Active Directory Manager

Paul Cayley **********@*****.***

Identity and Access Control (425) 281 - 0774

Summary: Versatile, security focused, infrastructure technologist with a diverse

background. Engineering, consulting, product development responsibilities. Lead roles in

deployments, project management and program management. Hands on product group

roles at Microsoft, Quest, and other secure technology providers. Member of the Azure

Active Directory advisors group (Microsoft).

Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, driven and energetic, active in the security community.

Leadership Team, Director of Partnerships, and Lead Consultant

CionSystems, Redmond WA 2011 - Present

CionSystems delivers a comprehensive suite of Active Directory, Group Policy, Identity

Management, Monitoring, Access Control, and Infrastructure management solutions.

CionSystems also provides consulting and product development services. As a member of

the leadership team, also performs other roles:

Lead Consultant (CionSystems)

Customize and enhance the products to meet customer needs. Create scripts,

utilities, and tools to address customer needs. Deliver POC and Pilot projects.

Adviser (CionSystems)

Member of the leadership team focused on product direction and market analysis.

Determine product roadmap, conduct market research, responsible for analyst

relations, and technology acquisition.

Director of Partnerships (CionSystems)

Responsible for business and technical aspects of recruiting, on-boarding, and

managing CionSystems’ partner eco-system. Oversee and deliver deployment

services, including engaging and managing partners.

Director of Deployment Services (CionSystems)

Product, project, and program management for internal and external offerings, as

needed. Subject matter expert for encryption, federation, and Identity

Management.

Architect and Consultant – IdM/IAM/External Authorization

Telos Corporation, Ashburn VA 2014 – Present

Technical lead for the TSAM (Telos Secure Access Management) project. Provide pre and

post-sales support. Review customer business and technical requirements. Design and

prototype solutions that address customer requirements. Manage technical relationship

with customers and partners. Perform performance and conformance tests, author white

papers, build demos, and manage development projects.

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Customer Engineer - Governance, Identity Management, and Access Control

AlertEnterprise 2012 – 2013

Customer engagement to drive sales of AlertEnterprise’s Critical Infrastructure Security

and Compliance Suite. Represented the company at trade shows and conferences,

identified new leads, evangelize the solution. Directly engaged customers as part of the

sales process.

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Paul Cayley **********@*****.***

Identity and Access Control (425) 281 - 0774

Prepared RFP responses, demos, presentations, white papers, and other sales related

activities. Provide feedback to the management and product teams to drive features and

roadmap that align with customer needs.

Delivery Consultant and Technical Sales Professional (TSP), Security Stack

Certified Security Solutions, Western States 2010 - 2011

Consultant and Architect on complex, large scale, Identity, Meta-Directory, and Security

engagements. Pre-sales engineer, responsible for the technical sales, design, POC and

Pilot implementations, and managing the overall, sales engagements. Supported sales

activities, including RFP responses, POC, pilots, demos, technical assessments,

discovery.

Enterprise Architect – Security and Identity Management 2007 - 2010

Avanade, Seattle WA

Pre-Sales Lead, Consultant and Architect on complex, large scale, Active Directory and

Security engagements. Supported sales activities, including RFP responses, POC, pilots,

demos, technical assessments, discovery Technical resource for Windows, Active

Directory, Identity Lifecycle Manager, and Forefront Identity Manager Deployments.

Created and delivered level 300/400 technical sessions.

Lead Technical Resource assigned to the Sun/Avanade/Microsoft alliance. Combined

sales, evangelism, training, consulting, and liaison role between Sun and Microsoft.

Delivered interoperability sessions for Windows Master Certification Classes.

Product Manager – Active Directory, Security, and UNIX IdM Solutions

Quest Software, Aliso Viejo CA 2005 – 2007

Product Manager for multiple Quest Identity Management, Single Sign On, and

Windows/Unix Security Integration solutions. Architected Windows / UNIX cross platform

security and Java Single Sign On team. Managed business partnerships, assisted with key

deployments, developed the NIS and UNIX user and group migration toolset. Created

white papers, technical walkthroughs, and manage outsourced projects.

Technical Marketing Manager, Evangelist, and Program Manager

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA 1997 – 2005

Technical Marketing Manager, Microsoft’s Enterprise Computing Platform. Member of

EPG’s CATM (Customer Advocacy and Technology Management) and Core Windows

Engineering. Individual contributor and team leader critical initiatives: scalability,

interoperability, reliability, manageability, security, Unix Integration, and benchmarking.

Developed proscriptive guidance, training, certification, and third party programs.

Drove Microsoft / Unix Identity integration, including Active Directory RFC-2307 NIS/IdM

schema and NTFS improvements. PM for performance benchmarks, including SPEC.

Participated in executive reviews and roadmap planning.

Cross platform architecture and design specialist: interoperability, Unix Integration,

Security, PKI, Entrust, Security Dynamics, Sun IdM, Linux Compete, benchmarks,

application migration, directory services, Novel Compete, IBM integration, OEM partners,

field enablement, critical infrastructure,

**********@*****.*** (425) 281 – 0774

Paul Cayley **********@*****.***

Identity and Access Control (425) 281 - 0774

IT Training, beta programs, launch activities, critical customer escalations, and C-level

competitive sales. Delivered thousands of presentations to C level and technical

audiences on Security, Infrastructure, Unix Migration and Interoperability, and Directory

Services.

Skills Summary:

IT Infrastructure: Identity and Access Control, Windows, UNIX, Linux, Macintosh/IOS,

Android, Legacy OS, Interop and Migration, Azure, AWS, Active Directory, Windows Azure,

Amazon Web Services, Cloud Migration, Virtualization, Performance Tuning

Security: Identity Management, XACML, SAML, ADFS, Single Sign On, Security

Hardening, Incident Response, Governance and Compliance, Directory Services, VPN,

Smart Card, PKI, Encryption, NIS Migration, Active Roles Server, Quest, Likewise,

CionSystems (all products), Secure ID, Cybersecurity, FERC, NERC, CIP, FIPS, PCI,

HIPAA, Security Hardening, Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Virus remediation

SAML, OAuth, Shibboleth, Azure Active Directory, Active Directory, Forefront Identity

Manager, CMS

Microsoft: Active Directory, ADFS, Group Policy, PowerShell, Forefront Identity

Management, Azure Active Directory, Windows Server and Client, Hyper-V, VDI, IE, Active

Directory, Systems Center, Forefront Endpoint Protection, Certificate Server, IIS, Services

for Unix, MAPS, Universal Access Gateway

Unix/Linux: Security, Active Directory Integration, RFC-2307, NIS, LDAP, X.509, Scripting,

Networking, Virtualization, Application Porting, Embedded Systems, PAM

Product Group Roles:

o Microsoft – Services for Unix (Unix Windows

o Microsoft – RFC-2307 Unix Windows Interop Schema

o Microsoft – Active Directory

o Microsoft – Forefront Identity Manager (TSP assigned to Southwest District)

o Microsoft – Windows NT Lan Performance Team

o Microsoft – Windows Security (XP RSA project)

o Quest – Vintela AD/Unix IdM/Access Control/PAM/GPI PAM

o Quest – VSJ – Vintela Single Sign-On for Java

o Quest – AIX Kerberos Authentication Module

o CionSystems – Architect/Dev Active Directory Manager Pro.

o CionSystems – Architect/Dev Enterprise Security Policy Manager

o CionSystems – Archtect/Dev Cloud Identity Manager

o Telos – TSAM Architect/Dev User Portal and Demo Code

o Likewise Software – Consultant, FIM integration and

o TheDinnerNet – MVC C# developer – web

Over 35 years’ experience as a developer, including OS internals, Encryption, Smart Card,

embedded systems, firmware, assembler (8080/Z-80/x86/6502/68000), PLC, C/C++, C#,

Fortran, VB, Multi-Factor and Knowledge based authentication, Plugable Authentication

Module, Privileged Access Management, Game Development,

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