Thomas J. Ackermann

Since the early 1980’s I graduated from one project to the next bigger one, culminating in the invention of a new security technology with my third company, Melior. While Melior, Inc. CyberWarfare Defense was very successful in developing the only working defense against distributed Denial-of-Service dDoS attacks (and successfully protected a user base of 300 million people against such attacks), financially it was not (in the end, we had insufficient capital). Many lessons were learned in the process. But that was in 2005, and life goes on.

My strengths lie in the ability to quickly assess a business / organization, and its infrastructure, and develop scalable, long-lasting plans from the “Big Picture” down to details; and then execute the concept on time and on budget. The same holds true for assessing a business plan, and then building the business and its infrastructure within the available means.

I certainly like to work on projects “with a cause”, i.e. building something new, providing useful services to a larger audience where it makes a difference (beyond simply improving shareholder/material values).

Overview (Short Version):

Erasys GmbH - Berlin / Planet Romeo BV - Amsterdam
CTO - Chief Technical Officer
Berlin and Amsterdam

November 2012 - October 2013

ExoWarfare - ThreadStream LogicGate Computing
Think Tank Member, Prime Strategic Projects
Novato Research Park / CA

November 2008 to October 2012
Spring 2010: The company changed its public exposure to Classified / Need-to-Know status.
 

NATO C3 Selection Process
A5 Position in Strategic Command at C3
Brussels, Belgium

Application June 2008; Interview and Selection Process September 2008 to October 2008

Independent Consulting: Fall 2006 - Fall 2008

• Various Consulting Projects

CyberWarfare Defense - Melior, Inc. - Details & Pictures
CEO, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Founder - Dallas / Texas

CyberWarfare Defense, October 2002 to May 2005 (and May 2005 to September 2008, dissolving)
- developed first working defense against distributed Denial-of-Service (dDoS) attacks
- protected 300 million users against dDoS attacks
- contributions to DoD/NSA/Spock, FBI Infraguard, US Secret Service N-TEC, Operation WebSnare

Internet Infrastructure & Security Services, 1996 to 2002
- built prototype WiFi ‘Wardriving’ Van, Cray / Cluster Computer-based encryption breaking demos
- deployed & operated first free WiFi network in Dallas, won “7th most un-wired US city” title for Dallas in 2003
- linked Bank of America & Nations Bank first during their merger in 1998
- deployed & managed first international tele-medicine application for MedWeb
- developed India-based customer service solution for San Francisco - based Brigade Solutions

Turner Construction / Hochtief AG - Details & Pictures
Assistant Director, Technical Services - Dallas / Texas and Essen / Germany

May to October 2001 (Melior, Inc. contract)
Responsible for managing the entire IT department for Hochtief subsidiary Turner in the US ($7 billion in revenue and 4,600 employees in 46 office sites)
- re-designed corporate IT infrastructure
- established secure communications between Hochtief AG in Germany and Turner in Dallas & New York
- set up Turner’s insurance company covering $7 billion in risk annually with a secure online presence

CashEdge, Inc. - Details & Pictures
Vice President of Operations - Milpitas / California

August to December 2000
Responsible for building a first-stage, secure (banking-grade) Internet presence, and integrating with Yahoo! Finance, planning, staffing, and managing corporate IT & Internet operations, designing & planning a second-stage secure Internet presence
- built customer support center and software development sites in Chennai, India

Internet Barter Inc. / BarterTrust - Details & Pictures
CIA - Chief Internet Architect; Director of Operations & IT - San Francisco / California

September 1999 to May 2000
Responsible for planning, building a secure (banking-grade) Internet presence as well as high-growth corporate IT & Internet operations
- Managed several domestic and international acquisitions

Affiliation Networks, Inc. (Snowball, Inc.) - Details
Director of Computing - San Francisco / California

May to August 1999
Responsible for planning, staffing, and managing corporate IT & Internet operations
- re-designed and managed Internet presense for the largest gaming site on the Internet
- managed ownership transfer for 700+ Internet domain names
- migrated over 400 content aggregators (affiliates) to the companies’ Internet presence

Globix, Inc. - Details & Pictures
Acting General Manager; Director Systems and Network Operations - Santa Clara / California

November 1998 to April 1999
Responsible for building, staffing, and managing the first $20 million “SuperPOP” second-generation data center for Globix, developing and implementing an operational business plan, which was later implemented for all other and future Globix data centers
- conducted all data center investor presentations and contributed to the raise of $600 million in capital

CyberStar, Inc.- Details & Pictures
Technical Advisor - Mountain View / California

February to April 1998
Consulted Fortune 100 clients on deployment of broadband data distribution via geo-synchronous satellites
- presented concept at the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) show in Phoenix / Arizona

Macromedia, Inc. - Details & Pictures
IT Systems and Network Architect; Manager IT Operations and Support - San Francisco / California

January 1995 to January 1998
Responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the Internet presence (top five on the Internet at the time) and all corporate IT for all US, Europe, and Japan offices
- scaled public access to the web site to 500,000 page views and 25 GB FTP traffic per day
- solely responsible for infrastructure to launch “ShockWave” on time (President’s Award for Contribution to
   ShockWave project & Distinguished Performance Stock Award for Internet Contribution)

Data Systems West - Details & Pictures
Senior Systems Engineer - Los Angeles / California

April to December 1994
Responsible for consulting, implementation services, Internet seminars on the evolving Web technology for companies such as: Disney, TransAmerica, Prudential Healthcare, Eastman Kodak, AT&T and its GIS Division, LA-basin-based DoD Defense Contractors
- consulted the City of Burbank on the deployment of city-wide SONET rings
   to provide high-speed communications to the local movie studios

“support@tjack.com”  - Details & Pictures
President and Principal Consultant - Muenster / Germany and Los Angeles / California

January 1987 to April 1994
Consulted and sub-contracted for Internet, Novell, and UNIX projects
- built highly profitable Professional Services business for of the top national mail-order businesses, Software City
- infrastructure upgrade and IT management for one of the largest German law firms and legal publishers,
   Alpmann & Schmidt
- provided exclusive infrastructure, network, and server development services to the first successful project
   to digitize X-rays without loss of information (presented at Medica / Duesseldorf in 1990) for DMI & GMO
- online Internet access provider via UUCP

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis (H-1B Visa equivalency evaluation for the INS, 1994)

Westfalische Wilhelms Universitaet, Muenster / Germany:
- Economy and Macro-Economy (1983-1984)
- Law (1983-1989)

Taft University, School of Law, Irvine / CA
- Correspondence student (1987)
- First German to be approved by the California State Bar Association to be permitted for correspondence study
   for this program in special session (1987)

Management Trainee Course, Siegen and Nagold / Germany (1982-1983)
Gebrueder Hettlage GmbH & Ko KG, apparel retail chain with 25 retail stores in Germany

German Armed Forces (“Bundeswehr”) 1981 – 1982
- Medic; Honorable discharge
- Served as the sole administrative staff to the Doctor-General and staff of the 19th Tank & Infantry Brigade;
   coordinator to Division-level medical administrative staff - Plaque Front - Plaque Back
 

Eligibility to work in the US and in the European Union:

Permanent US Resident since November 1997.

As an EU (German) citizen I am permitted to work anywhere in the European Union.

Clearance Status on request.

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Compiled at: RLC Centre Ops Ordi & Logiciel II, Genève, CH