John R. Meyer

11109 Timberhead Ct.
Reston, VA 20191-4700

Home: (703) 963-1879  Office: (703) 342-4581
Fax: (703) 391-0056
Home E-Mail:  john.meyer@wspot.net
Office E-Mail:  john.meyer@sun.com
WWW:  http://www.wspot.net
 
 

Education

• Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Maryland Graduate Department of Computer Science, College Park, MD. Degree Date: August 25, 1991. Thesis: A Parallel Implementation of a Simultaneous Iteration Algorithm for Calculation of Nested Invariant Subspaces of Large Non-Hermitian Matrices.
• Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Scientific Computing, University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences, Charlottesville, VA. Degree Date: May 25, 1984.

Work Experience

• Systems Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., 1994-Present
  
  
  • Principal Field Technologist. Distinguished engineer for the U.S. SPARC Products Technology team. Responsible for CxO-level customer briefings around SPARC technology futures, SPARC sales initiatives, competitive analysis, and SPARC product definition assistance for Sun Microsystems.
  • Senior Architect. Architect for customer executive covering the strategic EDS account. Duties include assisting EDS with developing solutions based on Sun hardware, software, and services, as well as keeping EDS solutions architects abreast of Sun's strategic technology futures.
  • Enterprise Server Technical Specialist. Responsible for strategic and tactical technical assistance to sales teams to secure small, mid-range, and high-end server sales wins in commercial, Federal, and partner accounts. Duties included acting as liaison between customer base and corporate engineering to provide direction in planning of future products. Major wins included the first Sun midrange and high-end servers at the Internal Revenue Service and United States Postal Service.
  • High-Performance Computing Specialist. Provided technical support for Sun's initiative to gain ground in Government HPC markets. Successes included wins at the Army Research Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, and Stennis Space Flight Center. Work focused on selling and deploying Sun's new HPC software, including MPI development tools and environments.
  • Technical Systems / Operating Systems Ambassador. Appointed as one of fifty individuals world-wide to represent field teams to Corporate Engineering efforts (member of the Governing Board, 2004 - present). Specialties include processor architecture, operating systems, and servers. Duties also include presentation of Sun's strategic and future technologies and products to key decision-makers in Sun's customer organizations as well as helping customers at all levels understand technical details of SPARC/Solaris systems.
  • Sales Engineer. Covered both Federal and commercial accounts including Government agencies, systems integrators, telecommunications companies, financial institutions, HPC customers, and resellers.
  • SunRise Club Award winner, 1995, 2001, and 2005. Regional Systems Engineer of the Quarter 1997 and 2001. Sun Microsystems Technical Specialist of the Year nominee, 2005.
  
  
• Member of Technical Staff, TRW, Inc., May 1982-1994
  
  
  • Software Engineer. Provided systems software support for the Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System (TAMPS). Supervised development of custom Motif-based Solaris system administration software for mission-critical military planning system.
  • Network System Administrator. Provided software support for contruction of a LAN dedicated to TRW proposal activities and state-of-the-art software prototyping activities. Was responsible for all system administrative tasks of Sun, PC, and Macintosh workstations and for guaranteeing C2 secure access to proprietary data.
  • Lead Software Engineer. Supervised two other programmers in development of an application providing closed-circuit television switching capabilities for all security cameras and monitors in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
  • Software Engineer. Created C³ technical resource software using ANSI C. Was responsible for system administration of software development LAN. Briefed and advised customer on technical issues and worked on a daily basis with his representatives.
  • Software Engineer. Designed, coded, and tested a real-time HF radio control device written in Z80 assembly language.
  
  
• Instructor, University of Maryland, College Park, 1984-1987
  
  
  • Intructed a senior-level course in introductory numerical analysis using FORTRAN-77. Was responsible for developing all lectures, class projects, and examinations.
  • Taught recitation sections in introductory computer science for prospective undergraduate majors in Pascal. Served as the graduate student representative on the departmental teaching excellence committee and assisted in the formulation of department-wide teaching excellence guidelines.

Former Clearances

• Top Secret (DIS), March 10, 1983.
• EBI (DIS), November 26, 1990.
• SCI, COMSEC.

References

Available on request.