Architecting resilient Nutanix HCI and hybrid platforms for modern workloads.
Sagewood Company — Technology Consulting by Bill Wood
Results-driven architect with 15+ years across Nutanix AOS/AHV, Prism Central, Unified Storage, and Kubernetes (NKP). I lead VMware-to-Nutanix migrations, DR patterns with Leap & replication, and platform reliability for EUC and app stacks.
Consulting Services
VMware → Nutanix
Discovery, capacity modeling, Move-assisted migrations, VirtIO planning, RF2/RF3 policying, app cutovers.
HCI Architecture & Build
AHV/vSphere on Nutanix, Prism Central governance, NUS/Files, Flow microsegmentation, lifecycle & upgrades.
DR & Resilience
Leap runbooks, async/sync replication, cloud DR, RPO/RTO targeting, test failovers, cost-aware standby designs.
Hybrid Cloud
Azure integration, networking, identity, image and data placement strategy, monitoring and ops dashboards.
EUC on Nutanix
Citrix on AHV, Files for profiles and content, performance tuning, image pipelines, monitoring and alerting.
Automation & SRE
Scripted builds, policy-as-code, health checks, capacity & perf baselines, operational KPIs and runbooks.
Technical Expertise
Selected Work
TVFCU Migration
VMware-to-Nutanix AOS migration assessment and cutover guidance; operational improvements post-transition.
PPLA DR Site
Built Nutanix-based DR leveraging Leap and replication; documented runbooks and executed test failovers.
LACMA VDI
Migrated VMware on legacy servers to Nutanix HCI and architected Citrix VDI for the museum workloads.
Asplundh NAI + NKP
Designed clusters for drone image pipelines, leveraging NAI on Kubernetes for high-volume processing.
TMI (Seattle)
Architected Nutanix infrastructure hosting Citrix & VMware workloads for a multi-site escrow business.
Healthcare Programs
Optimized hybrid Nutanix + Azure for healthcare orgs, improving resilience and agility.
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