Ray Bernard [email protected] PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SuprFanz.com, Toronto, Canada- Founder (2016-Present) ​ SuprFanz is a cloud-based marketing company which helps companies discover and market directly to their community of “SuprFanz” using data science over social media like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Meetup.com, StackOverflow and Github. We used Data Science to understand our community and reach out targets at scale in a personalized way. As a founder, I developed, designed and programmed our cloud solution on AWS, Google cloud and Digital Ocean using Python 3.x. Our solution follows a microarchitecture approach built on Docker containers. Also, I have designed all of our solutions job task functions using Celery/ RabbitMQ. We have also gained expertise in programming API interfaces in Python, Javascript, and Neo4j. Our Marketing platform helps accelerate the growth of small to medium size business. TicketMaster, -- Toronto, Canada (2018-Present) ​ We are developing cloud-based ticket recommendation system in Python using Facebook messenger API and Neo4j to recommend artists similar sounding artists who are playing near you. The system uses AI and NLP to discover meaning from Facebook messenger. It is scheduled to be released in April 2019. Maxta Inc, NY, NY - Pre Sales Engineer (2014-2016) ​ Full contributing Sr. Systems Engineer responsible for helping create the pre-sales strategy and drive the pre-sales effort in the field in the North East. Tradeshow support, delivering the technical presentation and helping drive successful POCs. EMC | Isilon systems, Hopkinton, MA - Global Presales Engineer (2011-2013) ​ ● Won large financial Global Accounts for EMC|Isilon at ADP, Thomson Reuters, Bank of America, Citigroup, Barclays CAP. Supported a range of Media based accounts from Viacom, ABC, Grey, NBA, MLB, Barnes & Noble ● Provided mentorship to engineers at EMC. ● We have provided superior technical proposals for both NAS and SAN offering. ● Won success POC at Bank of America against a better performing competitor in HPC workflow. ● Helped deliver superior customer relations and support ● Helped grow the business from 100%-200% year over year. InMage Systems, Santa Clara, CA - Pre-sales Engineer & Consultant (2009-2011) ​ ● Responsible for demonstrating, installing and testing our product it in a highly competitive environment. ● Provided US NAVY with a winning Disaster Recovery Solution ● Won major new brands for InMage in insurance and manufacturing. ● Expanded new partner overseas in SA. ● Top performing engineer on East Coast. Dell Computer Company - Systems Consultant III (2008) ​ As a Systems Consultant III, I served as a senior technical consultant responsible for driving Dell's enterprise business around Storage / Server and Software offerings. Trilogy Solutions LLC - Sales Systems Engineer-AE (2005-2008) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Provided pre-sales and post-sales engineering support within my realm of expertise. Focused on HP SAN storage / HP Blade Server technologies and Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity solutions. Ray Bernard [email protected] McDATA Corp - Solution Specialist (2003-2005) ​ I served as a liaison between engineering, the sales team, and the customer. My primary responsibility was to maintain customer satisfaction and to understand their storage requirements to better influence our product line for maximum market penetration. Accounts covered: Goldman Sachs and CitiGroup. Compaq Computer Corporation (formerly Digital Equipment Corporation) - Tech Consultant II (1997 – 2002) ​ ​ As a senior member of the Global Services Organization of Compaq, my focus was within the Storage and Server Integration practice (S&SI). Solution Architecture, Project Management and senior-level industry / practice / technology expertise on multiple client engagements, which included the management of multiple medium-sized technical programs. Columbia University, NY, NY - Part-time Adjunct Professor (1998 – 1999) ​ ​ ​ Instructor at Columbia University’s Computer Technology & Application program in the Internet/Intranet Management & Design track (IIMD). Courses of instruction: an upper-level course, QC5203-sec.1 & 2 Windows NT Administration. Vanstar - Sr. Systems Engineer (1996 – 1997) ​ Sr. Systems Engineer of Vanstar at Goldman Sachs & Co. NY, NY Served as a Professional services engineer helping Goldman Sachs with their technology deployments throughout the organization. Technologies work with Desktop applications and server deployments. EDUCATION Columbia University – NY BA Candidate, Mathematics - 1993 ​ Deans List from 91-93 with the exception of two semesters. I was also invited twice by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Columbia University to enter into a paid mentorship program in light my strong academic record. New York University - NY A.A.S Candidate - 1989 ​ Major: Computer Applications Honor Student Nominated for the National Dean’s List on July 19, 1991 Other -- Fluent in English & Spanish both written and spoken References & Student Copy of Academic record available ​ ​ ​ ​ TECHNICAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS AWS Certified Developer - AWS Cloud Practitioner MITx: 6.00.1x Introduction Python and Django Full Associate 2018 - In Progress Essentials- In Progress to Computer Science and Stack Web Developer Programming Using Python Bootcamp Build professional REST APIs Neo4j: GraphDB Foundations Selenium WebDriver With Microsoft Certified Systems with Python, Flask, Flask-RESTful with Cypher Python 3.x Engineer (MCSE) and Flask-SQLAlchemy Microsoft Certified Trainer Masters’ Cert. in Project EMC Isilon Certified VMware—VTSP (VMware Management from George Systems Engineer (NAS) Technical Sales Washington University Professional) Hitachi trusted Advisor (SAN) Master ASE (Master EMC—SE Professional 2013 Dell\Equallogic Storage Accredited System Sales Accreditation (ISCSI SAN) Engineer—Compaq) Ray Bernard [email protected] McDATA Certified Expert (SAN) .