Mariano Romano

Resume

With more than 25 years in IT, I have specialized in various software tools including Oracle BPM, Splunk, and Cribl. More recently I have focused my career in designing and developing training materials for technical learners.

Experience

  • CRIBL logo

    Staff Technical Curriculum Developer

    CRIBL·Remote

    2022Present

    Served as a key contributor in developing the Cribl Certified certification program, designing curriculum, hands-on labs, and certification content across four certification tracks and 25+ technical curriculum tracks.

    • 300+

      Courses

    • 25+

      Curriculum tracks

    • 20+

      Hands On Labs

    • 20+

      Study Guides

    • 4

      Certifications Developed

    • Designed and developed the Cribl Certified certification program fromthe ground up including four certification tracks.
    • Instrumental in creating the education program along with using various technologies to improve on the development of content and provide meaningful and interesting learner content.
    • Led the development of hands-on labs, guided exercises, and real-world scenarios that enabled learners to build practical skills through hands on learning.
    • Served as a strategic partner to Product Management, Engineering, Support, and Customer Success teams to ensure educational content remained aligned with rapidly evolving product capabilities.
    • Produced technical documentation, videos, demonstrations, and instructor-led training materials.
    • Leveraged AI-assisted workflows to accelerate content creation, quality assurance, assessment generation, and curriculum maintenance.
    • Created repeatable educational frameworks and content standards that improved scalability and consistency across learning experiences.
    • Analyzed learner feedback and training outcomes to continuously improve engagement, comprehension, and certification success rates.
    • Played a key role in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring high performing technical curriculum team members
  • SP6 logo

    Senior Splunk Consultant

    SP6·Remote

    20192022

    Delivered and implemented Splunk software solutions for enterprise customers across diverse industries, ensuring successful deployments and adoption.

    • 25+

      Customer Projects

    • 10+

      Splunk Enterprise Security Projects

    • Delivered 25+ enterprise consulting engagements including companiesingesting over 5 TB of data per day.
    • With my Enterprise Security Accreditation, I have worked on over 10 different ES implementations providing direction on how to look for threats using Enterprise Security.
    • Worked on over 10 different cloud projects with some migration from on-premise Splunk.
    • Built various dashboards to help customer see what is happening in their environment.
    • Currently working on cloud migration projects which include moving large customers to the cloud.
    • Provided custom Splunk training to all customers in order to help them continue implementing their Splunk environment.
  • TEKSTREAM SOLUTIONS logo

    Senior Splunk Consultant

    TEKSTREAM SOLUTIONS·Remote

    20182019

    Delivered and implemented Splunk software solutions for enterprise customers

    • 2 TB+

      Daily Data Ingestion

    • - Designed and configured complex Splunk Environments.
    • - Maintained supported large production Splunk environments (1 TB ingestion).
    • - Developed and maintained Splunk Dashboards and apps while focusing on Dashboard design.
  • TEKSTREAM SOLUTIONS logo

    Senior Oracle Developer

    TEKSTREAM SOLUTIONS·Remote

    20152018

    Delivered and implemented Oracle Webcenter and Webcenter Imaging software solutions for enterprise customers across diverse industries, ensuring successful deployments and adoption.

    • 4+

      Customers

    • Senior Developer for Imaging AP based solutions
    • Installed and configurated Inspyrus based solutions
    • Performed internal training for the installation process of the Inspyrus Solution
    • Oracle Documents Service Specialist
    • Oracle Process Cloud Service Sales Specialist
    • Oracle Mobile Cloud Service 2017 Sales Specialist
    • Installed and Configured WebCenter Capture and WebCenter Imaging
    • Attended basic training on WebCenter Forms Recognition
    • Hands on experience with configuring WebCenter Forms Recognition
  • SYNTERNA TECHNOLOGIES logo

    Chief Architect

    SYNTERNA TECHNOLOGIES·Remote

    20142015

    Designed and developed custom software solutions for healthcare organizations using Aruba Network technologies.

    • 200+

      Hospital Rooms

    • Developed software to provide AirPlay functionality in high density areas
    • Developed server and client software using PHP, Postgres Database, XCode, and Java (using Android Studio)
    • Developed Android application to provide communication between server and TV set top box
    • Developed iOS application to work with iBeacons and communicate with backend server using JSON requests (ABLE Client)
    • Involved with application direction, UI design, application experience, and implementation.
    • Participated as a Sales Engineer for customer demos
    • Implemented the software application at UTSW containing 400 beds

Skills

Computer Skills

  • Proficient in MS Office, InfoPath, MS CRM, MS Exchange, MS SharePoint, Active Directory, and Microsoft Windows Server.
  • Proficient knowledge of Perl, shell scripting, Visual Basic, VB Script, Java, Unix/Linux, Wiki, and Portals
  • Moderate working experience with SOA and SoapUI
  • 4+ years of security experience
  • Familiar with Threat Intel knowledge including IOC’s, TAXII, and STIC

Development Skills

  • Comprehensive knowledge in Agile Development methodologies
  • - Proficient with SVN and Git repositories
  • - Proficient in JDeveloper 11g and 12c as well as ADF MVC technologies
  • - Experience working with Databases (Oracle, MS SQL, Postgres, and MySQL)
  • - Proficient knowledge of web technologies (HTML5, PHP, CSS, XML/XSLT, and JavaScript)
  • - Moderate experience with Xcode development
  • - Experience with Shell, Perl, and Python

Personal Skills

  • - Native fluency in Spanish
  • - Excellent communication and time management skills
  • - Able to work well independently or as part of a team
  • - I consider myself an A player with a strong desire to learn new technologies

Certifications

  • Cribl Certified User

    2023

  • Cribl Certified Admin - Stream

    2021

  • Cribl Certified Admin - Edge

    2021

  • Cribl Certified Engineer

    2021

Systems

Tools and platforms I work with regularly.

  • Cribl StreamExpert
  • Cribl EdgeExpert
  • Cribl SearchExpert
  • SplunkProficient
  • Oracle BPMProficient
  • Oracle SOAProficient