Thomas Leavitt

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Owner/Manager @ 880 IT Services, LLC, Chief Executive Officer @ Space.Org @ Space.Org
Santa Cruz, CA, US
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Consulting @ 880 IT Services: I am looking for new clients, and to advise small startups on a part-time basis (perhaps even for equity only). Recruiters: I am NOT looking for a full-time W2 or contract position (no commitments over 20 hours a week for a sustained period). I am NOT looking to work anywhere outside of California other than for a very short term (ten days or less) assignment. Rates: $180/hr., a bargain for someone with 27+ years of high level professional experience.I founded 880 IT Services, LLC in 2001. I've worked for a broad variety of clients, big and small, but my bread and butter is acting as a "IT guru" for small to medium-sized enterprises (up to about a hundred employees). I'm a jack of all trades, master of more than a few. If it's tech, I can make it work - from copiers to phone systems, networks to storage and virtualization. Unix, Linux, Windows, OS X, Android, iOS... on the desktop, on the server, in the cloud, on your phone, it won't phase me.I assembled my first PC XT from parts bought at LA area swap meets when I was in high school, in the late 1980s. I acted as the Senior Unix/Linux Systems Administrator for two companies I founded in May of 1994 and September of 1999: Web Communications, LLC (acquired by Verio in February of 1999) and TargetFirst, Inc. (aka ClickRebates.com). Along the way, I also created one of the first web sites on the Internet (and one of a much smaller number that has been in continual operation), The Gnosis Archive (sometime in 1993).To re-emphasize: I'm primarily interested in adding to my company's client base via part-time (ongoing) and/or short-term consulting/contracting opportunities. It would take something *absolutely extraordinary* to pull me into a full-time engagement, much less a full-time W2 position... that said, I do have an entrepreneurial bent, so if you think you have the opportunity of a lifetime (such as being the first full time IT operations person for the equivalent of Facebook or Google), feel free to contact me. Emphasis on the "opportunity of a lifetime", see opening paragraph.Update, re: Space.Org, Inc. I've bootstrapped the opportunity of a lifetime into existence, so off the market in that respect, though more than happy to work with new consulting clients and advise other startups.

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Owner/Manager @ 880 IT Services, LLC, Chief Executive Officer @ Space.Org
Santa Cruz, CA, US
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Thomas Leavitt Work Experience Details
  • Space.Org
    Space.Org
    Santa Cruz, Ca, Us
  • Yavapai College
    Adjunct Faculty
    Yavapai College Aug 2023 - Present
    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.
  • Space.Org
    Chief Executive Officer
    Space.Org Aug 2021 - Present
    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.
  • 880 It Services, Llc
    Managing Partner / Sr. It Services Consultant
    880 It Services, Llc Jul 2001 - Present
    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.
  • Java Connections Llc Dba Laptopsanytime
    Sr. Level Linux Security And Systems Administration Consultant
    Java Connections Llc Dba Laptopsanytime Aug 2014 - Present
    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.
  • Pareto Principle Coaching And Consulting
    Lead Coach / Consultant
    Pareto Principle Coaching And Consulting Jun 2014 - Present
    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. :)
  • Sonic Training
    Professional Trainer
    Sonic Training Aug 2013 - Present
    Train client staff on a variety of subjects related to my professional experience on a part time basis, including Linux and SQL programming.
  • Green Party Of California
    Volunteer Unix Systems Administrator
    Green Party Of California 2005 - Present
    Service as volunteer Unix Systems Administrator for Green Party of California's internal IT group. Help administer and maintain party's external web presence.
  • Uis Technology Partners
    Sr. Level Systems Administration Consultant
    Uis Technology Partners Aug 2007 - Present
    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.
  • Hostfire
    Senior Information Technology Consultant
    Hostfire Jan 2024 - Jun 2024
    Evaluate technical feasibility of automating deployment of marketing automation solution at scale, deliver initial prototype in customer operating environment, costing analysis for various options.
  • Swagleads.Io, Inc.
    Chief Executive Officer
    Swagleads.Io, Inc. Apr 2020 - Dec 2023
    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.
  • The Drone Racing League
    Sr. It Consultant
    The Drone Racing League Sep 2021 - Nov 2023
    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.
  • Estecom
    Senior It Consultant
    Estecom Mar 2015 - Aug 2021
    Santa Clara, Ca, Us
    Handle a variety of IT needs, desktop and server administration and troubleshooting, networking equipment configuration and troubleshooting, etc.
  • Stealth Startup
    Chief Executive Officer
    Stealth Startup Apr 2020 - May 2021
    Mountain View, Wy, Us
    See SwagLeads.io
  • Flowerfire, Inc.
    Sr. Level It Consultant
    Flowerfire, Inc. May 2014 - May 2021
    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.
  • Emlinux
    Sr. Linux Systems Administration Consultant
    Emlinux Jun 2008 - Apr 2020
    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.
  • Think Surgical
    Sr. Linux It Consultant
    Think Surgical Mar 2018 - Jul 2018
    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.
  • Mineta Transportation Institute
    Sr. Level It Consultant
    Mineta Transportation Institute Jun 2012 - Oct 2016
    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.
  • Icon Smartech
    Advisory Board Member
    Icon Smartech Mar 2016 - Aug 2016
    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.
  • Evans Analytical Group
    Senior Linux It Consultant
    Evans Analytical Group Dec 2015 - May 2016
    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.
  • Santa Cruz Public Library System
    Sr. Level Virtualization, Floss And Systems Administration Consultant
    Santa Cruz Public Library System Jun 2008 - Apr 2014
    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.
  • Wafergen
    Consulting Director Of It
    Wafergen Sep 2009 - Feb 2014
    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.
  • Wafergen
    Sr. Level Systems Administration Consultant
    Wafergen Sep 2007 - Sep 2009
    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.
  • Multigig
    Sr. Linux Systems Administration Consultant
    Multigig May 2008 - Mar 2012
    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.
  • Dust Networks
    Sr. Level Linux Systems Administration Consultant
    Dust Networks Dec 2007 - Dec 2008
    Provide ongoing support services for a variety of internal Linux systems and the applications deployed on top of them.
  • Octant Technologies
    Sr. Level Systems Administration Consultant
    Octant Technologies Aug 2007 - Aug 2008
    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.
  • Integrated Digital Technologies Corp.
    Professional Trainer
    Integrated Digital Technologies Corp. Apr 2008 - May 2008
    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.
  • Aboutscan.Com, Llc
    Sr. Level Systems Administration Consultant
    Aboutscan.Com, Llc Dec 2007 - Jan 2008
    Senior Level Unix Systems Administration Consultant for IT Services Company, working for a variety of clients on an ongoing / part-time basis.
  • Foundry Networks
    Sr. Level Unix/Linux Systems Administration Consultant
    Foundry Networks Dec 2007 - Jan 2008
    Us
    Provided implementation support services for a DR deployment, and deployed dokuwiki to facilitate internal communication processes within IT dept.
  • Asterpix
    Sr. Level Linux Systems Administration Consultant
    Asterpix Jul 2007 - Jan 2008
    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.
  • Single Point Of Contact
    Sr. Level Systems Administration Consultant
    Single Point Of Contact Jul 2007 - Jan 2008
    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.
  • Skyline Displays
    Sr. Level Systems Administration Consultant
    Skyline Displays Aug 2007 - Dec 2007
    St Paul, Mn, Us
    Provided ongoing support for Windows based internal corporate network (server and client side) and applications deployed on it.
  • Clickrebates.Com / Targetfirst
    Co-Founder/Director Systems And Network Operations
    Clickrebates.Com / Targetfirst Mar 1999 - Sep 2002
    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
  • Nextshift, Inc.
    Ceo, Founder
    Nextshift, Inc. Jul 1998 - Aug 1999
    Self-funded startup focused on developing a customizable account management back end that could be used to accelerate deployment of Internet based services.
  • Web Communications, Llc
    Co-Founder/Vp Systems And Network Operations
    Web Communications, Llc May 1994 - Feb 1999
    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.
  • Electric Schoolhouse
    Sr. Level Unix System Administrator
    Electric Schoolhouse 1998 - 1998
    Briefly worked as a Sr. Level Unix Systems Administrator for aspiring Internet Service Provider specializing in content aimed at educational institutions.

Thomas Leavitt Education Details

  • Cabrillo College
    Cabrillo College
    Computer Science
  • Cabrillo College
    Cabrillo College
    Computer Science
  • Occidental College
    Occidental College
    Religious Studies
  • Santa Monica High School
    Santa Monica High School

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