To provide quality service to all my clients using the information technology of today, yesterday and tomorrow.
Table. High Level Skill Set
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NetApp |
Cacti/Ntop |
| Kaseya/Level Platforms |
Nagios |
Untangle |
| Open Dental |
Dentrix |
Eaglesoft |
| Softdent |
osCommerce |
Zen-Cart |
| SQL-Ledger |
LedgerSMB |
Drupal |
| VMware |
Xen |
Levanta |
| Wireless Networking |
Virtual Private Networks |
Remote Office/Access |
| PC Hardware |
Troubleshooting |
SCSI/SATA/SAS |
| LVM |
Encrypted File Systems |
Data Recovery |
| RAID |
Sun T3 |
Networking |
| Ethernet |
Token Ring |
DNS/BIND |
| TCP/IP |
Mail Systems, MTA/MDA/MUA |
DHCP/Bootp/rarp |
| Secure Shell/SSL/TLS |
Project Management |
Relationship Management |
| DocBook SGML, XML |
Jade/OpenJade |
DSSSL |
| PHP/HTML |
Revision Control/CVS |
Apache |
| All Linux Distributions |
Content Filtering |
Secure IMAPS/POPS/SMTP |
| IRC |
Firewalls |
IPTables/IPChains |
| Rsync |
Samba |
NFS |
| Planning and Implementation |
Critical Thinking |
Relational Database Design |
| RDBMS |
NDS |
NetWare |
| Windows - All |
Arcserve |
MS Office |
| Access |
MS Project |
Visio |
| Dia |
SurTrak |
FrameMaker |
| GIMP |
Illustrator |
Technical Writing |
| Technical Training |
Technical Communications |
Instructional Design |
| Quality Assurance |
Data Backup/Recovery |
Virus Protection |
| Network Security |
Policy Analysis/Management |
Business Analysis/Management |
| Content Management Systems |
Web Based Applications |
MySQL/PostgreSQL |
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Business Technology Consulting and Services
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Beginning anew in Paradise :)
If you need reliable computer services in Butte County, I am your guy! I also provide mostly remote professional services ranging from network managment, systems management, development, support, etc.. for a wide range of clientele.
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Projects: Current and Completed
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One of my favorites: I now spend several hour per week teaching 6th -8th grade students about computer technologies including a wide range of topics including web technologies, advanced applications and security.
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Network Monitoring: Used various tools to monitor various environments, helped automate deployment of Nagios/NRPE in financial datacenter environments, developed and maintain small business monitoring solutions based on Nagios, Cacti, Ntop, and similar tools to provide cost effective SLA type services.
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Untangle, Inc. : Engineering and Product Managment Consulting/Implementation/ Support/Documentation
Worked with executive managment and development on projects related to virtualization and monitoring of Untangle gateway devices using Xen, VMware, Kaseya, Level Platforms, Nagios, Cacti, etc..
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Dental Practice Management Systems: Designed, built, implemented, and support multiple Dental practice management systems including Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Practice Works, and Softdent for various implementations of paperless and semi-paperless dental service providers.
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Levanta, Inc. : Support, professional services, documentation and training.
Worked with all departments to help build out a services organization including support infrastructure, training, and professional services.
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Children's Community Charter School--Paradise Unified School District: Network Consulting/Implementation/ Support
Designed and implemented entire network infrastructure using Linux, including firewalls, DMZ, content filtering, remote access/VPN, fileservers, secure IMAP, Web Server (Apache), MySQL, Moodle, and more...
Implemented Windows road warrior VPN access.
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NT4 to Samba 3 Migration: Migrate existing NT4 domain to Linux/Samba3 domains, Linux/Samba3/OpenLDAP domains, File and Print server consolidation on Linux/Samba3, Active Directory integration.
Small Business Server functionality using Open Source technologies including Linux, Samba, Apache, OpenLDAP, SSL, MySQL, PHP, DHCP, DNS, iptables, etc.
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HomeTech Charter School--Paradise Unified School District: Network Consulting/Implementation
Redesigned and implemented entire network infrastructure using Linux, including firewalls, DMZ, content filtering, remote access, Apple share/Appletalk fileservers, secure IMAP, Web Server (Apache).
Implemented OS X desktop standardization and Operating System build management systems.
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Custom spreadsheet and database solutions for demolition construction companies including Mas90 "connectors."
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Started a Linux User Group in Paradise.: This is really just community work.
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Linux Professional Institute: Exam development
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Built my own distribution.
Optimized down to the libraries, it served as a base for my Internet infrastructure and services products but now there is Gentoo and I prefer Debian proper.
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Vice President, Product Engineering
Took a leading/founding role in the development department of the Linuxcare University spin-off.
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Responsible for all aspects of content development including Project Management, Instructional Design, Quality Assurance, Sales Support, and management of developers.
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Migrated documentation from FrameMaker to DocBook SGML and designed/ implemented modular document management systems.
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Content Development/Quality Assurance Manager
Worked in many areas of this fast-paced startup, which grew from three to three hundred in its first year and a half. Areas of responsibility included:
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Documentation management systems design, implementation and management;
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Courseware development including Linux Fundamentals, Linux System Administration, Linux Network Administration, Apache, and Mail Systems;
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Internal/external LPI certification training for certification candidates and train the trainers for training partners;
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Sales engineering support for all company products and services;
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Project management for large internal and external projects;
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Strategic business development including major global account relationship management, company acquisitions, and international expansion;
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Third level technical support for all Linux distributions, VMWare, and common open source applications (i.e. Samba, Apache, Sendmail).
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Project Manager / Systems Engineer
Managed workstation installation teams for this 5000+-user environment as well as developed several associated solutions.
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Managed desktop rollouts and migrations in a heterogeneous OS/2, NT, NetWare, TCP/IP, IPX, Ethernet, Token Ring WAN serving upwards of 5000 clients.
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Designed, developed, and implemented procurement services tracking database.
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Designed, developed, and implemented a LAN cable installations database that allowed management to manage ongoing network cabling adds, moves, changes, invoicing, scheduling, and reporting.
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Technical Services Account Manager
Provided on-site technical services from MicroAge to Gap Inc. including a one-person project that grew into a multi-million dollar technical services account of up to 15 people.
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Grew technical services from a 70-laptop rollout into a preferred vendor relationship of $10 million per year.
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Managed all technical aspects of procurement and installation of all computer hardware purchased by Gap Inc. headquarters in San Francisco, San Bruno, and Rocklin, California.
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Deployed over 1500 NT workstations NT workstations in a Windows 3.1 technology refresh for Gap distribution centers across the nation.
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Migrated over 1500 OS/2 cc:mail/mobile laptops to Windows 95 Lotus Notes including operating system, applications, cc:mobile to Notes mailboxes, and remote access using SecureID.
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Provided engineering support for Gap's standard laptop and desktop hardware, operating system, and applications builds.
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Delivered training to business partners for Windows 95, cc:mobile, Lotus Notes, and numerous other standard applications.
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Independent Information Technology Consultant
Responsible for all aspects of running a small business as well as providing end-to-end solutions consulting and services including needs assessments, design and implementation, training, and support.
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Utility/Operations Officer
Responsible for all aspects of running a branch office including customer service, loan officer duties, operations, budget, staffing, investment sales consulting, and security.
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Licensed Real Estate Sales Associate
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Lecturer- Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics
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Responsible for all aspects of this undergraduate course including lectures, assignments, quizzes, term exams, term projects, grading and labs.
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Co-developed a statewide improvement to CSU term projects for this course, which improved student understanding and practical application of course objectives.
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BS Business Administration
Option in Real Estate Management and Finance
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Liberal Arts / GE / Transfer
Studies included Computer Science, Business, and General Education.
Personal and professional references will be provided upon request.
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