F5 Networks, Seattle, WA June 2005 – Present
Technical Marketing Manager, Virtualization/Product Management Engineer
- Build business value messaging for the network, application, and platform virtualization space and deliver that message to market
- Own the hand-off between Product Management and Marketing for virtualization product and solution marketing
- Provide strategic council and thought leadership on application delivery virtualization and the virtual data center vision to domestic and international analysts, press, and other external groups
- Define and create messaging for virtualization technologies alongside Product and Corporate Marketing groups for campaigns, conferences, trade shows, and online media
- Work closely with virtual platform partners such as VMware and Microsoft on architecture and marketing projects
- Evangelize outbound virtualization and security technologies and marketing to market and industry groups, such as consortiums, professional
groups, and specialty markets.
- Analyze current technology market trends in the
application security, virtualization, and cloud computing markets.
- Discover new technology trends and patterns for marketing-based initiatives.
- Produce analytical documents and reports on
vendor-neutral technologies affecting application delivery virtualization
technologies in the data center.
- Assist Product Management and Development with
product lifecycle definitions and requirements, from feature scoping, design
requirements, and implementation, based on current and future market trends and
F5 corporate goals.
- Architect secure and robust large-scale network infrastructure
components, such as those for the new Technology Center and Virtual Application
Library.
RealNetworks, Seattle, WA June 2000 – June 2005
Program Manager, Security/Professional Services Systems Consultant
- Build and enforce secure environments at DRM
customer sites, including back-end servers, network architecture, and secure
media delivery.
- Work with large companies such as Sony Pictures
and Music, Warner Brothers, Starz/Encore, Cisco, Paramount Studios, Movielink,
and Deutche Telekom AG to design secure, robust data and Digital Rights
Management networks.
- Manage key DRM customers and relationships
throughout the life cycle of design and deployment, including authoring initial
contracts and further contract negotiations.
- Design and architect large-scale, clustered,
UNIX-based multimedia delivery networks: Operating Environment, Network
Transport, Security, and Tools.
- Deploy and integrate media networks in
international locations including France, Germany, Spain, UK,
and Australia.
- Develop UNIX administration and security tools
for RedHat Linux and Sun Solaris to control and manage media distribution
systems.
The
Cobalt Group, Seattle, WA May 1999 – June 2000
Linux/Solaris System Administrator
- Maintain large cluster of Linux-based web
servers (60+), Sun Solaris Enterprise database servers, primary corporate mail
systems.
- Manage two domain name servers hosting over
5,000 domains.
- Handle day-to-day management of production and
end-user UNIX environments including security, disaster recovery, and physical
management.
- Design and manage corporate LAN, consisting of
both private and public networks, DNS, Sendmail, Linux-based firewall, Cisco
routers, and 3COM network devices.
- Specify and implement fault-tolerance and
load-balancing systems for production UNIX servers and network.