This document provides a summary of Robert Nase's qualifications and experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure design, and operations management over 20 years. Key areas of expertise include cloud implementations on AWS, Azure, Rackspace; data center design; systems integration; disaster recovery; and virtualization technologies. Recent experience includes developing cloud migration strategies and architectures for various government agencies moving applications to AWS GovCloud.

1. Robert E. Nase
Northern Virginia ◦ 703 472 3812 ◦ renase@gmail.com ◦ Skype: Robert.Nase
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/robert-nase/4/285/447
Qualifications and Expertise
Cloud and infrastructure architecture, design and operations management with an emphasis in Enterprise
Systems and Cloud Management Systems. Extensive experience in operations management, DevOps, systems
design and testing, technical writing, and customer communications. Over 20 years’ experience providing IT
solutions to customers in commercial and federal markets. Particular expertise in the following areas:
Infrastructure Architecture
Management supervision up to 150 employees
Portal / Console / Dashboard Development
Cloud implementations, AWS, CSC, Rackspace, Azure,
Data Center design and operations
Systems design and integration
Disaster Recovery COOP
Managed services/Professional services
Server Virtualization (AMI, VM, KVM)
Storage Virtualization
Datacenter virtualization SDD
Software Defined Network SDN
Desktop Virtualization VDI
SAN/NAS design and implementation
Server and storage consolidation
Cloud migration/governance policy
Cloud architecture and provisioning
Hybrid cloud –on prem/ off prem
Open Source Cloud - OpenStack
Application Ecosystem discovery and reporting
Cloud performance management
Data deduplication and backup
Cloud chargeback system development
FEDRAMP FISMA
RFP/RFO/RFI contributing writer
Systems integration
Networks Infrastructure
Authentication Active Directory– SAML / IAM
Vendor relations and sourcing
Subject matter expert for RFP responses
Selected Accomplishments
• Designed cloud architectures for the migration of applications to corporate data centers
• Developed cloud governance policy and procedures
• Developed repeatable standardized cloud architectural profiles
• Developed system for transferring large data sets to cloud storage
• Developed system for discovery of application ecosystems for redeployment in a cloud
• Established corporate governance for provisioning cloud engagement, DevOps
• Designed and built over 100 data centers
• Establishment of corporate applications portfolio and related ecosystems (CMDB)
• Establishment of corporate cloud, system, application, and network monitoring and management
• Director of WEB hosting operations and e-commerce in multiple data centers (35,000+ servers).
• Management – ten direct reports, five departments, with a total of 148 technicians.
• Budgetary responsibility -$25 million.
• Designed and built portable containerized cloud hosting facility (cloud in a box)
• Original patented systems for DoD, Intelligence community, Justice Department, and public sector, as
well as private sector applications.
• Innovative use of small form factors, materials, green power and innovative green cooling solutions.
• Designed patented ruggedized single board systems, blade servers and storage systems
(iSCSI, NAS, FC-SAN. FCoE, PCoIP converged networks, and unified communications).
• Engineered COOP strategy encompassing data recovery, data replication, deduplication, data mining,
data forensics, and continuous data protection. COOP in the cloud
• Designed and built data centers throughout the USA for federal and commercial customers.
Active Security Clearance
Active Top Secret
Education:
Bachelor’s degree: Jacksonville State University
Military Service:
U.S. Navy – Corpsman/Paramedic
Community service:

2. Technical consultant - Lighthouse for the Blind – Washington DC
Professional Experience
Albedo Group LLC – Principal Consultant - current
US State Department, Office of Chief Architect Developed processes and procedures for data
center closing and application migration to AWS GovCloud
Federal Reserve Bank: Restricted due to nondisclosure
Federal Aviation Agency: Developed processes, procedures and architectural design for data center
closing and application migration to AWS
DISA: Pilot project to test use of AWS storage for PII data. Other activities restricted
US Army Education Activity: Cloud adoption preparation and governance methodology
Accomplishments: Development and institution of standardized cloud governance process,
procedures and architectural standards. This enables a standardized process to migrate applications and
application ecosystems to cloud engagements. Part of this process standardized the “target” cloud
configuration for expedited migration as well as simplified or comprehensive monitoring and support.
Developed technique to migrate/replicate individual disk drive to multi-petabyte data sets to Amazon S3
or Glacier storage without additional WAN infrastructure.
AARP 2012 – 2014 Senior Architect – Infrastructure Systems
Senior Cloud Architect – application ecosystem discovery, documentation, architecture, to migration
Virtual desktop and mobility strategy
Senior technical subject matter expert for cloud project startup - RFP to vendor selection
Architect – Identity Management solution for user population of 1 million accounts
Cloud Brokerage/DevOps – provision, monitor, and manage multiple cloud solutions
Extensive work on RFP for hosting providers and migration agents
Extensive experience developing service level agreements for hosting and migration
Accomplishments: Assessment and migration of two existing data centers to two cloud providers.
Hewlett Packard 2011 – 2012 Senior Solutions Architect – Public Sector
Subject matter expert for DoD contracts and implementation
Cloud Architect – DoD and Intelligence data center and cloud solutions
Tiger team for RFP responses – Subject matter expert on cloud, cloud migration and virtualization
Application environment discovery and preparation for migration
Accomplishments: Migration of several DoD data centers to a DoD consolidated data center.
GreenTec Systems LLC, 2010 – Director Research & Development/Senior Architect
Leader of R&D department designed and built containerized systems tailored for cloud based virtual
systems, storage, (cloud in a box). Developed vehicle mounted blade servers and storage systems
specifically for cloud and virtualization, with automated application ecosystem deployment, in field
deployments. Original patentable work done in the areas of highly dense computing, self-deploying
micro cloud, computer airborne contamination, packaging materials and extreme heat mitigation. Team
member for RFP response
Accomplishments: Research, design and production of custom systems for high temperature
environments cooled via immersed liquid cooling, compute in confined and rugged space, high demand
computing mobile platforms, and high dust and high temperature environments, self-deploying cloud in
a box for field deployed virtualized compute.
Criterion Systems LLC, 2008–2010 Director/Architect-High Performance Computer Engineering
Developed server and storage solutions for high performance computing (cluster, cloud, virtualization)
and storage. Systems also developed for Dept. of Justice (mobile forensic analysis), U.S. Air Force (ISR
rugged air borne), and the Intelligence Community (mobile rugged) as well as commercial applications
(large scale cloud, virtualization and clusters). Original work done in large scale airborne computing
using grid systems. Subject matter expert for engineering issues on RFP responses.
Accomplishments: Custom compute design and implementation for highly specialized environments,
(high temp, desert, high dust, rugged transport). Compute packages for supercomputing aboard aircraft,
mobile compute for Special Forces, Intelligence, and law enforcement. High rate data evidence capture
systems for law enforcement. Specialized compute engine for computer forensics in the field. Forward
deployable compute engine for ingestion, translation and analysis of captured documents. Containerized
field deployable fully contained data center.

3. Germane Systems LLC, 2005 - 2008 Director/Senior Engineer Germane Integration Group.
Designed and manufactured custom, patentable computer and storage systems using COTS components
for DoD, Intelligence and law enforcement. Team lead for RFP response.
Accomplishments: Custom systems for naval deployment. These systems require a high degree of
shock and temperature resiliency in confined spaces. Original work on small form factor, high density,
field deployable compute and storage. Designed and built liquid cooled fully contained five blade server
in a 3’ sq package. This system set a record at the Microsoft customer lab for number of simultaneous
high transaction Exchange users on a single system.
Indus Corporation, 2003 – 2005, Manager Corporate Information Technology,
Design and management of Corporate data center, network infrastructure and staff, as well as
subject matter expert for computing, storage and infrastructure contracts. Senior engineering architect.
Accomplishments: Designed, built, migrated to a new building and configured a new data center for
corporate headquarters.
Smartronix, Inc., 2001 – 2003, Senior Project Engineer / Senior Design Architect
Project Manager and Senior Technical Lead for DoD projects, primarily Navy Marine Corps Intranet
(NMCI). In this capacity I developed Professional services line of business concentrating in storage, data
management and disaster recovery engagements. We also developed NAS and ISCSI subsystem and
encrypted remote data replication strategy as well as a fiber optic test instrument used to certify NMCI
installations. Developed portable fiber optic certification equipment. Subject matter expert for RFPs.
Accomplishments: Build data centers all over the US. Approximately one every three weeks.
Designed and build a fiber test instrument adopted system wide.
NTT America (formally Verio, Inc.), 2000 – 2001 Director WEB Hosting,
Built and managed WEB hosting and managed services operations in multiple data centers in the eastern
region. Management of following departments: Networking, Operations, Purchasing, Engineering, and
Product development. Staff – ten direct reports with a total of 148 individuals. Budgetary responsibility
in excess of $15 million.
Accomplishments: Built and staffed several data centers on the east coast. The primary data center
was 800,000 square foot.
Elliptus Technologies Inc., 1998–2000 Manager Data Center Operations/Senior Design Architect
Elliptus Technologies, an e-commerce service provider to the insurance industry. As a founding Member
of this enterprise, I Built data centers in Richmond, Dallas, and Glendale California, and one call center
in Richmond. Budget responsibility for $2.8 million.
Accomplishments: Design, built and ran three data centers.