Blake Tyra
Product Manager - Specializing in Cloud Computing, Hosting Automation, Software-as-a-Service, Virtualization Software
- Location
- Greater Seattle Area
- Industry
- Computer Software
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Blake Tyra's Overview
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- Product Manager at Parallels
- Past
- Education
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- University of Kentucky
- Recommendations
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11 people have recommended Blake
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414 connections
- Websites
Blake Tyra's Summary
Seasoned technical professional with extensive experience designing solutions for and working with Fortune 500 and other enterprise-class companies. Consistent success in designing complex cloud computing solutions comprised of Windows and Linux server virtualization as well as datacenter workflow automation software. Particular expertise and a proven track record in assisting independent software vendors (ISVs) remain competitive by enabling existing software to be made available via a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model with little re-engineering.
Specialties
- Applications: Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Active Directory / DHCP / DNS, Quest vWorkspace, Zend Studio
- Database Servers: MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Development: PHP (Object-Oriented), Perl, Regular Expressions, XHTML, CSS
- Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac
- Web Servers: Microsoft IIS, Apache httpd, Lighttpd
- Virtualization: VMware ESX, ESXi, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, OpenVZ
- VoIP Telephony: Asterisk, Polycom
Blake Tyra's Experience
Product Manager
Parallels
Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry
June 2010 – Present (1 year 8 months) Seattle, WA
Product Manager of:
- Parallels Plesk
- Parallels Multi-Server Panel
- Parallels DNN
- Parallels H-Sphere
- Parallels Helm
- Parallels Confixx
- Parallels Pro
- Parallels Sphera
- Parallels Prima
Senior Sales Engineer
Parallels
Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry
August 2008 – January 2011 (2 years 6 months) Washington, DC
- Created "elasticITy" - an open source extensible software framework for end-user self-service provisioning of virtual environments to allow Parallels customers to more tightly integrate the Parallels Elastic IT platform into their existing infrastructures and business processes
- Have had to quickly master customers' software (in-house, self-written) products, while understanding end-to-end the integration points in each software set to see how they can best be SaaS-enabled using Parallels technology
- Create sales tools for Parallels account managers including quick reference sheets for competitive feature analysis and pricing; modeled these materials to directly counter competition
- Provide certification-level technical training to partners and customers with exemplary exam pass rate
- Regularly submitted entries for inclusion of the Parallels Enterprise Blog, available from Parallels.com
Software Engineer
Parallels
Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry
January 2008 – August 2008 (8 months) Louisville, KY
- Core software engineer for Parallels Plesk Billing, an ordering and billing web application written primarily in object-oriented PHP
- Responsible for integrating product with third-party APIs of payment gateways, domain name registrars, and hosting control panels (including eNom, PayFlowPro, PSiGate, and Sage Gateway)
- Interfaced closely with professional services team to architect, write, and implement custom solutions for customers
- Developed division website from scratch, integrated with company ordering and support systems
- Ancillary duties included maintenance of division HTTP, SVN, and PBX (Asterisk VoIP) servers
Solution Consultant
OfficeMax
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; OMX; Retail industry
October 2005 – October 2007 (2 years 1 month) Louisville, KY
- Worked in ImPress division (managed print and document services)
- Provided pre- and post-sale consultation & support to mid-sized commercial customers
- Developed relationships with current and potential vendors
- Coordinated customer orders between accounts managers, the customer, production teams, and third-party vendors
Blake Tyra's Education
University of Kentucky
Blake Tyra's Additional Information
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alphabetizing things, asterisk pbx, databases, graphic design, journalism, marketing, optimizing, programming, sales, server administration, traveling, virtualization, web design, writing
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Speaking / Exhibition Engagements:
- WorldHostingDays 2011
- Parallels Summit 2011
- HostingCon 2010 (Cloud Services Automation and Billing)
- Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 (Cloud Services Enablement)
- Novell Brainshare 2010 (Cloud Computing Infrastructure)
- Apple Enterprise Roadshow 2010 (Mac Desktop/Server Virtualization)
- HP Technology Forum 2009 (MSSQL Server Consolidation w/ Itanium)
- Parallels Summit 2008 (Web Hosting Automation and Billing)
Publications:
- The New Republic
- BlueGrassReport.org
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