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Fred W. Nix Jr.
Resume Portfolio 2026

FRED W. NIX JR.

AI Infrastructure Architect | ML Engineer | Presales Engineer
Atlanta, GA
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BTA AI POD ARCHITECT

Building production-grade AI infrastructure for enterprise deployment

GPU Cluster
Current Role - March 2025

Storage & Compute Practice Manager
AI Pod Architect

Business Technology Architects (BTA), Alpharetta, GA
March 2025 - Present

Develops production-grade AI inference platforms for enterprise deployment. Focuses on reproducible infrastructure and comprehensive training for Cisco Partners leveraging Cisco UCS X-Series, NVIDIA GPU clusters, and Pure Storage.

Enterprise AI Inference Platform

Created enterprise AI inference platform enabling private, air-gapped LLM systems for regulated sectors including healthcare, finance, and government.

One-Command Deployment

Achieved one-command deployment with 100% success rate across all partner rollouts - from bare metal to running inference in minutes.

Multi-Model Platform

Built multi-model platform supporting dynamic model switching between LLaMA, Mistral, and custom fine-tuned models with hot-swap capability.

ChatGPT-Like Interface

Developed ChatGPT-like interface with streaming responses and live GPU metrics dashboard showing real-time utilization and inference statistics.

OpenAI-Compatible API

Implemented OpenAI-compatible API enabling seamless LangChain and LlamaIndex integration for enterprise RAG applications.

Partner Enablement

Trained Cisco Partners on AI infrastructure deployment, creating hands-on labs and comprehensive documentation for repeatable success.

GPU
GPU Infra
K8s
Kubernetes
AI
LLM Ops
NET
Network
OBS
Observability
DEV
AI Dev
MEM
Sessions
DATA
Storage
SEC
Security

Technical Focus Areas

vLLM Deployment Model Quantization Kubernetes GPU Orchestration RAG Architecture Air-Gapped Security NVIDIA L40S Cisco UCS X-Series Pure Storage AWQ/GPTQ Tensor Parallelism OpenAI API

TECHNICAL SKILLS

AI / ML

Infrastructure

Development

  • Python / Flask
  • TypeScript / Bun
  • Full-Stack Development
  • API Development
  • ChatGPT-like UX
  • Claude Code / PAI

Operations

  • Prometheus / Grafana
  • GPU Monitoring (DCGM)
  • GitOps Workflows
  • Enterprise Security
  • Partner Enablement
  • Technical Training

Education

Bachelor of Science
Business Administration - Information Systems
Auburn University

Recognition

Pure Storage Global Rookie of the Year 2021
Delivering 250% of quota

Achieved Annual Sales Quota - Entire Career

AI-AUGMENTED DEVELOPMENT

Building with Larry - 100,000+ AI-human collaboration sessions

Meet Larry:
My AI Development Partner

Larry is my Personal AI Infrastructure (PAI) - a custom Claude Code environment that I've built and refined over 100,000+ collaborative sessions. This isn't just using AI tools - it's building a persistent, learning system that understands my workflows, preferences, and project history.

Every session is preserved. Every solution is remembered. Larry doesn't just help me code - Larry helps me think through architecture decisions, debug production issues, and build infrastructure that scales.

PAI

Personal AI Infrastructure

A custom skill system with session preservation, cross-project learning, and human-AI collaboration workflows that compound knowledge over time.

100k+
AI Sessions
240+
Fabric Patterns
50+
Custom Skills
AI Inference Lab
DEV

AI-Paired Development

Claude Code integration with persistent context and project memory

MEM

Session Persistence

Every conversation preserved with full context recovery

SEC

Security First

Private infrastructure with air-gap support

OBS

Observability

Real-time monitoring of all AI agent activity

DATA

Knowledge Graphs

Connected learning across all projects

AI

Multi-Model

Opus, Sonnet, Haiku orchestration

CAREER HISTORY

15+ years of enterprise technology and sales leadership

EMOTO
2023 - 2025

Partner / VP Sales

Led sales strategy for electric bike distributor. Increased sales 225% within first year. Expanded product line and scaled to regional market leader.

Pure Storage
2021 - 2023

Enterprise Sales Engineer

Managed Fortune 100 relationships across Southeast. Delivered 250% of quota in 2021 - Global Rookie of the Year. 100% uptime during hurricane disaster recovery.

Dell Technologies
2019 - 2020

Converged Systems Presales vArchitect

Technical presales for software-defined storage and cloud. Supported major data center consolidation initiatives.

Reduxio
2015 - 2019

Global Presales Director

Led US market entry as first American employee. Exceeded quotas 150%+ annually. 90%+ conversion rate on 50+ POC projects.

EMC Corporation
2010 - 2015

Global Presales Operations / vSpecialists PM

Managed operations for 5,500 Presales Engineers worldwide. Trained 1,000+ new engineers. Grew vSpecialists from 30 to 150+ members.

Data Center
Earlier

Senior Roles

Syscom, MTI, GT Software, Vitria, Windward, Kilpatrick Stockton, Medaphis

CTO, Solutions Consulting, PreSales, Professional Services, and IT Administration roles building enterprise solutions.

Command Center

LET'S BUILD SOMETHING

Ready to discuss AI infrastructure, enterprise deployments, or technical leadership?