Principal Field Technologist
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Principal Field Technologist at Sun Microsystems
- Past
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- Senior Member of Technical Staff at TRW
- Instructor at University of Maryland, College Park
- Education
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- University of Maryland College Park
- University of Virginia
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John Meyer’s Summary
Computer technologist whose hands-on computer science background and customer experience makes for an ideal choice for a leadership position in technical sales. Direct hands-on experience in software development, computer hardware and architecture, and operating systems. Extensive experience with architecting customer solutions and with influencing customer purchasing decisions. Strong technical background and outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills enable easy conversations all the way from individual contributor up through CIO/CTO level.
John Meyer’s Specialties:
SPARC, server architecture, chip technologies, Solaris, operating systems.
John Meyer’s Experience
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Principal Field Technologist
Sun Microsystems
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)
February 1994 — Present (15 years 6 months)
Senior member of elite U.S.-wide pre-sales SPARC server technical team. Duties include assisting in setting Corporate directions around Sun SPARC server futures, based on direct customer input. Most customer interaction involves presentation and discussion of Sun technical futures at the senior project technical or CTO level of the largest, most crucial Sun accounts.
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Senior Member of Technical Staff
TRW
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)
July 1981 — February 1994 (12 years 8 months)
Software engineer, systems and network engineer
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Instructor
University of Maryland, College Park
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 1984 — August 1986 (2 years)
Instructed introductory computer science for students seeking to major in the field. Also instructed senior-level numerical analysis for the University College adult education center.
John Meyer’s Education
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University of Maryland College Park
MS , Computer Science , 1984 — 1991
Nightmares of my Master's thesis, "A Parallel Implementation of a Simultaneous Iteration Algorithm for the Calculation of Nested Invariant Subspaces of Large Sparse Non-Hermitian Matrices", haunt my sleep to this day.
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- One of the most rewarding experiences of my life was spending several years as a teaching assistant and as an instructor in the University College continuing education school.
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University of Virginia
BA , Mathematics and Computer Science , 1980 — 1984
The people I met at UVa are still among the most important friends in my life.
- Activities and Societies:
- Dean's list, Easters Planning Committee, honorary mascot of Sigma Alpha Mu, Red Cross volunteer and CPR instructor.
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John Meyer’s Interests:
Scuba diving, underwater videography, swimming, computer science, computer graphics arts, web design.
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