Andy Shoemaker Email & Phone Number

Newton, MA, US

NimbusDDOS is the premier vendor of DDOS simulation and testing services. We have standard attacks up to 20Gbps and 3 million packets per second. Our flexible cloud architecture also allows for custom attacks in excess of 100Gbps.Typical client use cases are:- Validate that mitigation hardware and services are functioning properly- Train IT staff in.

Wellesley Hills, US

• Consultancy specializing in IT, technical operations, and datacenter operations for clients of all sizes. Areas of expertise include:
• Devops style integration and architecting
• Network architecting, implementation, and troubleshooting
• Datacenter audits, buildouts, and moves
• Outsourced CIO
• Network and system security (penetration testing, DDoS mitigation, audit)

Watertown, MA, US

An AWS subject matter expert with a focus on security and open source technologies. Projects included:- Designed and built infrastructure in AWS for a HIPAA compliant clinical document repository for a major health care customer. LEveraged auto-scaling, and extensive automation.- Designed and built infrastructure in AWS for a content sharing mobile app..

Needham, MA, US

Most senior Linux systems and network engineer responsible for Linux system administration, network administration, data center operations, vendor relationships, and hardware for the massive-scale tripadvisor.com website and all development environments.

Boston, MA, US

• Most senior systems and network engineer, and team manager for the team responsible for building, and maintaining the high-scale backend used by all Harmonix video games (xbox, ps3, wii)
• Deployed new infrastructure at corporate datacenter, and migrated the backends for RockBand 1 & 2 from 3rd party provider.
• Worked closely with senior developers to architect a new backend to be used in the unreleased RockBand 3 video game. This architecture includes a new data warehousing component.
• Bot testing of the backend used by The Beatles:RockBand. Provided solid metrics on what user levels could be reached ensuring a smooth launch day, and handling of holiday traffic spikes.
• Managed two other system administrators.
• Worked closely with web/backend developers to create processes to minimize release related downtimes.

• Created free email service hotpop.com with one other owner/employee
• Grew from a single system with no users to a user base of over 1 million
• Extensive development in C to provide stable email backend for our custom Java front-end
• Created large number of scripts and automation to allow the business to run unmanned 24/7 with a minimal amount of downtime and maintenance.
• Expanded from a single system to a densely packed, high efficiency rack of servers.
• Worked with a variety of vendors to minimize costs while still expanding infrastructure foot print.

• Most senior systems and network manager for one of the worlds largest online casino and poker rooms (everestpoker.com, everestcasino.com sponsor of the World Series of Poker on ESPN at the time)
• Expanded server footprint from 3 servers to about 300 servers.
• Expanded from single datacenter to three in diverse geographic areas.
• Opened three remote offices
• Closed one office during downsizing/layoffs
• Managed and trained a team of end-user support technicians

• In co-operation with a senior software engineer, built out the entire initial website and backend servers for www.worldwinner.com (now owned by GSN).