Lead Systems Engineer at MITRE
Greater Boston Area
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- Lead Systems Engineer at MITRE
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- Senior Staff Engineer/Web Services Architect at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Staff Engineer Software at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Technical Consultant at Sun Microsystems GmbH
- Freelance IT Journalist at Freelance (Self-employed)
- Principal Network and Systems Manager at Universität zu Köln
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- Universität zu Köln
- Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
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Gerald Beuchelt’s Summary
Gerald is currently working at the MITRE Corporation as a Lead Systems Engineer. He is focusing on advanced web services and identity management technology and their application in the context of complex government programs such as Health Care. In this role he is actively engaged with the identity and privacy management communities.
In his former role at the Business Alliances Group of Sun's Chief Technologist's Office as a Web Service Architect he set the technology agenda for web services interoperability. He was working with partners like Microsoft to improve and extend interoperability between Sun's software stack and other platforms. Technically, he was focused on web service technologies, security, and identity management.
Earlier at Sun he was one of the principal engineer working on strategy and technology evaluation of Sun's competitors. This included an intense long-term collaboration with internal and external legal counsel on anti-trust and intellectual property subjects. In this role he advised members of Sun's Executive Management Board and their staff directly.
Gerald worked as a pre-sales technical consultant for Sun Germany with a focus on complex interoperability problems and large systems deployments. In this role he was instrumental in success of many large sales projects of more than USD 5 Million.
He holds a Master of Science degree in theoretical physics.
Gerald Beuchelt’s Specialties:
Experienced cross-organizational project leader. Strong focus on interoperable distributed systems, with a technology focus on web service technologies, identity and privacy management, Java and .NET interoperability, and infrastructure services.
Gerald Beuchelt’s Experience
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Senior Staff Engineer/Web Services Architect
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2005 — March 2009 (4 years 1 month)
- Architecture and development of prototypes and proof of concepts. These projects used a variety of technologies, including Java, .NET, Liberty federation and WS-* protocols. Vital to the success was to integrate at both technology and the business/personal levels.
- Defined strategy for Sun Microsystems/Microsoft interoperability partnership through close collaboration with the direct staff of Greg Papadopoulos (CTO) and key members of the Sun Standards group.
- Planned and executed advanced identity and web services interoperability projects. Crucial to the success was a close collaboration with industry partners and standards bodies on technical and political issues.
- Presentations on major industry conferences, including JavaOne and Microsoft TechEd. These presentations included technical sessions, panel discussions, and birds-of-a-feather sessions on current technology developments.
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Staff Engineer Software
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — March 2005 (4 years 9 months)
- Provided competitive technical and strategy research for Sun's Executive Management Group. The results were presented directly to the requesting executive or vice president and their staff. They directly influenced M&A activities, product line strategy, and business alliance maintenance.
- Long term engagement with Sun Legal in support of Sun's intellectual property protection and litigation efforts. This close collaboration encompassed work with internal and external counsel on vital legal projects in the U.S.A. and the European Union.
- Directed the creation of new lab facilities for more than 200 small and mid-range servers, in support of expanded research. This included managerial responsibility for the lab staff. -
Technical Consultant
Sun Microsystems GmbH
(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1997 — July 2000 (2 years 8 months)
- Senior pre-sales consultant in support of strategic accounts in finance, automotive, telecommunications, and life sciences. Provided technical and logistical support to the sales executives for Sun's preferred customers in the Frankfurt/M, Germany, sales office. This included the coordination of U.S.-based executive and engineering resources, senior country executives, and customer representatives. Most engagements were conducted at the executive or senior vice president level.
- Major wins ($5M or more) included GM Europe/Opel, Deutsche Bank, and Deutsche Telekom. All major projects were planned and executed with the sales executive. Continued engagement on the technical, business, and political level throughout the entire sales cycle was crucial to the success.
- Planned and executed successful business development road shows for critical Sun business partners, including IBM/Lotus. -
Freelance IT Journalist
Freelance (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Media Production industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years)
-Published various articles in various major German computer magazines, including “DOS” (DMV) and “PC Professionell” (Ziff-Davis). A list of publications is available on request.
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Principal Network and Systems Manager
Universität zu Köln
(Higher Education industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years)
- Headed the administration of a 150+ systems network of workstations and servers.
- Introduced various new technologies (Linux, UltraSPARC), resulting in increased operational effectiveness and significant cost savings.
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Gerald Beuchelt’s Honors:
2005 - Sun's Chairman Award for Innovation
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