2014 — present
Founder & Principal Consultant
Solid 13
Independent consultancy focused on storage, virtualization and infrastructure automation for European enterprises. Architecture, deployment, migration and mentoring.
// about
Ivan Reding — the engineer behind Solid 13.
Two decades in enterprise infrastructure, a deliberate focus on storage, virtualization and automation, and a stubborn preference for systems that keep working when nobody is watching.
Experience
Long-term engagements
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Enterprise clients — banking, public sector, industry
Design and operation of NetApp ONTAP, HPE 3PAR/Primera, VMware vSphere & vSAN and Cisco UCS platforms. Lifecycle upgrades, DR exercises and large-scale migrations.
Automation track
Infrastructure Automation Lead
Multiple programs
Introduction of Ansible and Terraform pipelines across mixed on-prem estates — turning ticket-driven changes into versioned, peer-reviewed code.