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Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Prescott, Az, Us

Teach IT career education / certification preparation course in the evening. Linux+/LPIC-1 and CompTIA A+ (IT Essentials). Use Canvas and NetAcad LMS systems. Customize and enhance existing curriculum offerings. Advise campus Computer Science Club. Serve as Adjunct Faculty representative to Faculty Association and college governance council. Certified to teach Cisco IT Essentials course (professional training). Ongoing professional development training, including OER course development. Doing this for love, not money, as Adjunct Faculty.

Co-founder; early stage startup focused on fast tracking access to the new space economy by entrepreneurs and innovators. Space.Org's patent pending technology fundamentally simplifies spacecraft design and build, radically reducing both cost and time to market.

Managing partner for IT Services company serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County. Work with a variety of small to medium sized companies as a senior level technical operational resource, including working as a consulting Director of IT. Personal specialties in Linux and Unix administration and open source application deployment and configuration, along with general purpose experience with almost every aspect of IT needed to operate a small to medium sized company.

Manage cloud hosted Linux server systems handling 500+ kiosks automating checkout and return of over 10,000 end user devices across hundreds of different client sites. Establish DR process with vendor. Troubleshoot and monitor backup systems. Advise on Linux system administration and security configuration on servers and kiosk endpoints. Configure and evaluate results from system scans using open source Lynis security scanner, rkhunter, chkrootkit, lockdown system, apache, php, etc. Advise on integration of third party SSL certificates into Apache and OpenLDAP. Systemic audit of system and code for issues. Significant scripting in both bash and PHP.

Lead consultant and coach for career counseling and coaching service I founded to empower others to follow a career path as a self-employed consultant, as I've done. Also provide general career counseling and job search coaching, helping people apply our namesake principle to all areas of their work.Also known as “The 80/20 Rule”, the Pareto Principle specifies that you get 80% of your results from 20% of your inputs, a rule of thumb that has been found to be generally true across a broad range of situations, human and natural. How does this apply to our clients? Simple: 80% of the value anyone provide their employer comes from 20% of the work they do… imagine if there was a way people could get their employer to pay them 80% of their salary, while letting them work only 20% of the hours! Well, there is: it’s called becoming a consultant!** Not quite, but close enough. :)

Train client staff on a variety of subjects related to my professional experience on a part time basis, including Linux and SQL programming.

Service as volunteer Unix Systems Administrator for Green Party of California's internal IT group. Help administer and maintain party's external web presence.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Senior Level Unix Systems Administration Consultant for IT Services Company, working for a variety of clients on an ongoing / part-time basis.

Evaluate technical feasibility of automating deployment of marketing automation solution at scale, deliver initial prototype in customer operating environment, costing analysis for various options.

Recruit technical and business team, work with CTO to define and refine product, lead market validation and business development efforts with other business side co-founders.

New York, Ny, Us

Support Santa Cruz area office as primary IT systems and support resource; manage over a petabyte of locally stored data on Synology NAS systems, 10GBE local area network, video editing workstations running MacOS.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Handle a variety of IT needs, desktop and server administration and troubleshooting, networking equipment configuration and troubleshooting, etc.

Mountain View, Wy, Us

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Administer CentOS, Ubuntu, and various other operating system flavors for a enterprise level log analysis software development company supporting a variety of build platforms. Client has a need for both significant remedial maintenance as well as forward looking system operations planning and execution. Major initiatives include migration of service infrastructure off older servers running both on physical hardware, and under VMware Server 2.0.2 on Linux and Windows Server, onto dedicated vSphere ESXi hosts (and attendant infrastructure issues associated with enabling backup and restore of virtualized hosts), as well as systemically patching/updating older host operating systems, and migrating services from older hosts to Ubuntu LTS 14.x. as appropriate.Other activities include set up and configuration of OpenLDAP server for testing integration features of inhouse software, set up of CVS server and migration of content hosted in CVS from to new host, set up and migration of CGI/Perl based public web site facing functionality to new server, patch and update existing ESXi host in non-network storage environment, patch and update network storage server, configure and update firewall/router, configure and update email and DNS server.

Project: set up and configure publicly available Linux server system to client specifications, secure, test and validate configuration, launch into production. Provide ongoing support and maintenance over time. Assist client in preparing testbeds for various network equipment evaluation projects.

Fremont, Ca, Us

Troubleshoot and help drive migration to new OS deployment, configure OS to client specifications and document build process in detail, translated customized deployment to Kickstart.

San Jose, Ca

Manage IT for a small non-profit organization affiliated with the California State University system via the Cal State San Jose Research Foundation. Manage several Windows Server systems, facilitate migration of organization's web site from Windows Server 2003 IIS 6 to Apache on Linux (hosted) and implement total upgrade of outdated desktop systems running Windows XP to new desktops running Windows 7/Office 2010 and manage same going forward.

Mountain View, California, Us

Advise and support founder in the process of recruiting team, finance, and further advisory board members. Work on overall strategy, refine business plan, pitch, and help develop strategic communications plan.

San Diego, Ca, Us

IT Consultant, acting as interim Sr. Linux Systems Admin as well as providing analysis and extensive documentation of current system and network configuration. Implement network based password manager server, network monitoring system (Xymon) and various other system monitoring tools. Identify various possible improvements to processes and configurations. Help interview and hire permanent replacement.

Lead engineer on VMware ESXi implementation and migration from NT 4.0 PDC to Samba PDC. Also consulted on migration from Exchange 5.5 to Linux based email system. Primary Linux resource, lead deployment of more than two dozen Ubuntu VMs hosting various infrastructure and custom written applications. Managed and implemented upgrades from one version of vSphere and vCenter to the next, twice, as well as from Ubuntu 8.04 to 10.04 to 12.04. Managed VXNE 3100 storage system and interface to vSphere hosting environment. Managed deployment and operation of VCB based backup system, then VDR based backup Appliance, then Thinware based software solution. Managed and configured BackupPC host, including building OpenFiler HA server as iSCSI target. Worked with Evergreen ILS, deployed and managed Samba/LDAP, MediaWiki CMS, DNS/Bind server configuration with views, SMTP, Apache, NTP, SSH (essentially all core Internet infrastructure protocols) on an ongoing basis. Helped co-ordinate and implement wholesale migration of network from public IP address space to 10 space for internal networks, along with simultaneous migration from one ISP to another with different public IP address space.

Fremont, California, Us

Primary technology resource for publicly traded biotech manufacturing and services start up. Identify and implement in-house and SaaS solutions as appropriate. CRM, LIMS, PLM, hosted Exchange, etc. Manage and support servers, desktops, mobile connectivity, lab equipment, backup and recovery, applications, etc. Windows, OS X and Linux on server and desktop. Lead relocation of company to much larger facility - identified and vetted vendors for network connectivity, VoIP implementation, re-wiring facility with CAT5e, implementation of voice-grade wireless 802.11b/g/n network, implemented managed Gigabit Ethernet network. Supervised small IT staff. Managed everything on a zero budget, less than 1 FTE basis for three year period subsequent to move and large funding round until new management managed to complete another major funding round in late 2013. Provided advice and guidance in transition to new IT Services company in transitional role in 2014.

Fremont, California, Us

Provide ongoing support for Windows based internal corporate client network and a mixture of Windows and *nix based servers. Customized configuration of Trac, Samba (stabilized service by fixing configuration), recommended VPN/Firewall and Wireless AP hardware, transitioned company from POP/IMAP host to Hosted Exchange with Intermedia and troubleshot transition.

Assisted internal staff as they significantly upgraded their internal IT infrastructure, facilitated relocation of company from one site to another, provided ongoing maintenance and support. Company acquired, contract terminated.

Provide ongoing support services for a variety of internal Linux systems and the applications deployed on top of them.

Provide ongoing support services for a variety of internal Unix (Solaris) and Linux (Ubuntu) systems and the applications and network appliances deployed on top of them and alongside them.

Delivered live 2 hour presentation (videotaped for later reuse) on advanced Solaris security tools and techniques for senior level IT staff of a major government agency.

Senior Level Unix Systems Administration Consultant for IT Services Company, working for a variety of clients on an ongoing / part-time basis.

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Provided implementation support services for a DR deployment, and deployed dokuwiki to facilitate internal communication processes within IT dept.

Worked on a variety of projects, including installation and configuration of Ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04 and 7.10, deployment, configuration, customization and upgrading of various open-source intranet applications on Ubuntu (Bugzilla, Trac, Testlink, MediaWiki), virtualization using VMware, integration of intranet applications with LDAP (securely via TLS and SSL), troubleshooting network, VMware, and server configuration issues, configuring and securing NFS, MySQL, apache2, XAMPP, and writing up detailed ongoing documentation of activities. Converted entire Intranet infrastructure to Secure LDAP based authentication.

Palo Alto, California, Us

Senior Level Windows and Unix Systems Administration Consultant for IT Services Company, worked for a variety of clients on an ongoing / part-time basis.

St Paul, Mn, Us

Provided ongoing support for Windows based internal corporate network (server and client side) and applications deployed on it.

Internet Advertising Company pioneered the C2B (Consumer to Business) market by developing technologies and methods that allow delivery of highly targeted marketing messages to opt-in consumers via the InternetTask split: 75% technical/25% managementDefine, specify and assist in implementing a highly scalable, redundant and secure systems architectureMigrate services to low-cost datacenter environment and reconfigure back end systems to maintain service at 5-10% of previous cost after company “rightsizing” resulted in immediate layoff all systems staffIdentify original opportunity, specify product and marketing strategy, join with co-founders to develop prototype, obtain seed funding and assist in recruiting CEO and other staffClickDough service (www.clickdough.com) gained 400,000 plus users in less than one year, ranked among top 500 Internet sites by PC Data, and generated $700,000+ in revenue in face of collapsing market for product

Self-funded startup focused on developing a customizable account management back end that could be used to accelerate deployment of Internet based services.

Web Hosting Company pioneered and defined business model for self-service web hosting segment in 1994, Media Metrix Top 500 Internet propertyTask split: 80% technical/20% managementDesigned, built and maintained all systems and architecture, email, web, and database servers, primary systems adminPersonally wrote 7,000+ lines of code in CGI, SQL and Perl to create end user interfaces allowing self-service account management, automate systems maintenance, and handle monitoring and reporting (for both technical and business purposes), much of which was still in use years later Grew self-funded web hosting start-up to $3,000,000 in revenue, 25 employees, and 10,000+ customers before sale to Verio (now a unit of NTT)Helped define business model, identify services needed, develop marketing and promotional programs, manage customer relations, hire, train and develop staff, and manage day to day operations of rapidly growing business.

Briefly worked as a Sr. Level Unix Systems Administrator for aspiring Internet Service Provider specializing in content aimed at educational institutions.

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