IT Professional focusing on Information Access, Security, and Networking
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Volunteer Fire Apparatus Engineer / Emergency Medical Technician at Bonny Doon Fire and Rescue
- Past
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- Senior IT Manager at Creative Labs
- Vice President, Engineering at Cenzic, Inc.
- Founder, Chief Technical Officer, Chief Security Officer at Valeo Devices, Inc.
- Corporate Vice President, Information Security at Predictive Systems, Inc.
- Principal Architect (Networking and Security), Strategic Planning at The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
- Network Architect, Software Engineering at The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
- Manager, Computer Services at The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
- Sr. Communications Analyst, Customer Services at The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
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Steph Marr’s Summary
Steph Marr has been working for over 25 years to improve communications throughout the world. He has worked as a networking engineer, helping to bring TCP/IP to the PC. He helped to develop the worldwide email system, the first web-enabled operating system, and built the first commercial web application. Mr. Marr has been widely published in magazines and trade journals, and has served extensively as an invited speaker at conferences and trade shows around the world.
Mr. Marr brings outstanding technical skills and exceptional executive vision with him wherever he goes. He has a strong, proven record of accomplishment for engineering and product management, information technology, and professional services in fast growth environments. Under his leadership, operations have grown from zero to multi-million-dollar operations in brief, but intense periods.
Marr’s executive talents are complemented by extensive technical skills in software development, operating system design, protocol development, network security analysis and design, digital forensics and knowledge management.
Marr's most recent activities have been in knowledge management arena, combining the best commercial and open-source software to meet operational needs. These systems facilitate secure information sharing, and allow knowledge workers to maximize their performance potential.
The breadth and depth of Marr’s experience – professional services, information technology, network engineering, corporate strategy, and executive management – allows him to provide exceptional technical capabilities to any organization.
Steph Marr’s Specialties:
Software integration, information security, knowledge management, product design, software development, business process optimization.
Steph Marr’s Experience
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Volunteer Fire Apparatus Engineer / Emergency Medical Technician
Bonny Doon Fire and Rescue
(Public Safety industry)
May 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)
Structural firefghting, wildland firefighting, Wildland/Urban Interface Zone (I-Zone) firefighting, incident command, hazardous materials (HazMat) operations, automobile extrication, low-angle rescue, pump operations, emergency vehicle operations, confined-space operations, emergency medical care, CPR, triage, emergency obstetrics, radio operations, etc... this list is ever growing.
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Senior IT Manager
Creative Labs
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CREAF; Computer Hardware industry)
January 2003 — July 2008 (5 years 7 months)
Responsible for North American IT Operations, Network Design and Operation, Information Security, Knowledge Architecture, Windows and Linux/Unix System Administration, VLSI Tools Management and Integration. Also responsible for Workstation Management, Help Desk operations, and Windows/Unix integration.
Steph designed and developed Creative ATC's Knowledge Management system, which combines open-source technology (Linux, CVS, Subversion, Apache, LDAP) as well as proprietary technology (Windows, IIS, SharePoint, Active Directory) to provide for information storage, sharing, and project/program management and reporting.
He was also responsible for re-tooling the VLSI design team from proprietary (Sun) based systems to a more cost-effective, Linux-based computing environment. -
Vice President, Engineering
Cenzic, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
September 2001 — July 2002 (11 months)
Responsible for all technical areas of a startup company specializing in security quality assurance testing tools, including:
· Product Development
· Information Technology
· Quality Assurance
· Customer Service
Worked with Product Marketing and Sales to overhaul a point product security scanner into a fully programmable Security-QA test development platform.
Directly managed a development staff of 8 engineers and 2 QA staff as well as IT and Publications staff to release two full products in 8 months time.
Oversaw the development of more than 500,000 lines of code in less than four months, resulting in the on-time and within-budget delivery of Hailstorm 3, which received Interop’s Best of Show Award for security products.
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Founder, Chief Technical Officer, Chief Security Officer
Valeo Devices, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
November 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 5 months)
Founded a secure server-appliance company, focusing on dynamic service allocation of secure Internet services including authentication, mail, messaging, DNS and others.
Responsible for all aspects of marketing including:
· Market research
· Competitive analysis
· Business forecasting
· Press relations
· Sales Materials (company and product positioning, collateral)
As Treasurer, Responsible for overseeing all corporate finances and legal affairs
Developed processes, procedures, pricing and quality standards
Defined product requirements and initial product roadmap
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Corporate Vice President, Information Security
Predictive Systems, Inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; PRDS; Computer & Network Security industry)
October 1996 — September 2000 (4 years)
· Founded the Information Security consulting practice
· Defined all security service offerings, developed all processes, procedures, pricing and quality standards
· Grew headcount to over 75 security professionals at 10 locations in 3 countries
· Expanded security gross revenue to over $8 million per year
· Managed assessment, design, and deployment projects in excess of $2 million
· Maintained the company’s highest margins, best staff retention, and top customer satisfaction levels
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Principal Architect (Networking and Security), Strategic Planning
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SCOC; Computer Software industry)
August 1993 — August 1996 (3 years 1 month)
· Responsible for technical oversight and long-term planning for all security, networking, and communications products and services.
· Provided technical and managerial leadership to development teams in 6 locations throughout the US, UK and Canada.
· Conceived and fostered SCO’s “Internet Friendly” strategy
· Conceived and fostered the first web-enabled operating system product
· Assisted all areas of the company to incorporate Internet technologies into existing business processes
· Coordinated the design of a new security infrastructure used by SCO, Sun, Microsoft, Cisco, and Intel encompassing Windows, UNIX, Java, and the Web
· Planned and fostered SCO’s “Windows Friendly” strategy
· Formalized client/server product requirements
· Performed technical due-diligence prior to acquisitions
· Conceived, designed and deployed the first consumer-grade Web application
· Generated world-wide press coverage including TV, radio, and print media -
Network Architect, Software Engineering
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SCOC; Computer & Network Security industry)
March 1990 — August 1993 (3 years 6 months)
· Managed product requirements and development staff for all networking products including TCP/IP, NFS, DCE, LAN Manager and NetWare Connectivity products
· Implemented TCP/IP and NFS for all SCO releases
· Created an integration strategy for all networking products
· Coordinated development, QA, training, marketing and support activities for all networking products
· Managed all aspects of alpha- and beta-testing of all networking products -
Manager, Computer Services
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SCOC; Computer Software industry)
July 1988 — March 1990 (1 year 9 months)
· Migrated all computing from minicomputers to Intel-based server systems in 1988, enabling the company to use its own products, resulting in a dramatic improvement in sales, product quality, and overall reliability
· Managed the growth of computing resources as the company grew from 200 employees in one city to over 2500 employees world-wide
· Designed and built the company’s first high-speed networks and migrated processes and procedures to use these new resources -
Sr. Communications Analyst, Customer Services
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; SCOC; Computer Software industry)
April 1986 — August 1988 (2 years 5 months)
· Supported all customers in the use of UNIX communication systems and products
· Defined and led SCO’s security incident response team
· Developed processes and procedures for all communications and security issues
· Performed all QA functions for the company’s networking products
