1. JARRETT NEIL RIDLINGHAFER
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138 W RILLITO ST TUCSON, AZ 85705
EXECUTIVE CLOUD, DEVOPS, DATA-CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE, SECURITY & COMPLIANCE - SME
PROFILE:
With an extensive and extremely diverse background spanning 25 years in technology overall,
as a “Hands-On” Executive & Generalist Specializing in Data-Center & Cloud Infrastructures,
Technical Operations (Both “NetOps” & “DevOps”), Security and Compliance. I currently
primarily specialize in executive level strategic cloud technology advisory roles assisting
fortune 500 and technology startup companies both with 3-5 year technology roadmaps, risk
assessments, whitepapers, frameworks and infrastructure as well as process and procedural
analysis, design and build-outs. As a Certified Master Project Manager I have managed many
massively complex project management roles beginning at Netscape in 1994 and throughout
my career. Having worked my way from “tech support engineer” to executive level roles
including multiple stints as Director & CTO, patenting two inventions and founding 6 startups
along the way.
Advising Executive Teams on Strategic Technology Vision & Cloud Technology Roadmap,
Public Cloud Security & Compliance Concerns & how best to Mitigate the High-Risks
associated with Public Cloud Services & Infrastructures, is also an area I perform a lot of work
in. I also help with the complete design & build-out of high-performance, 100% Up-time SLA
Data-Center Infrastructures from scratch including Tier III.
Open to both short & long-term consulting contracts as well as Full-time permanent role. I
currently perform numerous remote & on-site contract roles for a large variety of Technology
Consulting, Training & Publishing firms such as Fast Lane Consulting and Education Services,
Inc. Tech Star Consulting, BrainBench.com, Athenaeum Partners, Hadoop Magazine and
Packt Publishing.
SHORT-TERM & LONG-TERM CONTRACT ROLES
 DEVOPS - Design & Build-out, Executive Advisory, Speaker, Content Development & Training
 DATA-CENTER – Design & Build-outs from Scratch, Upgrades/Migrations/Integrations/Analysis
including Tier III
 CLOUD - Executive Advisory & Technology Roadmaps, Architecture, Design & Build-Outs from
Scratch, Speaker, Content Development & Training
 IOT - Executive Advisory, Speaker, Content Development & Training
 SDN/NFV - Design & Build-out, Executive Advisory, Speaker, Content Development & Training
 CDN/CACHING STRATEGIES - Design & Build-out, Executive Advisory, Speaker, Content
Development & Training
 OBJECT STORAGE/DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMS - Design & Build-out, Executive Advisory,
Speaker, Content Development & Training
 LOAD BALANCING - Design & Build-out, Upgrades/Migrations/Integrations/Analysis
 BYOD Analysis, Policy & Procedures, Executive Advisory, Speaking, Content Development &
Training
 SECURITY & COMPLIANCE - GRC, Cryptology, Physical Site Security, Biometrics, Identity Mgmt.
Data-Center Hardening & Cloud Security , Firewall Selection & Configurations
 POC – Proof of Concepts
 HPC – High-Performance Computing/Clusters
 INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS – Monitoring/Alerting/Reporting, IP Management, Password
management, Knowledgebase, Troubleticketing systems, Log Analysis, Inventory Management,
Patch Management, Server Config Management, Escalation Policies & Procedures, Change
management Policies & Procedures, etc..

2.  PROJECT MANAGEMENT – I am certified as both a Master International Project Manager CIMPM
& Certified Master Project Manager & Have been performing complex and very large and long
project management roles for 25+ years managing diverse teams as many as 12 and as many as
200 individuals
 ENTERPRISE SOLUTION ARCHITECT & ANALYST
 Legal Department Solutions
 HR Department Enterprise Solutions
 Enterprise Recruiting Solutions
 Office of the CFO, Billing, Payroll & Accounts Solutions
 IT Helpdesk Solutions
 Sales & Marketing Solutions
 Website Content Management Solutions
 Design & E-Commerce Solutions
 Operations
 EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPS
 COMPLETE ENTERPRISE SECURITY, COMPLIANCE & GRC POLICY REVIEWS
 COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC CORPORATE CLOUD STRATEGY ROADMAPS
MY NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:
 Approximately 25 Years in the high-tech industry
 Specializing in Cloud technology & Cloud Infrastructure Project Management for the past 6-8 years
 I am an Inventor and Entrepreneur who has had two patentable inventions, four startup businesses
and two VC offers of funding in the past
 I am the inventor and creator of the famous “Bugs Bounty” program (a name coined by me) while
working at Netscape 1994-1999. It was the first of its kind anywhere whereby a company paid users
who found a bug which was verified. It is considered by many to be the first ever “Social Software
Development” program in the world and was claimed as one of the largest successes of Netscape by
James Barksdale in his book “Netscape Time” and also by the San Jose Mercury News at the time.
 I am the inventor and creator of the “Netscape Champions” program (Now known as the Mozilla
Champions), and the Nuggies (Netscape User Groups), still an active program 20 years later.
 I managed the creation of the first AI Automated Email Response System in Corp. America for
Netscape in with a company called Aptex and their product derived from the NSA. The project was
developed from concept, through Alpha, Beta and into production over 14 months, saving the
company over $5M annually, with all my ideas together totaling an estimated $20M in annual savings
 Managed the massive in-house designed and developed Netscape Call Tracking System a 16 month
project affecting almost every single department and each of the 3500 employees
 I was the first to bring Fiber and Broadband (Both DSL & Wireless) Access to Los Gatos, California in
the late 90’s with Steve Wozniak & Stealth Startup “Netflix” among my earliest customers
 I was the inventor and idea behind the First Plug-n-Play Retail Firewall Router which was
subsequently offered funding by KPCB (the largest VC firm in Silicon Valley at the time) in 2000
 I was the project manager in charge of the design & build-out of the massively complex, (a Java based
SaaS infrastructure) PS3 Online Gaming Data-Center in multiple locations across the globe for SCEA
(Sony Computer Entertainment America) between 2004-2006
 I also managed the complete design and Build-out of the SaaS Data-Center for iLoop Mobile, Inc.
which was then selected to host the Obama.mobi website for the successful 2008 Presidential
Campaign and which was also selected for the 2008 Mobile Marketing Infrastructure Platform of the
Year Award by the MMAA (Mobile Marketing Association of America) also in 2008
 @ FACEBOOK - JUNE 2012 – ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF CLOUD TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS INVITED TO
ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN FACEBOOK’S “BIG DATA” PRIVATE CONFERENCE
 CLOUD CON/EXPO 2012 – Authored “THE CLOUD, MARKETING HYPE VS REALITY AND ITS NEGATIVE
EFFECTS ON THE MARKET”
o The Fundamental Differences of the Public VS the Private Cloud and which is right for you?
MAJOR STRENGTHS:
 Unique hands-on Executive having worked myself up to Executive Level, while starting out as a
“Technical Support Engineer” at Netscape Communications Corp. in 1994 where I worked my way up

3. to “World Wide Support Operations Manager”. I’m as comfortable configuring a Cisco 7206VXR
Router, PIX/ASA firewall, Juniper SSL VPN or an F5 Load Balancer as I am developing and presenting a
multi-million dollar budget or proposal to an executive board, a business plan to VC’s or working as a
Direct Report to the CEO
 Innovative Leader and Motivator who believes strongly in leading from the front
 Talented Technologist skilled in designing technologically advanced infrastructures for Mobile
Applications, Social Gaming Applications, ASP, XaaS/Cloud environments
 Excel in building and/or Improving Operational Infrastructures to enable enhanced management
capabilities and improved efficiencies, integrity and accountability of a network’s overall performance
 Release Engineering Management (Devops): Experienced designing and managing software
development servers and tools & release engineering environments. Developing and managing release
teams, policies and procedures.
 Application Architecture Improvements(Devops): – Performance Optimization & Analysis
 Project Management of large, high-profile, complex projects. Certified as a Master Project Manager
(MPM) & Certified International Project Manager (CIPM) with the American Academy of Project
Management ™.
 UI Design - UI Design & Mockup Development
 Java Software Development/Engineering - Operations Support & Tools – Keeping development teams
on the cutting-edge of technology, introducing newer and better tools, techniques, processes &
procedures in order to make the software development lifecycle environment a more automated,
efficient, clean and proficient process overall.
 Complete Project Lifecycle Management – From initial concept to needs assessment, stakeholder
consensus, design, alpha, beta and on into live production environment
 Excellent writing and verbal communication skills with the ability to present ideas and proposals in a
clear, concise and comprehensive fashion at any level.
 Passion, Drive and Commitment - I happen to love what I do for a living and consider it “fun” rather
than work.
 Talented trouble-shooter/Problem Solver able to evaluate, analyze and intuitively comprehend
operational deficiencies and inefficiencies and address them
 Thrives in fast paced, multi-tasking, high-stress & high-energy environments
 Big supporter and user of open-source solutions & software, wherever possible
 Managed the Design and Deployment of 20 World-Class Data Centers from the ground up:
o SCEA-PlayStation3 Online – ASP/SaaS & Cloud infrastructure built to deliver an unparalleled
social gaming experience and to compete with Microsoft’s XBOX-Live social gaming platform
o iLoop Mobile – ASP/SaaS & Cloud Platform to deliver an unparalleled mobile experience (
OBAMA.MOBI )
o DSL Designs, Inc. - Fiber-Optic & Wireless Data Center built to provide Broadband and Hosting
Solutions and the inventor of the first plug-n-play retail firewall router
o Sony Pictures Entertainment where I designed and managed the build-out of a global cloud
infrastructure to server massive (500TB+)amounts of music and video data
 Expert in pinpointing wasteful spending, negotiating extraordinary discounted rates and pricing and
developing unique cost saving initiatives such as the combined US$23 million reduction in support
costs while at Netscape Communications Corp.
 Founder, Entrepreneur & Inventor of multiple patents and patented inventions
 Serve in both Executive and Advisory board roles
SME SKILLSET
CONSIDERED A SME IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS & TECHNOLOGIES
 Emerging Technology Analysis
 Cloud Computing
 Data-Center Infrastructures
 CIMPM
 Security
 Compliance & GRC
 IoT
 NetOps
 Devops
 BC Business Continuity
 HA High-Availability
 DR/VDR Disaster Recovery & Virtual Disaster Recovery

4. EMPLOYMENT
JUNE 2015 -
PRESENT
 Object Storage
 Data Replication
 Mesh Networking/Grid Networking
 HPC High Performance Computing
 HAC High-Availability Clusters
 BYOD/BYOC Bring Your Own Device/Bring Your Own Cloud
 ITIL
 Big-Data
 WIFI Both Point-to-Point & Point-to-Multipoint Wireless Technologies
 Virtualization
 Automation
HIGHLY EXPERIENCED WRITER OF TECHNICAL & BUSINESS DOCUMENTS
 Financial Documents
 Legal Documents
 Application/Software Manuals
 Marketing Collateral
 Executive Proposals
 “onboarding” documents
 Initial Contract Proposals
 initial assessment reports
 Statement of Work/Scope of Work
 Architecture Maps
 Strategic Technology Road Maps
 Analysis Reports
 Training Manuals
 Policy and Procedural Documents
 Data-Center Run Books
I also write for numerous magazines (Hadoop Magazine, IBM Development Network, etc.), global newsletters
(Atheneum-Partners, Compass Solutions, etc.) and many Blog Articles here at my consulting company blog site:
Cloud Consulting International
In the area of Network Operations I have written many PCI & Sox analysis reports, Security Audit Reports for
Symantec, VISA & MC and developed hundreds of policy papers such as:
 Cloud Technology Speaker, Blogger and Analyst
 Change Management Policy and Procedures
 Crisis management Policy and Procedures
 Escalation Policy and Procedures
 Troubleshooting Best Practices and Policy
 Security Policy and Procedures both Physical and Data including Quantum Encryption & Biometrics
 DevOps, Release Engineering and Test Automation Articles and White Papers
EXPERTCONNECT (www.expertconnect.com)– Virtual Company
ADVISOR & INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT - CLOUD, DATA-CENTER, DEVOPS &
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SME
I advise Investment Firms, VC's, Global Research Firms, Fortune 500 Executive Teams, Startup Executive Teams, Marketing
Firms and many others in the specific areas of technology where I am considered a Subject Matter Expert (SME) such as: Cloud
Computing (All Aspects), Data-Center Infrastructures (All Aspects from Cage Build-outs to Tier III Greenfield), Data Security,
Physical Security, Compliance, Virtualization, Automation, Robotics, Nanotechnology, Wearable Technology, Biotechnology,
SDN, NFV, BYOD, Hyper-convergence data phenomenon and looming crisis, Cloud Crisis, Cloud Security & Compliance Issues,
3D Printing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Lean methodology, Agile
methodology, Network Operations, Release Engineering, DevOps, Open Source Technology, Linux, Data-Center Automation,
Capacity Planning, Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR), Next Generation Firewall tech (NGFW), Next Generation
Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems/Prevention (NGIDS/NGIPS), and many others...

5. MAY 2015-JUNE 15
NOV 14 - PRESENT
JAN 15 – APRIL 15
OCT 13 - PRESENT
APRIL 14-PRESENT
Oxford Global Resources (www.oxfordcorp.com) – MA
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT - EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, CLOUD, DEVOPS,
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE SME
Short-Term Contract to assist one of the top 5 globally and Canada's largest Data-at-Rest (DAR) Storage Security Company
through the development of an Executive Strategic Cloud Technology Roadmap a step-by-step 1-3 year guide to transform
their business model from a traditional Enterprise IT Software Product Vendor to a Software as a Service solutions model in
order to facilitate both their existing clients cloud storage DAR security needs and take advantage of the absolutely massive
Cloud market growth and the increase specifically in the SaaS market annually which looks to be the overall winner and I
predict will surpass all cloud models by the end of 2016.
Fast Lane Consulting & Education Services, Inc. (www.fastlaneus.com)– Global Company
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES SME, EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT, CONTENT
DEVELOPER & TRAINER
Contracted to assist with advising the company on cutting-edge emerging technologies, prepare training content, boot
camp style webinars & advising client executive teams on those technologies and how best to utilize them within their
organizations. I will also advise on education & training of customer employees and partners and assist with unique ways for
them to stay ahead of the curve and abreast of these fast-moving emerging trends so they can take full advantage of the
many exciting new sales & business channel opportunities they are creating.
Currently advising on a Devops Boot-Camp & Training Curriculum to teach both their own and partner SE teams on the new
“Devops” opportunities for one of the largest fortune 100 technology clients as well as advising on another project involving
the new “IoT” market hype. Existing Clients Include Cisco, EMC, NetApp, VMware, etc.
F5 Networks (www.f5.com) – San Francisco, CA & Seattle WA
CLOUD DATA-CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SME
Assisting as a SME Consultant with the build-out of F5 Cloud Customers from Concept to Production:
Assessment, POC, Hardware & Software selection, Architecture, Capacity Planning, DR, Virtualization, Automation, Security,
Business Continuity, Load Balancing, SDN, etc..
As a senior Cloud SME I help with all aspects from cage & power layouts to selection of cable management systems to
selection of data-center automation solutions to formulating security policy and procedures and even helping build
complete Cloud Operations Departments from scratch when needed..
Packt Publishing (www.packtpub.com) – London, UK & Delhi, India
SR. TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT/AUTHOR
Authoring technical books for Packt on disruptive technology such as Cloud Computing, Mobile, Wearable Tech,
Nanotechnology, SDN, BYOD, Virtualizaion, Data-Center Automation, DR, Data Security & all Cutting-edge Disruptive Future
Trends in Technology.
 Openstack Cookbook Authoring a 350 page book on Openstack Private/Hybrid Cloud Framework Administration.
 Developed Multiple Book Outline Drafts
 Authored entire book content of 350 pages working with Packt’s professional editors and a primary PM
 Consulting on multiple additional book ideas and assist with overall understanding of technology trends
METRICSTREAM (www.metricstream.com) – Palo Alto, CA USA, UK, & India
SR. TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT/CLOUD SECURITY & COMPLIANCE SME
Authoring & Presenting technical Webinars specifically addressing the MetricStream Solution within the Cloud and Data-
Center Infrastructure environments. I also act as a Sales SE as needed on large Cloud sales opportunities and as an
Evangelist for the MetricStream product.
 Author & Presenter of online Webinars.
 Author of Security & Compliance Whitepapers
 Assisted large Credit Union Customer “CUNA” with 3 month Cloud Security & Compliance & Governance (GRC+)
solution for dealing with the current CSP solutions
 Consulting on multiple additional Sales deals
 As needed SME resource to the internal MetricStream exec team

6. JAN 14 - PRESENT
JAN 14 – JULY 14
ERROR! HYPERLINK REFERENCE NOT VALID. (www.synapsesynergygroup.com) – Silicon
Valley/Florida/NY
FOUNDER & CTO
SYNAPSE SYNERGY GROUP, INC. is a Unique, Global “Virtual Think-Tank|Incubator|Accelerator” headquartered in Silicon
Valley and located at the intersection of technology, opportunity and firing synapses. We are 100% dedicated to utilizing
only cutting-edge technology. We are a globally diverse company founded on the principles that business should be focused
on People rather than Money, Love rather than Politics and building Bridges instead of Walls. The fact is that truly
innovative, sustained growth companies with huge customer loyalty (Netscape, Virgin, Google, Amazon) came from
passionate, happy, loyal employees to which our corporate motto speaks “Happiness & Gratitude is the New Prosperity”
 Came up with the original idea and hired my co-founder to assist with building the team. Helping to develop the
business model from scratch, developing mergers and partnerships, brainstorming sessions and unique corporate
culture model. .
 As a Unique ”Virtual Think-Tank/Incubator/Accelerator” based on collaboration by some of the greatest thinkers
of our century, combined with the design and build-out of the largest privately owned laboratory in the world in
multiple locations comprising departments focused on the cutting-edge disruptive technology of the future such
as:
 Cloud Technology
o SDN
o Data-Center Infrastructures
o Virtualization
o Capacity Planning
o Disaster Recovery
o Reliability
 Nanotechnology
 3D Printing
 Robotics
 Artificial-Intelligence/Machine-Learning
 Biotechnology
 Genomics
 Chemistry
 Physics
 Mathematics
 Cryptology
o Electronic Currency
o Data Security
 Chip Design
 Hardware Design
 Mobile technology
o BYOD
 Sensor Based Technology
o Wearables
o Transportation
 Virtual Reality
o Holograms
o 3D & 4D Stereoscopic Projection
 Beacon Technology
 Optics
 Data Transmission
 And more…
REDMORPH.ORG & REDMORPH.COM, Pittsburg PA.
TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR
Assisting the company CEO and team with the technology vision, expertise and advice as well as helping with strategic
technology partnerships for this early stage stealth-mode incubator startup.
 Strategic Technology Vision: As the Chief Technologist which, from a strategic cutting-edge technology standpoint
will assist the CEO with my vision for the future of 4D Healthware from a technological standpoint for example
developing a 3-5 year technology roadmap for the company and staying on-top of and advising the executive
team and board of directors on opportunities and technology breakthroughs
 New Ideas: As an inventor and "idea guy" to assist the CEO by brainstorming new ideas, sales channels and
partnerships from which 4D Healthware might be able to benefit
 Infrastructure: As an Cloud & Data-Center Infrastructure SME (Subject Matter Expert) making sure the
infrastructure is being built on a solid operational foundation, building in proper capacity planning in order to
assure the entire infrastructure will be capable of meeting and exceeding the future potential growth of the
business through proper design, automation, virtualization, private, hybrid and public cloud integration, big-data
analytics, quantum computing, clustering, etc.

7. NOV 13 – NOV 14
FEB 14 - PRESENT
MAY 13 - OCT 13
JAN 13 - PRESENT
MAY 12 – MAY 13
 Security & Compliance: As a healthcare based software company our focus is on guaranteeing the absolutely best
protection of our customers privacy and information integrity through extremely robust security & compliance
policy and practices based on industry best standards and even beyond
 Strategic Technology Partnerships: With all my varied and strategic advisory roles I have many strategic
technology interests which I leverage to try to bring about strategic partnerships primarily in technology and
infrastructure however, many times it may be marketing, sales, inventory or any number of strategic relationships
which I can assist a startup with
HADOOPMAG.COM Ukraine
AUTHOR OF THE NEW CLOUD TECHNOLOGY COLUMN
Author of the "Cloud Technology" Column for Hadoop Magazine
http://hadoopmag.com/
4DHEALTHWARE.COM Chicago, Illinois
INTERIM CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER – CTO
Currently I’ve agreed to join the team on a part-time advisory role as their interim CTO until they reach funding. Currently in
“pre-funding” stage I will be assisting the startup with obtaining the funding they require at which time we will re-negotiate
my role if it is something I decide to join full-time or not. 4Dhealthware is basically a startup targeting the
healthcare/medical-device arena. Currently a lot of the development work is being performed in secret however, I can say
we touch on Big-Data Analytics, AI & Quantum Computing as well as BYOD, Big Pharma, Wearable Technology, Medical-
Device Technology, Robotics & Nanotechnology
My Role is multidimensional although, as in any startup one had better be prepared to wear every hat in the company as
needed:
 Strategic Technology Vision: As the Chief Technologist which, from a strategic cutting-edge technology standpoint
will assist the CEO with my vision for the future of 4D Healthware from a technological standpoint for example
developing a 3-5 year technology roadmap for the company and staying on-top of and advising the executive
team and board of directors on opportunities and technology breakthroughs
 New Ideas: As an inventor and "idea guy" to assist the CEO by brainstorming new ideas, sales channels and
partnerships from which 4D Healthware might be able to benefit
 Infrastructure: As an Cloud & Data-Center Infrastructure SME (Subject Matter Expert) making sure the
infrastructure is being built on a solid operational foundation, building in proper capacity planning in order to
assure the entire infrastructure will be capable of meeting and exceeding the future potential growth of the
business through proper design, automation, virtualization, private, hybrid and public cloud integration, big-data
analytics, quantum computing, clustering, etc.
 Security & Compliance: As a healthcare based software company our focus is on guaranteeing the absolutely best
protection of our customers privacy and information integrity through extremely robust security & compliance
policy and practices based on industry best standards and even beyond
 Strategic Technology Partnerships: With all my varied and strategic advisory roles I have many strategic
technology interests which I leverage to try to bring about strategic partnerships primarily in technology and
infrastructure however, many times it may be marketing, sales, inventory or any number of strategic relationships
which I can assist a startup with
BRAINBENCH.COM http://www.t3dpinc.com/
SR CLOUD CURRICULUM AUTHOR - OPENSTACK CLOUD CERTIFICATION
Hired on a consultancy basis as the lead and actually the only Cloud SME (Subject Matter Expert) tasked with developing
their brand new Openstack Cloud Certification Test from scratch.
Authored the complete Brainbench Openstack Certification Course Outline, Job Task List & close to 200 Cloud Test Questions
as part of their on-going Cloud Certification Curriculum.
ATHENEUM-PARTNERS.COM http://www.t3dpinc.com/ – Berlin, Germany
SR. TECHNICAL EXPERT - CLOUD & TECHNOLOGY
As the Technical Expert for Atheneum Partners I write opinion pieces on technology and the cloud for the global newsletter
as well as consult on technical matters for clients world-wide
COMPASS SOLUTIONS, LLC. – Washington, DC
SR. CLOUD TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT
Helping to develop the Cloud Consulting business strategy while delivering “hands-on” consulting on all their current
“Cloud” and Tier III Data-Center build-outs.

8. MAY 12 – MAY 13
MAY 12 - PRESENT
OCT 10 – MAY 12
 Hands-on Implementation of Cloud Solutions from security & compliance initiatives to complete cloud platform
installations and configurations such as “CloudStack” (Both the Citrix version and the new Apache Top-Level
released open-source version),” Openstack” (both the Rackspace implementation and the Apache Open-Source
framework versions), “Eucalyptus”, “OpenNebula”, etc. to specific technologies such as the Google
 SOA design of the application infrastructure
 Team Building, Department Organization, Establishment of Policies & Procedures
 Business Analysis: my primary role was to be out front seeking partnerships, customers, synergistic relationships,
funding and stay on top of ongoing technology trends associated with the business
T3DP, INC. – Scottsdale, Arizona.
FOUNDER/CTO & ADVISOR
Stealth Mode Startup and not free to discuss what I do there in detail however I advise on security, compliance and cloud
infrastructure just to name two of my roles. The company is based in Arizona in Florida.
 Project Management of various technical projects having to do with global cloud manufacturing, compliance &
security concerns
 SOA design of the application infrastructure
 Team Building, Department Organization, Establishment of Policies & Procedures
 Business Analysis: my primary role was to be out front seeking partnerships, customers, synergistic relationships,
funding and stay on top of ongoing technology trends associated with the business
I am currently in an advisory capacity only.
CLOUD CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL – Tucson, AZ
FOUNDER & CHIEF CLOUD ARCHITECT CONSULTANT
I perform consulting work primarily on diverse and unique cloud solution projects. Working with Client Executives &
Department Heads as well as individual contributors, Cloud Technology Solutions Analysts and Architects as well as Sr. Linux
Administrators, Software Programmers, Software Development Teams & DBA’s on an as needed basis. I am considered by
many to be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Cloud, Data-Center & Distributed, High-Transaction (ability to architect the
movement of 1PB of Data in one second, across the globe for example) SaaS Infrastructures & Operations (both Network &
Development aka “Netops” & “Devops”). The company performs cloud and data-center analysis, design and build-outs
globally. I am typically get called in to manage the more complex and challenging projects.
Specializing in the Following Technology Consultation Services:
 Initial needs assessments, cost/benefit analysis, Scope Of Work (SOW) and Proof of Concepts (POC) while
establishing client “on-boarding” & owner “buy-in” and then developing overall project proposal outline and
ultimately the 3-5 year strategic cloud technology roadmap
 Initial Analysis of current Infrastructure, Operational Processes & Procedures
 Complete Design and Build-out of any data-center and/or cloud solutions (complete from scratch as well as
upgrades, integrations, consolidations & migrations)
 Hands-on Build-out & Configuration of complete data infrastructures, servers, security, operations etc.
 One-Off projects in the areas of “Devops”, “Automation”, “Virtualization”, “Server Config Management”,
“Software Release Management”, “Security”, “DR & Business Continuity”, “Storage”, “Hybrid & Public Cloud
Integrations”, “Application Performance Tuning”, “Distributed Networking”, etc
 Primary Vendors: MongoDB, Hadoop, Chef/Puppet/CFEngine, Eucalyptus, Oracle, Cassandra, Tomcat,
Redhat/Ubuntu/SUSE/Solaris, Jboss, Akamai, VCE, BMC, Citrix, F5, Cisco, Vmware, Dell, Radware, Netapp, Juniper,
Hitachi, EMC, CloudStack, Openstack, Eucalyptus, OpenNebula, Nagios, Vormetric
5STAR CONSULTING, LLC – SCOTTSDALE, AZ
Chief Cloud Solutions Architect
Selected to Architect the Design and Development of a new Cloud Data Center Initiative in Los Angeles, CA.. The
infrastructure was in support of a globally distributed, SaaS & Cloud data-center platform to enable the real-time
distribution of massive amounts of data (20pb per hour and up to 1pb per minute) for the entertainment industry, and
included both audio and video data, spanning multiple locations, multiple remote development teams, and multiple data
centers around the globe. Performed Six Step Analysis & Design of the complete project
 Developed Implementation Plan based upon initial needs assessment, C/B Analysis, SOW, R&D, POC
 Responsible for all hardware and software selection, POC’s, evaluation process, vendor contracts & partnership
management
 Designed Network Infrastructure utilizing Cisco, EMC, BMC CLM, F5 LTM & vSwitch, Dell, Oracle RAC, Oracle
MySQL Cluster, Puppet, Chef & Bcfg2, RedHat Enterprise, Juniper and VMware as the primary Hardware &
Software vendors of choice
 Developed all Operational Processes and Procedures i.e., Change Mgmt., Trouble Ticketing, ITIL, Reports
Dashboard, Log Server Analysis, Server Configuration Management, Inventory Management, Etc.
 Developed Ops Departments including both “NetOps” & “DevOps” and designed the SOA Architecture along with
Release Team & Test Automation processes and procedures
 Designed Swat Team, Crisis Management, 24x7x365 Pager Duty & Escalation Processes & Procedures

9. AUG 08 - OCT 10
OCT 06 – MAY 08
MARCH04-OCT 06
 Designed on/off site Data Replication, DR, High-Availability & Business Continuity solution
 Designed a complete Cross-Training and Mentoring System Program
 Designed Secondary NOC to monitor all 12 global data-centers, staffed and trained all NOC admins
 Wrote complete Run Book & Training Manuals
WSSI, LLC – LAS VEGAS, NV
Founder & CTO
I spent 2 Years Developing and Marketing a Patented invention entitled “Wood Stabilization & Impregnation System” which
was the first of its kind in the world and was very successful. We had the largest Violin Manufacturer in India who had need
of multiple systems, a number of knife manufacturers in the US and our market was global in nature with Companies from
Germany, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Canada and all across the US inquiring about and purchasing our
systems.
 Spent one year in R&D Designing and Developing the System and one year marketing it
 Performed all Wesbite design and SEO functions making our website the #1 - #3 link for all major keywords within
our targeted markets
 Discovered and then Developed over 20 Market Verticals to sell our product into
 Handled all Sales and Support
 Managed all manufacturing and Shipping and Receiving
 Was in charge of all Internet Marketing
 Developed complete Business Plan and Financial Forecast
 Managed all Business Partnerships
 Developed Strategic Business Road-Map based on a three year and five year plan
 Handled all Legal Filings and Incorporation documents and Patents
ILOOP MOBILE- SEATTLE, WA.
DIRECTOR, NETWORK OPERATIONS
I was directly recruited from SCEA as a “Hands-On’ “Director of Network Operations” (Building and Managing all three
“NetOps”, ” DevOps” & “ITOps” Departments from scratch) to build a world-class 24x7x365 ASP/SaaS/IaaS/Cloud
infrastructure to support the roll-out of a brand new Mobile Marketing Software Platform world-wide. My responsibilities
included Designing & Developing the Network Operations Department from scratch. As the only member of the devops
team for the first 6 months I did everything myself, including virtualization and cloud computing solutions and managing the
design and build-out of multiple Data-Centers located around the globe. I performed a ton of Project Management roles
working with a number of diverse teams to obtain consensus, departmental needs and requirements and implement
ongoing technical improvement project across the company in multiple locations around the globe. The position was
responsible for the ASP/SaaS Java/Tomcat Application Architecture Design, Corporate IT Infrastructure, Software
Development Environment and complete Network Operations design, implementation and management. Secondary, as the
only direct report to the CEO I also helped facilitate the overall corporate strategic technology roadmap and vision.
Responsibilities & achievements included:
 Project Managed the research and then the Implementation of “Levanta” the first ever data-center automation &
high-availability cloud based solution into the network to facilitate complete Data-Center Automation, HA,
Configuration Management & DR
 Designed Corporate IT, Engineering and ASP/SaaS/Cloud infrastructures spanning multiple continents
 Responsible for all Scalability & Reliability aspects of the network including all performance testing
 Responsible for developing the complete network operational processes, procedures and policies
 Venders utilized - F5, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Dell, EMC, Oracle, SUSE, RedHat, Symantec, Levanta data-center
automation/virtualization and high-availability solution, Netgear, Coverity, IPSwitch, Radview, Asterisk, Trend
Micro, SugarCRM Inc., Enterprise Datasafe Ltd, Novel, Rackable, Rackspace, SAVVIS, EMC, NetApp, VMware
vCloud, vSphere & vFabric Cloud Platform, apache Cassandra
 Developed all Application Deployment Policies & Procedures and Managed all ASP/SaaS Software Releases
 Consulted on all aspects of Software Development strategies from the Strategic Technology Perspective including
C/B Analysis. Needs Assessments, POC’s. R&D of new technologies, strategic technology roadmap development
 Improved Performance of the ASP/SaaS model by over 500% with complete architecture redesign
 Implemented new data-center virtualization and automation solutions reducing wasted CPU cycles, increased
server density and efficiency and improving overall performance while reducing IT costs
 Installed new automated software and patch management solution across all data-centers
 Successfully facilitated over 3 million txt messages per second throughput as per initial requirements
 Successfully passed PCI, SOX, Symantec, VISA & MasterCard Security Audits as per customer requirements
 Managed all Vendor relationships, negotiations and OEM agreements
 Designed and built the NOC & Call Center in order to monitor and assess the 99.99% uptime requirement
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA - SCEA , FOSTER CITY, CA
PS3 Online - Data-Center Operations Project Manager
I was contracted and then hired full-time to manage the design and build-out of the new 24x7x365 PlayStation3 Online
Gaming Data-Center from the initial needs and requirements assessments through to the final deliverable of a live

10. JUNE99-MARCH04
DEC 94 - MAY 99
production environment prior to the PS3 Console release date in 18 months. The scope of the project consisted of multiple
data-centers & multiple engineering teams developing in a java/tomcat environment. As part of my overall responsibility,
the infrastructure was required to successfully pass both PCI & SOX compliance audits as well as a Symantec Security audit.
The task was accomplished within the 18 month time-frame initially given. My responsibilities included everything from
obtaining the initial needs assessment, Scope of Work (SOW) and designing the overall project plan from scratch and
bringing the complete data-center from concept to finished production readiness and included obtaining consensus and
buyoff from numerous executives, departments, teams and individual contributors.
 Analyzed & developed Initial Needs Assessments, C/B Analysis, SOW & Strategic Technology Plans through
comprehensive dialogue with all stake-holders
 Liaison and Project Manage meetings with the various stake-holder groups & departments to meet goal of 100%
Customer Satisfaction
 Designed complete Cage Layout, Network Architecture, Security Architecture, Data Integrity
(Replication/Storage/Disaster Recovery) Architecture, Operational Application Infrastructure and Docs
 Developed network & application operational performance metrics
 First Company to certify RHEL & Oracle RAC working together. I convinced both companies (RedHat and Oracle) to
develop the drivers and to use our project to perform the certification.
 Managed all Vendor selection and contract negotiations
 Vendors of choice: Cisco, EMC, Brocade, vmware, Dell, Sun, F5, Cyclades, Juniper, Oracle, RHEL (RedHat)
 Developed Reports Dashboard solution based on initial needs assessment and requirement for an “easy to
understand & comprehensive reporting solution”
 Designed and implemented 24x7x365 NOC & Call Center infrastructure to monitor for 99.99% uptime
 Passed both PCI and SOX compliance audits
 Developed all change management, configuration management and data-center automation solutions
 Developed all release engineering processes and procedures
 Facilitated both SUD (PS3 Startup Disk) and Online Store Sales software platforms running on Java and the Tomcat
application server.
 Responsible for all Scalability & Reliability aspects of the network including all performance testing
DSL DESIGNS, INC., LOS GATOS, CA
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
After leaving Netscape Communication Corp I Co-founded a broadband ISP in downtown Los Gatos California. The business
model was designed to take advantage of the exciting new broadband capabilities of DSL and Wireless. I was directly
responsible for designing and building-out a completely new fiber optic Data Center/NOC and Call Center, with multiple
OC12/OC48 connections with fixed point-to-point and point-to-multi-point wireless, and multiple satellite backbones. Sold
to larger ISP
 Installed all Operational and Application Infrastructure needed for complete 24x7x365 Data Center
 Researched, designed, purchased, installed and maintained an OC12 & OC48 network, consisting of multiple
redundant Cisco Routers, Switches, Mail, Web, Commerce, Directory, News, DNS and Caching Servers and
equipment to maintain over 2000 wired & wireless Broadband subscribers.
 Researched, Designed, & Implemented state-of-the-art NOC & Call Center.
 Designed Multi Redundant, Multi-Homed, Multi-Tiered Backbone infrastructure running on Cisco 7206VXR
Routers utilizing BGP
 Built from the ground up a completely new Data Center & Help Desk Departments with Multiple OC12 & OC48
Fiber backbone connectivity
 Managed all Strategic Technology Research & Development
 Supported sales and technical support departments in all aspects of the business
 Implemented all ITIL Strategies, Policies & Procedures
 Implemented & Managed all Change Control Policies & Procedures
 Managed 24x7x365 with 99.99% Uptime SLA & 100% Customer Satisfaction
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORP/AOL, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
Manager - Worldwide Support Operations
My duties consisted of determining the operational needs of the department, researching and developing the processes and
procedures to solve those needs in order to increase productivity and customer satisfaction. This involved the Project
Management of extremely large and complex issues and included researching new technologies and software, vendor
management, technology evaluation, problem solving skills and techniques. Working with varied and diverse business units
world-wide to ensure that all needs were met. If the need was to be met through in-house development, then I would be
responsible for the complete project management from beginning to end. I took the severance package offered when
management sold out to AOL
 Developed strategy to reduce support costs by a total of over 23 million annually
 Drove all aspects of process development from recognizing initial need, researching, evaluating, and designing,
resource allocation, developing and managing teams to project completion.
 Attended Agile & Scrum Developer Meetings on a regular basis

11.  Liaison and co-ordination with engineering, IT, sales, support, and marketing for project completion.
 Designed and implemented the very successful Netscape Champions program as well as the Netscape User
Groups “NUGgies”. The “Champions” were a volunteer group who evaluated and provided feedback for all new
software releases, greatly enhancing our product and increasing customer satisfaction. The idea and group I
created from it, is still alive today over 17 years later, as the “Mozilla Champions”
 Managed various simultaneous projects critical to the Operations of the company
 Tasked with Discovery of new technologies, evaluating, testing and implementing them as needed to improve
support operations
 Annually received Above and Beyond award for my work as well as yearly stock and cash bonus due to
outstanding peer reviews and completion of projects.
 Helped evaluate and implement customer call tracking system, internal help site, external
http://help.netscape.com site, and automated email response program
 Liaison with DB and software programming groups to implement key infrastructure improvements
1989 – 1994 DIGITAL CONCEPTS BBS, TUCSON, AZ
1980 – 1983 U.S. NAVY, LONG BEACH CA.
Speaking Engagements
 BIG DATA @ FACEBOOK - JUNE 2012 – ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF CLOUD TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS INVITED TO ATTEND AND
PARTICIPATE IN FACEBOOK’S “BIG DATA” PRIVATE CONFERENCE
 CLOUD CON/EXPO 2012 – /CLOUD, MARKETING HYPE VS REALITY AND ITS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE MARKET
o THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES OF THE PUBLIC VS THE PRIVATE CLOUD AND WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Certifications
 MPM ® – CERTIFIED MASTER PROJECT MANAGER - AAPM®
 CIPM ® - CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGER – AAPM®
 NETWORK SECURITY – BRAINBENCH
 SAN - STORAGE AREA NETWORK CONCEPTS – BRAINBENCH
 SA – SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE – BRAINBENCH
 ITM - IT MANAGEMENT – BRAINBENCH
 MITT – MASTERS CERTIFICATE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TERMINOLOGY – BRAINBENCH
 SCM - SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATIONS IN MANAGEMENT – NETSCAPE
 LTM - LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR MANAGEMENT – NETSCAPE
 LCP - LINUX CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL – BRAINBENCH
 ARCHITECTING WITH THE CLOUD: STRATEGY & PLANNING – ZAPTHINK (IN PROCESS)
 CLOUD SECURITY FUNDAMENTALS – ZAPTHINK (IN PROCESS)
 DISASTER RECOVERY AND PLANNING – BRAINBENCH
 AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT – NETSCAPE
 NETSCAPE & IPLANET MAIL SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX
 NETSCAPE & IPLANET NEWS SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX
 NETSCAPE & IPLANET WEB SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX
 NETSCAPE & IPLANET PORTAL SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX
 NETSCAPE & IPLANET DIRECTORY SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX
 NETSCAPE & IPLANET CERTIFICATE SERVER – WINDOWS & UNIX/LINUX
Awards
 ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD – NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
o FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MULTIPLE COST SAVING PROJECTS WHICH ULTIMATELY SAVED THE COMPANY APPROXIMATELY 12
MILLION IN ANNUAL SUPPORT COSTS OVERALL
 PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA (SCEA)
o FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION UNDER EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIME CONSTRAINTS WHILE ALSO NEGOTIATING BOTH PCI & SOX
COMPLIANCE AUDITS OF THE PS3 ONLINE GAME DATA-CENTER
 AWARDED A 20% PERFORMANCE BONUS - AT ILOOP MOBILE, INC.
o FOR THE TIMELY AND PROFESSIONAL COMPLETION OF BOTH THE SAAS DATA-CENTER AND THE CORPORATE IT DEPARTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS MULTIPLE CONTINENTS IN UNDER 18 MONTHS.
Experienced in the following Software Technologies & Protocols:
CISCO
 IOS, NS-OX & CatOS, FcoE, VNlink, OTV, VDC, FabricPath & Multi-Path Ethernet
VIRTUALIZATION & CLOUD TECHNOLOGY - SOFTWARE & HARDWARE
 MongoDB, Hadoop, Cassandra, EMC Block Storage Virtualization, EMC Invista, vmware vSphere 4.0 & 5.0, vCenter
Server, vCenter Site Recovery Manager, VMware View, vCenter AppSpeed, vCloud Director, vCloud Chargeback
Cisco Nexxus 1000V, VNlink, OTV (Overlay Transport Virtualization), VDC (Virtual Data Centers), FabricPath, Multi-
Path Ethernet, F5 BIG-IP LTM VE (Virtual Edition), F5 BIG-IP Optimization Module (WOM), F5 ARX File
Virtualization Solution, VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk Format), Hypervisor 1 & 2, MongoDB (Sharding), Scala, Redis,

12. PLAY, GEO-Replication (JumpMind SymmetricDS, Infonics, Cassandra), Vertica, ADC (Application Delivery
Controllers such as Brocade, F5, Kemp, Array Networks, etc…) VCE (Virtual Computing Environment CO. a
virtualization & cloud development partnership of Cisco, vmware and EMC), BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management,
OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Framework, OpenNebula Cloud Infrastructure Framework, Eucalyptus Cloud
Infrastructure Framework & Hadoop, Apache CloudStack, Netscaler CloudPlatform & CloudPortal
HIGH-AVAILABILITY, BUSINESS CONTINUITY, BACKUP & DATA REPLICATION
 F5 BIG-IP, EMC RepliStor/RecoverPoint & Mirrorview, MongoDB, Hadoop, Cassandra, EMC Block Storage
Virtualization, EMC Replication Manager, EMC Invista SAN Virtualization, Compellent GEO Replication – Storage
Virtualization, Thin Replication, Portable Volume, Scalable Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Arkeia Network Backup &
Server Backup, Veritas Backup Exec & NetBackup, Amanda, fTape, kDat, CPIO, dbackup, fsbackup, Rsync, hdimage,
NetVault/BakBone, dumpfs, fdiff-backup, EMC Point-In-Time Recoverym, Mysql Cluster 7.2
UNIX/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS
 Solaris, Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS, SUSE, Ubuntu
STORAGE/DISC MANAGEMENT
 VERITAS, EMC Block Storage Virtualization, EMC Replication Manager, EMC Invista SAN Virtualization, EMC
Navisphere & Vsphere, Naviagent, Navicli, NIS, NFS, EMC Ionix & Unified Infrastructure Manager, Hitachi
Command Suite & ShadowImage Data Management and Replication, HP StorageWorks & StoreOnce deduplication
software, HP Array Manager, HP System Copy,

ANTI-VIRUS/ANTI- SPYWARE/ANTI-SPAM
 Grisoft AVG Network Virus Protection, Symantec, Trend Micro, Clam, Spam Assassin, Spyware Guard, Sbybot
Search & Destroy
SECURITY - FIREWALLS, IDS, IPS, UTM (UNIFIED THREAT MANAGEMENT) PASSWORD MANAGEMENT
& ENCRYPTION
 BlackIce, NetworkIce, GNATBox, IPTables, Cisco PIX, Juniper, WatchGuard, SonicWall, Check Point, Cisco ASA 5500,
Enterprise PasswordSafe, Cisco Virtual Security Gateway (VSG), TippingPoint, Sonicwall, Fortinet, Watchguard,
H3C SecCenter, Open Source suite of security tools for Linux, Snort, Snare, WireShark
NETWORK MONITORING/REPORTING/MANAGEMENT
 CiscoWorks Cisco Data Center Network Manager, Cisco NetManager IP Infrastructure Monitor, GLPI, WhatsUp
Gold & Professional, Nagios, Cacti, PasswordSafe, EgroupWare, MRTG, IRM (Information Resource Manager),
ClusterSSH, OCS Inventory Management, Lore Knowledgebase, IPPLAN, Kbox, Levanta
SERVER CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT & DATA-CENTER & CLOUD AUTOMATION
 CFEngine/subversion, Chef/Opscode, Puppet, Kbox, Acronis Disk Imaging, Levanta Server Deployment Automation
Appliance, GLPI, BMC Bladelogic & CLM, Splunk, Smartfrog, Bcfg2, Ubersmith, Adobe Experience Manager,
Netapp, Vmware
PATCH & SERVER CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT & DISTRIBUTION
 cFengine, Kbox Management Appliance, EMC Ionix Server Appliance, BMC Atrium Products
JAVA DEVELOPMENT & JAVA APPLICATION SERVERS
 Coverity Prevent SQS for Java, Apache Tomcat Application Server, Oracle WebLogic 11g Java Application Server,
vmware vFabric tc Server, Websphere, JBoss, Glassfish, Geronimo, Resin, JBoss, WebLogic, Elastic Memory for Java,
vFabric tc Server & Hyperic/SQLFire/GemFire/RabbitMQ,Jetty,WebLogic,ColdFusion
DATABASES & ENHANCED DB SOFTWARE
 MySQL, MySQL Cluster 7.x, PostGreSQL, Oracle “Real Application Clusters” or RAC v11G for Linux, Oracle ExaData
DB Machine, EnterpriseDB (an enhanced version of postgresql), Slony (an opensource replication solution for
postgresql), Bigtable, BMC Database Automation
WEB, MAIL, NEWS & DNS SERVERS
 iPlanet, Netscape, IIS, Apache, Squirrel Mail, Exchange 2003/2007, mail, sendmail , DNSOne, Named
PROTOCOLS
FcoE, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, DNS, IPSEC, TCP/IP, FTP, TFTP, HTTP & HTTPS, ICMP, ARP, BGP, OSPF, RIP, IGRP, AS Numbers,
Bridging, PPP, DHCP, NNTP, LDAP, IP Multicast, VOIP, VLANs, VOD, FTTH, Sync/Rsync SAN/NAS
Experienced in the following Hardware:
ROUTERS
 Cisco 7000 Series, 2000 Series, 3000 Series, ASR 1000, 9000 Series
SWITCHES
 Cisco 6000 Series, 4000 Series, 3000 Series, 2000, Nexxus 1000 & 9000 MDS Series & Nexxus 4000 Series Blade
Switches, Nexxus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Switches, Nexxus 1000V (Virtual Switch, Vmware integrated
switching fabric), Netgear, Extreme Networks
LOAD BALANCERS & APPLICATION DELIVERY CONTROLLERS (ADC)
 F5 BigIP 1600, 3600 & 6900 & VIPRION scalable blade Chassis configured with LTM, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager
Virtual Edition (LTM VE), GTM, WA & ASM appliance variations, Cisco Arrow Point, Brocade ServerIron 1000 & 4000,
CiTRIX Netscaler, Netscaler App Delivery Controller, Netscaler CloudConnector

13. CACHE SERVERS
 CacheFlow
FIREWALLS, IDS/IPS & SECURITY
 Juniper Networks SSL VPN 4000 series, ISG1000 Series & Netscreen 500 & 5200 Series Firewalls & IDP 600, 800 &
8200 Series, GNAT Box, Watch Guard Firewall & VPN, Linux IPChains, Symantec, Cisco PIX Firewalls – ASA 5540,
5550, 5580-20 IPS Adaptive Security Appliance, Cisco IPS 7.0, Cisco Pix 500 Series, Cisco IPS 4200 Series Appliance
Cisco IOS-IPS, Advanced Inspection & Prevention Security Module, IDS Services Module, IDS Network Module,
Cisco Iron Port C360 Email Security Appliance, Trend Micro SMB Security Suite, Snort, OSSEC HIDS, SonicWall NSA
(Network Security Appliance) 3500 & E7500, WatchGuard Firebox x8500 & Firebox Edge Wireless Security
Appliance, F5 FirePass SSL VPN Appliance, Checkpoint IPS-1, Smart-1 Appliance & Endpoint Security
DISK & STORAGE ARRAYS
 EMC Symmetrix VMAX, VNX, Celerra and CLARiiON , Sun Fiber Channel Arrays, Sun T3, Sun D1000, Dell, HP
Infortrend Disk Array & RaidWatch Disk Array Management System, NetApp, Hitachi AMS 2000 Series, Hitachi
NAS/USP/VSP & HCP Series Storage Solutions, HP D2 & EVA/MSA Series arrays, X1000 NAS
SERVERS
 Sun Fire V480, Sun E450, Netra, E420R, Sun Ultra, Dell 1900, Dell 2900 series servers, Dell Power Edge M1000 Blade Server
and 800 series blades & Dell 1850/2850, Cisco B200M2 & B250M2, SGI, HP
TAPE BACKUP
 DLT Drives, IBM Altria-TD1 Drive
WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
 Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint as well as Line of Site and Non-Line of Sight, Wireless Access Points &
Bridges, Wireless Grid networks, Netgear, Cisco, Zyxel, Trendnet
CONSOLE SERVERS
 Cyclades, Cisco
VIDEO-ON-DEMAND
 SGI, World Wide Packets, Minerva Networks, iMagicTV
SERVER AUTOMATION, REPLICATION, DEPLOYMENT, APPLICATION & PATCH MANAGEMENT
APPLIANCES
 Levanta Appliance, EMC Ionix Appliance, Kbox Appliance, BMC Data Center Automation, BMC Change
Management, BMC BladeLogic Automation Suite Appliance