Solution Architect and Technical Specialist with 10 years of combined consulting, implementation, training, sales and management experience.
Natural leader who is goals driven and likes to work as part of a team towards common objectives. Extremely client service oriented and technically strong with excellent consulting, report writing, presentation and people skills.
Exposed to a broad range of technologies, engagement requirements, client environments, cultures and job roles. Self-motivated, high achiever who thrives on challenges and is able to work at the highest levels to deliver quality results.
Solution Architect @ Heading up the Identity Management capability for Datacom in Australia. From June 2015 to Present (7 months) Pre-Sales @ Pre-Sales specialist for Micro Focus. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Sales Engineer @ This role is focused on evangelizing TAG products to the Asia Pacific region, providing direction and strategy to new and existing customers, along with the more technical focus of ensuring current customer implementations.
Core Responsibilities include:
- Evangelize TAG products through seminars, presentations, demonstrations and architectural discussions
- Provide current and new customers with architectural and technical guidance and strategy, and road map and strategy discussions designed to enable clients to remain aware of and stay in front of IT’s evolutionary curve
- A customer touch point and trusted advisor for resolution of technical issues, fault resolution and escalations to internal technical and product management resources. From March 2013 to Present (2 years 10 months) Senior Identity Architect @ Enterprise level role, aimed at designing and ensuring delivery of an Identity Management system to Telstra Consumer, Business, Enterprise and Government and Wholesale customers.
Core Responsibilities:
- Design and oversee implementation of an enterprise level Identity Management Solution (Telstra Digital Identity)
- Document the solution and convey to stakeholders, development and testing teams
- Design and assist implementation of new projects integrating with Telstra Digital Identity
- Work with developers, testers, project managers and iteration managers (Agile methodology) to assure effective implementation, testing and issue resolution From September 2011 to March 2013 (1 year 7 months) Identity Architect and Consultant @ Oracle (acquired Sun Microsystems)
Provision of Sun Identity solutions to some of Australia’s largest corporations. Actively involved in the sales and pre-sales process, including direct channel and partner led opportunities.
Core responsibilities:
- Design and implement Identity, Access Management and Compliance Solutions;
- Architecture, design and implementation of key projects;
- Consultancy provided for implementation and support of current and new projects;
- Pre Sales across both the Oracle and Sun Identity and Security Suites;
- Customer relationship management. From April 2008 to March 2011 (3 years) Identity Architect - Qantas @ Communications Company subcontracted to Qantas as Lead Identity Developer on the account. designing and implementing a enterprise level Identity Management system. Responsible for decision making as Qantas’s trusted adviser and ensuring collaborative decisions were implemented as expected from both a time and expectations perspective.
Core Responsibilities:
- Lead developer of Novell IDM
- Architecture, design and implementation of Novell Identity Manger; and
- Business analysis, customer relations and intermediary to application owners. From March 2006 to March 2008 (2 years 1 month) Identity Specialist @ Technical Lead on a variety of Novell Technology based projects, working with some of Novell’s major customers to architect and implement business critical systems.
Core Responsibilities:
- Novell software specialist across the entire Novell suite; and
- Technical Team Leader and staff mentor.
- Novell Trainer in Identity Management From 2004 to 2006 (2 years) Network Engineer @ Implementation, security and maintenance of mission critical systems and applications relied upon by Members of Parliament, their staff and the parliament support structure. A diverse role covering the majority of the Novell product suite.
Core responsibilities:
- Design and deployment of Novell Identity Manager, Windows 2000 and XP based Standard Operating Environment via ZEN and eDirectory 8.7.x; and
- Management of core systems including Netware, eDirectory, Active Directory. From November 2001 to November 2005 (4 years 1 month) Network Engineer @ Launch of IT career courtesy of involvement in a diverse range of projects based primarily in the Novell or Microsoft space.
Core responsibilities:
- Design and deployment of Standard Operating Environments using ZEN technologies.
- Troubleshooting and maintaining eDirectory and Windows NT/Active Directory on a variety of platforms. From January 1998 to November 2001 (3 years 11 months)
arts, Psychologt and English Language and Literature/Letters @ University of New South Wales From 1994 to 1998 St Gregory's College, Campbelltown From 1989 to 1992 Saint Joesph's Gilgandra Matt Slater is skilled in: Identity Management, Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Pre-sales, Enterprise Software, Architectures, System Deployment, Security, Solaris, Architecture, Network Architecture, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Integration, High Availability