Author’s Profile

Bob Bobel

Bob Bobel

Bob Bobel’s Profile

Robert Bobel served as Platform Director providing strategic direction and advice to product management for Quest’s Active Directory products from 2004 through 2010. Bobel joined Quest with its acquisition of Aelita Software in 2002, where his responsibilities included customer and partner enablement for Microsoft platform migration and management products.  Bobel has 20 years experience in the IT industry and has worked with customers, partners and developers around the world on best practices in Identity Management. Bobel continues to share his knowledge and experience by writing regularly.

Prior to joining Quest, Bobel taught Microsoft technologies at The Ohio State University and was an entrepreneur providing consulting and training to organizations that relied on Microsoft technologies.  Bobel was among the first to be Microsoft Certified on Windows NT when it was launched in 1993, and shared this knowledge in a variety of Windows infrastructure and networking consulting projects. Bobel also holds and is working on several patents related to distributed security management.

A freqent traveler, Bob resides in Ohio with his wife and two children.

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