Douglas Tabor

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Broadcast Systems Engineer at Appaloosa Broadcasting @ Wright Communications
Douglas Tabor's Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States, United States
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About Douglas Tabor

• Technical pre-sales engineering - 20+ years experience driving sales by listening, consulting, educating by creating and delivering presentations, architecting and configuring solutions. Involved in all levels of the channelized business model from manufacturer to distribution to VAR and end-user sales. Developed training programs for New Product Introductions of data storage products for the WW market. Specialized in the EDU market vertical. • Contributed to the success of 5 start-up companies (ranging from 5 to 100 people) over the course of my career where I may have had one title, but contributed through many roles and responsibilities.• Systems engineering ... Software developer from compiler writer to Renaissance man for mini-computer company, systems architect, engineering manager, firmware programmer, product manager, pre-sales technical engineer, education program manager, channel technical account manager and more.• Aviation ... Commercial pilot, aircraft owner, instructor and FAA Safety Counselor. Primarily focused on training for high altitude operations including weather analysis and survival skills.• Culinary Arts ... Ran a cheesecake company, attended culinary school and now teaching skills to others. Temporary pastry chef at 45K FTE university.Specialties: • Pre-sales IT systems engineering• Channel Sales/Operations at the manufacturer, in distribution and with VARs• Data Storage Systems• HPC clusters• Program and Project management • Technical education

Douglas Tabor's Current Company Details
Wright Communications

Wright Communications

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Broadcast Systems Engineer at Appaloosa Broadcasting
Douglas Tabor Work Experience Details
  • Appaloosa Broadcasting
    Broadcast System Engineer
    Appaloosa Broadcasting Mar 2021 - Present
    Utilizes experience in computer systems to bring a holistic approach to the RF, digital, and networking components of modern broadcasting. Responsible for the on-air and streaming operation of 14 stations in 5 market areas in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Colorado.
  • Wright Communications
    Technology Consultant
    Wright Communications Apr 2013 - Present
    Auckland, Nz
    • Make technology understandable at all levels to maximize effectiveness of a problem solution.• Provide technical education, systems administration and technical marketing services in networking, HPC and data storage to clients.
  • Lionbridge
    Senior Software Engineer
    Lionbridge Apr 2016 - Nov 2017
    Waltham, Massachusetts, Us
    Customer advocate supporting HPE storage products acting as interface to engineering. Required broad skills base to analyze and replicate customer issues including FC SAN, iSCSI, LAN/WAN, virtualization technologies, Linux and applications debugging and hardware fault diagnosis.
  • University Of Colorado
    Assistant Pastry Chef
    University Of Colorado Nov 2013 - Apr 2014
    Denver, Colorado, Us
    Temporary position (6 mo) while Pastry Chef was on medical leave.In addition to regular production of baked goods, also fulfilled Catering and Events requests for both regular menu and special request items. Required research and use of non-standard technique. Used my IT background to streamline bake shop processes and improve profitability.Used my IT background to create a new product labeling system used for special needs products (gluten-free and v-gan) as well as developed a more efficient systems approach to the baking kitchen.
  • Newcloud Networks
    Sr Sales Engineer
    Newcloud Networks Mar 2013 - Apr 2013
    • Drive sales for cloud computing (IaaS) and connectivity solutions by evaluating, architecting, presenting, delivering customer proposals to assist account managers in closing deals. • Determine need for virtual servers/desktops, backup/disaster recovery, hosted PBX or managed IT services and configure appropriately.
  • Zerochaos
    Business Process Analyst For Yahoo!
    Zerochaos Mar 2012 - Nov 2012
    • Analyze and present data from use of internal web analytics tools and Oracle/InQuira DW/CMS for Yahoo! user behavior on web properties for Internationalization project.
  • The Root Group
    Sr Systems Engineer
    The Root Group Sep 2002 - Sep 2010
    Boulder, Co, Us
    • Technical (HPC, storage and server systems) pre-sales engineering that evaluates customer problems, responds to RFPs, consults with customer, architects, recommends, configures and supports solutions. • Primarily selling Sun Microsystems hardware, software and services for Education markets in CO, WY and NV and included complementary vendors offerings and Root Group services for a complete solution.
  • Sun Microsystems
    Education Program Manager
    Sun Microsystems Nov 1999 - Nov 2001
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    • Program management for training programs for Sun badged and partner personnel. • Focused on Data Storage products, content and training delivery for all Sun NPI (new product introduction) in the South Pacific/South Asia territory.
  • Sun Microsystems
    Technical Account Manager
    Sun Microsystems Apr 1994 - Nov 1999
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    • Training and technical support for Sun Microsystems operations at Access Graphics (later GE Access) in Boulder as it pertained to channel distribution operations. • Grew sales from $200M to over $1.5B as integral part of management team effort.• Earned several SE of the year awards for significant contribution (SunRise)
  • Wright Communications
    Consultant/Trainer
    Wright Communications 1993 - 1994
    Auckland, Nz
    • Performed on-site training of advanced Systems and Networking Administration classes for SunEd. division of Sun Microsystems. • Performed special and long-term projects including systems and network administration for Denver area clients such as Generation 5, Boulder Heuristics Inc and Abacus Direct.
  • Neocad (Now Xilinix)
    Release Manager
    Neocad (Now Xilinix) 1992 - 1993
    • Managed systems and network administrations functions at a 40 person startup in FPGA tools market.• Performed SCM (software configuration management) and release administration functions creating tools and reviewing software builds.• Directed the port of the product to Solaris and HP-UX platforms.
  • Sun Microsystems
    Pre-Sales Systems Engineer
    Sun Microsystems Mar 1989 - Jan 1992
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    • Supported sales utilized technical knowledge for pre-sales systems analysis, benchmarks, demonstrations and group presentations. • Covered the geographic territory north of Denver and Telco business.• Earned Technical Support awards (SE of the month and SunRise SE of the year)
  • Cadnetix (Acquired By Mentor Graphics)
    Systems Architect And Manager Of Product Test
    Cadnetix (Acquired By Mentor Graphics) Apr 1985 - Jan 1989
    Multiple positions: • Manager of Product Test group with 12 EE and PCB designer staff.• Systems Architect for an EDA company with CAE/CAD/CAM products based on UNIX platforms. As a contributing management member in the Marketing department included trade show concept, messaging and delivery. Managed budgets for a department of up to 15 test specialists.
  • Language Resources
    Product Manager
    Language Resources Jun 1983 - Apr 1985
    • Product Management of a cross-compiler development environment that turn the tools into a deliverable product. • Included hardware development of product security/licensing features, SQA, validation of product/sales documentation and final 'production' of product..
  • Microdata Corporation (Acquired By Mcdonnell-Douglas Computer Systems)
    Systems Architect
    Microdata Corporation (Acquired By Mcdonnell-Douglas Computer Systems) Jul 1977 - Jun 1983
    Held various positions during tenure at Microdata including • Renaissance man for new company product• SQA section manager• Database section manager• Systems Architect for a next generation product development effort.
  • Burroughs Corporation
    Compiler Designer
    Burroughs Corporation May 1974 - Jul 1977
    Elmhurst, Illinois, Us
    • Utilized computer science methodologies to develop toolsets that generated appropriate grammar-based code generators for an internal systems implementation language (IMP), FORTRAN and COBOL-74 languages. • Wrote the link-edit program to bind modules into an executable program.• Represented Burroughs at Fortran-77 standards body.

Douglas Tabor Skills

Unix Solaris Storage Servers Virtualization Pre Sales Enterprise Software Data Center Cloud Computing System Administration Program Management System Architecture Networking Saas Hardware Disaster Recovery San Integration Databases Linux Computer Hardware Solution Selling Operating Systems Product Management Testing Security Analysis Enterprise Architecture Vmware Systems Engineering High Availability Teamwork Nas Problem Solving Architecture Cluster Software Documentation Network Security Enterprise Storage Troubleshooting Team Leadership Product Marketing Product Development Customer Relations Engineering Technical Writing Public Speaking Quality Assurance Documentation Clustering

Douglas Tabor Education Details

  • Utah State University
    Utah State University
    Computer Science/Business
  • Caltech
    Caltech
    Management Studies From Irc
  • Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
    Dataflow Architectures
  • Metropolitan State University Of Denver
    Metropolitan State University Of Denver
    Industry Expert Instructor
  • Layton High School
    Layton High School
    High School
  • Auguste Escoffier School Of Culinary Arts
    Auguste Escoffier School Of Culinary Arts
    Culinary Arts/Chef Training

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Douglas Tabor works for Wright Communications

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Douglas Tabor's current role is Broadcast Systems Engineer at Appaloosa Broadcasting.

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Douglas Tabor attended Utah State University, Caltech, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Metropolitan State University Of Denver, Layton High School, Auguste Escoffier School Of Culinary Arts.

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Douglas Tabor has interest in Cooking/baking, Motorcycling, Writing, Aviation, Backpacking And Travel, Training, Ham Radio, Bicycling.

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Douglas Tabor has skills like Unix, Solaris, Storage, Servers, Virtualization, Pre Sales, Enterprise Software, Data Center, Cloud Computing, System Administration, Program Management, System Architecture.

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