Chad Willaert's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Director of Identity and Security @ Revelation Network Management, Inc. From May 2014 to February 2017 (2 years 10 months) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaDirector of Identity and Security @ Ncell Systems From March 2011 to April 2014 (3 years 2 months) Wayzata, MNSenior Systems Architect @ Ncell Systems From March 2010 to April 2014 (4 years 2 months) Wayzata, MNPrincipal Consultant @ Open Systems Technologies, Inc.  Evangelize the value of OST inside and outside the company! Partner with our Sales and Solution Architect teams to bring OST solutions to our clients and drive services sales Identify, develop and fill services opportunities for OST across the four applicable services practices (Architecture/Professional Services, Data Center/Cloud Services, Product, & Managed Services) primarily Enterprise Technology business Articulate solution enablers and core OST differentiators to solve customers’ business challenges  Manage client relationship and translate customer requirements into a formal statement of work Provide the overall vision of the project solution and be the link to transition into the project management teams Leverage innovative approaches, tools, methodologies to facilitate further adoption and success in value selling Help develop and leverage enterprise technology best practices to maximize the predictability and success of project(s) Provide relevant field experience insights to key stakeholders Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaSenior Systems Engineer @ TIES Worked on many MNSCU related projects for several State Colleges and Universities focusing on Identity Management and Web Services. Also did multi-site deployments of ZENWorks and Identity Management solutions for Regis Corporation and Achieve Health Care, including integrating Active Directory, eDirectory, Lotus Notes and OS/400. Assisted with migration plan and implementation of moving 15 servers to NetWare 6.5 for BlueCross/BlueShield of MN. Configured a 3 node redundant session broker iChain solution for United Defense. From January 2004 to June 2005 (1 year 6 months) St. Paul, MNSenior Systems Engineer @ Bluestem Systems Concerned with business solutions focusing on Portal initiatives. Involved in large scale initiatives created by Bluestem for the State of MN. Performed high level NDS, BorderManager and GroupWise support and design for MNDOT, including NetWare 5.1 migration for 150 servers. Created an overlay, scripted CD to accelerate the upgrade and migration. Implemented iChain 2.0 and Novell Portal Services 1.5 to help alleviate the issues with VPN. Responsible for installation, migration, design and implementation of various systems for customers of Bluestem. Involved in business development and projects at Best Buy Corporate. Performed a Novell Assessment and provided recommendations and support for Novell environment. Worked directly with sales, customer and business development manager to create scope of work to be done, including design and project management. Provided technical assistance and support, both phone and on-site. Attained Certified Directory Engineer (CDE) in Oct. of 2000. From July 2000 to December 2003 (3 years 6 months) St. Paul, MNSenior Systems Engineer @ GE Capital ITS Novell and Lotus Notes Senior Systems Engineer responsible for Installation, Migration, Design and Implementation, and Troubleshooting of all products for Fortune 500 companies and State Agency customers of GE Capital ITS. Involved in large scale initiatives created by Novell and GE Capital ITS for the State of MN. Selected agencies became success stories for Novell, including cutting edge technology and implementation. Extensive engagement at Best Buy Corporate Headquarters for NetWare/NDS and NT design, implementation and support. Was involved in Y2K for the Enterprise Server Group. Designed an in house Domino database accessible from the Web for tracking system engineer engagements which also provided a tool for sales personnel and engagement managers. Provided high level NDS and GroupWise support for many customers. From January 1998 to July 2000 (2 years 7 months) New Hope, MNNetwork Administrator/Instructor @ Benchmark Computer Learning Responsible for 40 user corporate network including (3) NetWare 4.11 servers and (3) Windows NT 4.0 servers, each using ARCServe for backup. One NetWare server housed FAXServe 5 and another ran GroupWise 5.2. One of the NT servers contained SQL 6.5 with two applications; the other two NT servers ran Domino and Lotus Notes Release 4. Also responsible for classroom servers which included (7) NetWare servers (5) 4.11 servers and (2) 3.12 servers which housed images for all NAEC, ATEC, LAEC courses.Purchased all hardware for (12) classrooms and corporate needs. Technically documented network and operations of administrative tasks. Developed asset management for all classroom and corporate hardware. Designed a contact manager application based on business processes of company in Lotus Notes Release 4 to replace ACT! 2.06 for sales personnel. Created classroom material as an instructor for courses instructed. Instructed for many different types of courses offered. From October 1996 to January 1998 (1 year 4 months) Edina, MNSystems Engineer @ Riverbend Business Products Trained by a NAEC and became a CNA 3 and 4, CNE 3 and 4, and A+ Certified while working. Responsible for 25 user NetWare 3.12 network onsite. Involved with all aspects of LAN design and implementation for customers. Worked directly with sales personnel on recommendations for customer hardware, software and upgrades. Support and service given to multiple clients with NetWare 3.12 and 4.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95, and LANtastic 6.0. Help with purchasing of equipment, from finding a vendor to actually placing the order. Setup all components of file server, generate the operating system and set up the individual workstations. Responsible for cabling workstations to the file server, including coaxial and twisted pair. Add any necessary components to workstations and servers and generate the needed software to connect the workstation to the file server. Train key personnel on the operations and use of the network as well as any software packages on the network. From August 1995 to October 1996 (1 year 3 months) Mankato, MNSystems Administrator @ Taylor Corporation Involved with all aspects of AS/400 while working for Information Services department. Managed AS/400’s in largest subsidiary of corporation with over 4000 users. Setup and installed all peripherals of AS/400, including workstations, printers, and communications. Tuned and worked with system performance.Generated and ran reports for all departments of company with RPG, Query’s and SQL. Trained personnel on the operations of the AS/400 as well as software used to accomplish creating the reports. Technically documented routines and operations of administrative tasks. Helped with purchasing of equipment, including offering suggestions for upgrades, future expansions, and prioritization of IS work flow.Ran multiple types of cable, including twinaxial, coaxial, twisted pair, and some fiber. Worked with tape drives and optical storage. Assisted with installation of PC’s onto networks as well as maintained 29 fileservers and the 650 users on them with network administrator. From April 1991 to August 1995 (4 years 5 months) Mankato, MNSystems Architect @ Solbrekk Highly motivated Engineer with strong design and problem solving skills. Enjoys a difficult challenge and possesses professional customer service skills as well as excellent communication skills. Strong focus on Identity Management solutions, specializing on business rules, workflow and policies regarding provisioning and de-provisioning of identities for organizations. Implemented single sign-on, password self-service and identity vaults with multiple connected systems. Implemented these solutions with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of MN, Gillette Specialty Healthcare, Mounds View Public Schools, Macalester College, Hazelden Foundation, Metro State and Star Tribune to name a few, including 34 total identity management solutions in the past 3 years. Connected Systems implemented include eDirectory, Active Directory/Exchange, Lotus Notes, PeopleSoft, AS/400(Midrange), JDBC (MSSQL/Oracle), GroupWise, Delimited Text and Scripting. From June 2005 to April 2010 (4 years 11 months) Golden Valley, MN