Thomas J. Ackermann

Thomas J. Ackermann

ExoWARFARE Think Tank Member at Reality Lease Co

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • ExoWARFARE Think Tank Member (Novato Research Park) at Reality Lease Co
Past
  • NATO C3 Interview Process for A5 Position in Chief Strategy Management at NATO C3 Agency
  • CEO at Melior, Inc. CyberWarfare Defense
  • Vice President of Operations at CashEdge Inc.
  • Chief Internet Architect (CIA) at Internet Barter Inc
  • Director of Computing at Snowball, Inc.
  • Acting General Manager at Globix, Inc. / California Globix
  • Principal Consultant at Melior, Inc.
  • Technical Advisor at CyberStar, Inc. (Loral)
  • IT Systems and Network Architect at Macromedia, Inc.
  • Senior Systems Engineer at Data Systems West
  • Principal Consultant at support@tjack.com - Germany
Education
  • INS Educational Evaluation Service
  • Taft University, Irvine/California
  • Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
  • LDT Landesfachschule Deutscher Textileinzelhandel
  • Management Trainee
  • German Army (Bundeswehr)
  • Gymnasium Paulinum Muenster
Connections
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Industry
Military
Websites

Thomas J. Ackermann’s Summary

Finder of Radical Solutions. Without me, you would not be watching YouTube videos today, and you would not know instant and successful dDoS Defence is possible.

Thomas J. Ackermann’s Specialties:

Create & Invent, Internet "Stuff". Go read on my web site if you want it more granular.


Thomas J. Ackermann’s Experience

  • ExoWARFARE Think Tank Member (Novato Research Park)

    Reality Lease Co

    (Military industry)

    November 2008Present (1 year 1 month)

    Invention of Web 4.0 Technology for civil and military advance (succor):

    ThreadStream LogicGate Computing - true cognitive capabilities for machines with all implied consequences (ExoGEIST & ExoWARFARE).

    Company is in beta trials and in cloaking mode.

    You folks go through Web 3.0 first ... :-|

  • NATO C3 Interview Process for A5 Position in Chief Strategy Management

    NATO C3 Agency

    (Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)

    September 2008October 2008 (2 months)

    After applying for the position, I was invited to Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium, to interview with the NATO C3 Directorate for Post 1006, Chief Strategy Management.

  • CEO

    Melior, Inc. CyberWarfare Defense

    (Computer & Network Security industry)

    January 2001September 2008 (7 years 9 months)

    invention of the only technology capable of defending against Denial-of-Service attacks and Penetration Testing - proven by 300 million users successfully protected - so far. Founder and CEO. Company failed due to insufficient funding.

    www.dDoS.com

  • Vice President of Operations

    CashEdge Inc.

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    August 2000December 2000 (5 months)

    Designed, implemented, managed OPS (Banking, ACH, Funds Transactions); designed and implemented two software development and customer support centers in Chennai, India. Company failed execution of business plan to build first fully aggregated funds transfer across financial institutions.

    www.cashedge.com

  • Chief Internet Architect (CIA)

    Internet Barter Inc

    (Internet industry)

    September 1999May 2000 (9 months)

    Designed, implemented, managed IT-OPS. Built highly secure (banking-grade) 20'x20' datacenter presence, integrated 7 acquired companies (US, Canada, Australia) during explosive growth.

    In essence: Built largest Barter Company world-wide in record time. Company failed in Silican Valley bust

  • Director of Computing

    Snowball, Inc.

    (Internet industry)

    May 1999August 1999 (4 months)

    managed IT-OPS and Internet presence. Vendor negotiations; connectivity improvements.

    An exercise to transform a 20th-century print-media enterprise to a 21st-century Internet-media content aggregator.

  • Acting General Manager

    Globix, Inc. / California Globix

    (Internet industry)

    November 1998April 1999 (6 months)

    Built a $20m data center in Santa Clara, CA (off Great America Parkway) from the slab to full operations; hired all staff; assisted fund raising of $660m; incl. business model to full operation.

    In essence, created first 2nd-generation telco-grade data center for new Internet apps and turned it over when completed - in 6 months!

  • Principal Consultant

    Melior, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

    May 1998November 1998 (7 months)

    consulting jobs at: Bank of America during merger with Nations Bank (linked the banks together); MedWeb, managing nationwide Frame Relay network for telemedicine applications; designed client support from India for Bay Area-based startup.

  • Technical Advisor

    CyberStar, Inc. (Loral)

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 1998April 1998 (3 months)

    consulted Fortune 500 businesses regarding data transmissions via geosyncronous satellites built by Space Systems Loral (SSL in Mountain View, CA).

    An exploration into space technology to broaden my horizon.

  • IT Systems and Network Architect

    Macromedia, Inc.

    (Public Company; MACR; Computer Software industry)

    January 1995January 1998 (3 years 1 month)

    designed, implemented, managed global IT operations and ShockWave download architecture; RFPs; all Internet connectivity. Had the opportunity to set up the first Point-of-Presence (POP) systems on the Internet (Tokyo, Stockholm).

    In hindsight, I made the most impact here. Everyone touching a computer today uses technology I helped create and deliver at Macromedia.

  • Senior Systems Engineer

    Data Systems West

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 1994December 1994 (9 months)

    provided consulting services in the Greater Los Angeles area; among them: Prudential Health (500+ desktops integration), Disney (Internet presence); City of Burbank (SONET city ring to provide fiber links for movie studios); Eastman Kodak (first Internet Web Server demo); etc.

  • Principal Consultant

    support@tjack.com - Germany

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1987March 1994 (7 years 3 months)

    Unix and Novell integration consulting and implementation. Linked a nationwide shipping company with 20 offices via UUCP message exchange; upgraded nationwide law firm in their IT and publishing infrastructure; provided all computing means to project realizing "the" first successful digitization of X-rays (presented to the world at Medica 1990); provided early ISP services via UUCP


Thomas J. Ackermann’s Education

  • INS Educational Evaluation Service

    Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis , Information Technology , 19931994

    Equivalency degree for US Immigration purposes (evaluation performed and completed for the INS in 1994)

  • Taft University, Irvine/California

    Law 19881989

    www.taft.edu

    (started my first computer company while studying)

    Activities and Societies:
    First German to be admitted for correspondence study (in Law) by the California State Bar Association, to study at this school, while studying Law in Germany at WWU at the same time.
  • Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

    Law, Economics, Macro-Economics 19831987

    www.uni-muenster.de

    (started my first computer company while studying)

    Activities and Societies:
    KDStV Sauerlandia - www.sauerlandia.de (my fraternity)
  • LDT Landesfachschule Deutscher Textileinzelhandel

    Business, Textiles 19831983

    www.ldt.de

  • Management Trainee

    Retail Management 19821983

    Management Trainee Course by a fashion retail chain in Germany (Gebrueder Hettlage); attended "Landesfachschule fuer den deutschen Textileinzelhandel (LDT - www.ldt.de -)" in Nagold/Germany, and worked in one of the retail stores (Werner & Ulrich, Siegen/Germany).

    Activities and Societies:
    (none worth mentioning)
  • German Army (Bundeswehr)

    Honorable Discharge as San-Gefreiter , Service, Administration @ Brigade Level (Medical), Medic/Triage Training , 19811982

    www.bundeswehr.de
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundeswehr

  • Gymnasium Paulinum Muenster

    Abitur , 19721981

    Oldest continuously teaching school in Europe - since 797 AD
    http://www.muenster.org/paulinum

    based in Muenster, Westfalia, Germany
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnster


Additional Information

Thomas J. Ackermann’s Websites:

Thomas J. Ackermann’s Interests:

offroading/mudding (4x4) with my monster truck; shooting; martial arts; owned a Cray (CS6400), and used to collect computers (NeXt Cube and Slab, RISC-10.000 PC, etc) and early ethernet switches (Kalpana, Grand Junction, etc)

Thomas J. Ackermann’s Groups:

Founding Member of Bay Area WebGuild, among many others. Contributor (through Melior, Inc. CyberWarfare Defense) to US Secret Service N-TEC (North Texas Electronic Crime Task Force), FBI InfraGuard, DoD/NSA SPOCK Program, Operation WebSnare.

  •    Arbita CyberSleuths
  •    Macromedia Alumni
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    ISOC Belgium
  •    Digital Forensics Association (DFA)
  •    NANOG - The North American Network Operators' Group
  •    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
  •    LinkedICANN
  •    Global Security Professional
  •    Interop - The Leading Business Technology Event
  •    Startup Specialists
  •    Angel Investors
  •    biz RUSSIA
  •    Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
  •    NATO supporters
  •    Mergers & Acquisitions Network
  •    Bank of America Employees & Alumni Network
  •    MIT Spam Conference
  •    COMPANIES FOR SALE (Buy or sell a business worldwide)

Thomas J. Ackermann’s Honors:

several stock and achievement awards for ShockWave contribution at Macromedia. Various commendations from other endeavours.


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