Burton Group Consultant Biographies
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Homan Farahmand
Director of Technical Architecture
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global IT infrastructure and operations architecture, identity and access management governance, processes, IT financial management, performance metrics
Homan Farahmand is the director of technical architecture for Burton Group’s consulting services.
His primary focus is to assist IT executives in dealing with their dynamic problems and associated business/technical change strategies. Prior to joining Burton Group, Homan led PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Canada IT cost and value management practice and managed META Group’s strategic consulting practice. With 18 years of experience, Homan has experience helping enterprise organizations develop business technologies to accelerate their business performance. He holds an advanced technical expert certificate from IBM, independent consulting certificate from SAP, 6 Sigma Green Belt certification, and ITIL service management certification.
Stuart Selip
Vice President Consulting Services
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application integration, data integration, distributed computer environment, message oriented middle-ware, testing
Stuart Selip is the vice president for Burton Group’s consulting services.
He covers SOA, enterprise application integration, data integration and enterprise information integration, distributed computing environment, message oriented middle-ware, and testing. Prior to joining Burton Group, Stuart’s roles included chief technology officer of Russian offshoring vendor and chief architect responsible for vision and development of large-scale integration projects and distributed integration. With 25 years of experience, Stuart has earned a Certificate in Data Processing (CDP), Certificate in Computer Programming – Systems Programming Specialization, Certified Computer Professional (CCP), Sun Certified Java Programmer J2EE and serves as vice president and meeting chair of the Securities Industry Middleware Council, Inc.
Alice Wang
Senior Consultant
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risk management, security architecture, identity management, governance, directories, provisioning, federated identity, role based access control, operations and process improvement
Alice Wang is a senior consultant for Burton Group’s consulting services.
She covers IT security architecture, identity management, role based access control, user access control, provisioning, federation, centralized auditing and logging, directory services, risk management, regulatory compliance, governance, and operation and process improvement. Prior to joining Burton Group, Alice performed duties as a systems engineer, project manager, and industry consultant at Sun Microsystems and PricewaterhouseCoopers. With over 8 years of experience, Alice has assisted Fortune 500 companies with implementing large scale identity management projects including the design of a consistent, sustainable, reusable method of managing user access control by addressing the lack of a centralized user management framework. Alice is also ITIL Foundation, JAVA Programmer, and Solaris Systems Administrator certified.
Anthony Randall
Consultant
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identity management, information architecture, directories, provisioning, federated identity, messaging
Anthony Randall is a consultant for Burton Group’s consulting services.
He covers information architecture and infrastructure, identity management, federation, directories, provisioning, and messaging. Prior to joining Burton Group, Anthony worked for AXA UK, Sun Microsystems UK and Europe, and Comcast Cable consulting Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies. As principal engineer at Comcast he was responsible for its directory services and integrating a cross platform provisioning system for all broadband and voice customers. With 10 years of experience, Anthony has managed large scale identity and directory services projects as technical lead.
Chad Rabideau
Senior Consultant
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identity management; information architecture; authentication; directories; business process analysis;
Chad Rabideau is a senior consultant for Burton Group’s consulting services.
He covers identity and access management, directory services, information architecture, regulatory compliance, authentication and authorization strategies, federation, and business process/impact analysis. Prior to joining Burton Group, Chad was a consultant, systems engineer, systems architect, and project manager while working at AegisUSA, Lockheed Martin, and Georgia Pacific. With 8 years of experience, Chad has assisted over fifty medium and large scale customers architect and designing identity management infrastructure for user provisioning, workflow, directory services, application integration, federation and authentication. He has also managed identity and directory projects as technical lead across vertical industries including, defense, manufacturing, health care, and higher education.
Doug Moench
Senior Consultant
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identity management, directories, federated identity, web services, PKI
Doug Moench is a senior consultant for Burton Group’s consulting services.
He covers enterprise directory services, identity management, federation, public-key infrastructures (PKI), and web services. Prior to joining Burton Group, Doug worked with enterprise corporations to document current state of business and technology processes making recommendations for infrastructure improvements to simplify administration, increase security, and improve collaboration between business units. With 20 years of experience, Doug has successfully designed and implemented general-purpose directory, meta-directory, access management, provisioning, PKI, and federation solutions for national and international companies, including Fortune 500 companies.
Doug Simmons
Director of Technical Architecture
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identity management, authentication, provisioning, workflow, PKI
Doug Simmons is the director of technical architecture for Burton Group’s consulting services.
He covers e-business and service provider, identity and access management, application data security, provisioning, workflow, authentication, security and risk management, PKI, messaging and collaboration. Prior to joining Burton Group, Doug performed duties as an OSI and TCP/IP software engineer and implementation consultant for IBM. With 25 years of experience, Doug has assisted in hundreds of medium and large-scale customer architect and design detailed identity management infrastructures that include user management, workflows, access management, federation and multiple authentication services. As an early developer of X.500 and LDAP with IBM in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, Doug possesses industry-leading skills in identity management design and deployment, data integration and resource provisioning.
Gary Stanull
Consultant
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directories, federated identity, web access management, regulatory compliance, enterprise architecture, operational and process improvement, IT governance
Gary Stanull is a consultant for Burton Group’s consulting services.
He covers identity and access management, directory services, federated identity, operational and process improvement, regulatory compliance, IT governance and enterprise architecture. Prior to joining Burton Group, Gary performed duties as a principal consultant, enterprise architect, project manager, and systems engineer while working at Midwave Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, and Lockheed Martin (Loral, Unisys Defense Systems, Paramax, Sperry). With over 20 years of experience, Gary has provided leadership from an enterprise and system perspective in the design, development and testing of IT solutions. Assessed the current state of business processes and IT infrastructure for Fortune 500 companies, analyzed the gap between their current and desired state and defined a business strategy and tactical roadmap for implementing identity and access management solutions to achieve their desired state. Focus industries include financial services, insurance, health care, higher education, defense, travel and hospitality. He is a certified information systems security professional (CISSP) and earned a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering.
Chuck Bessant
Senior Consultant
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QoS, Voice-over-IP, network engineering, OSS, ITIL, ITSM
Chuck Bessant is a senior consultant for Burton Group’s consulting services.
He covers network engineering, OSS architecture, application architecture, ITIL, ITSM, network performance, VoIP, and QoS. Prior to joining Burton Group, Chuck held positions with Greenwich Technology Partners service MCI, Reuters, Comcast, Discover Financial Services and the US Treasury. With 20 years of experience, Chuck served on the Telecommunications Policy Advisory Committee (TPAC) advising Colorado Springs city council on telecommunications issues and trends. He is also a contributing author to, Firewalls: The Complete Guide, (2002).
Jack Stackhouse
Director of Technical Architecture
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network architecture, Voice-over-IP, VPN, voice services, IPv6, remote access
Jack Stackhouse is the director of technical architecture for Burton Group’s consulting services.
He covers network architecture, remote access, VPNs, wireless technologies, voice services, VoIP and IPv6. Prior to joining Burton Group, Jack gained experience in systems engineering and management, consulting large multinational organizations on network architecture, wireless technology and RFP development for WAN, voice technology and IT outsourcing. With 16 years of experience, Jack provided consulting services on LAN/WAN architectures, VPN and wireless solutions for both private industries and the Department of Defense. Jack also teaches VPN, wireless technologies, VoIP and IPv6 tutorials and workshops.
Ken Agress
Senior Consultant
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network architecture, Voice-over-IP, IP Telephony, secure messaging, VPN, application performance
Ken Agress is a senior consultant for Burton Group’s consulting services.
He covers network design and architecture, application performance, VPN technologies, wireless networks, network management, IP telephony/VoIP strategy, project management and carrier. Prior to joining Burton Group, Ken gained his experience in the networking industry as a consultant, network manager, systems engineer, and member of technical staffs. He has worked on large and medium projects in networks for enterprises, educational institutions, and government with networks ranging from metropolitan to international scales. With 17 years of experience, Ken’s broad experience in consulting on LAN/WAN architectures, data center, IP telephony/VoIP, carrier services, and network performance has been provided to Fortune 100/1000 companies, large universities, and municipal governments.