Information and technology consultant, providing Internet and systems administration services, security services and custom programming for most flavors of Unix.Client list has included telecommunications, accounting, banking services, gaming, Internet, mining, oil & gas, and systems integration firms.New challenges in systems, security and Internet related problem solving are always welcome, as are custom programming requirements.

Extensive Unix experience from BSD to System V flavors and everything in between, including AIX, Linux, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, OpenBSD, SunOS and Solaris. System installation, configuration, hardening, performance tuning, software installation and configuration, maintenance, custom shell scripting, system and application level performance monitoring.Specializing in system security, including server and workstation hardening, user access control, logging, file integrity monitoring… Show more Extensive Unix experience from BSD to System V flavors and everything in between, including AIX, Linux, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, OpenBSD, SunOS and Solaris. System installation, configuration, hardening, performance tuning, software installation and configuration, maintenance, custom shell scripting, system and application level performance monitoring.Specializing in system security, including server and workstation hardening, user access control, logging, file integrity monitoring, network access control and firewalls.Open source application compilation, installation, configuration, customization, troubleshooting and support, including Apache web server, Postfix mail server, BIND DNS, Nagios monitoring, OpenSSH and countless others.Fluent in most popular programming languages, methodologies, platforms, and data stores including C/C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, XML, XSLT, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Web 2.0 (AJAX).Detail oriented programmer with a talent for finding bugs. Show less

Specialized in Unix systems security and administration during the planning, implementation and early operations of shaw.ca, a large cable ISP data center.Participated in providing third level support, including the 24x7 on call rotation, in a high availability environment. Deployed, developed and maintained rule sets for data center gateway firewall hardware, as well as rule sets for soft firewall access to each server. Deployed, tuned and maintained server file integrity… Show more Specialized in Unix systems security and administration during the planning, implementation and early operations of shaw.ca, a large cable ISP data center.Participated in providing third level support, including the 24x7 on call rotation, in a high availability environment. Deployed, developed and maintained rule sets for data center gateway firewall hardware, as well as rule sets for soft firewall access to each server. Deployed, tuned and maintained server file integrity software.Directly participated in all stages of server hardening, security policy development and security software deployment and configuration. Primary data center liaison among corporate security personnel. Show less

Worded as a roulette dealer, then as a pit boss during the 10 day annual Calgary Stampede.

Systems and network administration in a heterogeneous Unix environment for the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science.Part time Sessional Instructor in Computer Science, teaching assistant in Computer Science and Software Engineering.

Unix and Internet course instruction, including course materials development on a part time (contract) basis.

Software design, C/C++ programming as a founding partner in small software enterprise. Designed, developed and marketed "shink-wrap" application for the MS-DOS platform, as well as several custom business applications for MS-DOS and Linux platforms.Lyndon software is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of my current enterprise, The Bitmill Inc.

Class 8 transport truck owner/operator operator as independent contractor, in both city and highway operations. Crossed the million mile mark in professional experience with a solid record of safety.

Contract worker at various casinos in the Southern Alberta region dealing various games, primarily Black Jack and Roulette.

Part time Black Jack and Roulette dealer, getting paid to play games!

Highway operations, completed class 1 safety upgrading training, achieved 5 year safety award with extensive experience in general freight, vans, refers, decks, doubles across Canada and midwestern USA.Reimer Express Lines is now YRC Reimer, a YRC Worldwide, Inc. company.

Dispatcher and owner/operator.