## BIO
*(2/2003 - Present)* **DDSI
Cleveland, OH**
**IT Consultant**
Infrastructure Development Consultant, typical contracts include installation and configuration of internet services such as WWW, FTP and EMAIL systems, utilizing open-source solutions. Deployed open-source backup solutions on Linux, and Solaris with tools such as: tar, rsync, amanda, and others. Contracted for custom shell scripting projects that included automated website backup and archiving, as well as a multitude of other automated functions. I have performed Windows 2000, and XP software updates, installation of various virus-scanning applications, and open-source migration projects that included applications such as Mozilla, OpenOffice, and various groupware productsm which included training on-site personnel. I am self-employed in this position.
*(3/2002 - 1/2003)* **TG Embedded Systems
Cleveland, Ohio**
**Network Administrator**
Deployed Linux (Debian, RedHat, Slackware) in production servers for both development projects as well as legacy network roles including WWW(Apache), Email (IMAP, Sendmail), CVS, Backup(Amanda) FTP(proftpd), VPN(pptpd, IPsec/FreeSWAN), and Doman Control via Samba). Additionally, I designed, and managed the enterprise-wide backup strategy. To a lesser degree, Sun Microsystems(Netra T1, and 2x E420R) servers (Solaris 8) were employed in various development, and secondary roles. I was also responsible for creating a web-based configuration utility for satellite IP communications that consisted of a combination of C, Javascript, Shell scripting, and HTML. This position offered the most opportunity at software development in my career. Additionally, I supported Windows 2000/MS Office workstations throughout the company.
*(2/2001 - 3/2002)* **SurfCorps, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio**
**Unix Consultant**
This position involved Unix consulting to various clients that typically included projects such as Server deployment (WWW/FTP/Email), shell scripting (bash, csh, and ksh), backup solutions(tar, rsync), and various application installation and configuration.
*(10/1999 - 2/2001)* **Information Control Corporation
Columbus, Ohio**
**Unix Systems Consultant**
At this position I provided UNIX support for a regional Telco/ISP for solutions such as WWW, FTP, Email, and integrating applications into Oracle backends (Portal, Watchmark). One of the larger projects included an email migration on a 100,000+ user network from SIMS to Netscape 4.5 Enterprise Mail Server on 2x Sun Microsystems E6500 series servers with E450 SMTP multiplexors, and LDAP servers, this project included direct contact with multiple vendors, and included extensive travel. Additionally I performed security audits on the enterprise network, including authoring a custom application that would audit the network, and populate a SQL databse for regular monitoring. I also applied regular patch updates, log analysis, and contributed to security policies throughout the company.
*(2/1998 - 9/1999)* **Stratos Internet Group
Cleveland, Ohio**
**Unix Systems Administrator**
My work at this company included typical UNIX administration duties performed on a variety of hardware that included Linux, and Solaris servers. My primary responsibility at this position dealt with the day to day administration, and operation of all UNIX systems within the enterprise. My secondary responsibility included active participation in the Network Operations department and providing third level support for all corporate clients with dedicated circuits ranging from 64K to T1/DS1 connectivity, this included regular communication with the telcos to provide solutions to service interruptions.
**CERTIFICATIONS:**
8/2000 BrainBench Certification: **Master Apache Administrator Certification**
10/2000 BrainBench Certification: **Internet Concepts**
7/2000 BrainBench Certification: **Network Technician**
7/2000 BrainBench Certification: **RedHat Linux Administrator**
4/2000 BrainBench Certification: **Internet Security Specialist**
7/2000 BrainBench Certification: **Linux Administrator**
3/2000 BrainBench Certification: **Solaris Administrator**
11/2000 Verhoef Information Certification: **Advanced UNIX pattern matching tools course completion/certification.**
