Skill Areas
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Operating Systems
- 15 years Linux experience
- 5 years Solaris experience
- 13 years HP/UX experience
- 6 years AIX experience
- Familiar with Nagios monitoring system
- Familiar with Puppet configuration management system
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Programming
- 16 years Perl experience
- 7 years C experience
- Some Ruby experience
- Familiar with HTML, XML and CSS
- Familiar with JavaScript
- Familiar with JQuery
- Familiar with Java
- Familiar with PHP
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Database Technology
- 11 years MySQL experience
- Familiar with MongoDB
- Familiar with Informix
- Familiar with DB2
- Skilled at SQL schema design and optimizing queries
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Network Technologies
- 13 years Cisco IOS/CatOS experience
- Extensive experience with Routing and Switching
- 13 years Network Management (monitoring) experience
- Very familiar with DNS
- Familiar with DHCP
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People
- 13 years technical leadership experience
- Able to work and collaborate with any personality type
- Very comfortable working with leadership to achieve mission goals
Character
- Innovative HP OpenView served our team well at Keesler Air Force Base, but no commercial Network Management product could scale to and manage Wal-Mart's global network. I served as the senior architect and lead developer of a custom Network Management system that monitored in real time well over 150,000 routers, switches and various other networking gear.
- Driven I will work through any obstacles or challenges that come up during the pursuit of an objective. At Wal-Mart, we needed to deploy our management systems into all of the remote sites. Due to some arcane and undocumented systems restrictions, the first two rollout attempts were not successful. We tried another method to write the software and it rolled out completely and without incident. It has served our monitoring and management needs flawlessly since.
- Customer Focused One of the key benefits I bring to any organization is customer focus. I consider any person or organization I come in contact and can assist a potential customer. At Keesler AFB, I heard that the PC install employees were spending a great deal of time installing Windows 95 on each individual workstation. After working with them, I produced a boot floppy that would take a completely uninstalled workstation on the network and turn it into a fully functional system with no human interaction. This saved them a great deal of time, and allowed them to focus on more productive issues. I completed many similar tasks at Wal-Mart, including automated switch and router configuration, custom monitoring solutions, etc.
Activities & Interests
- Free software development Among other efforts, I wrote a nice Perl module called Tie::DNS (http://http://search.cpan.org/~diederich/Tie-DNS-0.61/lib/Tie/DNS.pm). This freely available software makes doing any kind of name lookup very simple.
- Paintball I acquired an early paintball marker called the AutoCocker. I have played and enjoyed the game since the late 80s.
- Hobby Farming We lived on a 20 acre property which we have been slowly turning into a farm. This includes the ongoing construction of a substantial barn, installation of fencing and animal maintenance.
Work History
| LiveOps Inc | Senior Tools Developer | 2009-present |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc | Advanced Network Engineer | 1998-2009 |
| NorthWest Arkansas Community College | Instructor, Linux System Administration | 2003 |
| NorthWest Arkansas Community College | Instructor, Perl Programming | 2002 |
| Expert Business Systems | Consultant to Wal-Mart | 1997-1998 |
| US Air Force | Senior Airman, Computer Programmer | 1993-1997 |
| McDonalds, Jack in the Box | Fast Food Person | 1988-1993 |
Education, newest to oldest
- System Management Arts In Charge (SMARTS), all sections
- Java training
- HP OpenView training, both sections
- Advanced Cisco Configuration
- HP IT Operations, both sections
- Javascript training
- Franklin Covey, various sections
- Military technical training, computer programming, at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi
- Military basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
- Most of a Computer Science BS from The California State Polytechnic University in Pomona California
- Minor in music composition and conducting from the same
- Completed secondary education at Leffingwell Christian High School, Norwalk, California
References Available Upon Request