David Zörb

Develops reference architectures and validated designs in Nutanix's Solutions & Performance Engineering R&D team, with global customer reach. Works directly with Engineering and Product Management, carrying the voice of strategic customers into product decisions and translating requirements into authoritative, deployable guidance at scale.

Grew from Consulting Architect to Principal — the most senior technical delivery role — over seven years in Nutanix's Professional Services organisation. Led major engagements across EMEA, served as trusted advisor to strategic accounts, and built a deep specialism in DevOps and automation. Mentored and onboarded architects across the EMEA practice.

Deployed Vblock converged infrastructure systems at enterprise customer sites across the globe as part of the VCE field team — a joint venture between EMC, Cisco, and VMware. Hands-on, high-stakes delivery work that sharpened instincts for large-scale infrastructure integration.

Progressed from Network Engineer through Compute & Virtualisation and Cloud Delivery over a decade, helping shape CSC's cloud delivery standards and private cloud offerings. Later moved into a pre-sales advisory role in the Cloud Sales organisation, discovering customer needs and defining solutions across manufacturing, financial services, and managed service accounts.

Dual-track vocational apprenticeship as an IT specialist in the field of systems integration.

Focus subjects: English, Computer Sciences, and History.

Showcased real-world agentic AI coding use cases for internal teams, demonstrating how natural language prompting and plan mode achieve remarkable outcomes. Part of the Solutions Engineering Unplugged session series.

Session at Nutanix's flagship annual conference covering virtualization strategies for business-critical applications in hybrid multicloud environments.

Co-presented the validated joint architecture for Cisco and Nutanix. Also delivered a German regionalised session: "KI/ML-gestützte Lösungen schneller umsetzen als Ihre Wettbewerber" covering accelerated AI/ML solution delivery on Nutanix.

Regular presenter at the annual Global Tech Summit for employees and partners, covering automation, API integration, and infrastructure-as-code topics.