Recent Discussions
Hello from Michigan!
Hi everyone! I'm Valerie, a Principal Technologist here are Pure Storage, and I have many more years in the tech industry than I care to admit, including stints at Google, Dell, and EMC. I focus on AI/HPC, automotive, and (of course) cloud while I'm at work; personally, I am married with twin teen boys, and a sassy fur baby. I enjoy gaming (I met my husband while playing D&D in college), walking with my dog, baking, and playing ukulele moderately badly. I'm happy to be here, and look forward to interacting with everyone in the community!Hi from Seattle!
I’m JD and I’m a Pure Employee leading our US and Canada based Principal Technologist team. I live just outside of Seattle (Lake Forest Park) with my family. I also get to occasionally co-host episodes of The Pure Report podcast with Ludes and andrewmiller. Outside of Pure I’m into a lot of geeky things. My wife says I collect hobbies. I host a Pathfinder tabletop RPG campaign that’s been running since 2019. I scuba dive. I’m a Ham radio operator (N8JD), and I play golf extremely poorly. I may be best known however for my tendency to get in front of a karaoke mic. I don’t sing well but I do sing a lot. 😝
Paul Valvasori (Valve-A-Sorry) Hamilton, ON - Canada
Paul Valvasori (Valve-A-Sorry) Hamilton, ON - Canada Principal Technical Leader @ ArcelorMittal Dofasco - Enterprise Storage and Data Protection. My expertise is in IT/OT infrastructure in a large manufacturing environment. Keep the Pure Storage community alive and kicking... In my free time, I love everything pizza's (trips to Naples, Italy and everything in between). Golfing, Hockey, MMA and tuning my brothers 3000 HP Pro-mod race car. DM if you would like to chat about our PURE journey.Hello from Florida!
Hello! My name is David Stamen and I am the Director of Technical Strategy for Cloud and Virtualization. My role allows me to work with our customers, partners and our field to make our solutions successful! I have been happily at Pure Storage for over 5 years now. When not working (or on slack) you can find me 3D Printing, Building Legos, Cycling or Running (New "Hobby"!)
Hello from England!
Hi to the Pure Storage community! I'm Dan Banche, a Systems Engineer in the Pure Storage UK&I Enterprise team, a Yorkshireman based in the south-east of England. With a couple of decades in IT behind me, primarily focused on data protection and storage, I joined Pure in the summer of 2023. My experience working for/with partners, resellers and vendors has given me exposure to a variety of technologies within the data centre and clouds; IBM provided my initial foray into storage (TSM and SVC), followed by NetApp, Dell EMC (Data Domain, Isilon and ECS) and data protection as a service. All that puts me in a good position to appreciate the benefits of the Pure Storage data storage platform and its Evergreen architecture! You will see me at the FlashCrew Pure User Group events we run throughout the year, and if you do see me at any in-person events, please say hello!Hey, hey! I'm Jason Walker, Director Technical Strategy at Pure!
I've been with Pure Storage since 2019, bringing Pure Storage’s Cyber Resilience message to the market. I've met with thousands of customers on the best approach for their desired outcomes and appeared on many, many webinars and events. We've come a long way in such a short period of time, and I am excited for the future! Personal note, I am a graduate of the University of Florida, have covered sports as a sportswriter and on-air personality, and currently reside in Daytona Beach Shores, FL. Go Gators!UK Solution Engineer - Rohan Mohindra
Hi to the Pure Storage community! My name is Rohan Mohindra, a Systems Engineer in the Pure Storage UK&I Enterprise team, based in the south-east of England (Berkshire to be specific). My passion for tech and IT began when my dad taught me how to build my first computer aged 12 and I have been working in IT since 2005. I've held a variety of roles for various companies scaling from support to Product Management to Infrastructure Management, Customer Services, and Pre-Sales. Ive previously been a SCRUM master for Agile development methodologies and an ISO27001 officer as well as supervising teams and mentoring younger team members. For the past 10 years I have been focused on Storage, Cloud and all things IT working for HDS, Huawei, NetApp and finally Pure during the process. I joined Pure in the summer of 2022 and have touched multiple Enterprise customers already. I have worked with a variety of partners, resellers and vendors on a wide range of technologies within the data centre and cloud; but eventually I joined Pure due its Evergreen architecture benefits specially around NDU, TCO and green credentials! You will see me at the FlashCrew Pure User events in 2025 and 2026 in the UK as I will be co-hosting these.. if you do see me, please say hello and lets have a chat about anything technology related .. or if you like me also share a propensity for collecting things (for me its Transformers and modern classic cars) then feel free to chat about that too!Mudra Hello!!!
Hello from Ohio!!! Joe Mudra here, Pure Systems Engineer supporting State Local & Education Customers in Ohio & Kentucky. Some many know me from the shoes, the beard, or maybe the Christmas Cards. I've been at Pure Storage for 2 years, prior to that I was at Arctic Wolf Networks for 1.5 years, and Veeam Software for almost 7 years!!! But more importantly, I spent most of my time in IT in YOUR shoes, our Users!!! From my humble beginnings at Ohio University in a small IT shop there while going to school, to Enterprise sized Businesses in the Central Ohio region. I'm super excited for this new Pure Storage Community hub and really hope our customers leverage the wealth of knowledge that exists in our customer base. Look forward to seeing what our community makes of this new space!!!
