Erik Runfola
Senior Account Executive at Pure Storage
Danville, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolErik Runfola is a senior sales leader with 12 years of experience helping enterprise customers adopt cloud-native and open-source technologies to modernize infrastructure and accelerate software delivery. Currently a Senior Account Executive at Pure Storage and formerly at Red Hat and VMware, he combines strategic account planning with deep technical fluency in Kubernetes, hybrid cloud, automation, and security to close and deliver large mission-critical engagements. He designs adoption and selling frameworks that align C-suite priorities with developer and IT Ops needs, and frequently partners with channel resellers and product engineering to tailor solutions. A hands-on technologist at heart, Erik has contributed back-end and full-stack code to the ManageIQ open-source project—shipping dialog and widget import/export features—so he understands implementation trade-offs beyond the pitch. Based in Danville, CA, he leverages a background in biochemistry from UCLA to bring analytical rigor and a habit of continuous learning to complex sales cycles. Colleagues describe him as the kind of rep who pushes past comfort zones to challenge the status quo and drive measurable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (17)
javascript10
api-design10
rails10
dialog10
ruby10
manageiq10
front-end-development10
angularjs10
dialogs10
ruby-on-rails10
back-end-development9
apidoc9
api9
backend9
architectures8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ManageIQ/manageiq-ui-classic
Jan 2014 - Sep 2019
Classic UI of ManageIQ
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:287 commits, 50 PRs, 95 comments in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Erik primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the ManageIQ-UI-classic project. They implemented widget importing/exporting features within the ReportController, including uploading, importing, and reviewing widget configurations. Additionally, the user made code changes to the MiqAeCustomizationController, specifically related to importing and exporting of service dialogs, and added a form for refreshing git domains. These changes involved modifying Ruby code and integrating with the database.
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ManageIQ/manageiq
Nov 2013 - Jul 2019
ManageIQ Open-Source Management Platform
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:438 commits, 123 PRs, 357 comments in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Erik contributed significantly to the self-service UI within the ManageIQ platform. They implemented API calls, developed and integrated new components within the service template details view, including handling dialog fields. The user added functionality for dropdowns, radio buttons, and the ability to submit dialogs as service requests. They also fixed bugs related to dynamic dialogs.
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