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Brian Down "Brian"

Boris the cat"Boris"

Brian Down, Chief Technologist, Sun Canada

In his previous role as Chief Technologist for Enterprise Migration, with the Global Data Center Practice, Brian was successful in creating an Enterprise Migration methodology that was adopted globally. Through the development and delivery of training and collateral in addition to supporting strategic sales opportunities, Brian enabled many countries to successfully migrate customers to Sun technology.

Before joining Sun in 1998, Brian held a number of diverse positions such as a Senior Developer for the computer security company Secure Computing, an advanced imaging specialist for IMAX Corporation and as a research associate for the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. Brian completed a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, is a published author (Migrating to the Solaris Operating System), and is a recognized global expert in Solaris adoption.