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Chief Architect & Principal Consultant

Technical depth.
Personal accountability.

Ashok Nair leads VFix Solutions, an independent consultancy focused on IBM Power and AIX infrastructure, administration, remote support and technical training.

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Ashok Nair

Ashok Nair

Chief Architect & Principal Consultant
VFix Solutions · Karnataka, India

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Professional background

24+ years across
enterprise IT.

Ashok’s work spans IBM Power architecture, AIX administration, availability assessments, implementations, troubleshooting and training.

Before leading VFix, he worked as a Software Architect for Power Systems at IBM STG Lab Services, with consulting, health checks, performance studies and IBM PowerCare availability assessments among his responsibilities.

Earlier roles included enterprise UNIX operations in banking, AIX L3 support and IT specialist work at IBM Global Services.

  • Availability and architecturePowerCare assessment experience and work on enterprise Power implementations.
  • Training and knowledge sharing150+ technical training sessions and contributions to IBM PowerVM course content.
  • Independent consulting todayVFix engagements are scoped around each organization’s environment and requirements.
Career experience

From enterprise operations
to independent consulting.

Professional roles documented in Ashok’s profile.

  1. OCTOBER 2014 ONWARDS

    VFix Solutions

    Chief Architect and Principal Consultant. Infrastructure architecture, assessments, implementations, support and training.

  2. FEBRUARY 2011 – OCTOBER 2014

    IBM STG Lab Services

    Software Architect, Power Systems. Architecture consultation, health and performance studies, PowerCare assessments and technical training.

  3. EARLIER EXPERIENCE

    Enterprise UNIX and AIX operations

    Senior UNIX consulting in banking; AIX L3 support at Hewlett-Packard; and IT specialist and team leadership roles at IBM Global Services.

Documented credentials

Professional certifications.

Selected earned credentials listed in Ashok’s profile, including historical product versions.

IBM Certified IT Specialist

Professional credential documented in Ashok’s résumé.

Power Systems Scale-Up Technical Sales

IBM Certified Specialist. The profile lists C1000-031 for IBM Power Systems Scale-Up Technical Sales (Power9).

IBM POWER8 Scale-out Technical Sales

Certification documented in the profile with C4040-251-ENU.

pSeries AIX System Administration

IBM Certified Specialist — pSeries AIX System Administration.

p5 & pSeries Enterprise Technical Support

IBM Certified Specialist — p5 and pSeries Enterprise Technical Support AIX 5L V5.3.

Lotus Software Program

IBM Certified Advanced Professional for Lotus Software Program (CLP, CLS).

Credential names retain the versions documented in the profile. Award dates and current credential status are not specified. Credentials do not imply current IBM affiliation or authorization.

Technical expertise

IBM Power9 / Power10AIXPowerVMPowerHAVIOSHMCNIMLPARsLive Partition MobilitySAP HANA infrastructure

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