Welcome to my world.  The employment landscape has been changing at a pretty furious pace.  Sun, Sun, Mitre, Sun, Oracle...  And since the acquisition of Sun by Oracle, I had time in four different job roles.  Well, now I'm back to being a consultant.  I'm doing mostly Enterprise Architecture, some IT Architecture, and continuing to fix stuff that's broken, whether the broken pieces are technology, people, or process.  I am enjoying the occasional "oh my god" emergency escalation, but really enjoying helping customers evolve and succeed.  Have suitcase, will work for bandwidth, some decent Thai food, and the occasional cool toy.

After almost 10 years as a Principal Engineer at Sun Microsystems, I decided to venture off and see if the grass is really greener on the other side of the fence, or if the green tint is some sort of toxic waste byproduct.  I became a Principal Information Systems Engineer and "Geek of All Trades" (GOAT) at the Mitre Corporation.   Turns out that the grass was  pretty darn green over there, and the pollen counts weren't too bad. but the occasional piles of ripe fertilizer got on my nerves.  I returned to Sun in April 2008 on the Professional Services Delivery side of the house, working mostly virtualization, eco-computing, and helping customers get from here to there for various values of "here" and "there"..  Feel free to read all about my adventures on my blahg at http://blogs.sun.com/mrbill .


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    Deep Thought of the Week:

    People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones; but paint balls might fun.

            --Elizabeth McLeod

    Bonus Deep Thought of the Week:

    Black holes are where God divided by zero.

    I specialize in HEDC and DataCenter solutions in the commercial sector, if that can be called a specialty.  I try to remain a generalist, concentrating on creating "Manageable Solutions" to match customer needs.  My current expressed areas of concentration are Capacity Planning, Performance Management, System Management, and Systems Architecture. I am currently working on Server Consolidation definition and delivery of services with David Hornby and David Lehenky. 

    I am a member of  Usenix and  SAGE , though I am rarely able to keep up with extracurricular activities including geek-fests such as Usenix meetings.  I am, and always will be, first and foremost, a geek. 

    My personal information and interests are also online in case anyone really cares... 

    Customers

    My customers over the past few years include: 
    • Pfizer , home of Viagra, and located in the heart of Manhattan, NY
    • Bell South , Wireless Services in Atlanta, GA
    • FedEx , in the great city of Memphis, TN
    • AT&T , for the infamous GECKO Starfire in Phoenix, AZ
    • SouthWest Bell , Internet Services in Richardson, TX
    • Merchant Bank, my first Starfire in China, Shenzhen, Shekou, PRC
    • Erol's , a regional ISP in Springfield, VA

    My former lives

    My former employers include: 
    • Smoke N Mirrors, Inc., a now-defunct reseller/integrator that died an untimely death
    • Network Management Inc., acquired by DynCorp, now the Systems Integration Division
    • LCC, Inc., a leader in cellular engineering and wireless technology
    • PRC Realty Systems, providing Multiple Listing Services to the Real Estate industry
     
     
     
       -  mrbill@thebunker.com