
Windows Server Product Manager at Microsoft
Brazil

Windows Server Product Manager at Microsoft
Brazil
I am a Product Manager for Windows Server and Virtualization at Microsoft Brasil. My responsibilities include manage and create strategies in order to make sure Microsoft is a key player at datacenter infrastructure, covering scenarios such as authentication, security, management, basic infrastructure and virtualization. Due my technical background, I am able to discuss technically with our customers and propose the best solution, based on their needs. Moreover, as I've worked for several companies, I've a deep understanding of our mainly competitors. In my marketing strategy plans, I am responsible to provide guidance to customers, partners and technical community. Also, I am in charge to support Sales and PR teams in Windows Server and Virtualization subjects.
I am a MCSE and MCSA on Windows Server 2000 / 2003 and 2008. I've been working on IT career since 1996, in the last years getting specialized on high availability solutions for IT infrastructure and Internet solutions for enterprise customers. I've been taken part on several network projects, including operating systems and directory services migration and implementation, webfarms implementations, virtualization projects, security analysis, interoperability, etc.
I am a speaker on several brazilian Microsoft events, such as Teched Brazil, Technet Briefings, Live Show and international events, such as Teched US 2008. My mission as IT Pro Evangelist: help our customers and partners and ITPro community to explore our new solutions and products and take advange of Microsoft platform. Due my job, I am a community guy, in touch every minute with IT community using online (blogs, webcasts, foruns, user groups, writing technical articles) and offline (technical events, round tables, customer meetings) channels.
Windows Server Operating System
Directory Services
Terminal Services (Windows Server and Citrix)
Virtualization (Hyper-v and VMWare)
Webfarms
High Available systems (Failover Clustering)
Linux (RedHat and Suse)
Apache
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year )
Responsible for manage all marketing / business / technical activities related to Windows Server and Virtualization products for Enterprise companies (included but not limited to Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, HPC 2008 and Hyper-V)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
November 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
As IT Pro Evangelist, I am responsible to drive new technologies and help our customers, partners and ITPro community to understand better and take advantage of Microsoft solutions on IT space. As an Evangelist, I always look for new ways to reach people, listen their concerns and get in touch with Microsoft product group to improve our solutions. My technical focus is on Windows Server platform, including Windows Server 2008, 2003, high availability solutions (Failover Clustering and NLB), Web Solutions (IIS 7.0), Active Directory implementations and migrations and security solutions. Moreover, I am an active blogger (http://blogs.technet.com/dbordini), active technical writer for Technet Brazil, and an active speaker, giving presentations at the biggests Microsoft events in Brazil (such as Teched Brasil, Technet Briefings, Technet Live Show, webcasts, etc) and international events, such as Teched US 2008.
(Computer Software industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
As IT Specialist on IBM Consulting Services, I was a member of Windows Team, responsible for design and support IT for enterprise and international customers. I've worked on international projects, supporting Microsoft environment, such as Active Directory, Windows Server 2000 / 2003, Terminal Services large implementations, Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange Server 2000 migrations, NT 4.0 - Windows 2000 migrations, etc.
(Food & Beverages industry)
March 2002 — March 2003 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for manage the IT Network group, made by 3 people and responsible for design and lead the interconnection project of the three main facilities and several branch offices (arond 20) around Brazil. Responsible for design and specify the technical requirements for networking, directory services, messaging and security.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1999 — February 2002 (2 years 5 months)
As senior analyst, I've started as 2nd Level Support and promoted to the 3rd Level Support, being part of the team responsible for design and support our enterprise customers at Brasil. My role included: design Microsoft solutions for High Availability in Network infrastructure; supporting Failover Clustering and NLB environments, design Active Directory Migration and coexistence projects with Netware Novell, manage Firewall Systems based on CheckPoint Firewall-1, manage webservers based on IIS 5 / 6; design Patch Management solutions, manage Webtrends analysis, etc.
(Education Management industry)
January 2000 — December 2001 (2 years )
I worked as teacher, focusing on Programming classes, applying in a practical way the theories students got on classes. I used as primary language C++, applying many concepts, since the most basics until intermediate / advanced stages. Technical content included: variables, structures, loop structures, functions, algorithms, class, etc
(Education Management industry)
January 1998 — December 2001 (4 years )
As a teacher, I was responsible for several subjects, such as Operating System, Security, Network Computer and Office Suite. I've act also as the lead for design and specify the technical content for those tracks and engage teachers to work on these.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Mining & Metals industry)
January 1998 — December 1999 (2 years )
As a VB programmer, I was responsible to develop and support systems in order to support few areas, such as financial team. My mainly role was develop critical and complex reports based on SQL Server database and create interfaces in order to manipulate those reports.
Specialization , Product Management , 2009 — 2009
1997 — 2000
organizational development, strategic planning,professional networking, soccer, movies, pets
MCSE / MCSA on Windows Server 2000, 2003 and 2008
MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) 2002,2003,2004
Technet Brazil Briefing Speaker since 2002
Top #1 Microsoft IT Evangelist Latin America 2005
Teched Brasil Speaker 2005, 2006, 2007
Teched US Speaker 2008