Brandon Lee Burns
IT Consultant - Freelance Developer - Serial Entrepreneur
Personal statement
Hello, I am Brandon. I'm a seasoned information technologies professional based in Houston, TX. I was born in Phoenix, AZ and raised in Katy, TX right outside of Houston.
IT Infrastructure, networking, and software development are my passion. This is where I thrive. The process of taking an idea of a product or service and building the infrastructure around it, in order to take it to market, is what I enjoy most. I love to build things. I enjoy helping businesses streamline their efforts using a variety of techniques and technologies, from network architecture, systems integration, to automation.
If you feel like I could benefit your organization, feel free to contact me at your earliest convenience.
Best Regards,
Brandon Burns
Areas of Expertise
Testing & Troubleshooting | Project Management | System & Network Administration | Vendor Relations | Virtualization | Documentation | Strategic Planning | Resource Allocation | Effective Communication | Team Leadership | Business Continuity | Data Backup & Recovery | Datacenter Operations | On-Premise Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Initiatives | VoIP Systems
Job Experiences
CEO / Founder
2009 - present
Dreamlike Technologies is a consulting firm targeting small to medium businesses in management of their infrastructure, communications, and online marketing needs. We have created strategic partnerships with Ubuntu, RedHat, Microsoft, VMWare, Dell and Cisco to enable us to offer the best in class products to our customers.
We have provided total business solutions for innovative companies since 2009. Our team of professionals will succeed in enhancing and managing your network capabilities, improving its efficiency and reliability, as well as reducing end-user downtime.
We specialize in project management, product deployment, infrastructure management and systems automation. We have expert technical resources available to recommend the most feasible and cost-effective solution for your specific needs.
Advanced Customer Support
2015-2016
Provided the top tier of customer support for the SoftLayer family of products on the IBM cloud
*NIX Technical Analyst
2014-2015
Unix/Linux/BSD support of the cPanel product line (cPanel, WHM, WHMCS)
Systems Security Analyst
2014-2014
Audit of system logs and alerts to meet security and compliance standards (PCI DSS, HIPAA, GLBA, corbit, etc.)
Operations / Technical Assistant
2012-2013
Supported lead geophysicist in daily operations. Managed internal IT operations.
Marine IT Support Specialist
2011-2012
Hired for migration project to a fully virtualized environment for data aquisition vessels.
IT Consultant
2009-2011
Managed custom IT infrastructures for over 60 clients
CTO
2009-2009
Managed operations and planning of all IT initiatives
Network Administrator
2007-2009
Managed network infrastructure for an industry leading software company covering 5 major brands
Network Administrator / Development Operations
2006-2009
Began working during research/developmental stage of R1Soft’s Continuous Data Protection (CDP) software
Education
Computer Science
2003-2005
Computer Science
2002-2003
Computer Science
1998-2000