT skills:MSOffice (Word,Excel,PowerPoint),Salesforce.
Interests:Guitar,gardening/horticulture,kayaking,walking,hillwalking.