• AI & Object Storage PoC Leadership (Primary Focus) • Lead the technical validation and demonstration of the Hitachi iQ AI platform, showcasing its ability to accelerate AI workloads and integrate with enterprise data. • Design and execute PoCs that demonstrate how VSP One Object and HCP integrate with AI/ML pipelines. • Build and maintain "Gold Standard" lab environments to showcase high-performance object storage. • Demonstrate HCP Anywhere Enterprise for secure, global collaboration. • Lead the installation, tuning, and lifecycle management of the Hitachi iQ platform. • Architect storage solutions that bridge on-premises object storage with public cloud ecosystems. • Serve as the subject matter expert on S3 API integration. • Use Ansible and Terraform to automate the deployment of Hitachi iQ nodes. • Present AI-driven storage architectures at large-scale industry conferences.