Paul Walker

Current

Global Technical Sales Engineer at Sun Microsystems

Past

Deployment Engineering Consultant at Sun Microsystems
Technical Marketing Manager at Sun Microsystems
Engineering Project Manager at Sun Microsystems

professional services at JCP Computer Services
professional services at RCMS

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Education

Leeds Metropolitan University
Harry Carlton

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Industry

Computer Software

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Paul Walker’s Summary

Current experience working in technical presales for Sun Microsystems leading Identity Management related solutions assisting top tier Sun account teams throughout Europe and the Middle East.

Previous positions:

Engineering Project Manager
Technical Marketing Manager
Technical Product Manager
Application Developer/Professional Services

Numerous technical specialities in platforms, O/S, databases, programming languages, Internet technologies and infrastructure standards.

Acquired into Sun Microsystems through successful startup venture.

Paul Walker’s Specialties:

Presales, technical architectures, joint customer workshop planning, proof of concept planning and execution.

Paul Walker’s Experience

Global Technical Sales Engineer

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer Software industry)

July 2004 — Present (5 years 1 month)

Providing technical presales overlay support for country selling units across Europe and Asia Central. Focused on Sun's industry leading Identity Management solutions.
Deployment Engineering Consultant

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer Software industry)

January 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 7 months)

My current position has three high level goals for the Identity Management business unit: field enablement, deal enablement and capturing customer technical feedback.
Partnership with Engineering as well as delivering white papers, deployment guides, sizing guides and best practices guides as resource materials.
Technical Marketing Manager

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer Software industry)

January 2002 — January 2003 (1 year 1 month)

As part of the iPlanet software organization dealing with Identity Management solutions. Reporting into the product management team providing vital support for software partner activities, trade show demonstrations and presentations. Competitive information and supporting the software product lifecycle from a requirements perspective.
Engineering Project Manager

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer Software industry)

January 2000 — January 2002 (2 years 1 month)

Had responsibility for producing a 'get well plan' for Sun's Meta-Directory product. Managed product requirements into marketing based on customers urgent escalations. Was deeply involved in managing ongoing customer escalations and ensuring ongoing software releases satisfied the market need. Worked closely with the engineering team in Bangalore bringing the product to market.
professional services

JCP Computer Services

(Computer Software industry)

1997 — January 2000 (3 years)

General technical dogs body for successful internet startup that was acquired by Sun Microsystems in Jan 2000. Positions including field consultant, presales support, consultancy lead.
professional services

RCMS

(Computer Software industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years)

Analyst Programmer position within RCMS performing Oracle and SQLWindows development onsite for clients.