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Represented company industry standards and compliance committees such as Common Access for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and other PCS standards bodies.

Senor Information Security Architect

Team leader and System Architect for TI Enterprise Security Team integration and development of Kerberos and x.509 certificate-based security and encryption utilities and API libraries.

Developed security libraries for UNIX, Windows, and Web applications on C++ and JAVA.

Developed security policy implementation procedures and led investigation of security incidents.

Developed security-training classes for TI security managers.

EDUCATION

MS, Computer Science,
University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX

BS, Computer Science,
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

ASSOCIATIONS

ISSA, North Texas Chapter

(ISC)2, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

ARMA magazine, “Preventing Identity Theft” (2003) •
PCIA Wireless Messaging Device Security Standard
, Author (2000) •
PCIA Standard for CALEA Compliance
, Contributing Author (1999) •
TI Technical Journal
, Information Security, Guest Editor 2Q98 Issue •
TI Technical Journal
, “Keeping Secrets—A Short Overview of Cryptography” (1998), “The Kerberos Security Infrastructure” (1998) • “Enterprise Security for the Web” (1997), paper on lights-out computer systems automation, Co-author •
Connections
, “Commercial Supercomputing” (1994).

FRANCIS THOMAS

Address Cell # E-mail

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Motivated Engineer with proven technical experience and Data Center background.

Formal Solution Sales and Presentation Training from leaders in the industry, such as Communispond.

Ability to achieve Account Executive Sales Quotas year after year.

Proven ability to establish company in competitive market.

Effective resource management skills.

Proven ability to develop relationships with Technical Teams, and consult as Trusted Technical Resource.

Ability to effectively position product offering in regards to Prospects Architecture, Competitors, and Industry Standards.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Software Development Platform that offers Object to Relational Mapping capabilities, coupled with Data Services Access Object that offers Dynamic Distributed Caching for Distributed Applications.

Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer

Responsibilities
:
Include presales presentations and consultative sales role to identified customer base. Currently act as first primary technical contact for sales prospects in the U.S. Central region. Also responsible for evaluation of prospects' IT infrastructure and architecture to assure product compatibility and identify possible fit of DDC (dynamic distributed caching) within the J2EE, C++, or .net framework. Also responsible and act as primary project manager for all POC (proof of concept deployments) prior to sale, as well as manage and define staffing requirements for any defined POC. Also responsible for resolution of customer issues, as well as act as primary interface between customer base and software support.

Business Process Management System that integrates business processes and automated-based processes to streamline and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of internal, customer, distributor, supplier, and partner interactions. Business Process Management to span the enterprise, from document management to workflow to systems automation and integration.

Manager, Pre-Sales Systems Engineering

Responsibilities
:
Included staff, design, and define roles and responsibilities of pre-sales engineering department. Position required relevant demonstration development (with the FUEGO business process management suite to include process designer & BPM integrator), in efforts to coordinate with marketing message as well as customer and prospects business requirements. Handled all presales management functions including equipment acquisition & configuration, expense management, training, and evaluations and acted as interface to other functional departments to include sales, post sales, and marketing. Also performed pre-sales functions in addition to managerial role.

Concerning e-commerce and Content Management Platform in conjunction with OLAP e-Commerce Web Site User Interaction and Reporting.

Senior, Pre-Sales Systems Engineer

Responsibilities
:
Included pre-sales presentations and demonstrations to customer prospect base, as well as account qualification. Also responsible for customer and prospect onsite installations and training, for customer evaluations and proof of concept implementations. Supported vignettes Web development e-business platform (story-server and OLAP RMS relationship marketing server). Also held primary implementation support responsibilities across ported platforms to include HP/UX, AIX, and Solaris operating systems.

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities
:
Application Lifecycle Development Suite, Network, Systems, and Database Management tools, Business Intelligence Suite, Systems Security Products and tools as well as CRM, Help Desk, and Knowledge Management Systems.

EDUCATION

University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas. B.S. in Information Systems, December 1996. Completed B.S. degree in Information Systems within the School of Business, with minor in Business Administration.