I have always been passionate about technology and computers. I started my professional career in the US Air Force. Right after I served my term, I got into a position being a bench technician. I found a job with Systech Retail Systems supporting POS systems in the field. Eventually getting laid off due the company restructuring, I took the opportunity to improve my skill set. I studied and got my A+ and Linux+ certifications, and enrolled in a vocational program for UNIX/Linux Network Administration. This helped my foundational knowledge and led to my next job with IBM as a technical support engineer for the Rational Clearcase product. After only a year in that position, I had excelled and been promoted to Senior Staff Support Engineer. I had become a mentor for new hires, developed a utility for running diagnostics on customer's systems (SCT, which is still used by IBM today), created a high-level white paper to help support engineers and customers on how to install and configure Clearcase on Linux (which is still in use today by IBM), and become the level 2 support escalation person to handle critical issues for TSE's. I worked for IBM for over 2.5 years, learning much about Clearcase, UNIX, Linux, Windows, and networks, but was presented with a new opportunity in my hometown. I was commuting 1.5 hours each way to work and missing out on much of my families events. I took a job in my town as the Network Manager for the school district. I was responsible for over 30 Linux servers, one Mac server, and a few Windows servers. My job was to maintain the network and servers, and improve performance. My performance was stellar for the almost 3 years I held the position, until the economy started to fail, and budget cuts had to be made. My position was outsourced to saved money and I was laid off. At this time, I am studying for the MCSA for Windows server in order to balance my networking knowledge.Specialties: Linux administration, desktop support, customer support, UNIX/Linux shell scripting, LAN networks, junior windows administration
Listed skills include Unix, Linux, Testing, Tcp/Ip, and 29 others.
