Christopher Kusek

Christopher Kusek

Technology Evangelist | Consultant | Trainer | CISSP | MCT | Christopher.Kusek@Pkguild.com

Greater Chicago Area

Current
  • Technology Evangelist at EMC
  • Vice-Chairman and Founding Member at Chicago Windows User Group
Past
  • Technology Evangelist, Consultant at NetApp
  • Technology Evangelist, Consultant at Network Appliance
  • Technology Evangelist at PKGuild (Self-employed)
  • Systems Architect - Solutions Specialist at Peters & Associates
  • Technology Advisor at Ethical Technologies, L.L.C
Education
  • Microsoft
  • Microsoft
  • ISC2
  • Microsoft
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Christopher Kusek’s Summary

My name is Christopher Kusek. I am an evangelist and consultant by nature. I’ve been consulting and evangelizing technology, innovation, solutions and doing the ‘right’ thing going back to the early days of the internet.

After 15 years doing security research, consulting and any number of other things focused entirely on customers I left the partner and consulting world to join the vendor community with NetApp in 2007. After spending two years working with numerous large enterprise customers and a slew of technologies and innovations I accepted a position with EMC in September 2009, to start the next chapter of my life on my birthday of all days!

I stay heavily connected to my customers, peers, competitors, partners and others in the internetosphere through Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, conferences and more. This level of immediate interaction provides a vehicle for us to keep each other current, honest and on the level about all things in technology so we all grow together.

I invest in not only my own educational development but also the development of my peers and the community. I take this education as directly to the community as I can, through training, presentations, direct mentoring (technical, career, presentation, etc)

I have a number of projects in the works in written, spoken, presentation and other to deliver which I’ll unveil as appropriate. I’m always interested in delivering presentations and content to Conferences, Events, and Training.

Above all, I keep things honest, on the forefront and to keep things simple, understandable and most importantly applicable :)

Christopher Kusek’s Specialties:

CISSP, MCT, NSA IAM, MCP, MCSA, MCSE and MCITP for Messaging and Security, Technology, Troubleshooting, Problem Solving, Best Practices, Wireless, Mobility, Messaging, Security, Unified solutions, VOIP, Infrastrucutre, SW/HW Virtualization, (VMWare, VirtualServer, XEN), Storage, Auditing, Mentoring, Leadership, Migration, Architecture, Advanced Solutions, Documentation, Community Service. MCSE* (NT4.0, 2003, 2008), Training, Education, Evangelism


Christopher Kusek’s Experience

  • Technology Evangelist

    EMC

    (Public Company; EMC; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2009Present (3 months)

    Living the rock star life of a Technology Evangelist at EMC, continuing my trend of raising awareness, education, doing the right thing, evangelizing and informing the Enterprise IT community.

  • Vice-Chairman and Founding Member

    Chicago Windows User Group

    (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 2002Present (7 years )

    Vice-Chairman, setting leadership and guidance for the direction of the organization.
    Founding member of the Chicago Windows Users Group.

    CWUG is a community of individuals dedicated to making the users and administrators of Windows products successful in their work, home and leisure environments through the sharing of ideas, best practices, information and research and development.

  • Technology Evangelist, Consultant

    NetApp

    (Public Company; NTAP; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2007September 2009 (2 years 3 months)

    Storage Consultant responsible for working with customers and engagements surrounding NetApp solutions. Focused on engagements with specific application toward use of our products with WinApplications, with specific focus towards Messaging and Collaboration (Exchange, Notes, Sharepoint/MOSS, SQL, Windows) as well as other general purpose applications used in storage environments. Also applying a special focus upon the security applications and secure environments and their conjunctive use with the NetApp Datafort - A data at rest encryption product. A distinct focus has been placed upon Virtualization technologies as well, including VMWare, Hyper-V and Xen products.

  • Technology Evangelist, Consultant

    Network Appliance

    (Public Company; NTAP; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 2007September 2009 (2 years 3 months)

    Please refer to NetApp entry

  • Technology Evangelist

    PKGuild (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 1999December 2007 (8 years 1 month)

    As a Technology Evangelist, I have held myself to the highest standards of quality in my engagements of Speaking, Leading or Mentoring. Acting as a mentor for many members of the IT community, I've helped set precedent to enable and exhibit the possibilities available. I actively challenge my mentee's to fulfill their full potential in their abilities both within IT and throughout the business and social culture available to them.

    So it does not overshadow my other entries, I have this entry inactive.

    I speak actively on a wide range of topics, covering very detailed and high level breakdowns of technology and how it may apply to business as a whole. I perform one-on-one and multi-group sessions training in the workforce in order to maximize the skills and technology being utilized.

    I am always seeking to help others who would realize real benefit from a mentor/mentee situation, and helping to fulfill the full potential of an individual to help them shine.

  • Systems Architect - Solutions Specialist

    Peters & Associates

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 1996June 2007 (10 years 10 months)

    As a Systems Architect at Peters & Associates, Christopher Kusek is responsible for high level architecture design, review of complex networking solutions, staff mentoring, and trouble shooting guidance. Specializations include messaging and collaboration, infrastructure and migration, security practices and best practice guidance and establishment.

    Peters & Associates was founded in 1981 and is dedicated to the design, integration and support of technology infrastructure solutions. We have vast experience in project management, directory solutions, security, mobile computing and messaging systems. Our consultants deliver scalable infrastructure solutions in a predictable manner with an emphasis on security and reliability, allowing our clients to leverage their business investments in technology. Peters & Associates has been recognized as an industry leader by VARBusiness in its VARBusiness 500, and as a top 10 integrator by Smart Reseller.

  • Technology Advisor

    Ethical Technologies, L.L.C

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2004December 2005 (2 years )

    Acted as a Technology liaison and adviser on technical matters interfacing directly with the board. Worked closely with the development and application staff to ensure technical matters were resolved in a timely fashion, providing simplification and breakdown of problems in order to design effective solutions.


Christopher Kusek’s Education

  • Microsoft

    Microsoft 20072007

    MCT
    MCSE 2008
    MCITP: Exchange 2007
    MCTS: Exchange 2007
    MCITP: SQL 2005 Design

  • Microsoft

    MCSE , 2003 , 20052005

    MCSE/MCSA Security
    MCSE/MCSA Messaging (Certified in 5.0, 5.5, 2000, 2003, and 2007)

  • ISC2

    CISSP , Certified Information Systems Security Practitioner , 20022002

  • Microsoft

    MCSE , NT 4.0 , 19981998


Additional Information

Christopher Kusek’s Websites:

Christopher Kusek’s Interests:

Problem solving, innovation, reading, learning, teaching and educating, efficiency, mentoring, speaking, leading, business networking, solving business issues, Community, Baltimization.

Christopher Kusek’s Groups:

Vice-Chair of Chicago Windows Users Group (2007-Present),
Founding and Steering - Chicago Windows Users Group (2003-Present),
President of the Woodridge Toastmasters Club #983 in Woodridge IL. (2007-2008),
VP Membership for the SOS Toastmasters in Wheaton IL. (2006-2008),
VP Membership for the Woodridge Toastmasters Club #983 in Woodridge IL. (2006-2007),

Founding and steering committee member of the Chicago Windows Users Group, Toastmasters International, LION Request

  •    Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
  •    Global Project Management
  •    Linked n Chicago
  •    EMC Alumni Network
  •    NetApp Alumni
  •    Microsoft Office SharePoint Server - 2007, 2010, ...
  •    Microsoft MCSE Club
  •    Six Sigma for Business
  •    EMC Corporation
  •    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
  •    DEFCON
  •    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
  •    SpeakerMatch
  •    Green
  •    Global Warming / Climate Change is a SCAM
  •    EMC Storage Consultants and Recruiters
  •    Fans of Digsby
  •    Global CRO's
  •    Veeam Users Group
  •    Tampa Bay Business Network
  •    Microsoft Tech·Ed North America
  •    USA OnShoring & Outsourcing
  •    Required IT Ltd
  •    Chicago Network
  •    ~Detroit force.com Community~

Christopher Kusek’s Honors:

Americas Teamwork Award, NetApp, 2009
Top Consultant of Quarter, NetApp, Q1 2010


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