Senior Technology Leader | Broad Experience in IT Strategy, Engineering, Operations, Back-office and Cloud Services.
Greater St. Louis
Enterprise Holdings
Director, Information Technology
2015 to 2020
Greater St. Louis Area
CenturyLink Business for Enterprise
VP, Software Development & Engineering
2014 to 2015
Greater St. Louis Area
CenturyLink Business for Enterprise
VP, Product Management & Engineering
2013 to 2014
Greater St. Louis Area
Savvis, Inc
VP, Product Engineering
2009 to 2013
St Louis, MO
Savvis, Inc.
Director - Hosting Engineering
2006 to 2009
Savvis, Inc
Mgr - Hosting Platform Engineering
2005 to 2006
SAVVIS Communications
Sr. Microsoft Engineer
2002 to 2005
JMF & Associates
Technology Consultant
2000 to 2002
Greater St. Louis Area
United States NAVY
Watch Commander / Field Training Officer
1995 to 2000
La Maddalena, Sardinia (Italy)
TierPoint
VP, IT Infrastructure & Operations
Greater St. Louis
Organizations Led:- Shared Services | Solution Architecture & Enterprise Architecture- Server Engineering & Operations (x86/IBM Power)- Hybrid Cloud and Virtual Platforms- Data Management Organizations Led:- Shared Services | Solution Architecture & Enterprise Architecture- Server Engineering & Operations (x86/IBM Power)- Hybrid Cloud and Virtual Platforms- Data Management
What company does Eric Blaser work for?
Eric Blaser works for Enterprise Holdings
What is Eric Blaser's role at Enterprise Holdings?
Eric Blaser is Director, Information Technology
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Eric Blaser's colleagues are Nancy Harper, Craig Sonnenberg, Shawn Toal, Stacey Perlmutter, Janelle Schroeder, Eric Miram-Marthe-Rose, Subbu Kameswaran, Jesse Zenthoefer, Casey Ellinger, and Mary Larner
💼 Past Experience
Eric Blaser has successful experience with both in-house and cloud-based solutions. In-house, he designed and administer a Hosting Infrastructure using a combination of Vagrant, Bitbucket, Mavin, Jenkins, Ansible, and Docker. Blaser was also responsible for deploying, configuring, and maintaining all Windows based internal and hosted client servers/applications; also responsible for research and development work for the operations department. Cloud-based solutions, he led the Product Engineering & Architecture functions and strategy for the following Managed Hosting products: Managed Hosting (IaaS & PaaS), Cloud Platforms (Dedicated, Multi-tenant, Hybrid), and Datacenter Networking. These solutions were designed to be massively scalable and multi-site resilient. Blaser's experience with Cloud-based solutions has also allowed him to driveEnvironment improvements with a focus on systems and process automation.
🎓 Education
Eric Blaser earned his B.S. from the University of Maryland Global Campus in 1997. From there, he continued his studies at Mineral Area College in 1994-1995. Blaser's experience in academics and work readiness led him to the conclusion that he needed to reevaluate his education and career goals. Blaser undertook a six-month refresher program at the University of Maryland Global Campus in 1997 in order to further his education. The program allowed him to gain significant new skills and knowledge that could help him in his future endeavors. After completing the program, Blaser worked at the Maryland Humanities Association as an information entryist from 1999-2001. There, he gained experience in the field of work readiness and learned how to apply his skills and knowledge to successfully complete his professional goals.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Eric Blaser has a total of 10 years of experience in software development and engineering, which has included experience in product engineering, architecture, product management, and infrastructure. In his current position as a Senior Technology Leader at Enterprise Holdings, Eric Blaser has a background in information technology and experience in the following areas:- Shared Services (answering customer needs through technology integration, architecture, and long-term support)- Server Engineering and Operations (x86/IBM Power)- Hybrid Cloud and Virtual Platforms- Data Management Eric Blaser has also been aVP, Software Development & Engineering at CenturyLink Business for Enterprise from 2014 to 2015 (1 year) in Greater St. Louis Area. At CenturyLink, Eric Blaser worked on a full-lifecycle/DevOps team that designed, developed, delivered, and maintain Managed Security Service SaaS solutions. Additionally, at Savvis, Inc.,Eric Blaser led product engineering & architecture functions and strategy for the following product lines and services:- Managed Hosting (IaaS & PaaS)- Cloud Platforms (Dedicated, Multi-tenant, Hybrid)- Datacenter Networking (Manage Hosting & Collocation services)- Storage Services (Block, NAS, Object based, others)- Financial Exchange Networking (LLPE, FX-Matching, Financial Extranet)- Custom Solution Design- Service & Delivery Automation- Server Hardware & OS (Config Standardization & Delivery Platforms) Eric Blaser is also a technology consultant and has worked with Windows, Exchange, and Schedulex systems. In his previous position as a Technology Consultant at JMF & Associates, Eric Blaser provided network and server administration for multiple businesses in the St. Louis metro area.
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