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I like to create cool technology that doesn't simply repeat what others are doing. Building something unique and different is what motivates me and creating solutions that people actually use and get excited about is extremely satisfying. Configuration Management is my passion, and we're helping customers move from the old world to the new with unique solutions. Specialties: 20 years experience in corporate IT, 10 years in enterprise software;extensive experience in systems & configuration management technologies with a focus on Microsoft infrastructure and application technologies. If you want to connect, please don't send a generic message if I don't know you. I will not accept it.
Semperis is a leader in identity protection and recovery, specializing in Active Directory and Entra ID. From fully automated full-forest recovery to the ability to assess security, protect, audit and revert changes to AD, Semperis solutions provide critical protection to your identity backbone. As VP of Product Architecture, I provide thought leadership, product direction and strategy for the evolution of our identity protection solutions.
SDM Software is focused on configuration management and security configuration solutions. We specialize in management of Windows Group Policy & Intune--the configuration management technologies built into Windows and Azure, and relied upon by organizations large and small to lock down and secure their Windows desktops and servers. SDM Software focuses on providing solutions for reporting,change control, auditing & security reporting of this technology. Our Group Policy Automation Engine won Windows IT Pro Magazine's 2009 Editor's Choice Award for Best Active Directory & Group Policy product. Our Group Policy Reporting Pak is used by companies large and small to help get a handle on, clean up and consolidate their GP environments. Our Change Manager for Group Policy/Intune provides approval-based workflow of GP management and Intune Configuration Profiles. Our Group Policy Auditing & Attestation product provides real-time change auditing, rollback and attestation of Group Policy Objects (GPOs). And our GP Compliance Manager provides compliance and security reporting across the enterprise to ensure that GP is doing it's job at securing your Windows desktops and servers.
Responsibilities included leading an effort to build out an Identity & Access Management practice, including improving existing internal identity infrastructure and evaluating/deploying modern IAM solutions. Security responsibilities included providing support for various infrastructure hardening efforts, leading an effort to improve security and management of mobile and non-corporate computing devices, and leading an effort to build a contextual (attribute-based) access management solution across critical applications and data.
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Provided systems monitoring achitecture and design for a new enterprise monitoring platform. Provided automation, development, design and architecture support for Citrix CloudPlatform (i.e. Cloudstack) private cloud environment Provided architecture and design for VDI Performed research and design input on GPU-enabled virtualization