Chris Almond

Past

• IT Project Manager, IBM.COM Redbooks at IBM
• IT Specialist, IT Architect at IBM/Lotus
• Lotus Practice Team Lead at Dickens Services Group

• Groupware Systems Engineer at Solsource Computers
• Applications Engineer at Loral Test and Information Systems
• Programmer Analyst at San Diego Supercomputer Center
• Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Engineering at United States Navy

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Chris Almond’s Summary

An accomplished, innovative and enthusiastic Information Technology and Engineering Professional who is recognized for his creativity, communication and motivational leadership skills. Proven ability to lead consultative technical sales and solution implementation efforts, develop in-depth marketing and technical enablement content, present to any audience, facilitate requirements gathering, stimulate creative design, manage projects and people, and perform hands-on system integration and code-level customization.

Currently seeking a position that requires a high impact customer facing strategic thinker, innovator, problem solver, and doer. An ideal role would offer opportunities to inspire and manage specialized contributors, define and implement brand/offering strategies, manage and grow client relationships, provide technical and project leadership to IT solution delivery teams, and support executive team members.

Chris Almond’s Specialties:

> Articulate and engaging communicator; top notch presentation/writing skills
> Technology evangelism, leadership, project management, people management
> Linux/UNIX/network systems engineering & virtualization
> Open source & social computing technologies
> Enterprise 2.0 adoption patterns/anti-patterns
> Lotus software platform: messaging and application development
> Document management and WCM systems
> Wiki software and collaborative content authoring
> Web software architectures

Chris Almond’s Experience

• IT Project Manager, IBM.COM Redbooks

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2004 — February 2009 (5 years 2 months)

  Managed proposal development, stakeholder relationships, team recruitment, content development, technical review, and final quality/delivery of technical books, papers, and workshop materials delivered via the IBM.COM Redbooks channel. Over 5 year period managed development of over $2M total investment in various outbound technical marketing deliverables. Personally contributed as a subject matter expert in multiple publications. Focus areas: Linux/AIX/UNIX, IBM POWER Systems, System x, virtualization, Websphere, Tivoli, and innovation programs.

• IT Specialist, IT Architect

  IBM/Lotus

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1999 — December 2003 (4 years 5 months)

  Consulted with clients to discover, document and translate functional requirements into successful solution architectures. Technical lead in pre-sale, design and solution implementation activities: RFP response, customer demonstrations, requirements analysis, component modeling, system modeling, and custom application development.

• Lotus Practice Team Lead

  Dickens Services Group

  (Computer Software industry)

  December 1997 — August 1999 (1 year 9 months)

  Developed skill sets within the practice to support service requirements, supporting service contract sales efforts, and performance on contract consulting engagements. Customer project roles included lead developer, solution architect, and project manager.

• Groupware Systems Engineer

  Solsource Computers

  (Computer Software industry)

  July 1995 — December 1997 (2 years 6 months)

  Managed the process of converting the company IT infrastructure into a Notes/Groupware based environment. This conversion supported a strategic plan for development of a new services oriented business channel focused on selling, integrating, and customizing a sales force automation solution into the SMB marketplace.

• Applications Engineer

  Loral Test and Information Systems

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  March 1994 — July 1995 (1 year 5 months)

  Provided end user technical support for high speed PCM telemetry data processing systems. Responsibilities included on site system installation, testing, and over the phone troubleshooting of front end processing subsystems, UNIX servers, and network devices in TCP/IP network topologies.

• Programmer Analyst

  San Diego Supercomputer Center

  (Educational Institution; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1992 — March 1994 (2 years 3 months)

  Installed, maintained, and provided technical support for multiple software packages (engineering and scientific) used by center customers on the Cray supercomputer and other Unix based platforms. Adapted these software packages for installation by analyzing for system impact, prescribing modifications, optimizing, and writing site-specific user interface programs. Implemented software configuration management policies in a UNIX based heterogeneous high performance computing environment.

• Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Engineering

  United States Navy

  (Government Agency; USN; Military industry)

  June 1981 — June 1987 (6 years 1 month)

  Rank at separation: E-6 (Petty Officer 1st Class)
  
  * Maintained a high degree of professionalism and expertise in an extremely demanding nuclear propulsion plant operating environment.
  * Conducted numerous technically challenging at sea and in port operations and repairs enabling the ship to meet all operational commitments.
  * Collateral duties: Ship's diver (Navy Dive School certified); Ship's Photographer