Principal Field Technologist at Sun Microsystems
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Principal Field Technologist at Sun Microsystems
- Independent Wellness Consultant at GoodSugars.net
- Past
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- xVM Virtualization Tech Lead at Sun Microsystems
- Senior Directory Architect at Sun Microsystems/Architecture Enablement Services for Telecommunications Industry
- Senior Directory Architect at Sun Microsystems/Solutions Deployment Engineering
- Directory Architect at Sun Microsystems/iPlanet Expertise Center
- Internet Architect at Sun Microsystems/Advanced Internet Practice
- Senior Systems Engineer at EDS/E.Solutions, c2o, Internet and New Media
- Support Engineer at IBM/AIX Support Line
- Support Engineer at IBM
- Education
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- University of Oklahoma
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Brad Diggs’s Summary
I have a vast wealth of more than 17 years of UNIX systems experience from Internet architectural design, hardware implementation and software administration perspectives.
My primary goal is to use the knowledge, skills and experience that I have accrued to make the Sun Microsystem's directory services and virtualization offerings the best that they can be.
Brad Diggs’s Specialties:
Internet (xSP), Directory Services, and Virtualization architecture design and deployment. Understanding of systemic qualities and how to the apply them and their best practices to architectural design.
Brad Diggs’s Experience
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Principal Field Technologist
Sun Microsystems
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
In my new role as a Principal Field Technologist (PFT) I continue to provide architectural and technical leadership in the areas of directory services and virtualization. However, I also work with the PFT community to contribute to larger architectural needs as well.
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Independent Wellness Consultant
GoodSugars.net
(Public Company; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
In my spare time I educate people on the benefits of nutritional supplementation and in particular on glyconutrients. My hope is that everyone would experience the blessing of optimal health.
If you are seeking wellness or would just like to learn more about optimal health, contact me via my web site http://info.GoodSugars.net. -
xVM Virtualization Tech Lead
Sun Microsystems
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 1 month)
In addition to being a Senior Directory Services Architect in the capacity of a Systems Engineer, I add the role of xVM Virtualization Technology Lead.
In this new role I am facilitating a conversation between our customers, the field and engineering. The purpose of the conversation is to improve product quality and prioritize features to meet customer demand. I also in a pre-sales capacity help customers solve business problems through Sun's xVM virtualization technologies. -
Senior Directory Architect
Sun Microsystems/Architecture Enablement Services for Telecommunications Industry
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2006 — July 2009 (2 years 10 months)
* Provide architectural guidance one pre and in some cases post-sales directory services for Telco/Comms opportunieies.
* Perform architectural reviews of proposed directory services designs.
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Senior Directory Architect
Sun Microsystems/Solutions Deployment Engineering
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2002 — October 2006 (4 years 3 months)
Performed many roles relative to educating the field on expert areas of directory services and facilitating dialog between customers and directory engineering.
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Directory Architect
Sun Microsystems/iPlanet Expertise Center
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 1 month)
Performed architectural, sizing and best practices reviews of new and existing large scale directory services architectures.
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Internet Architect
Sun Microsystems/Advanced Internet Practice
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 4 months)
Performed architectural, sizing, and best practices assessments of new and existing Internet (xSP) infrastructure architectures.
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Senior Systems Engineer
EDS/E.Solutions, c2o, Internet and New Media
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1997 — May 2000 (3 years 1 month)
Internet Architect Consultant, Webmaster, and Team Lead of UNIX Webmasters
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Support Engineer
IBM/AIX Support Line
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1992 — April 1997 (5 years 1 month)
High Availability Technology Specialist and the leader of High Availability Strategies Support Team
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Support Engineer
IBM
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1992 — 1997 (5 years )
Brad Diggs’s Education
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University of Oklahoma
BS , Electrical Engineering , 1988 — 1994
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Brad Diggs’s Interests:
Sharing about the benefits of optimal heal through nutritional supplementation. Learn more by visiting my business site at http://info.GoodSugars.net I also love to play volleyball every chance I get!!!
