John Pellettiere leads the U.S. State, Local, and Education organization at Nutanix. For more than 20 years, he has served as a trusted advisor to government and education customers, helping to solve their most complex problems, and improve citizen engagement and services. In his current role, John leads a multidisciplinary team of over 100 dedicated sales, engineering, channels, and marketing professionals in addressing business challenges like data center and storage consolidation, IT modernization, and optimizing cloud architecture. A lifelong Illinoian, John earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and serves on the Auxiliary Board of the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.