Technologist, Evangelist, Futurist, SE in my spare time
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Senior Systems Engineer at NetScaler/Citrix Systems ANG
- Past
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- Director of Networking at Iwin.com
- Network Engineer at Columbia University
- Dept Admin at Student Actitivities Dept, Columbia University
- Education
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- Columbia University in the City of New York
- Antioch High School
- Tottenville High School
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Bino Gopal’s Summary
Senior Sales Engineer in the L4-7 and Security space. Enjoying the responsibilities, requirements and challenge of an SE position, especially the aspect of continuously learning new technologies and applying that to the challenge of technical sales.
Working closely with product management and engineering and influencing product development is a must, and has been a key component in making the job as enjoyable and rewarding as it has been.
Interested in similar or even more demanding positions; open to travel, even internationally as I have done it in the past and enjoyed that too.
Bino Gopal’s Specialties:
Extensive experience working with and supporting ecommerce and service provider customers
Bino Gopal’s Experience
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Senior Systems Engineer
NetScaler/Citrix Systems ANG
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Networking industry)
December 2000 — Present (7 years 8 months)
Typical SE position in the computer networking industry, specifically L4-7 then branching into security with SSLVPN and Web Application Firewall additions to the product line.
Joining when the company was a small startup in 2000 required a full breadth of responsibilities, everything from pre-sales to full post-sales support. Tight coordination with Engineering (before there was Prod Mgmt) and then PM was also required. Extensive travel across the US and even internationally (Asia and even Europe) was also part of the job, helping establish the teams for those areas.
Currently the position is focused on a more tradtional pre-sales engineering role covering SoCal, yet requiring high levels of technical knowledge of a very complex and multi-featured product. Increased responsibilities with PM are being added, to help drive product growth and development, as well as work and field testing of NetScaler product integration with Citrix core products. -
Director of Networking
Iwin.com
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
February 2000 — November 2000 (10 months)
Hired to build out the network of the company from a flat, one switch topology to a much more scalable network with full redundancy and multiple layers for security, etc. Achieved this and scaled site traffic by 100x to help drive the acquisition in the summer by Uproar.com, then Flipside, all to eventually become part of Vivendi Universal Games.
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Network Engineer
Columbia University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
July 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 8 months)
Hired with basic networking knowledge, with an expectation of on-the-job training. Learned the basics of networking from the ground-up, and ranging across all aspects of it. From splicing fiber cables and making your own ethernet cables, to installing microwave links, to switch and router management, the breadth of experience was unmatched.
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Dept Admin
Student Actitivities Dept, Columbia University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
June 1997 — July 1998 (1 year 2 months)
Hired right out of college mainly as the Dir of IT for the dept, based purely on personal knowledge of computers. Worked extensively with the computer dept. on campus (ACIS) dealing with networking and system issues, eventually leading to a job there in the networking dept.
Bino Gopal’s Education
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Columbia University in the City of New York
BS, Astrophysics and Philosophy, 1993 — 1997
Rabi Scholar (science scholarship), so spent the summers on campus researching. Worked on campus for almost 3 years after graduation until I moved to California to work at Iwin.com and continued to take classes and attend colloquia and even some club activities.
- Activities and Societies:
- CUGC, CUSFS, Philolexian Society, Anime Club, Ethical Humanists, Club Zamana, CCO, CUMB
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Antioch High School
1990 — 1993
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Tottenville High School
1989 — 1993
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Bino Gopal’s Interests:
Futurism, Futurists, Technology, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Enigma, Barcamp, Barcamps, Meetups, Salons, Ultimate Frisbee, Reading, Finding and eating great food
Bino Gopal’s Groups:
LA Future Salon @ UCLA, BarcampLA, Enigma @ UCLA, Mindshare in LA, SoCal DDM
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