Paulo Silva

Current

Data Center Ambassador at Sun Microsystems
Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Senior Solutions Architect at Sun Microsystems

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Past

Consultant and Trainer at Informix
Project Coordinator and Trainer at Rumos, SA
Application Developer and Analyst at Estorilmática, Lda

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Paulo Silva’s Summary

Senior specialist in key technical areas, holds a position within the Global Sales and Services organization, responsible for both pre-sales and architecture activities.

Paulo Silva’s Specialties:

Solaris
Virtualization Technologies
Database Architectures and Performance
Storage Area Networks Design, Architecture and Implementation
High-End Servers & Storage Architecture and Implementation
High Availability Concepts, Design, Architecture and Implementation
Performance Management and Capacity Planning
Consolidation and Migration Assessments, Architecture and Implementation
ITIL Consulting
Business Continuity Consulting

Paulo Silva’s Experience

Data Center Ambassador

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

In this role I'm representing the Iberian organization in a global council of senior technologists who focus on understanding our customer's existing data center environment and challenges and architect technical solutions to help our customers use their data center resources as a competitive advantage in their market space.
Professor

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

(Higher Education industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Sun Microsystems and the Engineering Faculty of UCP have signed in 2008 a protocol to support the development of a new postgraduate course in the area of Business Intelligence.

I am teaching the classes "Introduction to Information Systems" and "Enterprise Information Systems" at the faculty campus in Sintra since May 2008.
Senior Solutions Architect

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)

November 1999 — Present (10 years 1 month)

As part of the Iberia Systems Practice staff, I am responsible for the architecture and design of Eco-Efficient Datacenter Solutions for customers in Portugal and Spain, supporting sales teams in both countries.

I'm also responsible for technical marketing of Servers and Datacenter Technologies, supporting Sun's partner community and customers.
Consultant and Trainer

Informix

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; IFMX; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 3 months)
Project Coordinator and Trainer

Rumos, SA

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

January 1992 — July 1998 (6 years 7 months)
Application Developer and Analyst

Estorilmática, Lda

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1988 — December 1991 (4 years )