(ISC)² CISSP

Vishu Adapa

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Hybrid Cloud  ·  Disaster Recovery  ·  Business Continuity  ·  AWS  ·  Azure  ·  GCP

📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

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About Me

20+ Years of Enterprise IT Excellence

Over two decades of IT expertise specializing in hybrid cloud infrastructures and data protection. As a Senior Sales Engineer at Cohesity, I focus on strategizing and designing data protection and cyber recovery vault solutions, ensuring business-critical services are shielded against disruptions.

Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, I design and manage disaster recovery and business continuity strategies that align with corporate objectives. I've guided organizations across Energy, Financial, Healthcare, and Retail sectors through complex cloud migrations, underpinned by deep expertise in data protection and security best practices.

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Hybrid Cloud

Design and implementation of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP hyperscalers.

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Cyber Resiliency

Cyber Recovery vault design with CyberSense-powered AI threat detection and ransomware recovery.

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Business Continuity

End-to-end DR and BC strategies for enterprise customers across regulated industries.

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Presales Engineering

Product briefings, live demos, POCs, and solution proposals that accelerate enterprise sales cycles.

Expertise

Core Competencies

☁️ Cloud Platforms

AWSAzureGCP IaaSPaaSSaaS

🛡 Data Protection

CohesityNetworkerAvamar Data DomainPPDMCyber Recovery CyberSenseRubrikVeeam CommvaultNetBackup

💾 Storage Arrays

PowerMaxPowerStorePowerScale UnityXtremIONetApp SRDFTimeFinderRecoverPoint VPLEX

🖥️ Compute & Virtualization

VMware vSphereHyper-V KubernetesOpenShift Cisco UCSHP ProliantDell PowerEdge

📈 Scripting & DevOps

PythonPowerShell TerraformAnsible GitHubGitLab

🌎 Networking & Security

Cisco MDSBrocade FCVPN FirewallIDS/IPSData Encryption LAN / WANADDNS

📊 Databases

MSSQLOracleSAP HANA
Career

Work Experience

Senior Sales Engineer

Cohesity
Nov 2025 – Present Current

📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

  • Driving enterprise sales cycles as a trusted technical advisor for Cohesity's AI-powered data security and management platform
  • Conducting product briefings, live demonstrations, and proof-of-concept engagements for enterprise customers
  • Advising on cyber resiliency strategies, data governance, and ransomware recovery architectures

Advisory Systems Engineer

Dell Technologies
Feb 2022 – Oct 2025 3 yrs 9 mos

📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

  • Led product solution briefings, demos, and POC work ensuring business continuity against cyberattacks
  • Designed proposals for Cyber Recovery vault solutions, assisting organizations with data protection best practices during cloud migration
  • Supported enterprise customers in Energy and Financial sectors

Implementation Practice Lead

Cohesity
Nov 2021 – Feb 2022 4 mos
  • Led installation of Cohesity clusters on branded hardware with Data Protection Policies for VMware, Hyper-V, MSSQL, and Oracle workloads
  • Configured Cloud Archive and deployed Cloud Edition instances as replication targets for in-cloud data protection

Advisory Systems Engineer

Dell Technologies
May 2017 – Nov 2021 4 yrs 7 mos

📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

  • Mentored team members on complex deployments and data protection modernization initiatives
  • Designed and implemented Dell EMC Data Protection solutions including Networker, Avamar, PPDM, Cyber Recovery, and Data Domain
  • Exceeded team objectives while supporting Retail, Pharma, and Healthcare customers

Sr. Solutions Architect

Dell Technologies
Apr 2013 – May 2017 4 yrs 2 mos

📍 Dallas-Fort Worth Area

  • Dell EMC Data Protection — solutions design and implementation for enterprise accounts

Server, Storage & Backup Administrator

Alere Inc.
Jul 2009 – Apr 2013 3 yrs 10 mos

📍 Greater Atlanta Area

  • Led transformative project replacing NetBackup Tape environment with Dell EMC Avamar + Networker solution
  • Managed multi-site storage environments, integrating Networker, Avamar, and NetBackup with Data Domain
  • Handled SAN Management on Cisco MDS and Brocade Fabric switches, storage migrations, and data center consolidations

Earlier Career (2004–2009)

Hallmark Global Technologies Server, Storage & Backup Administrator 2008–2009 · Upper Saddle River, NJ
Dell EMC Sr. TSE — ISG Storage 2007–2008 · Bengaluru, India
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Senior Systems Engineer 2005–2007 · Bengaluru, India
IBM CSC Analyst 2004–2005
Credentials

Certifications

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CISSP

Certified Information Systems Security Professional

ISC²
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AWS Certified

Amazon Web Services cloud certification

Amazon
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GCP Certified

Google Cloud Platform certification

Google
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ITIL Certified

IT Infrastructure Library — IT Service Management

Axelos
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PowerProtect Cyber Recovery

Cyber Recovery vault design and implementation

Dell EMC
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EMC Info Storage Associate

Storage fundamentals and architecture

Dell EMC
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EMC Networker Implementation

Backup and recovery solution specialist

Dell EMC
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EMC Avamar Implementation

Deduplication backup solution specialist

Dell EMC
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EMC RecoverPoint Implementation

Continuous data protection and replication

Dell EMC
Get in Touch

Let’s Connect

Open to discussing data security challenges, cyber resiliency strategies, and enterprise cloud solutions.

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Email

vishuadapa@gmail.com
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LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/vadapa
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GitHub

github.com/vishuadapa