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I started this webpage in February 2003, when a bunch of us got laid off from the Cisco Storage Router Business Unit in Maple Grove, Minnnesota. I worked with a wonderful, brilliant group of people there, and I still miss 'em. We were all helping each other jobhunt, and I started this page to help keep track of job contacts and helpful info. The resume page contains a motley assortment of high tech resumes, some from the SRBU, some are people I know from other places. Many of the original group have found new employment, but others are still looking. And some of us have come round for a second try - sometimes jobs are short term.

Brother, can you spare a job contact?
Most of us are embedded systems engineers and testers, with expertise in Internetworking and/or Fibre Channel Storage. If anybody reading this has any job tips at all, including idle gossip and rampant rumor, about  companies looking for high-end talent in software or hardware development, please drop me a line or post a note to the srbu mailing list (note: this mailing list is only for former SRBU employees).





Useful Resources
How To Get A Job Very good set of tips on making job contacts, resumes, interviewing, etc. Contributed by Cindy Campbell
Ask the Headhunter Lots of articles on job-hunting tips Contributed by Cindy Campbell
Top 100 Private Spreadsheet - top 100 private companies in MN Contributed by Cindy Campbell
ball3.gifURLs for everybody! URLs for all businesses in Minnesota! Contributed by Cindy Campbell
ball3.gifURLs for big 100! The 100 biggest companies in MN Contributed by Cindy Campbell
ball3.gif NetSuds Local networking  for networking folks. Speaker-and-socializing get-togethers, workshops, excellent newsletter. 
ball3.gifLee Hecht Harrison Cisco's outplacement services.  Website has nice tools, e.g., salary comparisons. Some services are membersonly
SW Contractors Guild Zillions of links to contract/consult houses Searchable by state, specialty, etc. Highly recommended
MN-jobs Contact info for huge list of tech contract houses You can post your resume here as well.
Contract Recruiters List of high-tech contract recruiters, MN only

Jobsites, contract houses, recruiters
ball3.gifMonster jobsite Probably the best-known online jobsite. Post your resume. People do look here.
ball3.gif techies.com jobsite Local jobsearch engine - free to jobseekers, employers must register. Not much luck with resume, but good info on local tech companies. 82027
ball3.gifDice jobsite Super search engine - fast and easy to use.  Contract and permanent. My current fave
ball3.gifHotjobs jobsite Yahoo job site.  It's been recommended to me.
Cornerstone Consulting contract Well-reputed local contract house, specializing in QA, but some sw dev. Licensed Mercury reseller.  They seem to be hiring (sep2003)
Nycor contract Contracting house. Recommended contact - katieb@nycor.com Engineering contract work. Recommended by JK and vicky.
iQwest contract Contract house - nationwide Their skills list is very engineering-heavy
Charter Solutions contract Send resumes to 
gene.setterstrom@chartersolutions.com
originally recommended by someone from SRBU
QBS contract Ron Marmo originally recommended by someone from SRBU
sphere02.gif Palmiter Recruiting 763-541-5444 Elizabeth Palmiter - tech recruiter - very nice person.  Lots of contract positions, but also some permanent.
sphere02.gif Claudia Samuelson 612-721-2020  Technical recruiter, very nice to talk to. Got Marilyn her job. www.samuelsonrg.com Works with some medical tech and embedded systems clients. 
sphere02.gifSuseela Kodali 952-595-8500 Contracting  Some of us remember Suseela from NSC and/or Ascend. Really nice person, always fun to talk to. 
sphere02.gifSteve Musch 1-888-585-8784 Technical recruiter A number of us have worked with Steve in the past: Ted, DaveW, me...

Established Local Companies (High Tech) that might or might not be hiring
sphere02.gif Qlogic SAN technologies (Fibre Channel switches). South metro.
sphere02.gif ATC Corp Located in Eden Prairie
sphere02.gif Cardiac Science Medical technology
sphere02.gif Veritas Data protection, storage management, high availability and disaster recovery software company doing well, doing some hiring.
sphere02.gif Imation Labs Huge interoperability lab, far side of St. Paul
sphere02.gif Medtronic Medical technology.
sphere02.gif Guidant Medical technology
sphere02.gif Lockheed Martin Aerospace, defense, space shuttle technology
sphere02.gif Boston Scientific Medical devices company. Link goes directly to job posting.
sphere02.gif Unisys The original mainframe company, merged with Burroughs
sphere02.gif CNT Networking equipment-originally a spinoff of Network Systems. Currently emphasizing storage networking. Stock is doing well (Nov 2004).
sphere02.gif Seagate Disc drives (that's the way they spell it) and more.  Check their website.
sphere02.gif Wam!Net An SSP, sort of, at the old Cray campus Check their website. 
sphere02.gif Digi International Locally headquartered since 1985.  Device networking.
sphere02.gif Cray I don't have to tell you what they do, right?



Interesting local startups (as of spring 2003)
ball26.gif Unimax "Providing a management software framework to keep diverse corporate databases in sync."
ball26.gif Bermai Here's a startup doing an 802.11 chip -- a U of M prof. (Dr. Ramesh Harjani) is involved and they have development in Minnetonka and sales in Palo Alto. 
ball26.gif Compellent Something to do with storage. Still in stealth mode. So, who IS the team "that pioneered storage area networking, storage virtualization, and the original superserver?"  
ball26.gif FibreStream FibreStream manufactures Virtual Storage Gateway (VSG) products for a very large and growing networked storage marketplace. The VSG is a new product platform... Clint Jurgens on the board.
ball26.gif Constant Data a leading provider of high availability storage infrastructure software focused on data protection and distribution. 
sphere02.gif Pulmonetics "Designs, manufacturers, and markets innovative products for respiratory care worldwide."
sphere02.gif Identix Biometric security.
sphere02.gif PowerWan "We're an exciting developer of telecommunications access  infrastructure equipment.  ...Using PowerWAN's solution, every business and home gets fully connected across the existing networks."
sphere02.gif Xiotech "XIOtech integrates its SAN hardware and software into storage solutions ..." A few jobs posted, including Sr. Eng Manager.
sphere02.gif New Boundary Technologies
  • formerly Lanovation. 
  • Remote sw deployment and equipment monitoring software.

  •    1300 Godward Street NE, Suite 3100
        Minneapolis, MN 55413
  •  E-mail resume ezilen@newboundary.com.  No phone calls 
  • Looking for Tech Support [sept 2003]
    sphere02.gif Sistina Linux-based file system and volume management software acquired by Redhat


    Training, Course Development and Documentation Services
    sphere01.gifDashe & Thomson recommended by Marjorie custom training, among other things
    sphere01.gif LearningMasters found in yellow pages custom course development
    sphere01.gifKnowledge Design & Delivery formerly Excel Instruction. Helped us with first NuSpeed training. It's in Dinkytown!  612-379-3883 "full-service training and documentation company."


    Some of the gang that have found jobs...
    Tony Beltran Qlogic -
    Steve Bennett Firevue - security software  Firevue moved office to California. Steve is no longer with them. 
    Cindy Campbell Qlogic Program manager: starting Dec 2004
    Mike Champ General Dynamics Cell #: 651-324-0313
    Scott Ferris Network Executive Software (Nessie) - as of May 2004
    Bob Fine Compellent w: 952-294-3341 -
    Dennis Hadders Network Executive Software (Nessie) as of May 2004
    Ken Henseler Cornerstone Consulting Contract Tester (currently on GMAC account) [sept 2003]
    Craig Johnson Performance Software (Arizona) w: 623-337-8042 Senior Principal Engineer. "a small (~45 people) private company that does mostly avionics work and some defense work."
    Paul Kennedy Sistina - Linux-based storage mgmt w: 612-638-0541 Technical Publications - start: June, 2003.  Sistina acquired by Redhat
    Matt Mackall Diego primordial Linux house in Bay Area [May 2004]
    Steve Mackey Veritas w: 651-746-7186 Test Engineering
    Jon Moter NetEx - aka Network Executive, aka Nessie - STK spinoff - enhanced version of the old NetEx data transport software
    Jim Muchow Qlogic [as of jan 2005]
    Dan Murray Skyline Computer Corporation - Cisco training partner - Teaching MDS around the country - and the world! Just came back from Budapest! [sept 2003]
    Bonny Parker Compellent  -  -
    Paul Plummer Compellent
    Paul Prawdiuk Compellent
    Dave Peterson SBS Technologies  -  -
    Randy Samos VERITAS  w: 651-746-3275  -
    Ted Schmitz Qlogic w: 952-912-2155 Staff Engineer - start: July 7, 2003
    Dan Thyken Digi? - last heard from Dec 2004, contracting at Digi
    Jeremy Wartnick VERITAS - -
    John Wagner Qlogic [as of jan 2005]
    Roger Woodruf -
    Dave Weinzierl North Pole Engineering Consulting house: [Jan 2005 - still there]

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