(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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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.

0 Years Experience
CISSP Certified
0 Cloud Platforms
0 Languages
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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.

Core Competencies

☁️ Cloud Platforms

Expert
AWS Azure GCP
Proficient
IaaSPaaSSaaS

🛡 Data Protection

Expert
Cohesity Networker Avamar Data Domain PPDM Cyber Recovery CyberSense
Proficient
RubrikVeeamCommvaultNetBackup

💾 Storage Arrays

Expert
PowerMax PowerStore PowerScale Unity XtremIO SRDF TimeFinder RecoverPoint VPLEX
Proficient
NetApp

🖥️ Compute & Virtualization

Expert
VMware vSphere Hyper-V Cisco UCS HP ProLiant Dell PowerEdge
Proficient
KubernetesOpenShift

📈 Scripting & DevOps

Expert
Python PowerShell
Proficient
TerraformAnsibleGitHubGitLab

🌎 Networking & Security

Expert
Cisco MDS Brocade FC Data Encryption LAN / WAN
Proficient
VPNFirewallIDS/IPSADDNS

📊 Databases

Proficient
MSSQLOracleSAP HANA

💬 Languages

Native / Fluent
English Telugu
Fluent
HindiTamil

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

What Colleagues & Clients Say

Vishu's expertise in cyber recovery vault design was instrumental in helping our organization achieve aggressive RTO objectives. His ability to align technical architecture with business requirements is exceptional — a true trusted advisor.

SR
Sr. Director of IT Infrastructure Fortune 500 Energy Company

As a presales engineer, Vishu stands out for translating complex data protection concepts into clear business value. His CISSP background and hands-on Cohesity experience gave our security team tremendous confidence throughout the evaluation.

MK
VP of Infrastructure & Security Regional Financial Services Firm

Vishu's multi-cloud DR knowledge is unmatched. He helped us design a hybrid backup strategy across AWS and Azure that has held up through real incidents. His 20+ years of experience shows in every recommendation.

JP
Cloud Architect Large Healthcare Provider

Certifications

Thoughts & Perspectives

Cyber Resilience

Zero Trust Meets Data Protection: Building a Modern Cyber Recovery Vault

How Zero Trust principles integrate with air-gapped vault architectures to create truly resilient cyber recovery environments for enterprise organizations.

Disaster Recovery

RTO vs RPO: Designing DR Strategies That Actually Hold Up Under Pressure

A practical guide to setting realistic recovery time and point objectives — and the architectural decisions that make or break them when disaster strikes.

Ransomware Defense

Why Ransomware Recovery Requires More Than Just Backups

Traditional backup strategies are no longer sufficient. How AI-powered threat detection and immutable vault architectures change the calculus for modern enterprises.

Let’s Connect

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