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Cathy Pappas

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Senior Manager Systems Engineering at Nutanix
📍 Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cathy Pappas is a Senior Manager of Systems Engineering at Nutanix with extensive experience leading presales and solution engineering teams at VMware and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. An alumna of The Ohio State University, she is described by colleagues as an "exceptional leader" with deep expertise in designing solutions for enterprise and SLED customers.

During her tenure at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, she managed specialized national teams focused on emerging technologies like Big Data, High-Performance Computing (HPC), IoT, and DevOps.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Senior Manager Systems Engineering
Job Level
Middle
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Personality Overview

How Cathy shows up

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Friendly But Slow
ROI Driven

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Priorities

Topics Cathy cares about

Systems Engineering Leadership
Manages the Systems Engineering team at Nutanix, and previously led solution engineering and architect teams at both VMware and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
SLED Customer Solutions
Has significant experience leading teams that design and deliver technology solutions for State, Local Government, and Education (SLED) customers.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Senior Manager Systems Engineering
Nutanix
9-2021 - 2-2024
Sr Manager Solution Engineering, SLED Mid-Atlantic and North Central
VMware
7-2017 - 9-2021
Manager, SLED Solution Architects
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
11-2015 - 7-2017
Manager, Solution Design, Security, Financial and Emerging Solutions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
11-2012 - 11-2015
Manager, Americas Solution Design Services
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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