Working to improve the usability of key Open source projects;- Ceph iSCSI userspace tools (CLI and API)- GUI based Ceph installation with Cockpit- RESTful API to simplify Ansible integration (now part of Ansible's github org.)After all, life's to short for complex, difficult to use software!

Key focus areas for my role include;- competitive analysis- 3rd party integration analysis- created and maintain several upstream software projects on github- perform proof of concepts for Red Hat Gluster Storage integration- creation of demo environments for Red Hat partners- creation of Technical documentation for field sales teams- liaise with engineering teams on future features/plans- produce/maintain a blog focusing on open source storage (http://opensource-storage.blogspot.co.nz/)

Primary focus on the Red Hat Storage product Produced administration tools for Red Hat Storage / gluster hosted on github (pcuzner/gluster-monitor)Presented at Red Hat Partner Tour 2012, and various webinars.Conducted technical deep dive analysis of the scale out storage marketProvide support to partners and customers in their evaluation of Red Hat productsWorking with key partners to produce joint whitepaper/reference architecture materialWorking with development teams, helping to shape product capabilities.

Responsibilities stretched across Backup and Storage technologies with a primary focus on the delivery of these services to Corporate IT within Visa Europe.Modernised and consolidated storage roadmaps to present the business with a Data Management roadmap, enabling technology steps, business benefits and cost implications to be clearly identified.Introduced exploitation of NetApp capabilities offsetting expenditure and alleviating capacity constraints (data deduplication, thin provisioning)Initiated then drove the upgrade/modernisation strategy for the NetApp environment ensuring the platforms capabilities aligned with the goals for business over the next 2-3 years.Provided technology consultation for internal Visa projectsIntroduced the concept of Storage Design Principles to the project management life-cycle

Responsibilites across storage and backup technologies, including the identification of future trends and potential business benefit that could be derived. Developed a new backup architecture based on data deduplication, commodity hardware and ethernet protocols, designed to lower costs and improve backup/recovery effectiveness.Lead/contributed to proof of concept technology evaluations across backup and storage disciplinesDefinition and management of Storage and Data Management RoadmapsDefinition and maintenance of Architectural FrameworksCo-Chair of the Storage Design Authority, responsible for architectural governanceStakeholder management to ensure deployed solutions align with business requirements