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CLIENT REFERENCES:
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WinView, Inc.,
Redwood City, CA - 2018/04 to present
- manager: Eric Vaugn, +1 650-533-4179, eric@winview.tv
- manager: Alan Pavlish, +1 310-666-1253, alan@winview.tv
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Deployed centralized system management services
for over 15 RHEL/CentOS 7 hosts into Amazon
EC2 (cloud services), using
Synto (CFEngine, rsync, perl, ksh and m4)
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Integrated configuration for
NTP, OpenSSH, Apache, Nginx, Sendmail, BIND, MySQL,
Postgres, OpenLDAP, OSSEC, iptables, login shell environment,
OS patches & updates (yum & mrepo), nagios,
rdiff-backup, and kickstart
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Migrated gaming application suite from a hosted service to
on-premises using the above infrastructure
FastModel Technologies (FastModel Holdings,
Inc)., Chicago, IL - 2017/06 to present
- manager: Randy Waters, +1 510-541-5480, randy@fastmodeltechnologies.com
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Deployed centralized system management services
for over 10 RHEL/CentOS 7 hosts into Amazon
EC2 (cloud services) using Synto
(CFEngine, rsync, perl, ksh and m4)
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Planned and assisted in the execution of a project
consolidate needless multiple VPCs into one
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Deployed VPN using OpenVPN to reduce exposure of
many services, especially AWS RDS to public IP access.
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Improved security by switching users to individual
credentials managed via LDAP vs ssh role keys shared
amongst a large number of present and ultimately former
company associates
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Integrated configuration for
NTP, OpenSSH, Apache, NGINX, Sendmail, BIND, MySQL, OpenLDAP,
iptables, jira, confluence, OpenVPN, login shell environment,
jenkins, OSSEC, JetBrains Upsource,
OS patches & updates (yum & mrepo), nagios,
rdiff-backup, and kickstart.
Mobile Gaming Technologies,
Inc., Oakland, CA - 2013/03 to present
- manager: Mike Reaves, +1 415-939-9619, mreaves@mondobox.com
- manager: Ed Brennan, +1 408-768-5327, ebrennan@cashbet.com
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Deployed centralized system management services
for over 50 RHEL/CentOS 7 hosts into Amazon
EC2 (cloud services), followed by 16 more hardware
CentOS/RHEL 6 hosts into a colocation facility
Synto (CFEngine, rsync, perl, ksh and m4).
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Integrated Amazon EC2 factors into Synto to
handle seemless centralized system management
across traditional colocation-based hardware
and cloud computing virtual hosts.
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Integrated configuration for
NTP, OpenSSH, Apache, Nginx, Sendmail, BIND, MySQL,
OpenLDAP, iptables, login shell environment,
OS patches & updates (yum & mrepo), nagios,
rdiff-backup, and kickstart & jumpstart
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One Kings Lane,
Inc. (now Bed, Bath and Beyond), San Francisco, CA - 2010/12 to present
- manager: Justin Hill, +1 415-246-2356, justin@onekingslane.com
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Deployed centralized system management services
for over 30 RHEL/CentOS 5 hosts into Amazon
EC2 (cloud services), followed by 40 more hardware
CentOS/RHEL 5 hosts into a colocation facility
and and office-based machine room using Synto
(CFEngine, rsync, perl, ksh and m4).
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Integrated Amazon EC2 factors into Synto to
handle seemless centralized system management
across traditional colocation-based hardware
and cloud computing virtual hosts.
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Integrated configuration for
NTP, OpenSSH, Apache, Sendmail, BIND, MySQL, OpenLDAP,
iptables, jira, login shell environment,
OS patches & updates (yum & mrepo), nagios,
rdiff-backup, and kickstart & jumpstart.
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Integration testing of RHEL/CentOS 6 with use
of newer mainline kernels in progress.
Central Computer,
Inc)., Santa Clara, IL - 2015/12 to 2017/07
- manager: Vinson Hua, +1 415-760-3628, vhua@islogistics.com
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Provided advanced mail system configuration to a client of
Central Computer.
Hunters Alley,
Inc., San Francisco, CA - 2013/08 to 2014/04
- manager: Samer Masry, +1 714-814-8508, enzodm@gmail.com
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Deployed centralized system management services
for 20 RHEL/CentOS 6 hosts into Amazon
EC2 (cloud services) using Synto
(CFEngine, rsync, perl, ksh and m4).
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Integrated configuration for
NTP, OpenSSH, Apache, Sendmail, BIND, MySQL, OpenLDAP,
iptables, jira, login shell environment,
OS patches & updates (yum & mrepo), nagios,
rdiff-backup, and kickstart.
Spot Labs
Inc., Oakland, CA - 2013/03 to 2015/02
- manager: Charles Pontious, +1 408-623-4455, charlesp@pontious.net
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Deployed centralized system management services
for 20 RHEL/CentOS 6 and Debian 6 hosts into Amazon
EC2 (cloud services) using Synto
(CFEngine, rsync, perl, ksh and m4).
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Integrated configuration for
NTP, OpenSSH, Apache, Sendmail, BIND, MySQL, OpenLDAP,
iptables, jira, login shell environment,
OS patches & updates (yum & mrepo), nagios,
rdiff-backup, and kickstart & jumpstart.
RampRate,
Inc., Santa Monica, CA - 2013/12 to 2017/12
- manager: Anthony Schaller, +1 510-541-5480, tony@schaller.net
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Provide hosted support for Atlassian group
productivity applications: Jira, Confluence, Crucible
(Fisheye); DNS services; Web Services.
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Oversee transition of existing Amazon EC2 Ubuntu
hosts to CentOS 6 hosts using Synto as in other
cases.
Mobile Broadcast Network,
Inc., San Francisco, CA - 2011/04 to 2012/10
- manager: Anthony Schaller, +1 510-541-5480, tony@schaller.net
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Provide hosted support for Atlassian group
productivity applications: Jira, Confluence, Crucible
(Fisheye); DNS services; Web Services.
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Oversee transition of existing Amazon EC2 Ubuntu
hosts to CentOS 6 hosts using Synto as in other
cases.
Blakely, Sokoloff,
Taylor, Zafman, LLP, Sunnyvale, CA -
2004/7 to 2013/04
- manager: Gary Huang, gary_huang@bstz.com, +1 415-203-0452
- manager: Ban Taheri
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Installed RHEL/CentOS 3,4 and 5 over various periods
on IBM e-server 335 systems and Dell systems.
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Revamped front-end mail system with spam/virus
blocking infrastructure and MUA services using
Sendmail (mta), real-time blacklists (via DNS
in Sendmail), OpenSSL (encryption), mimedefang
(milter), spamassassin (anti-spam), perl module
File::Scan (anti-virus), an ClamAV
(anti-virus), and Razor (anti-spam check-sum DB).
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Setup 2 DNS servers for internal & external use
with views plus TSIG keys to achieve correct
zone transfer operation, coordinated necessary
registrar and secondary DNS service provider
changes.
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Documentation and post-installation support
also provided.
IGT,
Inc., San Francisco, CA - 2005/09 to 2012/05
- manager: Chris Chong, cpchong@gmail.com
- manager: Justin Hill, +1 415-246-2356, justin@onekingslane.com
- manager: Kamal Kharrat
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Deployed centralized system management
services for over 100 existing CentOS 4 & 5 and
SunOS 5.8 hosts (installed with kickstart), using
Synto (CFEngine, rsync, perl, ksh and m4).
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Integrated configuration for
NTP, OpenSSH, Apache, Sendmail, BIND, MySQL, OpenLDAP,
iptables, cvs, subversion, login shell environment,
OS patches & updates, yum, mrepo, nagios, tomcat,
Netbackup, and kickstart & jumpstart.
Zinio,
LLC., San Francisco, CA - 2011/02 to 2011/06
- manager: Tom Nofziger
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Provided nearly immediate recovery of over 30 core
production hosts that had been completely erased due
to unknown causes. Basic production services was
resotred in less than 36 hours, with most backend
services restored over the next several weeks.
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Deployed centralized system management
services for over 40 restored CentOS 4 & 5 hosts
with Synto (CFEngine, rsync, perl, ksh and m4).
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Integrated configuration for
NTP, OpenSSH, Apache, Sendmail, BIND, MySQL, OpenLDAP,
iptables, cvs, subversion, login shell environment,
OS patches & updates, yum, mrepo, nagios, tomcat,
Netbackup, and kickstart & jumpstart.
Panasonic
Research, San Jose, CA - 2006/11 to 2011/02
- manager: Iben Rodriguez, +1 408-218-8957, iben.rodriguez@gmail.com
- manager: Mon Yang
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Deployed centralized system management services
for over 60 existing RHEL 3 & 4 systems,
and 50 new Ubuntu 10 workstations (installed
with kickstart), using CFEngine, rsync, perl,
ksh and m4.
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Integrated configuration for
NTP, OpenSSH, Apache, Sendmail, BIND, MySQL, OpenLDAP,
iptables, cvs, subversion, login shell environment,
OS patches & updates, yum, mrepo, nagios, tomcat,
Legato Backup, and kickstart & jumpstart.
Carrier IQ
, Mountain View, CA - 2006/07 to 2006/11
- manager: Iben Rodriguez, +1 408-218-8957, iben.rodriguez@gmail.com
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Deployed centralized system management services
for 30 new and 20 existing CentOS 4 systems,
(installed with kickstart), using CFEngine, rsync,
perl, ksh and m4).
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Assembled special driver kit for use with kickstart
to include newer 3ware RAID driver not supported
in earlier sub-versions of RHEL/CentOS 4.
CyberArts,
Inc., Berkeley, CA - 2010/4 to 2010/09
- manager: Mike Reaves, +1 415-939-9619, mreaves@mondobox.com
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Created a ksh script with embedded java code
to add keys to existing java keystores,
which the standard java keytool program will not do.
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Provided a procedure (unscripted) to set SELinux
permissions on apache files in a non-standard location
on system running SELinux in enforcing mode.
VMware, Inc
, Palo Alto, CA - 2005/10 to 2006/05
- manager: Iben Rodriguez, +1 408-218-8957, iben.rodriguez@gmail.com
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Research, tested and proposed a deployment
strategy for CFEengine in the engineering and
QA groups on RHEL 3 and ESX 2 systems.
Deployment included use of rsync, perl,
ksh and m4.
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Provided oversight and coordination for systems
asset database project.
Rowe International,
Inc., Grand Rapids, MI - 2004/3 to 2005/4
- manager: Tom Pigoski
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Deployed scalable, distributed system management
services for 30 Linux Red Hat Enterprise 3.0
(installed with kickstart), jboss, mysql, perl,
java, apache and various connectors, cricket,
and nagios.
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Provided on-going system management using rdist, ksh, m4
perl, and above mentioned tools.
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Architected Rowe software release process.
ZettaCom, Inc, Santa
Clara, CA - 2004/2 to 2004/3
- manager: Audrey Barrick
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Revamped front-end mail system with spam/virus
blocking infrastructure and MUA services using
Sendmail (mta), real-time blacklists (via DNS
in Sendmail), SASL (authenticaion), OpenSSL
(encryption), Qpopper (POP MUA server), UW
imapd (IAP MUA server), mimedefang (milter),
spamassassin (anti-spam), perl module
File::Scan (anti-virus), an ClamAV
(anti-virus).
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Documentation and post-installation support
also provided.
Vircon, San
Francisco, CA - 2004/1 to 2004/2
- manager: David Eddings
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client:
Restoration Hardware
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Provided security consulting and hands-on
services to recover from a substanitial breakin
by hackers from Brazil.
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Set up 6 new Linux Red Hat Enterprise ES 3.0,
Apache with the ATG-Dynamo DSO module.
Zone Labs, Inc.
(a Check Point
company), San Francisco, CA - 2002/7
- manager: Mike Reaves
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deploy scalable, distributed system management
services
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Sun Solaris Jumpstart configuration using customized
procedures
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On-going system management using rdist, ksh, m4
perl
CAT Technology, San
Francisco, CA - 2002/1 to 2003/02
Neuropace,
Sunnyvale, CA - 2001/7 to present
- manager: Henrik Lemos
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Complete system management of several x86
systems running SunOS 5.8 (Solaris 8)
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Troubleshoot and resolve various prolems
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Assist developers with integration issues
concerning Covalent Apache and Jakarta Tomcat.
Tropian, Cupertino,
CA - 2001/8 to 2002/02
- manager: Iben Rodriguez
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Setup and on-going management of sendmail with
LDAP lookups to backend MS Exchange system
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Configure log management using BCH log
management tools
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Configure license manager FlexLM for use with.
Matlab
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Troubleshoot and resolve problem with Sony tape
robot, Sun E450 and Legao backup software
Verisign, Inc,
Mountain View, CA - 1996/9 to 2001/10
- manager: Audrey Barrick
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Complete sendmail v8 configuration including
special handling for aliases on firewall.
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Short term system Unix system management
services.
Rioport, San
Jose, CA - 2000/7 to 2000/8
- manager: Charles Pontious
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Complete sendmail v8 configuration for
several systems
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Build and integrate GNU GCC, Apache, Jakarta Ant
and Jakarta Tomcat
FairAir, San
Francisco, CA - 2000/5 to 2000/7
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Complete system management of several Sun Sparc
systems running SunOS 5.8 (Solaris 8)
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Configure initial Oracle 8i Databases
Scient, San
Francisco, CA - 2000/4 to 2000/5
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Configure jumpstart to assist with
installation and configuration of several
and Sun UE-class and Netra-class systems
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Assistance with installation of Weblogic software
across multiple systems
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Configuration of several Vertias disk volumes
Upshot, Mountain
View, CA - 1999/7 to 1999/8
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Install/Configure Sun A1000 RAID disk storage device
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Configure Veritas Mirrored Volume
AVCOM, San Francisco,
CA - 1999/7 to 1999/8
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client: Phoenix
Pop, San Francisco, CA
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Configure Veritas Volumes
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client: Scient,
San Francisco, CA
- Install and Configure SunOS 5.6 on 14 Sun UE250
and Sun UE450 systems
LookSmart,
Ltd, San Francisco, CA - 1998/1 -
1999/2 - Complete system management of
50+ Sun UltraSPARC workstation/server systems
Integrated Geomatics, Davis, CA -
1996/10 - 1998/6 - Complete system
management of SunOS 5.5.1 on an Sun Ultra 1
- Extensive equipment peripheral
configuration on above system, including
Tektronix Phaser (color printer), Apple
Laserwriter, 2 cdrom drives, 2 DAT tape drives,
1 floppy drive, zip drive, 2 graphics cards
(one 8-bit and one 24 bit, second SCSI card,
UPS, 24 GB of external hard disk space and a
56Kbps modem.
- Software and license
configuration for a plethora of GIS
applications including ERDAS, ENVI, ARC/INFO
and more.
Ultraserv,
San Jose, CA - 1997/5 - 1998/6
Bonsai
Software, Inc., Emeryville, CA - 1998/4
- Assisted in configuration
specification for the purchase of a new Sun
UltraSPARC Enterprise 450
Hayes Medical,
Inc., Sacramento, CA - 1997/9 -
Configured virtual printers on AIX 3.2 and
configure terminals and terminal types in
Impact software package.
Bozeman-Legg, Davis, CA - 1997/1
- Troubleshoot problem with external tape
storage device on HP-UX 9.X
Netsource, San Francisco, CA - 1996/4 - 1997/2
- Complete system SunOS 5.X
(Solaris 2.X) installation, configuration,
management & troubleshooting on several
systems.
- Install and extensively
configure Radius RAS (remote authentication
server).
Madge
Networks, San Jose, CA - 1996/1
- Troubleshoot routing problem with SCO
Unix.
Lloyd
Internetworking, Cameron Park, CA -
1993/10 to 1994/06
- Contract with
Lloyd to install and manage routers, UNIX
servers, mail and DNS.
- Provide
post-installation support to Lloyd clients -
DNS updates, troubleshooting, etc.
Northville Industries, Melville, NY -
1993/03 to 1994/06 - Provide full Unix
system and network services administration and
design on nation-wide enterprise network mostly
via modem with routine on-site work.
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Provide system and application consulting and
trouble-shooting to application programmers.
Paul Griffin, Winters, CA - 1990/6 - 1994/6
- Extensive C programming to
read very large data files and perform
calculations.
Steve Greco, Davis,
CA - 1991/6 - Data extraction from
tapes with a variety of formats.
Don McCubbin, San Diego, CA - 1991/6 -
Data extraction from tapes with a variety of
formats.
Peter Moyle, Davis, CA -
1991/6 - Configure Eudora for use with
a modem.
- Fix problem with corrupt Eudora
mail folder on Windows 95
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