Objective
Programming / Development / Engineering preferably in a Unix / Linux environment. I am looking for either system applications or networked applications.
Experience
Application Engineer / Programmer November 2000 – February 2003
WorldCom, Sacramento, CA
Performed various System and Application programming tasks using primarily PERL along with varied amounts of bash, ksh, PL/SQL, C, and Java on Solaris Unix and Linux.
Codeveloped Universal Dial Up pool that supported multiple customers through one universal block of modems. The Dial up pool utilized LDAP to store users and make them available to the individual customers. The SLAPD portion of LDAP replicated users to secondary facility for load balancing and redundancy. Periodic jobs replicated the information in RADIUS which separated customers using the Dialed Number information. Log data was parsed and converted into Oracle schema for querying.
Coordinated and released control of the Universal Dial Up pool from the engineering group to Operations group.
Developed monitoring probes for the Universal Dial Up pool and customized them to report to HP Openview. Implemented already HP Openview monitoring methods where available.
Compiled and configured server applications. Apache, Tomcat, Wu-FTP. Provided Apache expertise.
Maintained and diagnosed Opensales e-commerce application.
Diagnosed and debugged Oracle PL/SQL packages.
Implemented conversion process of scheduled jobs that performed maintenance and produced reports for customers. Moved the code under CVS control, replaced email reporting with HP Openview reporting. Created a conversion procedure and coordinated with other programmers using Remedy to track progress.
Created web based asset management application using PERL and Oracle to track assets. This application allowed users to identify hardware, locate it, track what electrical outlet to what it was hooked. It correlated the jumpered connections through the server room as well. Identified and specified what information needed to be tracked for Point to Point, ATM, Frame Relay, and Dial circuits.
Programmer / Systems Analyst March 1998 – November 2000
Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA
Contractor through ITS Corporation and Maxim Group
Developed a custom financial management database using Oracle for tracking the Total Environmental Restoration Contract (TERC) group’s cost plus fee contract plus interfaces to the Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACOE) accounting server called CEFMS on Windows, Linux and Solaris Unix.
Developed reconciliation tool for correlating payments from CEFMS to projects not stored in CEFMS using spreadsheet and a PERL program.
Developed Paradox graphical user interface (GUI) for users to input data into the custom created database along with the capability to generate reports that would come from either the CEFMS accounting database, the custom TERC management database or both.
Prototype PERL/Tk GUI application for interfacing into the databases.
Developed advanced session maintaining CGI interface to the TERC and CEFMS database. CGI application allows user to dynamically traverse data along with maintaining stringent security standards. Used PERL to code application along with Emacs and CVS for development and revision control.
Provide occasional assistance to other divisions with computer needs.
Owner
Brie Web Publishing, Sacramento, CA February 1996 - Present
Build custom Linux installations and provide system maintenance.
Created Brie Business Directory photo guide http://www.brie.com/bbd/ web site.
Research developing Unix / Linux technology including LDAP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Radius, Win4Lin, Wine, ACPI, custom kernels, networking, and the Linux desktop
Founder and President
Sacramento Linux Users Group (http://www.saclug.org), Sacramento, CA October 1998 - Present
Founded the Linux Users Group
Host monthly meeting with guest speaker who speaks on volunteer basis. Group buys dinner for guest speaker.
Given following presenations
- Installing Oracle on Linux
- GRASS on Linux (GIS system)
- IP Masquerading for Linux
- Using LDAP to track bookmarks in Netscape.
- Mail to Database to Web PERL scripts using PERL and PostgreSQL
- The Zoo web app using PERL compared to using C for CGI development.
Substitute Teacher for all grades
Napa Valley Unified School District, Napa, CA November 1996 – March 1998
Elk Grove Unified School District, Elk Grove, CA
Mechanical Engineer
AeroAntenna Technology, Inc., Chatsworth, CA April 1995 - August 1995
- Designed test fixture to evaluate whether the GPS antennas leaked using a system that submerged the antennas in water and applied a vacuum. Platter raised antennas out of water before releasing vacuum.
- Oversaw fabrication of fixture to completion.
Mechanical Engineer / Pinball Designer
Data East Pinball, Inc., Chicago, IL October 93 – March 94
- Worked with other pinball designer taking concept game prototype to working drawings.
- Provided production support
- Created ski ramp game concept
Activities
Cycling, Walking, Photography, swimming, hiking, urban advocacy, Salsa.
Education
Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering March 1993 GPA: 3.25
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
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