Charles Schlichting

**** ****** ****

San Antonio, Tx 78238

(210) 632 - 1910 - cell

(210) 684 - 4461 - home

ab9ygx@r.postjobfree.com - email

OBJECTIVE Seeking a VMS/Unix/Windows System Support or

System

Administrator position.

Offer 30 years of experience managing,

configuring, and troubleshooting Digital

Equipment Corporation computers,

operating systems, and layered products.

TARGET JOB Desired Job Type: Employee/Contract

Desired Status: Full-Time

Site Location: No Preference

Date of Availability: Immediately

WORK STATUS I am authorized to work in the US for any

employer.

EXPERIENCE

5/2010 - 6/2012 Citigroup, Inc. (through Axelon

Services Corporation)

San Antonio, Tx.

SYSTEMS CONSULTANT

VMS Systems Support group

-Provide delivery of Software Services, including

residencies and

consulting.

-Deliver remote support to Citigroup, Inc., providing

systems support and

management of VAX, Alpha, and Integrity single-node and

cluster environments

in multiple locations, running the VMS operating system,

utilizing HP EVA

4000 Fibre Channel storage controllers, and interfacing

with multiple

Windows and Unix clients and servers.

-Provide Network communication support and troubleshooting

for

DECnet (Phase V over IP), TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS;

Console Manager

support; Tapesys tape library application administration,

support and

troubleshooting; NDM support; and OpenVMS administration,

security

management, performance tuning, capacity planning and

application

programming support.

-Perform installations and upgrades of software products

and patches.

-Manage semi-annual rollouts of VMS patches.

-Plan and perform Continuity of Business Disaster Recovery

tests.

-Developed and implemented a technical plan to migrate a

VAX/VMS v7.3 system

to I64/VMS v8.3, including v8.3 patches, and application

layered product

recompiles, upgrades, and patches.

-Developed and implemented a technical plan to migrate 6

Alphas, 3

Itaniums, and 2 EVA 4000s from one Data Center to swing

hardware located in

two other Data Centers, including creation of EVA Virtual

Disks, transfer

of data, and configuration of DECnet and TCP/IP.

-Developed and implemented code to automate Disaster

Recovery to create

local backup savesets, copy the savesets from the

production data center to

the DR data center, restore the savesets, and modify the

DECnet and TCP/IP

addresses, making DR simply a reboot of the restored

Production system disk,

reducing Disaster Recovery time from 24 hours (using tape)

to 30 minutes.

-Developed and implemented a workaround for IA64/VMS Backup

bug where console

boot options are invalidated after the restoration of an

IA64/VMS system

disk.

4/2010 - 8/2010 U.S. Census Bureau

CREW LEADER

-Managed a Crew of 17 Enumerators.

-Reviewed Census forms for completeness.

-Submitted completed Census forms to Regional office in a

timely manner.

-Reviewed Time Cards for accuracy.

-Performed evaluations of Crew's performance.

-Handled Crew personnel issues.

5/2004 - 12/2009 Citigroup, Inc. (through

Algomod/Axelon Technologies)

Silver Spring, Md. / San Antonio,

Tx.

SYSTEMS CONSULTANT

VMS Systems Support group

-Provide delivery of Software Services, including

residencies and

consulting.

-Deliver a residency at Citigroup, Inc., providing systems

support in both

business and banking Funds Transfer environments,

including management of

130 VAX, Alpha, and Integrity single-node and cluster

environments in

multiple locations, running the VMS operating system and

interfacing with

multiple Windows and Unix clients and servers.

-Provide Network communication support and troubleshooting

for

DECnet (Phase IV and V), TCP/IP (UCX, TCP/IP Services for

OpenVMS

and MultiNet); Console Manager support; Tapesys tape

library

application administration, support and troubleshooting;

NDM

support; and OpenVMS administration, security management,

performance

tuning, capacity planning and application programming

support.

-Perform installations and upgrades of software products

and patches.

-Manage semi-annual rollouts of VMS and MULTINET patches.

-Provide system-related software development,

implementation, and

documentation, including Patch management, Encryption Key

management,

System monitoring, and System Security monitoring.

-Plan and perform Continuity of Business Disaster Recovery

tests.

-Developed and implemented a technical plan for clustering

31

Alphas to previously standalone VAXen to support Backup

with

Encryption.

-Developed and implemented a technical plan to upgrade

ALPHA/VMS v7.3-2 to

ALPHA/VMS v8.3, including v8.3 patches, and application

layered product

upgrades and patches.

2/2002 - 5/2004 Bank of America / FleetBoston

Financial

Albany, NY

Infrastructure Engineer III

-Provide monitoring and systems support of OpenVMS

environments to

maintain the highest possible availability levels,

including

management of 44 VAX and Alpha single-node and cluster

environments

in multiple locations, including HP EVA 4000 series

storage controllers.

-Perform VMS Cluster and Network performance tuning.

-Perform installations and upgrades of software products

and patches.

-Perform system performance measurement and capacity

planning.

-Provide technical support and planning for projects

associated with

the OpenVMS systems.

-Provide technical support to staff on general programming

problems.

-Perform diagnosis of software problems and hardware error

analysis.

-Plan and perform Disaster Recovery tests.

-Provide input on budget planning and potential savings to

management.

-Developed and implemented a technical plan to decluster

two ALPHAs

from a 7-node cluster and form a new 2-node cluster.

3/1996 - 12/2001 Corning, Inc. (through CTG

Consulting)

Corning, NY

SYSTEMS CONSULTANT

-Provide delivery of Software Services, including

residencies and

consulting.

-Deliver a residency at Corning, Inc., providing systems

support

in both business and shop-floor environments, including

management of 35 VAX and Alpha single-node and cluster

environments, running the VMS operating system and

interfacing

with multiple Windows N/T clients and server peers.

-Provide primary systems support and management for the

Alpha

clusters running Corning's Photonics and Science Product

production factories.

-Technical leader of Corning's VMS Y2K compliance efforts.

-Perform VMS Cluster and Network performance tuning.

-Perform software installations and upgrades.

-Provide system-related software development, including an

enhanced systems startup and system monitoring tools.

-Perform system performance measurement and capacity

planning.

-Provide consultation to staff on general programming

problems.

-Perform diagnosis of software problems and assist in

hardware

error analysis.

11/1994 - 3/1996 Micro Technology Inc.

Dallas, Tx.

SYSTEM SUPPORT ENGINEER

-Act as technical team leader during problem resolution,

interfacing with the customer, District Engineers, Field

Service

Regional Managers, and MTI Engineering.

-Provide both on-site and telephone technical support for

problem

troubleshooting and resolution of complex

hardware/software

customer outages, with primary focus on VAX and ALPHA

clusters

for MTI'S Hierarchical Storage Management software

products

(RLM, TapeControl, Netbackup, Archive, and AutoStor) for

customers such as AT&T, Intel, US Postal Inspector's

Service,

ComNet Cellular, Georgia Pacific, Denver Water Board,

Energy

Development Corporation, Honeywell Avionics, City of

Austin,

Brazosport College, and Corning, Inc.

-Perform VMS Cluster and Network performance tuning.

-Perform software installations and upgrades for

customers.

-Provide formal training seminars and mentoring for

customers and

District Engineers.

-Provide support to MTI Sales by providing assistance with

the preparation

of proposals and presenting product demonstrations to

customers.

7/1994 - 11/1994 MCI Telecommunications

Corporation

Dallas, Tx.

SYSTEM SUPPORT ENGINEER III

Technical Systems Support Group

-Provide technical support and problem resolution for

MCI's

VMS production systems, including the Menu Routing

Systems,

Fraud Management Systems, and Telephone Switching

Systems.

5/1994 - 7/1994 Digital Equipment Corporation

Colorado Springs, Co.

TECHNICAL ACCOUNT MANAGER

Multivendor Customer Services, Customer Support Center,

Mission Critical Support Team

-Provide Mission Critical level technical telephone

support for

such customers as MCI, Alcatel, Intel, R.J. Reynolds,

PacTel,

Roadway Packaging Inc., and Federal Express.

-Provide technical and problem management for escalations

of

CLDs/LORs, with responsibility for maintaining the

CAPE/IPMT

actions plans.

6/1987 - 5/1994 Digital Equipment Corporation

Dallas, Tx.

SYSTEM SUPPORT ENGINEER I/II

Customer Services, System Support, South Central Area

-Act as technical team leader during problem resolution,

interfacing with the customer, District Engineers, Field

Service

Unit Managers, and Digital Engineering.

-Provide both on-site and telephone technical support for

problem

troubleshooting and resolution of complex

hardware/software

customer outages, with primary focus in VMS Clusters, ALL-

IN-1,

Mailbus, Pathworks, and RSX, for such customers as

Alcatel, GTE,

the Department of Energy (Sandia Labs), General Dynamics,

USAA,

Citibank, US West, Dow Chemical, SWTSU, American

Airlines, and

Sematech.

-Perform VMS Cluster and Network Performance tuning.

-Perform software installations and upgrades for

customers.

-Provide formal training seminars and mentoring for

District and

Support Engineers.

-Member of CSC/Field team which introduced VMS v5.0 and

ALL-IN-1 v2.3 to the field.

-Promoted to SYSTEM SUPPORT ENGINEER II in May, 1990.

-Circle of Excellence award winner for 1990.

-Alumnus of 1991 Office Automation Technology Exchange

Program

-Focal Engineer/Trainer for the Central States Region

Laptop

rollout program.

-System Manager for the Digital Central States System

Support

VAXcluster, consisting of 11 VAX nodes.

-Author of "Tuning Tips: VAX/VMS" articles published in

Digital's

Infoshare Customer Services Newsletter.

10/1985 - 6/1987 Digital Equipment Corporation

San Antonio, Tx.

SOFTWARE SPECIALIST III

Software Services

-Provide delivery of Software Services, including

residencies and

consulting.

-Delivered an eight-month residency at United Services

Automobile

Association (USAA), providing systems support in an

office

automation environment consisting of 9 VAX11/785 cpus, 4

HSC50

disk controllers, 26 RA81 disks, Ethernet, Decsa and

Decserver

terminal servers, and 1400 user accounts, including a

hardware

conversion to a five node Vax cluster (4 VAX 8600 cpus

and

1 VAX11/785 cpu) and a major conversion from ALL-IN-1

v1.4 to

ALL-IN-1 v2.0.

-Delivered four months of consulting at Frost Bank,

consisting of

designing and developing the Frost Automated Call

Tracking

System (FACTS), a trouble call tracking system based on

ALL-IN-1

v2.1, running on a VAX 8200.

-Delivered six weeks of consulting to the City of Austin,

including configuring a network in an office automation

environment, including three MicroVaxes with Decserver

terminal

servers and remote printers, with remote Node mail

capability.

12/1984 - 10/1985 University of Texas Health Science

Center

San Antonio, Tx.

SUPERVISOR OF SYSTEMS SUPPORT

-Responsible for systems management of Computing Resources

computer network, consisting of three DEC-20's, PDP11/44,

and a

VAX cluster (VAX11/785, two VAX11/750's, two HSC50's),

linked

via Ethernet hardware and DecNet software, with terminal

interface via Decsa and Decserver terminal servers.

-Supervised the systems programming staff.

-Performed installation and maintenance of operating

systems,

language products, networking software, and general

purpose

software products.

-Provided system-related software development.

-Performed system performance measurement and capacity

planning.

-Provided consultation to staff on general programming

problems.

-Developed and presented instructional seminars on

available

software.

-Performed diagnosis of software problems and assisted in

hardware error analysis.

-Member of Computing Resources Computer Committee.

12/1984 - 10/1985 Sidlinger Computer Corporation

San Antonio, Tx.

CONSULTANT

-Provided RSX-11M/MPLUS and FORTRAN 77 software

consultation and

program development to customer base, specializing in

networking

and real-time data acquisition.

-Developed a general purpose File Transfer Utility which

was

successfully interfaced, without code modification, to a

UNIVAC

mainframe, a Heathkit Teachmaster Robot, a FANUC lathe,

and an

Apple MacIntosh.

12/1984 - 10/1985 Systemics, Inc.

San Antonio, Tx.

CONSULTANT

-Performed RSX-11M systems generation for PDP11/23

systems.

-Provided FORTRAN programming consultation, including use

of

RSX-11M system services and overlay techniques.

9/1980 - 12/1984 University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, Tx.

INSTRUCTOR

-Instructed Computer Science (FORTRAN) and Mathematics

classes.

3/1983 - 12/1984 Southwest Research Institute

Engineering Sciences Division/Space

Sciences

San Antonio, Tx.

SYSTEMS MANAGER/ANALYST

-Responsible for systems management, planning, and support

to

include expansion, upgrade, and integration of the

division's

Distributed Data Processing Network, consisting of

VAX11/780/750

and PDP11/70/45/23/73 systems (including a DECnet node in

a

nationwide NASA network), linked via ETHERNET hardware

and

DecNet software, with a RJE/HASP link to the SWRI Cyber

and IBM

mainframes, and terminal interface via a Micom M600

electronic

switch.

-Provided systems and applications programming for project

oriented work, including data base management, scientific

and

engineering applications, graphics, and communications.

-Provided consultation to staff on general programming

problems

and solutions.

-Developed and presented instructional seminars on

available

software.

-Participated in proposal preparation as required to

describe

staff and equipment capabilities.

-Member of Engineering Sciences Computer Committee.

-Founded and presided as first chairman of Space Sciences

Computer Committee.

-Developed Space Sciences Department's first Five Year

Computer

Systems Plan.

-Developed custom tape manipulation software for reading

densely

packed data from NASA tapes.

-Developed user-friendly interface to spectrogram

generation

software.

6/1982 - 2/1983 Brooks Air Force Base,

School of Aerospace Medicine,

Data Sciences Division

San Antonio, Tx.

SYSTEM PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

-Provided system level support for the school's

Distributed

Data Processing Network, consisting of VAX11/780,

PDP11/70/34/23

systems, IBM 4341, and UNIVAC 1100/81, linked via DecNet

and RJE/HASP.

-Performed operating system generation, maintenance, and

modification.

-Installed and maintained mathematical, statistical,

graphics,

communications, and network software.

-Established and maintained procedures and standards,

including an

Operator's guide.

-Investigated and resolved computer hardware and software

errors,

including execution of hardware diagnostic software.

5/1979 - 5/1982 Southwest Research Institute

Engineering Sciences Division

San Antonio, Tx.

SYSTEMS MANAGER/ANALYST

-Responsible for systems management, planning, and support

to

include expansion, upgrade, and integration of the

division's

Distributed Data Processing Network, consisting of

VAX11/780

and PDP11/70/45/23/73 systems, linked via ETHERNET

hardware and

DecNet software, with a RJE/HASP link to the SWRI Cyber

and IBM

mainframes, and terminal interface via a Micom M600

electronic

switch.

-Provided systems and applications programming for project

oriented work, including data base management, scientific

and

engineering applications, graphics, and communications.

-Provided consultation to staff on general programming

problems

and solutions.

-Developed and presented instructional seminars on

available

software.

-Participated in proposal preparation as required to

describe

staff and equipment capabilities.

-Member of Engineering Sciences Computer Committee.

9/1976 - 5/1979 Southwest Texas State University

San Marcos, Tx.

INSTRUCTOR

-Instructed Computer Science (FORTRAN, BASIC) and

Mathematics

classes.

EDUCATION

5/2009 San Antonio College

San Antonio, Tx.

Continuing Education in Linux and Windows Systems

5/1978 Southwest Texas State University

San Marcos, Tx.

Master's Degree

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Mathematics

5/1976 Southwest Texas State University

San Marcos, Tx.

Bachelor's Degree

Major: Mathematics

Minor: Computer Science

AFFILIATIONS

5/1979 - Present Digital Equipment Corporation Users

Society

(DECUS) member.

SKILLS

Skill Name Skill Level Last Used

Experience

OpenVMS v3.9-8.3 Expert Currently used

27 years

VMS Clusters Expert Currently used

25 years

Alpha GS160/GS140/GS80 Expert Currently used

17 years

/ES45/ES40/DS20/DS10

/8400/4100/2100

VAX 8700/7620/7630/7610/6610 Expert Currently used

27 years

/4106/4100/4090/780/VLC

Integrity RX2620 Intermediate Currently used 5

years

Storageworks Expert Currently used

27 years

EVA/HSG/HSZ/HSJ/HSC

Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Expert Currently used

27 years

FDDI, Gigabit Ethernet

Shadowing/Striping/Raid Expert Currently used

17 years

DCL Expert Currently used

27 years

DECnet/LAT Expert Currently used

27 years

Multinet, TCP/IP for OpenVMS Expert Currently used

14 years

Pathworks Expert 4+ years ago

21 years

DECwindows/Motif Expert Currently used

19 years

ALL-IN-1/WPSPLUS/FMS Expert 4+ years ago

14 years

Fortran/Basic Expert 4+ years ago

12 years

C debugging Expert 4+ years ago 12

years

DECscheduler Expert 4 years ago

8 years

PCM Expert Currently used

14 years

DECps Collector/Advisor Expert Currently used

21 years

TSM Expert 4+ years ago

7 years

ABS/MDMS/MRU Expert 4+ years ago

3 years

Netbackup/Tapecontrol/RLM Expert 4+ years ago

2 years

Tapesys/JB/RMU Expert Currently

used 9 years

DisKeeper/PerfectDisk Expert Currently used

14 years

PDP11/70/34/23/73 Expert 4+ years ago

15 years

RSX11M/RSX11MPLUS Expert 4+ years ago

15 years

AMDS Intermediate 4+ years ago

7 years

RDB/CDD/DATATRIEVE Intermediate 4+ years ago

9 years

PROMIS/DMQ Intermediate 4+ years ago

3 years

Message Router Intermediate 4+ years ago

5 years

NDM Intermediate Currently used 9

years

SecureMax/Etrust Intermediate Currently used 6

years

System Detective Intermediate Currently used 6

years

Safeword Intermediate Currently used 6

years

Hitman Intermediate 3 years ago

5 years

C debugging Intermediate 4+ years ago 3

years

Peoplesoft/Oracle Intermediate 4+ years ago

9 years

Windows Server 2008/03/00 Intermediate Currently used 5

years

Windows Vista/XP/2000/NT/95 Intermediate Currently used

14 years

MS Office Intermediate Currently used

15 years

CREDENTIALS Salary History and Credentials available upon

request.

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