Niel Bornstein

Current

• Product Manager at Novell
• Writer (Self-employed)

Past

• Technology Sales Specialist at Novell
• Senior Architect at Novell
• Software Developer at Radiant Systems, Inc.

• Senior Developer/Team Lead at HotelTools, Inc.
• Senior Software Engineer at LHS Communications Systems, Inc.
• Microcomputer Programmer at Prudential Bank and Trust Company
• Software Engineer/Platform Manager at Erdas, Inc.
• Microcomputer Programmer at Prudential Bank and Trust Company

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Georgia Institute of Technology

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Niel Bornstein’s Summary

My goal is to become the chief technology executive for a small, technologically advanced, socially responsible organization. To this end I bring years of experience as a consulting software architect, corporate information systems developer, technical sales specialist, writer, conference speaker, and independent software developer.

In addition to monetary compensation and other benefits, my reward comes from the knowledge that I gain as I learn new tools and techniques, from the personal relationships I develop with my colleagues and customers, and from the satisfaction I get by contributing to the improvement of our society and the world.

Niel Bornstein’s Specialties:

I am very interested in open source software and methodologies, virtualization and cloud computing, and emerging internet standards. I have specific experience in virtualization, Linux (desktop and data center), XML and related technologies, C# and .NET, Java, and relational database design.

Niel Bornstein’s Experience

• Product Manager

  Novell

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NOVL; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Served as the Product Owner in Scrum development of data center automation products. Main responsibilities include articulating, gathering, clarifying, rationalizing and prioritizing user epics, themes and stories, assembling and maintaining a backlog of user stories for each product, and defining and building the product release.

• Writer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  March 2002 — Present (7 years 9 months)

  I've written a number of articles for the O'Reilly Network, as well as two books: ".NET and XML", and "Mono: A Developer's Notebook" (with Edd Dumbill).

• Technology Sales Specialist

  Novell

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NOVL; Computer Software industry)

  November 2007 — September 2008 (11 months)

  Responsible for assisting account teams to identify sales opportunities and close deals by demonstrating and performing proofs of concept of data center automation products.

• Senior Architect

  Novell

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NOVL; Computer Software industry)

  January 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 11 months)

  As a member of Novell Consulting's Architecture Practice focused on Linux and open source software adoption, I have been responsible for technical assessment of and recommendations to large organizations in education, healthcare, and financial services. Worked for a year on loan to the Systems and Resource Management business unit with responsibiliy for pilot deployments and proofs of concept of the Novell ZENworks Orchestrator, a data center automation tool enabling grid computing and virtualization management.

• Software Developer

  Radiant Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; RADS; Computer Software industry)

  July 2001 — January 2005 (3 years 7 months)

• Senior Developer/Team Lead

  HotelTools, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2000 — July 2001 (11 months)

  Acquired by Radiant Systems, Inc. in July 2001

• Senior Software Engineer

  LHS Communications Systems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LHSG; Computer Software industry)

  July 1996 — September 2000 (4 years 3 months)

• Microcomputer Programmer

  Prudential Bank and Trust Company

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Banking industry)

  March 1994 — July 1996 (2 years 5 months)

• Software Engineer/Platform Manager

  Erdas, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 1993 — March 1994 (9 months)

• Microcomputer Programmer

  Prudential Bank and Trust Company

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

  January 1991 — July 1993 (2 years 7 months)

Niel Bornstein’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  MS , Management , 1989 — 1991

  This degree is equivalent to an MBA; in fact, Georgia Tech now offers the MBA instead of the MSM.

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  BS , Applied Psychology , 1984 — 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Band, Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Fraternity

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