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.聽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.聽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.