Scott Whitaker Email & Phone Number

United States

Various

- Technologies: LAMP, WIMA, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SMB- Managed all internal technology needs, including hardware, software, and connectivity- Planned and orchestrated five separate facility movesMindStreams, Aurora, OhioSenior Network Administrator4/2010 – 8/2011- Technology focus: Astaro Security Gateway, OSSEC, Squid, KVM, Windows Server 2008 R2- Researched, recommended, planned, and implemented a change in managed hosting providers which saved the company over 40% in monthly expenses- Focused on taking advantage of value-added services from third parties to reduce costs, simplify management, and increase overall reliability- Worked diligently to improve the company's PCI and HIPPA compliance by implementing comprehensive firewalling, a host intrusion detection system, and forward/reverse proxy solutions with content filteringIdeaStar, Independence, Ohio ( acquired by MindStreams )Senior Network Administrator3/2005 – 4/2010- Technology focus: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Windows Server 2003, VMware ESXi, Apache, IIS, MySQL, SQL Server, Qmail, Lotus Notes, Active Directory, Samba, Subversion, Nagios- Discouraged the use of third-party proprietary components in favor of built-in or freely available ones, decreasing the long-term cost of a solution and increasing it's portability- Encouraged the PHP developers to embrace the newer features in MySQL such as stored procedures and views, which had already been successfully employed in ASP solutionsNetforce Development, Beachwood, Ohio ( acquired by IdeaStar )Senior Network Administrator1/2001 – 3/2005- Technology focus: FreeBSD, Windows Server 2000, BIND, Sendmail- Rectified conditions found upon hire: lack of a firewall and a compromised web server- Instituted access control measures: removed unnecessary accounts and permissions, eliminated the use of default administrative accounts, required the use of a VPN for external access

Hiram, Ohio

- Interviewed, hired, and managed a small team of work-study students- Worked with engineers from IBM on the planning and deployment of a campus-wide network infrastructure upgrade from coax to twisted-pair- Helped the college meet it's goal of a PC on every desktop by providing a proof-of-concept white-box computer using industry standard components as an alternative to the expensive proprietary IBM computers being purchased at the time- Helped the college further reduce costs, as a result of moving to white-box computers, by eliminating the need for PC support contracts and bringing the maintenance expertise in-house, which was embraced by the college owing to its confidence in the mentoring process