Edward Bertsch, CISSP (bertsch@gmail.com)

Past

Senior Consultant at Advanced Integrated Solutions
Senior Consultant at Logic Trends Inc
Technical Consultant, Identity and Access Management at Midwave

Senior Consultant, Identity and Access Management at BMC Software
Systems Engineer at North American Systems
UNIX Technical Support at University of Minnesota
Supercomputer Systems Support at MN Supercomputer Center & other names

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Education

Macalester College

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500+ connections

Industry

Computer & Network Security

Edward Bertsch, CISSP (bertsch@gmail.com)’s Summary

I am available for Software Consulting positions or temporary assignments, world-wide. Recent work involves Enterprise Single Sign-On, Change Audit, Identity and Access Management.

Product examples: Passlogix v-GO SSO and SSPR, Tripwire Enterprise, BMC CONTROL-SA.

Additional keywords: UNIX shell, TCL scripting, product customization, courseware delivery, training, installation, customization, Identity Management consultant.

Past clients include:
Allstate, Amazon.com, Bank of America, Blue Cross Florida, CAE, Capital One, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - CMS - HHS, CIB Marine Bancshares, City of Edmonton, Client Logic, Conoco-Phillips, D.A. Davidson & Co / Davidson Companies, Ecolab, EDS, HealthNow New York Inc / Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York, Infinera, International Truck and Engine/Navistar, Mobilkom (Austria), National Council on Compensation Insurance - NCCI, One Beacon, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation PBGC, Philip Morris Management Corp / Kraft - PMMC, PJM Interconnection, Regence Blue Cross, Safeway, Santander Serfin Bank, Sunlife, Target, Total Systems, U.S. Bancorp - U.S. Bank - US Bank, United Services Automobile Association - USAA, Visa Inovant, Washington Mutual - WaMu, White Electronic Designs Corporation -WEDC, Williams Telecommunication - WilTel, Zeneca.

I reside in Mahtomedi, Minnesota (Saint Paul/Minneapolis metro area - I travel via the MSP International Airport).

Edward Bertsch, CISSP (bertsch@gmail.com)’s Specialties:

CISSP, BMCS-CE, College graduate - BA Computer Science, US Citizen

Edward Bertsch, CISSP (bertsch@gmail.com)’s Experience

Senior Consultant

Advanced Integrated Solutions

(Computer Software industry)

2008 — 2009 (1 year)

I am a provider of Technical Consulting Services to our clients in the Identity Management sector and with IT Security products in general. Recent engagements are making use of Passlogix v-GO Single Sign-on and Self-Service Password Reset software including the Oracle and IBM branded versions of these products.
Senior Consultant

Logic Trends Inc

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

October 2007 — 2008 (1 year)

The Identity Management Experts... http://www.logictrends.com
Technical Consultant, Identity and Access Management

Midwave

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

May 2004 — March 2007 (2 years 11 months)
Senior Consultant, Identity and Access Management

BMC Software

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; bmc; Computer & Network Security industry)

August 1999 — December 2003 (4 years 5 months)

I joined BMC soon after they acquired a company called New Dimension which had developed a number of products including the CONTROL-SA family of security and Identity Management software. In my role as a Professional Services consultant, I was a top producer of revenue and customer satisfaction. My work assignments included Implementation of the product in a brand new sale situation, Health Checks and Upgrades for existing customers, Product customization, and Development/Delivery of Training to End Users/Partners/Team-mates in Private courses, Public courses, and small group mentoring. My Billable work was done throughout North America, South America, Central America, Europe and the UK.
Systems Engineer

North American Systems

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1998 — August 1999 (10 months)

Customer-facing Engineer delivering pre- and post-sales support for the company's clients in the Graphic Arts/Pre-Press industries. Software and Hardware products include High-End servers from Sun and SGI, large capacity RAID systems and high speed gigabit networking switches, Tape and Optical jukebox libraries and specialized software for Macintosh and UNIX related to the Pre-Press industry.
UNIX Technical Support

University of Minnesota

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

June 1998 — November 1998 (6 months)

U of Minnesota Supercomputing Insitute, UNIX Technical Support and Account Administration
Supercomputer Systems Support

MN Supercomputer Center & other names

(Computer & Network Security industry)

1991 — June 1998 (7 years)

Systems Operation/Systems Administration of Cray, SGI, and IBM supercomputing equipment at Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc. / Networking Computing Services, Inc. / Cray Research / Silicon Graphics