22 years in the IT industry. 33 years using Computers. Entrepreneurial Technology Executive focused on: Cloud – Managed Services – SaaS – Open Source – Application Management – Hosting • Technology Strategist – Expertise in enterprise-level global technology strategy, planning and transformation for Fortune 500, mid-size and start up organizations. Have established numerous evolutionary and revolutionary concepts and then designed, built a business case for, secured buy-in, implemented, patented, pitched and sold various technology products and services. Experience managing teams of 150 and budgets up to $280M cost and $1B return. • Innovator & Thought Leader – Creator of many highly automated, outsourced and hosted cloud technologies. Frequent speaker on cloud computing at major industry conferences. Recognized by ComputerWorld as a Premier 100 IT Leader. • Change Agent – Evangelist for big data, software-defined networks and storage, agile programming and ITIL process improvements. Adept at building consensus for change and articulating a product’s short and long-term value proposition to both technical and non-technical teams. Specialties: Developing New X-aaS/Cloud offerings, Development Methodology, Coding, Distributed Data, Networking/SDN, Monitoring and Management Systems, Automation, Web Services, etc.

Platinum Member Director, Board of Directors @ Helped to develop the bylaws for the OpenStack Foundation primarily by recruiting AT&T legal team to assist. From September 2012 to Present (3 years 2 months) Austin, TexasAVP, Cloud Technology, Strategy and Planning @ Working on SDN, durable distributed data, and ongoing development of OpenStack. Developed a Metal-aaS variation of OpenStack as a basis for the relationship with CSC. Helped design the network architecture for a very large object storage customer ( 100 PB's, 10's Gbps of traffic ) Designed and Deployed a proof of concept Hadoop/Big Data service for a very large government RFP. Developed OpenStack Private-Cloud with the help of Arista, Basho, CloudScaling, Dyn, IBM, Mirantis, NewRelic, Nicira, OpsCode, PagerDuty, Quanta, and SourceFire. Supports >100 internal applications and >5000 VM's. Developed an earlier version of Synaptic Compute-as-a-Service based on VMware vCloud 1.0 and Oracle Server, Storage, and Network hardware. From April 2010 to Present (5 years 7 months) Annapolis, MDAVP, ABS Global Strategy & Transformation @ Developed aspects of AT&T Business Solutions ($60B revenue) Transformation Strategy. Developed over-arching Strategy Plan and Business Case ($1B revenue) for Cloud Services at AT&T. Developed Synaptic Hosting, Synaptic Strorage-as-a-Service, and the Synaptic Compute-as-a-Service products working closely with AT&T Labs, EMC, Sun, and VMware. Developed Synaptic Web Portal (http://www.synaptic.att.com) with innovative/agile project management, coding, BDD/TDD, monitoring, web services, and integration techniques. From January 2009 to March 2010 (1 year 3 months) Annapolis, MDCTO, Hosting & Application Services @ Integrated USi processes, people, and tools into AT&T Hosting. Provided Technology Strategy and Road-mapping for all AT&T Business Solutions (ABS) non-transport applications; Colo, Managed Services & Applications, ICDS/CDN/DMS, Tele-presence, Managed Security Presented to, sold to, and worked with numerous Fortune 100, 500, 1000 companies. Made presentations at VMWorld, OracleWorld, Structure, Storage Decisions, and other industry conferences. From October 2006 to December 2008 (2 years 3 months) Annapolis, MDCTO @ Developed innovative services and processes for first and last ASP. Played an integral design, developer, and program manager role on cross-country DR solution for ERP applications on EMC, Content Distribution Network based on 7 well placed nodes and SightPath software (USiAccelerate), Product Engineering of PeopleSoft, Ariba, Broadvision and Siebel in an ASP environment, Operational Support System for ASP requirements (USiOasis/USiView), process mechanisms to enable compliance regimes like (ISO9001, SAS70 Type II, CMMI, internal Root Cause and Corrective Action), Knowledge Management solution based on Endeca, and On-demand Utility Computing Platform (USiPinnacle). Managed Product Engineering, R&D, Quality Assurance, MIS, and OSS development at various times. From August 1998 to October 2006 (8 years 3 months) Annapolis, MDWebmaster @ Office Manager, Web development and Sales Person in a Graphic Design and Web Design Company located in Schaijk, NL. Developed web applications, games, and online stores for clients like ABN-AMRO, Nike, PSV Eindhoven. Developed and sold a firewall solution based on RedHat linux. From May 1997 to August 1998 (1 year 4 months) Schaijk, NLWebmaster @ Developed simple web sites. Developed and presented demo/training on using the Internet for doctors in Belgium; Solvay Pharma was the sponsor of this training. Involved extensive network reconfiguration of Novotel hotel ISDN connections to the Internet before training could proceed. From September 1996 to May 1997 (9 months) Hoofddorp, NLOwner @ Provided web site design and network design consulting. Provided network consulting and support for a Cisco based FDDI network at Koning Willem I College in 's-Hertogenbosch. From March 1996 to September 1996 (7 months) 's-Hertogenbosch, NLWebmaster @ Developed an Internet Service Provider offering. From May 1995 to October 1995 (6 months) Engineer @ Assisted in the deployment of various TCP/IP and client server based solutions for various USSOCOM facilities. Deployed a secure TCP/IP and UUCP based network. Supported SCO UNIX based desktops and client (C++/X11/MOTIF) server (Oracle) applications developed at Arinc. Created a unique and innovative mechanism for upgrading to SCO UNIX 3.0 via a floppy booted UNIX environment with extensive Perl 5 scripting. Allowed for the updating of >200 of desktops over a weekend. Using RCS, developed a unique version control system for managing configuration of SCO UNIX servers and desktops. Developed a mobile laptop solution where a person in the field could access their desktop via a modem and exported X11 windows. Involved modifications to SCO UNIX kernel serial drivers. Assisted in the development of an Motif email application in C++ which provided a frontend to an MH/MMDF backend. From June 1991 to May 1995 (4 years) Annapolis, MDTechnician @ Assisted in the roll-out throughout the Cornell Campus of one of the first 10baseT-based ethernet networks. Learned about TCP/IP/Ethernet networking, Unix, Emacs, and PC and MAC hardware. From May 1990 to May 1991 (1 year 1 month) Ithaca, NY

BSEE, Electrical Engineering @ Cornell University From August 1987 to 1991 Massena Central High School From 1985 to 1987 Toby Ford is skilled in: Information Technology, Automation, Cloud Computing, Storage, VMware, SaaS, OpenStack, Programming, Financial Modeling, Strategic Planning, Marketing Strategy, Innovation, Software Development..., Web Applications, Databases, Managed Services, Red Hat Linux, Data Center, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Software, Unix, Project Management, Telecommunications, Business Intelligence, Product Management, Integration, Virtualization, IT Strategy, Go-to-market Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Mobile Devices, Perl, Software Development, Firewalls, Cisco Technologies, Strategy, TCP/IP, E-commerce, Network Design, Servers, Riak, Computer Security, Enterprise Architecture, System Deployment, Architectures, Networking, Outsourcing, Open Source, Security, System Architecture