Kurt B. Email & Phone Number

Hudson, FL, US

FDOT.

Enables DTCC to implement the most optimal and effective, business solutions Maintains understanding of existing DTCC applications and technology solutions for leveraging the reuse of services and for the consolidation of services. Identifies and researches opportunities to leverage emerging UNIX tools to the betterment of the DTCC environment. Develops.

Nürnberg, DE

TRAVEL 50% - In-depth product knowledge of SuSE Linux, assisting in sales opportunities across the Americas. My time is split between proof-of-concept implementation, presentation to customers and at conferences, and research into deeper solution understanding. Work many trade shows, shows as HIMMS, POSSCON, SHARE, etc..

• Platform Engineering group. Design and Test Linux based solutions for CIB (Commerical Investment Banking).
• Linux (RHEL4, SLES9, SLES10, SOLAIRS) Windows 2003 & 2008 and Deployment tools such as BladeLogic, Opsware & Altaris. Create corprate best practices and Standards based around linux/Unix.
• Working with Xen & VMware on a daily basis. EMC, NetApp, Fuji, Verari, HP platforms.
• 85 applications such as Fortify, Subversion, cvsnt, Anthill, Confluence, Crucible/Fisheye, Sonatype nexus pro, etc.

US

• Travel 75% - Services Group, Which Includes Sales, Support & Consulting.
• Travel to companines around the world doing presentation, demos and POC's on Levanta's Linux Manegment appliance.
• Handle the support and Implamentation of all customers on EAST COAST and EUROPE. Worked with EMC, Netapp, IBM, HP, Dell, And many others.

Nürnberg, DE

• Travel 75% - Handle the transition of moving all Novell to linux on the desktop. As well as all linux technical questions and issues from Sales, Marketing, IT, software development.
• Oversee and advise sales team, sales engineers, marketing, IT on how to convert current windows/solairs/hp-ux/netware users to linux, from desktop thru the data center.
• Guide software development on what linux software needs created for the market.
• Travel to customer locations through out the world on technical Linux calls and presentations.
• Create White Papers and Tech Documents for Sales and Customers.
• Work with Customers on Migrations from UNIX/WINDOWS and other LINUX distros over to SUSE LINUX. Customer locations to assit with migrations to linux.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Travel 80% - Work with a team of 4 other Senior Linux engineers in the world for IBM (America's Linux Team), providing mainly pre-sales support (Setting up test labs, diagram networks, Capacity Plan, Network Strategy.
• Install Red Hat, Turbolinux, Suse OS on IBM hardware (both Ethernet and Token Ring), in both a LAN/WAN environment and Clustering (HPC & HA).
• Have implemented from 5 to 2000 servers for all IBM customers and handled all Calls on the East Coast for the ATS Group. Working with Win2000 and linux and Sun Solairs integration.
• Did Microsoft Exchange Migration over to Linux Platform (Sendmail). Both on the design and the implementation side of the house.
• Worked with many fortune 500 companies (JCREW, JP MORGAN, NEUBERGER & BERMAN, CHAMPION COMPUTERS, UAB-BIRMINGHAM, MORGAN STANLEY, ETC..).
• Used Websphere, installed and configured it for WEATHER.COM with their HPC 64 node cluster.

Tokyo, JP

• Travel 75% - Handle all technical sales calls (Pre & Post) East of Texas. Handle all support calls (Pre & Post) for entire US and Canada
• Client interface to design solution and implement
• Managed 2 SE's on west coast.
• Did technical presentations for Linux Workstation, Server, TurboCluster and Enfuzion (HPC-Supercomputing) and SUN clusters.
• Handled all Installations of entire product line for new clients, including Network Planning and Capacity Planning. Setup up companies VPN solution across 4 continents.
• Worked with 3 RSM's (Reg. Sales Managers, Florida, NYC & Chicago). Installed Linux clusters (HA - IP FAILOVER - LOAD BALANCING) (FROM 8 node thru (1024 node clusters (@ JP MORGAN, NYC), Installed and Configured Samba.

• Handled all major network issues for company. Install networks for companies, ranging in size from 10 users to 5000 users.
• Worked with many clients implementing VoIP. Handle all the router configuration and Linux/Unix Issues. Handled majority of technical interviewing and screening for company.
• Worked with Linux, NT, Novell, SCO, SUN, CISCO, HP on a daily basis.
• Installed this companies and 10 other companies Internet connectivity (ranging from dialup to Frame & Fiber).
• Installed and Manage 3 Linux Apache web servers, SSL server, Cold Fusion Server, CISCO routers, Sendmail & Exchange issuers.
• Brought in new CRM-type business to the company