Summary

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Offering 8 years of experience in information technology, infrastructure architecture, system administration, researching, programming, web application development, LDAP, software releasing, product management, support, program design, professional services, and database administration. Specializing in Configuration Management utilities that utilize SQL databases and Cfengine.

Specialties

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Soft Skills

• Always reading books about system administration, software development, leadership and business
• Researching new technology core to my job
• Good communications skills
• Good organization skills
• Adept at presales, understanding markets, and analyzing business needs
• Big picture thinker
• Highly motivated
• Critical thinker and problem solver

Experience

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Perfect Order, Inc.   (March 2001 – Present)

My current position allocates half of my time as a System Administrator consultant to provide solutions for Perfect Order's enterprise customers. Most of this work is done on short term consulting engagements. The solutions I provide are: designing and implementing Mail, LDAP and Web service architectures. I also analyze and make recommendations for managing the configuration and monitoring of enterprise servers. The remainder of my time is spent as team lead for the Systems Navigator (www.sysnav.com) development project using on-site consulting experience. This product automates the management of server configurations in the enterprise for medium to large scale data centers. Additional supporting tasks include defining requirements, and design for future releases. Responsible for development of Cfengine, Shell and PHP scripts. I provide additional product support, including integration, deployment and maintanence of Systems Navigator.

University of Oklahoma   (March 2002 – December 2002,  July 2003 – October 2003)

Engaged as a consultant to aid in the implementation of Systems Navigator. Implemented systems monitoring and configured a standard operating environment (SOE), via SysNav. Assisted in the mail migration project from SIMS to Sun ONE, focusing on moving all the LDAP accounts and mailboxes. Played key role as a technical adviser in several newly initiated projects. Wrote a strategy for implementing best practices and improving availability and uptime for the CIO.

Packet Pushers   (January 2000 – March 2001)

Lead programmer on various development projects. Primary engineer on a web hosting system that allows users to a control all aspects of web hosting. Managed open source development of larrd, which is a metric trending tool for UNIX operating systems. Responsibilities include programming, debugging, support, bug tracking, documentation, and releasing of larrd software.

NuNet, Inc.   (May 1999 – January 2000)

Responsible for NuNet's DSL deployment. Working with DSL vendors, developed technical and administrative procedures for qualifying, registering, and fulfilling DSL orders. Assisted with the management of Solaris and NT mail systems. Managed various Linux and Solaris Web servers for customers. Programmed custom web applications for internal and customer use.

Pentamation Enterprises, Inc.   (January 1999 – April 1999)

Maintained State requirements for local government software packages. Responsibilities included developing patches, testing, debugging and releasing updates to customer sites.

Internet Unlimited, Inc.   (1997 – 1998)

Designed and developed various web applications for customers and internal use. Created web applications for allowing both customer and employees the ability to manage interactive game hosting. Lead programmer on complex user management system for a subscription based web site. Assisted with systems administration of a Linux based web hosting environment.

Certification

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• Solaris Core (Admin I, Admin II, Network)
• SUN Partner Solaris Enterprise

Education

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B.S. Computer Science, Concentration in Mathematics.

• Treasurer of the Kutztown University Computer Association (KUCA)

Groups and associations

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• Cfengine Project Admin
• Blastwave.org Community Package Maintainer
• Central PA Linux Users Group
• Central PA Perl Mongers
• USENIX Member
• SAGE Member

Interests

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Family, hiking, golf, motorcycles, reading, and investing.