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● Network manager in the Software, Robotics and Simulations Division (SRSD) Intelligent Systems Laboratory, supporting a heterogeneous LAN of Windows, Fedora Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.● Manage a Samba fileserver, SQL (MySQL) server, Redmine/Subversion server, Apache web server, LDAP (Luma) server and iptables firewall.● Created and administer virtual computers using VMware.● Taught myself Perl, then created and maintain Perl HTML interface to several SQL computer inventory databases.● Taught myself VBScript, then created and maintain VBScript application to remotely obtain PC hardware configuration via COM calls to the Win32 API and report to a centralized SQL inventory database.● SRSD Division Information Systems Security Official (ISSO) and chair the SRSD Computer Configuration Control Board.● NASA N-PROP Property Custodian.

● Project Lead for EASI’s SRSD Division Federal Information Processing Resources (FIPR) contract.● Maintained and administered computer network and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.● Performed data backups and disaster recovery operations.● Diagnosed and resolved hardware, software, or other network and system problems, replacing defective components when necessary.● Planned, coordinated and implemented network security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.● Configured, monitored, and maintained email applications and virus protection software.● Operated master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use.● Configured and tested computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.● Monitored network performance to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future.● Resolved system and network problems for network users.

● Managed a LAN of 21 IBM RISC/6000 systems running I-DEAS Master Series CAD/CAE application under AIX/Motif via 10BaseT Ethernet.● Wrote regular "PC Tutor" column and technical articles for the company's monthly newsletter.

● Managed a LAN of eighteen PCs with a MicroVAX 3300 server running DECnet/PCSA via thinwire Ethernet.● Wrote technical articles for the internal company newsletter.

● Wrote and maintained programs in Microsoft C on IBM PCs● Developed and taught seminars on PCs and DOS● Wrote articles for OACB newsletter● Provided on-call consulting support for C, DOS, WordPerfect, Lotus 123, and Kermit.● Wrote the “Guide to OACB” policies and procedures user manual.● Managed a VAX 11/750 running VMS 4.2.

● Laboratory programmer in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics.● Taught myself C, then wrote C program to allow IBM PC/AT with I/O card to function as a digital oscilloscope for cell membrane studies.● Wrote BASIC program to allow Apple II to drive and to perform automated data collection from a photospectrometer.

● Laboratory technician in the Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics.● Performed enzyme purification and characterization protocols.