Jonathan Gershater
Information and Computer Science graduate from University Management. Hands-on experience driving successful deployments of Enterprise Identity Software and writing up the solution for IP development, now at Sun Microsystems.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Databases, Entrepreneurship, Java, Languages and Platforms, Management, Marketing, Software Engineering |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Sun Microsystems |
| Position: | Identity Management |
| Time period: | January 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Responsibilities
● Project management – gather requirements from business units. Design project plans. Document requirements. Work together with engineering to drive successful project completion. ● Pre-sales – presentations, proofs of concept, product demonstrations. ● Post-sales – deployments, project management, issue resolution, train users, create solution documentation and intellectual property. ● Install, configure and customize Enterprise Identity Software. Achievements ● Sales – Contributed to the closure of many deals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. ● Post-sales – led successful deployments of Identity solutions. ● “Voice of the customer” took customer feedback to Product management for input into future releases. ● Published papers and spoke at conferences. Deployments ● Major computer vendor - Identity Manager and Access Manager ● Retail – Identity Manager, Access Manager and Application Server ● Financial Services – UNIX NIS to Sun Directory migration ● Healthcare – Directory Server 6.0 Pres-sales engagements ● I have worked on more than thirty pre-sales accounts doing RFPs, technical demonstrations, and presentations for technical and C-level executives. |
| Employer: | Oncology Therapeutic Network; Wind River Systems |
| Position: | Identity Management and LDAP Architect |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
Business analysis ● Interview business units for identity management requirements. ● Write up technical specifications for identity management solution, based on business requirements. ● Write project briefs and project plans Achievements ● Selected corporate Sun Directory Server as the corporate LDAP Directory from criteria gathered in business analysis phase. ● Deployed and configured Directory Server in a secure and highly available configuration. ● Integrated BEA WebLogic and Portal with Directory Server. ● Documented solution and educated users |
| Employer: | Kehillah High School; Intel Corp |
| Position: | Technical Consultant & Business Systems Analyst |
| Time period: | June 2002 - December 2003 |
| Description: | • Systems analyst - Configure and train users in the use of PowerSchool software.
• Author reports in XML. • Administer, install and configure Linux servers, Active Directory and Microsoft servers. |
| Employer: | Entrust Inc |
| Position: | Sales Engineer |
| Time period: | July 1999 - April 2002 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
● Provided technical support to account managers and product managers to help them achieve their objectives. ● Designed solutions for partners and customers and participated in sales activities. ● Wrote white papers, integration guides and sales presentations. ● Conducted and managed product evaluations for customers. ● Provided technical support for marketing efforts to aid lead generation and overall marketing efforts. ● Provided feedback to product management and product marketing. Achievements ● Led technical due diligence leading in the merger of Entrust Inc and enCommerce. ● Selected to speak on digital signatures, at Sun Microsystems’ JavaOne conference. ● Achieved certification for Entrust products with: PeopleSoft, BEA, Plumtree, IBM WebSphere and Novell. ● Designed and implemented customer integration solutions featuring:SingleSignOn, Digital Certificate authentication Access control and authorization. |
| Employer: | Nuance Communications |
| Position: | Technical Support Engineer |
| Time period: | April 1999 - June 1999 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
● Assisted customers with the APIs and use of the Nuance Speech Recognition software. ● Wrote technical support bulletins that were published on the support web site. Achievements ● Managed support calls and emails from customers allow sales managers to engage customers in evaluations and pilots. |
| Employer: | 3Com Corporation |
| Position: | Network Systems Engineer |
| Time period: | May 1996 - April 1999 |
| Description: | Responsibilities
● Evaluated and installed system management software. ● Managed enterprise-wide Novell 4.X NDS and Windows NT network. Achievements ● Automated routine Netware tasks using Novell APIs reducing by 75% the man-hours required to complete a project. ● Diagnosed problems and improved server performance/response time by fifty percent. |
| Employer: | Military service |
| Position: | Experience |
| Time period: | July 1987 - June 1989 |
