Mark Allen Earnest

mark@mystikos.org

Mr. Earnest is an Identity Management Architect / Developer with over 10 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing complex systems. Mark is a hands-on Manager that has in-depth knowledge and experience in security architectures as well as several operating systems, development tools, and software packages. As a Leader. Mark draws upon his knowledge and experience to train and mentor staff members at all levels within the Firm. He is highly regarded amongst teammates and clients and has the ability to quickly build trust and lasting relationships.

In addition to deploying systems, Mark serves as a subject matter expert and technical lead on several Oracle Identity software pre-sales demos and proof of concept projects. His vast amount of experience and profound knowledge of the Oracle Identity Management Suite have made Mr. Earnest one of top Oracle Identity Management experts in the industry.

The range of experience includes:

• Oracle Identity Manager Design & Implementation
• Oracle Access Manager Design & Implementation
• Oracle Role Manager Design & Implementation
• Oracle Identity Analytics Design & Implementation
• Security Architecture (Research & Development)

• PricewaterhouseCoopers: Manager, 2008 to Present
• Entology, Inc.: Principal Consultant, 2006 to 2008
• Pennsylvania State University: Lead Systems Programmer, 2000 to 2006

• Architecture lead on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics project
• Assisted in the design of a custom user interface for end users of both products
• Worked with client's architects to design highly available and redundant hardware infrastructure
• Assisted in deployment of software environments, integration connectors, and customizations
• Mentored several PwC staff on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics software

• Architecture lead on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics project
• Led evaluation of several RACF provisioning solutions
• Subject matter expert on several work streams to provide technical perspective to role management and provisioning enhancements plans
• Mentored several PwC staff on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics software

• Developed and presented a week long in depth training session for the client
• Focus was on Oracle Identity Manage architecture, configuration, and development

• Technical lead evaluating requirements and assisting in the development of a multi-year IAM program roadmap
• Created infrastructure documents with recommended OIM, ORM, and OID system design for development, testing, and production systems
• Led several developer training sessions as well as requirement/technology fit gap evaluation sessions
• Developed custom connector and internal OIM process code to meet the company's specific requirements
• Project and billing manager for several month staff augmentation engagement to assist client in implementation activities

• Technical lead for the Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Role Manager components of a week long Oracle Proof of Concept pre-sales demo
• Installed and configured Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Role Manager (with integration between the two) in demo environment
• Developed several custom connectors and interfaces, including a web services based connector for a learning management system and several custom Blackberry compatible web applications for creating users and approving requests in Oracle Identity Manager
• Evaluated client delivered requirements and built test cases to demonstrate functionality outlined in requirements
• Led technical presentation and demo to key stakeholders
• Mentored several PwC staff on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics software

• Led project consisting of Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Virtual Directory implementations
• Developed several custom reconciliation connector for Oracle eBusiness HR and deployed customized PwC Generic LDAP connector for Sun One LDAP 6.0
• Worked with client to develop a roadmap for future phases of project including additional OIM target systems and Oracle Access Manager deployment to replace SiteMinder

• Led team upgrading Oracle Identity Manager from 9.0.3.1.6 to 9.1.0
• Performed extensive evaluation of existing Oracle Identity Manager implementation and recommended several changes
• Corrected multiple implementation problems with Active Directory and Exchange connectors
• Developed custom reconciliation connector for Exchange and OID
• Evaluated and recommended solution for complex request/approval workflow requirements

• Led multi-phase Oracle Identity Manager implementation
• Developed custom connectors for Oracle eBusiness Suite HR, ComApp, RevChain, M6, Kintana, Med2, Network Cost, Kenan Arbor, Oracle eBusiness Suite Applications, Centrify
• Integrated PwC Generic LDAP connector for Active Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, and Exchange
• Developed custom Attestation Routing engine
• Developed custom dynamic approval routing and notification engine
• Oversaw upgrade from 9.0.3.1.6 to 9.1.0.2

• Led multi-phase Oracle Identity Manager implementation
• Built custom connector for Peoplesoft HR reconciliation
• Integrated Oracle's Active Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, and Peoplesoft User Management connectors
• Developed custom web services interface to Oracle Identity Manager's API for password management use

• Built a demo system and several test cases for the purpose of walking an audience of engineers, architects, and support personal through several OIM use cases
• Led a day long workshop using Oracle training materials and Entology in house developed materials and use cases

• Assisted Oracle consultants in setting up and configuring OIM and ORM for a proof of concept demo
• Built several custom connectors and customizations to OIM's internal processes in order to meet PoC requirements
• Provided assistance in debugging and configuring OIM/ORM integration

• Assisted Oracle Sales Engineer in presenting a demo of Oracle Identity 9.1 to Sherwin Williams focusing on the additional features offered in this version from the version they were currently on
• Built demo environment to use as the basis of the presentation
• Ran half day workshop on how to implement OIM approval workflows

• Supported Oracle Sales Team by building and configuring Oracle Identity Manager demo system
• Set up/built custom connectors for SAP (R3, Business Warehouse, and Portal), Active Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, and Unix NIS
• Assisted in final sales presentation (technical demo)

• Supported Oracle Sales Team by building and configuring Oracle Identity Manager demo system
• Set up/built custom connectors for AD, AD Password Sync, Lawson HR, Epic, and McKesson (two Healthcare specific applications)
• Assisted in final sales presentation (technical demo)

• Supported Oracle Sales Team by building and configuring Oracle Identity Manager demo system
• Set up/built custom connectors for RACF, AS/400, Novel eDirectory, Lotus Notes, Oracle Internet Directory, and SQL-Server based custom application

• Led multi-phase Oracle Identity Manager implementation
• Developed custom connectors for Oracle eBusiness Suite HR, ComApp, RevChain, M6, Kintana, Med2, Network Cost, Kenan Arbor, Oracle eBusiness Suite Applications, Centrify
• Integrated PwC Generic LDAP connector for Active Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, and Exchange
• Developed custom Attestation Routing engine
• Developed custom dynamic approval routing and notification engine
• Oversaw upgrade from 9.0.3.1.6 to 9.1.0.2

• Assisted deployment of Oracle Access Manager
• Developed custom login page containing dynamic content based on where the user was redirected from
• Developed IDXML abstraction servlet to allow simplified clients to call into OAM

• Selected to join 9 colleagues in forming a new department called Emerging Technologies tasked with evaluating, prototyping, and assisting with implementation of new technologies
• Technical lead on the Shibboleth team, a higher education federated identity management architecture
• Technical lead on single sign on team. Evaluated several products and selected an open source SSO system which Mark developed several customizations for
• Technical lead on a project to develop a custom DCE/RPC client server framework for integrating Smalltalk web front end with backend mainframe applications running on SoftwareAG Natural
• Developed web server modules and Java library to integrate with PassGO NCPass (RSA SecurID token authentication engine)
• Responsible for architecture and development of SAML/PKI based authentication/authorization layer for Mellon Foundation funded Peer 2 Peer file sharing utility for higher education use
• Provided education and consulting internally for Kerberos, DCE, PKI, SAML, and other security related topics

• Oracle Identity Management - Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Analytics, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Virtual Directory, Oracle Role Manager
• Identity Management Technologies - IDXML, SAML, SASL, Kerberos, PKI, XACML, DCE, SecurID, Biometrics, general cryptography, and federated identity management
• Directories - Active Directory, Sun Java Directory Server, OpenLDAP, Oracle Internet Directory
• Languages - C, Java, Perl, x86 Assembly, s/390 Assembly, JCL, XHTML/CSS, and REXX
• Operating Systems - Solaris, AIX, Linux, zOS, Windows 2000/XP/2003, OS X, and OpenBSD
• Application & Web Servers - Jboss, OC4J, Tomcat, Weblogic, Apache, IIS
• Protocols - DCE-RPC, SOAP, 802.11, GSS-RPC, HTTP, NCPASS-TLI, and SASL, WSDL
• Databases - Oracle 10 & 11, MySQL, ProsgreSQL
• Mainframe Technologies - FDR, ISPF, TSO, Natural, Adabas, Syncsort, NCPASS, and MXI