As F3 Technology Partners' Technical Account Manager, Steve Putre is focused on professional services delivery and support.
With nearly twenty years of experience as a customer-facing systems engineer, Steve has a unique blend of presales and postsales skills. He combines solutions design and hands-on experience with first-rate listening, presentation, and problem-solving skills to design and deliver Unix technology solutions.
Prior to joining F3, Steve was employed by Sun Microsystems for nine years. In six years with Sun's Professional Services Group, he provided Unix design and implementation services at several New York City-area financial companies. This was followed by three years as a frontline technical sales specialist for the Connecticut territory. Prior to Sun, he was employed for several years as a systems administrator at JPMorgan in New York City.
Steve's primary focus areas are in systems design, IT solutions delivery, and systems administration. He has hands-on experience with the following technologies:
- Solaris Operating Environment,
- Solaris Containers, ZFS, Logical Domains,
- Automated OS provisioning using Jumpstart, Kickstart, JET, XVM Ops Center,
- Sun Cluster design and implementation,
- Systems performance analysis and tuning.
Steve holds the following certifications:
- Solaris Certified Systems Administrator (2008)
- Solaris Certified Network Administrator (2009)