Professional Objectives:
Working in the areas of network and systems administration supporting wireless and web based technologies.
Experience:
Art.Net (Art on the Net), Palo Alto, CA
Founder and Site Webmaster / Systems Administrator
June 1994 - Present
Created a World Wide Web site for the arts with the main goal of assisting artists in getting connected to the Internet. Helped artists learn html and provided them with studios and gallery rooms which they maintain. Worked with email related issues such as spam control. Integrated Procmail with Sendmail on the NetBSD Server. Performed general systems administration for this site which involves everything from account creation to anonymous ftp maintenance.Oracle, Redwood Shores, CA
Global DNS Administrator
April 2000 - June 2001
Helped maintain the DNS services for many sites in remote countries. Installed new Sun machines running Solaris 8 as DNS servers. Created accounts and maintained the systems for fellow DNS administrators. Worked with a problem tracking system in responding to DNS requests and tasks. Learned about DNS and BIND while managing a distributed DNS system that spanned many systems located around the world.Wadsworth Publishing Company, San Mateo, CA
Web Systems Engineer
November 1999 - December 1999
This was a contract position in which I assisted in the website migration from a NT server to a Sun server running Solaris 5.6. Gave technical advice on issues as they surfaced in the migration. Worked as a site webmaster and made many corrections to the site's webpages per request of the various departments there. Trained another consultant on how the company's website worked so that he could take over as the site webmaster.Foothill - DeAnza Community College District , Cupertino, CA
Web Systems Support Engineer
June 1998 - February 1999
Supported the Internet Registration Website which allows for class registration via the web. Filled in for the project lead while she was on sebatical for 8 months. Supported the programmers, website designers, and faculty that interfaced with this project. Helped the IS team move their webservers from a SGI platform to Pentium PC's running Gnu Linux (RedHat 5.2). Increased the number of servers from one machine to being a cluster of three.
Catalog.Com, Menlo Park, CA
Web and Customer Support Engineer
October 1994 - June 1998
Helped start this virtual web hosting service. Participated in it's growth from a small to large service before it was sold. Created graphics and art for the site. Performed phone support for customers in the areas of web site creation and maintenance. Worked with many DNS related issues such as domain registration and updates.Sun Microsystems (SMCC), Mountain View, CA
Unix Systems Administrator October 1991 - January 1995 Supported engineering, marketing, and sales groups using Suns of all types. Performed hardware and software configuration of systems/applications.Ampex Corporation, Redwood City, CA
Unix Systems Administrator
May 1990 - Jan 1991
Supported R&D group using various Unix systems for hardware/software development. Installed, configured, and upgraded Sun and Dec systems. Converted network from a Class C to Class B IP address space. Installed UUCP link and netnews.Informix Software, Menlo Park, CA
Unix Systems Administrator
1988 - May 1990
Supported local and remote company sites. Created and maintained user accounts and aliases. Developed C shell scripts for operations use. Lead project administrator responsible for installing new Sun workstations on every desktop. Became familiar with the Internet.
Education:
Associate Degree in Computer Science, State Technical Institute at Knoxville, Tennessee 1986 (now known as Pellissippi State Technical Community College)