COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE

Operating Systems

Solaris 2.7, 2.6, 2.5.1, 2.4 - SPARC and x86; HP-UX 11.00, Linux 2.x, Windows NT 4.0 & 3.51, Windows NT Terminal Server, Citrix WinFrame, NetWare 3.12 & 4.10, Windows 95 & 3.11, MS-DOS

Hardware

EMC Symmetrix, HP 9000 K370/K380/K570, Sun Ultra Enterprise 3000, SPARCcenter 2000E/1000E, Ultra 2, SPARCstation 20, Sun SPARC Storage Array, HP NetServer, Compaq Proliant, Digital Prioris, Bay Networks SynOptics 5000 hubs, SynOptics 28115 Ethernet switches, APC Symmetra Power Array, APC Matrix & Smart UPS

Networking

Ethernet, TCP/IP, IPX, Frame Relay, IP Routing, IP Filtering & Firewall configration, WAN Data Compression, NTP, DNS, DHCP, NFS, NIS+, HTTP, PPP & Remote Access

Security

Security Dynamics ACE/Server, SDI Hard Tokens, UNIX network and system security, NT system security, SSL HTTP encryption, ISS Internet Scanner, password cracking software, SSH

Programming

Perl, CGI scripting, UNIX shell scripting, C and C++, Pascal, Motorola 68HC11 assembly, LISP, BASIC, Matlab

Databases

Oracle 8.0.5, 7.3.4, 7.1.6 on HP-UX and Sun Solaris, mSQL: basic administration, startup and shutdown, backup scripting and scheduling, system performance monitoring and tuning, system configuration requirements for OLTP vs. DSS, SQL*NET v2, CGI scripting using Perl DBI interfaces, basic knowledge of SQL

Applications

Veritas Volume Manager, EMC PowerPath, Tangram AM:PM, InstallShield, NOCOL, SunNet Manager, Bay Networks Optivity, BMC Patrol, APC PowerChute, MS Office 95/97, WordPerfect, Photoshop, Visio, Pagemaker, Derive

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Systems Engineer, GE Capital Modular Space
Malvern Service Center, Malvern, PA. (6/96-present)

• Primary UNIX administrator for four HP 9000 and seven Sun SPARC servers in three locations. Responsible for all hardware and software maintenance/support, performance tuning, security, disk/volume management, system backups, user administration, and Year-2000 remediation.
• Consolidated entire production database-system environment from six Sun Enterprise Servers onto three HP 9000 K-class and one D-class server. Performance and reliability has been greatly improved while reducing operating and maintenance costs over the next three years. The new environment includes a High-Availability cluster, an off-site disaster recovery environment, and EMC fibre-connected storage.
• Migrated eight Sun production servers from SPARC Storage Arrays onto a single EMC Symmetrix using SCSI load balancing and disk striping. This resulted in consolidated disk storage, improved performance and reliability, and reduced operationing costs.
• Secondary administrator for several multiprocessor Compaq x86 servers running Citrix Winframe and MS Terminal Server with Citrix Metaframe
• Created a network and host monitoring system using NOCOL and added a custom pager notification system using Perl.
• Implemented a corporate DNS server solution using Solaris 2.6 that included an off-site secondary server
• Integrated NTP into our UNIX and NT server environment for accurate synchonization of system clocks
• Specified and ordered Frame Relay WAN circuits, routers, and CSU/DSUs for remote office locations
• Developed internal Intranet Web Site to make business information, reports, and policies available online
• Installed and configured virtual web servers using Netscape Enterprise Server 2.01
• Installed and configured Netscape Proxy Server 3.52 in a two-tired proxy environment for caching and filtering of HTTP requests to external sites
• Designed and implemented a 24 modem Remote Access Server using Windows NT 4.0 and a T1 telephone interface to support several hundred Windows 95 dial-up clients.
• Trained company employees to create and manage their own Web content

Owner, Bits 'N Bytes
York, PA. (9/89-present)

• Develop commercial web sites for several small businesses using HTML and SQL to create interactive web applications
• Operated a public online bulletin board service for over 7 years
  • Installed and maintained a Windows 4.0 Server on a small LAN
  • Set up a UUCP gateway for the transfer of Internet E-mail and USENET newsgroups
  • Learned basic business management and customer service skills

MIS Technician, Turtle Beach Systems
York, PA. (3/95, 7/95-8/95, 1/96-8/96 [as a consultant])

• Planned, developed, and maintained an Internet Web Site to provide product information and technical support
• Restructured an existing support bulletin board system to improve functionality and reliability
• Communication system support including PBX configuration and telephone/data wiring

Technician, M-Cubed Information Systems
Newark, DE. (3/94 to 6/94)

• Helped to install a ten-line PCBoard BBS on a LANtastic and Novell NetWare network
• Set up a UUCP gateway for the transfer of Internet E-mail and USENET newsgroups

Programmer, International Productions
Lancaster, PA (1991-1993)

• Developed software to maintain a database of vendors for a Custom Car Show producer.

Consultant, East Lincoln Lanes
Hellam, PA (1988-1994)

• Computer consulting and electrical maintenance
• Developed software to maintain standings for an annual bowling tournament

TRAINING

• Security Dynamics ACE/Server Administration, August 1998
• Sun Enterprise Volume Manager, October 1998

EXTRACURRICULAR

• President of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity - Delta Pi Chapter (12/95 to 5/96)
• Vice President of Lancaster Microcomputer Users Group (LMUG) (1991 to 1995)