Neil Dahlke, Software Solutions Engineer
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EXPERIENCE
HashiCorp - Sr. Staff Solutions Engineer, Global (Vault SME Leader) 2022-05-02 — Present
http://hashicorp.com
  • Manage pre-sales engineering activities (discovery, value prop, architectural design) with new products, as well as post-sales engineering activities (onboarding, growth, expansion, etc.) with existing products.
  • Work with practitioners and executives, as a product subject matter expert.
  • Escalation point for technology questions and issues in F50.
  • Triage all Vault field requests, bi-directional product feedback loop between field, engineering, and go-to-market.
  • Deeply integrated with the product team for feedback loops and product direction.
  • Design training, demos and workshops for customers; design training and enablement material for sales team.
  • Maintain product, technical deep dive, and roadmap decks; competitive analysis documentation.
HashiCorp - Staff Solutions Engineer, Global (Vault SME Leader) 2021-02-01 — 2022-05-02
http://hashicorp.com
HashiCorp - Staff Solutions Engineer, West North America 2020-02-01 — 2021-02-01
http://hashicorp.com
  • DevOps domain expert for sales team on strategic client relationships in F500.
  • Lead pre-sales engineering activities (discovery, value prop, architectural design).
  • Work closely with key client executive decision makers on PoCs ensuring solution validity.
  • Focus spread across the entire HashiCorp stack.
HashiCorp - Senior Solutions Engineer, West North America 2018-11-19 — 2020-02-01
http://hashicorp.com
SingleStore (MemSQL) - Senior Solutions Engineer, West North America (Team Lead) 2017-03-01 — 2018-11-16
http://singlestore.com
  • Orchestrate pre-sales activities for the development and implementation of complex solutions.
  • Evangelize the product: speaking at conferences, writing blogs and technical talks.
  • Participate in team coordination, development activities, project planning and recruitment.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop the team’s sales, technical, and business skills.
SingleStore (MemSQL) - Solutions Engineer 2015-11-01 — 2017-03-01
http://singlestore.com
SingleStore (MemSQL) - Software Engineer 2013-12-01 — 2015-11-01
http://singlestore.com
  • Translated design mockups and prototypes into large-scale web applications.
Computation Institute, University of Chicago - Software Engineer 2013-05-01 — 2013-12-01
http://globus.org
  • Developed, tested, deployed and maintained software, with a focus on front-end.
PUBLICATIONS
Hashicorp Vault PKI White Paper 2021-09-24
https://www.datocms-assets.com/2885/1632943952-moderndaypkimanagementwhitepaperdigitalv1.pdf
Migrating A Lot of State with Python and the Terraform Cloud API 2020-04-10
https://medium.com/hashicorp-engineering/migrating-a-lot-of-state-with-python-and-the-terraform-cloud-api-997ec798cd11
MemSQL, Tableau, and the Democratization of Data 2016-11-10
https://eklhad.medium.com/2016-11-10-memsql-tableau-and-the-democratization-of-data-bc28d2495d68
Election 2016: Analyzing Real-Time Twitter Sentiment with MemSQL Pipelines 2016-10-18
https://eklhad.medium.com/2016-10-18-election-2016-analyzing-real-time-twitter-sentiment-with-memsql-pipelines-4cbdc5856354
How Pinterest Measures Real-Time User Engagement with Spark 2015-02-18
https://eklhad.medium.com/2015-06-17-how-pinterest-measures-real-time-user-engagement-with-spark-338bb8c6271d
AWARDS
APEX Club (FY21, FY22), HashiCorp 2022-03-07
SE of the Year, West USA (FY21), HashiCorp 2020-02-11
SE of the Quarter, Americas (FY21Q1), HashiCorp 2020-05-07
SE of the Quarter, West USA (FY20Q1/Q2/Q3, FY21Q1), HashiCorp 2020-05-07
SE of the Year, West USA (FY20), HashiCorp 2020-02-11
SE of the Year, Global (FY19), SingleStore (MemSQL) 2018-03-21
President's Club (FY17, FY18, FY19), SingleStore (MemSQL) 2018-03-21
EDUCATION
DePaul University 2009-07-01 — 2013-05-01
BS - Computer Science, GPA: 3.925, Dean's List 2009-2013
SKILLS
App Dev: Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, React, Babel, HTML, CSS, Vim, Tabs
Dev Ops: Terraform, Vault, Nomad, Kubernetes, Consul, Boundary, Waypoint, Vagrant, Packer, Linux, Containers, Automation, Tools, Continuous Integration, Config Management, Git
Data Infrastructure: Databases, Distributed Systems, Message Queues, Analytics, Architecture
INTERESTS
Being outside. [ cycling, running, skiing, hiking, travel, photography, stories, people, team sports ]