Damani Norman
Manager, Emerging Technologies at City of Rocklin
Folsom, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorDamani Norman is a seasoned solutions integrator and emerging technologies leader with over 15 years designing and implementing storage and data protection solutions across small to enterprise environments. Currently Manager, Emerging Technologies at Rubrik, he blends product strategy, go-to-market technical leadership, and hands-on systems engineering from roles spanning GTM technical lead to director-level product management. He has a strong background in storage management consulting, software sales, and building consulting practices, and has driven cloud-native protection initiatives at scale. An active contributor to the Linux disaster-recovery project ReaR, he added Rubrik CDM integration to enable seamless backup and restore workflows—a detail that highlights his knack for bridging open-source tooling with commercial platforms. Based in Folsom, CA, Damani pairs technical depth with practical operational experience, including public service roles that reflect disciplined teamwork and situational leadership.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (13)
sh10
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linux10
script10
administration10
shell10
admin10
scripting10
automations8
automation8
system-integration8
version-control7
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rear/rear
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
Relax-and-Recover - Linux bare metal disaster recovery and system migration solution (cfr. mksysb, ignite)
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:30 commits, 12 PRs, 39 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Damani's contributions focused on integrating Rubrik (CDM) backup and recovery functionality within the Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) framework. They implemented scripts and configurations to interact with the Rubrik CDM client, enabling the restoration and verification of data using Rubrik's services. The changes included modifying scripts to incorporate Rubrik-specific commands and settings, as well as updating recovery procedures to handle Rubrik backup and restore processes. This work enhanced ReaR's capabilities by adding support for Rubrik as a backup and recovery solution.
bare-metaldisaster-recoverylinux
rubrikinc/terraform-azure-polaris-cloud-native_subscription
Oct 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:6 releases, 6 reviews, 5 PRs in 1 year 6 months
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