Vice President in Global Technology at Merrill Lynch
New London/Norwich, Connecticut Area
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- Vice President in Global Technology at Merrill Lynch
- Owner at gnu-designs, inc.
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- EFS Filesystem Engineer/Package Engineer at Starpoint Solutions
- Linux on POWER Developer Program Manager/Strategist at IBM, Inc.
- Open Source Research Engineer at Wild Open Source
- Developer/Research Engineer at Linuxcare
- Information Specialist (Research) at Pfizer, Inc.
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David A. Desrosiers’s Summary
Currently working as a VP in Global Technology at Merrill Lynch in downtown Manhattan as a "Package Build Engineer" and "EFS Filesystem Engineer"
For the last 10+ years, I have been working with several companies solving various business problems with high-technology solutions resulting in a multi-faceted success rate using a hybrid mix of proprietary and OSS solutions.
Over the last 7 years, my work has focused almost entirely on OSS and Linux solutions.
I am a technically-sophisticated, business-savvy management-level professional, software architect and developer with strong leadership qualities and over 15 years of experience in the industry.
I am known for my expertise in the mobile and embedded environment, and come with over a decade of Open Source leadership skills as well as building and sustaining communities. I have a deep understanding of problems and solutions involved in producing secure, scalable, future-resistant, solutions. I have a team-based management style and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
My background includes Linux, UNIX, Microsoft, embedded systems, and handheld technologies, recently focused on the Palm platform. I am very active in many Open Source communities and within projects that allow me to utilize my skills in these areas.
I am very active in the Free Software community in many projects that allow me to sharpen my skills in these and other areas. This includes development and deployment of applications, portals, and userland tools that are used to help leverage and promote these technologies. My skills range from mobile and handheld to high-end clusters and server environments.
David A. Desrosiers’s Specialties:
I solve problems.
David A. Desrosiers’s Experience
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Vice President in Global Technology
Merrill Lynch
(Research industry)
September 2008 — Present (2 months)
Currently working as a VP in Global Technology at Merrill Lynch in downtown Manhattan as a "Package Build Engineer" and "EFS Filesystem Engineer"
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Owner
gnu-designs, inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)
March 1994 — Present (14 years 8 months)
gnu-designs, inc. is a web-design and hosting company that I have created from the ground-up. We are a global company striving to better the Internet experience through clean, functional, usable designs. Every site is built using validated HTML, and follows the latest standards as rigidly as possible to reach the broadest audience.
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EFS Filesystem Engineer/Package Engineer
Starpoint Solutions
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2008 — September 2008 (8 months)
I am a consultant to Merrill Lynch in Manhattan with Starpoint Solutions, LLC to as a Linux/UNIX Package Builder and EFS Filesystem Engineer.
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Linux on POWER Developer Program Manager/Strategist
IBM, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 5 months)
Responsible for helping design, manage and deliver the IBM Linux on POWER effort, focusing primarily on Open Source and Linux developer resources for the IBM Systems & Technology Group (STG) in several global communities; The role is roughly 80% developer-centric in the Open Source community, 20% ISV and customer-facing relationships.
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Open Source Research Engineer
Wild Open Source
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2003 — January 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Ongoing consultant for various companies migrating, deploying, developing, and utilizing Linux in their operations. Much of the work is focused on higher-end server hardware, IBM BladeCenter, Linux-based clusters, and other "highly-available" configurations.
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Developer/Research Engineer
Linuxcare
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
Survived 5 rounds of layoffs before resigning in December of 2001 to relocate back to the East Coast.
Responsible for researching, designing, and developing of solutions to solve vendor, customer, and user-level problems utilizing Free Software and Open Source solutions where possible, utilizing Linux and FreeBSD. This included onsite research, Internet data harvesting, and developing custom applications. Target customers included Sun, HP, IBM, Dell, Gateway, Tricord, the National Security Agency, and others. -
Information Specialist (Research)
Pfizer, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PFE; Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 2000 (5 years)
Pioneered and created a group, 'Emerging Solutions', with two other colleagues to further develop and deploy advanced solutions. This group eventually grew to a total of five (5) people to develop new solutions for Pfizer Global Research.
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David A. Desrosiers’s Interests:
Software development, intrusion analysis, security, privacy and anything related to technology. Hobbies include cycling, throwing knives, competition darts, photography and travel.
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