Main Frame in New Frameset
| Education: | University of Massachusetts at Amherst, B.S. Computer Science. |
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| Administrative: | OSF/1, Solaris, Linux, SunOS, Windows NT, Ultrix, HPUX, IRIX, AIX, SCO, Mach, UnixWare,
DYNIX, OSF/DCE, DFS, NFS including AMD (Berkeley Automounter), NIS/YP,
TIS fwtk,www (scripting and administration),Kerberos V4, DNS, INN, DHCP, NT RAS,Sendmail v8, cisco routers, Veritas Netbackup
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| Programming: | C, C++, MFC, Unix shell
scripting, Perl, php, Tcl/Tk, SunRPC
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Senior Unix Engineer
Responsible for maintaining lab network and unix machines
as well as database integration with local intranet web site.
Provided sales support via product demonstration of Veritas
Netbackup and ATL tape libraries, and installation
both locally and on customer premesis.
Consultant
Architected and deployed a unix/qmail based system for a
subscription based email internet gaming system which
processes over a million unique messages a week.
- Ongoing maintenance of mail system
- Responsible for all unix system administration
- Installation and maintanence of firewall system
Consultant
Designed, deployed, and implemented a web based SEC document processing
application which allows for the distribution of mutual fund prospecti
over the World Wide Web. This sytem is currently in use by E*Trade
for presenting prospecti to customers.
- Specified and installed unix systems
- Installed and configured oracle and mysql database system
- Benchmarked and tuned the system to exceed E*Trade's requirements
Consultant
Responsible for upgrading LAN from flat to switched and routed topology,
characterizing and deploying production business systems on NT server
platforms.
- Designed and build custom internet firewall system using proxy agents and packet filtering technology
- Transitioned 85% of network systems to RFC 1918 unrouted network to allow for company growth and more choice of internet vendors
- Implemented dialup network access system
- Installed www based network traffic monitor
- Migrated network from flat to switched topology
- Handled movement of network to new location, including dismantling and
redeploying and wiring all hardware and critical services
- Installed DHCP servers to help ease desktop client configuration
- Reconfigured Network news server to improve both system and network performance
- Created hardware and software configuration guidelines for all production NT server machines
- Deployed production NT servers for use as lotus notes servers, made sure that the server could handle current and projected number of clients
Consultant
Responsible for deployment and management of Internet network
- Designed and build custom internet firewall system using proxy agents and packet filtering technology
- Configured internet email system using POP
- Setup and installed Internet network
- Specified and installed router hardware
- Implemented dialup server for remote network to be connected
to the internet independent of the firewall
- Installed unix www server/ftp site using apache and wu-ftpd
- Setup NT www server using MS IIS
Principal Contractor
Responsible for providing consulting services to clients and
maintaining local network infrastructure.
- Configured heterogeneous LAN consisting of unix,windows,NT and mac system
- Manage Linux,NT,95,Sun machines
- Configure simple, automated backup system
- Setup SQL database and www front end for accounting and customer tracking
Consultant
Responsible for maintenance of a large (300+ node)
multi-site heterogeneous network consisting of unix, windows, windows NT, and macintosh clients. Facilitate connecting the above with a new
parent company's network.
- Reconfigure unix servers to prevent service outages
- Identify and resolve intermittent network problems
- Install and configure ISDN to connect California and Boston offices prior
to frame relay connectivity
- Handle local router and network configuration changed to support frame relay connection to corporate headquarters
- Specify, install, and configure corporate web server
- Specify, size, and configure NT server for Lotus Notes deployment
- Evaluate 100mbit ethernet technology for potential use in internal network
- DCE cell troubleshooting and administration
- Assist with troubleshooting windows 95 and NT networking problems
- Prototype NT domain system, dhcp, and remote domain administrative
tools for potential use
Consultant
Identify and
- Systems Administration - responsible for administration of all unix systems
- Network/WAN Administration - rsponsible for configuring routers and overseeing
addition of a new office on the Addison-Wesley Longman WAN.
- Identify and either document or resolve potential network/server
trouble spots
- Prototyped a firewall solution for network security
Consultant
- Part of team handling system administration for the Loan Prospector DCE/Encina environment as it transitioned into production status.
- Systems Administration and deployment for both production and non-production
systems
- Second tier user support
Systems Engineer
Development and deployment of a heterogeneous distributed computing environment
to host both production development, corporate applications, and customer education.
Administration of this environment (100+ node mixed network of UNIX, Windows 3.11, Windows 95,Windows NT, and
Macintosh machines. Migration of the above environment to be based upon DCE/DFS.
- Setup corporation wide unix to windows servers which facilitated '95 and NT deployment
- Determined appropriate hardware configuration for, installed, and maintained the
corporate internet information services (WWW, ftp, USENET news).
- Determined configuration of, and installed corporate mail server machines that
maintain 1/2 hour synchronization for fault resistant operation. Installed, setup,
and maintained WAN links for printing, email, and file access via dial on demand
PPP with unix routers. These allowed people working in a remote office to use the
home office's printers and file servers to better share data company wide.
- Responsible for capacity planning (information gathering, analysis, and
purchasing recommendations). This entailed analyzing server and network
utilization and projecting future needs.
- Coded client-server applets which assisted in various administrative tasks such as
information gathering and account addition/deletion.
- Wrote and maintained server backup scripts for both home and remote offices.
- Setup location independent NFS web using amd to both reduce administrative
overhead, and to allow transparent migration to both DFS and AFS.
- Setup and administration of DCE cell (both server and client machines).
- Migrated data from NFS to DFS, integrating NFS with DFS transparently where needed.
- Remote office management: specified and configured network servers, setup
and linked DCE cells to home office to allow multiple administrative zones,
configured NFS, DFS, SMB/Windows file and printing services.
- Led team doing configuration and installation for an enterprise wide replacement
of desktop workstations with multi-boot PC’s running Linux, Windows, and NT.
- Installed Kerberos security for Xyplex dial-up terminal servers.
Associate Software Specialist Systems administration and support for a large
(800+ node) heterogeneous unix (multi-vendor), PC, and macintosh network. Migration
of file and existing information services to the alpha platform. Introduction of WWW and
SLIP/PPP services. Created a fault resilient information services environment to better
handle hardware failures during the migration.
- Specified hardware for, and Implemented network access systems (ftp, WWW,
USENET news, SLIP, PPP).
- Extended DNS to provide load balancing in increased fault tolerance for mission
critical applications.
- Maintained an extensive software library for the following platforms: OSF/1, Ultix,
Solaris, SunOS, and IRIX.
- Active member of the Umass WWW working group, which designed and
implemented a set of design criteria for Umass web services.
- System Administrator for multiple platforms including OSF/1, IRIX, SunOS,
Solaris, Ultrix, and Linux.
- Installed and administered a Kerberos security environment.
- Responsible for initial configuration and upgrades of machines.
- Documented system software used for administering both the network and
environment specific applications.
Programmer
System Administration for a large (800+ node network) involving request processing,
inventory tracking, software installation, maintenance, and feasibility studies.
- Ported public domain software and rewrote local systems to run on the newly
introduced DEC Alpha platform.
- Constructed a baseline configuration for OSF/1 machines.
- Started pilot SLIP/PPP project to evaluate feasibility within the scope of the
existing network infrastructure.
Programmer
- Integrated xv into the Khoros environment.
- Maintained the Khoros System and development tools required to build and run
Khoros applications.
Interests: Sailing, windsurfing, hiking, volleyball, cooking, Linux.