Daniel Chester Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, California, Us

Designing network, cloud and data security solutions for our customers.

Blue Dragon Consulting provides out sourced Professional Services to cost conscious clients.

Tinton Falls, Nj, Us

My role as an Enterprise Systems Engineer involves designing holistic solutions around my clients data management needs.

Akron, Oh, Us

As a consultant for Arkay, my main goals have been to help develop and grow the Professional Services offerings of the company while working with the Sales team to develop and deliver cost-effective and right-sized solutions to their customers. Some of the projects I have worked on include:• Implementation of a 2PB backup solution to replace failing incumbent solution at a government data center.• Design and implementation of a 2PB replicated SAN solution for a large manufacturing company.• Design and delivery of an enterprise backup solution for a 650+ server major casino chain.• Samba to Sun Java Enterprise Directory Server (LDAP) integration project for the largest privately held wireless company.• NIS to to Sun Java Enterprise Directory Server (LDAP) migration with integration and name space normalization with Microsoft Active Directory for a national local telephone company.• Design and configuration of the 300+ Terabyte replacement of an encumbant storage solution provider at one of the largest privately owned banks in the United States.

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

My efforts at World Synergy revolve around developing good business practices to build a better professional services deliverable, make employees more efficient and provide customers with a more well rounded product. Besides developing the business model and execution of that model, I also have worked on the following projects:• Complete redesign of the campus networking and server infrastructure at a national race track.• Site migration planning and execution for 65 hosted companies.• Internet forensics to determine fraud and copyright infringement of a clients intellectual property.• Design and custom development of a payment processing module for online medical documentation distribution.• Design and development of a payment processing module for an online magazine.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

I work as a consultant for Logcitrends handling various assignments such as email system upgrades, identity management, LDAP migrations, etc.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Working for Iconomics brought me back to the role of pre-sales technical consulting. My responsibilities included such tasks as account evaluations, solution design, product R&D, competitive analysis, presentations and pilot implementations. The product set I work with includes Sun ONE, Radiant Logic, Veritas and Oracle. Some of the projects I worked on included:• Design, implementation and maintenance of an 80,000+ user email system at an educational ISP.• Design, implementation and maintenance of an 35,000+ user email system at an automotive industry ISP.• Assessment and consultation of a 35,000+ user corporate email system at one of the largest Media conglomerates.• Design and implementation of a 25 server buildout for a startup ISP.

Walnut Creek, California, Us

Working for Rentpayment.com, Inc has brought me a wide range of experience in dealing with the ever changing world of internet “dot.com” companies. My responsibilities included such tasks as architecting the system that would run the e-commerce site for the company, software development, managing the technical staff, vendor relations, as well as doing client sales presentations and technical support. Some of the events/tasks I was involved with were:• Evaluation and decision making over the software infrastructure.• Evaluation and decision making over the hardware infrastructure.• Evaluation and decision making over the network infrastructure.• Interviewing and hiring of technical staff.• Technical sales presentation to clients.• Design and specification of the proprietary application software.

Westlake, Ohio, Us

I utilized my technical skills and understanding of businesses to help develop and create effective and cost conscious solutions to fulfill clients' needs. Some of the events/projects I was involved in were:•Was a key factor in the implementation of the Pre-Sales Consulting Group at MRK Technologies, Ltd.•Created and executed internal training programs for the Netscape/Sun ONE product line for Sales and Pre-Sales employees at MRK Technologies, Ltd.•Designed an ERP solution for a Fortune 1000 lighting company. This solution was designed to handle their existing company needs while increasing office productivity nearly 40%. The MRP scheduling system will increase the efficiency of the production lines over 80%.

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

My assignment at CAMP was to work with management staff to enact a technical solution that met the financial goals of the company as well as providing a business technical solution that will carry the company into the next millennium. Primary Tasks:•Survey existing systems: 5 Cisco routers, 24 servers and approximately 250 client workstations. •Evaluate existing business processes•Design a WAN solution using the Internet as the main source of data connctivity•Design a LAN solution to upgrade the existing 10b2 network to a CAT5 switched network. This new LAN solution involved the installation new switches, fiber riser backbones and consolidation of the twenty-four existing servers to six servers•Enacting the proposed solution including:•Upgrade and replace primary Sun Solaris server•Installation of a Windows server running Exchange•Migration of file services from NFS server to Windows•Migration of all clients to Windows 95•Migration of a Novell server to Windows

Contract consultant

Working for Aurora Products was a learning experience in many ways for me. While working there I refined my project management skills, customer interaction skills, and learned about working within company politics as well as increasing my overall technical knowledge. My main responsibilities included presales solution design followed by post-sales implementation of the solutions. My secondary responsibilities included internal system administration and post-sales customer support. Some of the events/projects I was involved in were:•Consult with customers to analyze their needs and to work with time, budget and manpower constraints to provide an effective solution to their problems, including generation of both RFP and RFQ documentation•Consultation, configuration, installation, administration and maintenance of hardware, software and networking solutions for customers•Provide multi-tier support for 170+ corporate clients on a daily basis•Maintain and upgrade internal network

Working at TolConWare, Inc. was my first experience in dealing with multiple customers that all dealt with different types of business. While working there I learned programming in 4GL languages, management and documentation of projects, marketing skills, salesmanship skills, and increased my experience with multiple operating systems. The following list annotates some of the key experiences and skills that I learned and applied while at TolConWare, Inc.•Worked with customers on specifying system needs and projecting needs for future growth and implementation. •Remote and on-site software support, training, and troubleshooting. •On-site hardware troubleshooting and repair of systems and peripherals. •Support of 10 corporate systems. •Customer programming and development of back office accounting software based on Thoroughbred 4GL basic. •Market research for marketing plans. •Accounts payable and receivable tracking and reporting. •Purchasing and inventory control.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

While working at Ohio State University, I learned a great deal about UNIX operating systems, interaction with other support departments, and working within a group to solve common goals. The following list annotates some of the key experiences and skills learned while at Ohio State University.•Support and maintenance of a 50+ server and 500+ client heterogeneous computing environment based on Sun and HP servers and clients and HP printers. •Provide tier-2 support for end users. •Process and fulfill problem requests via on-line tracking system. •Daily backups of server systems. •Installation and troubleshooting of campus-wide WAN and LAN network wiring. •Creation and maintenance of system documentation. •Tracking and supplying consumables in end-user labs. •Beta testing of university-developed on-line video-interactive support product.

Computer Information Sciences

Computer Programming Science

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