Cover Letter

Sr. Systems Administrator / Project Manager

Gary Zimmerman

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I am a senior systems administrator with over 12 years' experience in

supporting large heterogeneous environments running Windows and UNIX based

servers and clients. I have worked for several large corporations such as

Eastman Kodak, MCI WorldCom and FedEx. I am trained in all facets of

Systems Administration and Project Management and have also lead many

mission-critical technical projects from cradle to grave.

I have been responsible in my career for providing all of the functions

listed below and many more:

. Technical Project Management / Technical Lead

. Backups of mission critical file servers, mail servers and data bases.

. Designed and installed numerous Ethernet and wireless networks.

. Desktop support for hundreds of clients in client/server networks.

. Server design, installation and configuration.

. Oracle Database queries / SQL queries / TOAD

. Tested and installed operating systems for hundreds of servers and

desktop machines, both Windows and UNIX based.

. Integrated numerous commercial and proprietary software applications

to the working environment.

. Technical support to end-users, server farms and Network Operation

Centers.

. Maintained 'User Accounts' for all users on the network, both at the

network level and at the desktop/file level using Active

Directory/LDAP/Cisco

. Microsoft's 'System Center Configuration Manager' (SCCM) for deploying

new updates, patches and for rolling out OS installations.

. Veritas products for disk management and clustering

. Project Management for technically based projects.

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432 Clover Lane

Bossier City, LA 71112

Home: 318-***-****

Email: abin0d@r.postjobfree.com

Gary Zimmerman

Summary I am a Sun Certified System and Network

Administrator and have over 12 years of experience

with Windows, Linux and Unix system administration.

I have been fully trained as a Technical Project

Manager by FedEx and can lead technical projects

from cradle to grave. I have worked for several

large firms and have held senior positions on many

occasions.

System Administration - Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux

and Microsoft Windows Server/Client

Project Management - Microsoft Project, SharePoint,

PMP procedures and processes

Skills Used:

Solaris / Linux / Microsoft Windows / Cisco /

Oracle / Web Logic / VMware / Java / iPlanet /

Sendmail / DNS / NFS / Veritas / NIS & NIS+ /

Networker Legato / NetBackup / Backup Exec / Tape

Libraries / Web Tools / Wireless LAN/WAN / Apache /

Samba / Norton Ghost / Active Directory / ipMonitor

/ Shell Scripting / Perl and much, much more.

Experience 5/09 - 9/10 Action IT

Bossier City, LA

Server/Client Field Support

Maintained servers and desktop clients for multiple

businesses in the Shreveport & Bossier City areas.

Microsoft Server 2003 & Red Hat Linux AS

Built and installed custom servers per clients

specs

Desktop support - virus removal, upgrades, OS

installations, backups, etc.

Wireless installation and configuration

12/06 - 05/09 FedEx Express

Memphis, TN

Flight Operations - Project Manager & Technical

Lead

Completed the 'ASPIRE to Management' courses that

FedEx requires for manager candidates

Technical lead for flight operations projects

Project manager for technical related projects for

Air Operations Division

Leader of the GAMMA Tech Council - coordinator for

technical projects in the AOD pipeline

System administrator responsible for all servers

and applications within the flight operations

project management group - Windows, Red Hat Linux,

Solaris, Veritas, WebLogic and Oracle databases

Web Master for Pilot.fedex.com for 1 year

09/05 - 04/06 FedEx Services

Collierville, TN

Testing Environment Support

Take trouble tickets from application testers and

developers.

Troubleshoot Solaris and Linux based servers for 5

levels of test

Managed applications being run by WebLogic

05/04 - 7/05 Motus Wireless

Technologies Memphis, TN

President & CEO

Started working for Motus in May of 2004. I

designed the network (Tasman 1400 Routers, Cisco

switches) from scratch. Installed and configured

all Mail, Web and File Servers. Created backup

schemes and archives. Installed and configured a

Nortel phone system with automated attendant and

voicemail. Deployed Broadband Internet Service to

multiple locations throughout the Mid-South via

wireless technologies.

Trained a team of system administrators, sales

engineers and installers. Taught the basics of

System Administration for the UNIX and Windows

Server environments. Taught procedures for

properly maintaining production Web and Mail

Servers.

Kept books for all accounts receivable / payable

I purchased the company in October of 2004. I

marketed and advertised the company and then sold

the business in June 2005.

Tools used:

Solaris 2.8, Red Hat Linux AS 2.1, Windows XP/ 2003

Server, SurgeMail, Radius, Trango, Cisco, Nortel,

Dell Servers, Dell PowerVault Backup DLT,

ArcServ-BrightStor Backup Software, SQL, PHP,

Apache, JAVA, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP

03/02 - 01/05 FedEx Services Memphis, TN

Sr. System Administrator

Provided desktop / LAN support for a 60+ member

development group

Provided workstation support for the BIT Automation

Test Lab (37 workstations / servers)

Maintain Sun Servers and Dell PowerEdge Windows

servers and IBM Linux servers (File, Web, Oracle,

Calendar / Mail, Norton Ghost, Arcserv Backup,

Core, ARIS)

Provided daily backups of all servers (4mm, 8mm and

DLT)

Provided support for 9 networked printers and 5

office printers

Responsible for Inventory and Asset Management

Tools used:

Solaris 2.6 - 2.8, Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003,

Veritas (Cluster & Volume Manager), DiskSuite,

iPlanet (Netscape) Mail, Lotus Notes (Domino

Server), Oracle 8i & 9i, SQL, BEA WebLogic, CA's

BrightStor, Light Shell Scripting, LDAP, DNS,

Norton Ghost Server, Crystal Reports Server, Active

Directory, Apache

02/01 - 8/22/01 Micromuse, Inc. Dallas, TX

Sr. System Administrator

Administered 40+ Sun servers (Sun Ultra 5's, 10's,

420R's, E250's and E450's).

Administered 15+ Windows NT/2000 servers (Dell

6350's and Compaq ML370's)

Worked with Solaris 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8

Worked with Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian)

Used Solaris 'Jumpstart' on a regular basis to

install the Solaris OS

LAN Administration (Cisco routers, 3Com switches

and 3Com ISDN routers)

Daily backups with Networker Legato software and HP

SureStore 4mm DAT tapes on both Sun and Windows

servers

Performed all installs and upgrades on Sun servers

and workstations

Desktop support for all Windows NT/2000 clients

Project manager for Lucent wireless LAN

Project manager for Samba print servers

Project manager for Blackberry RIM wireless email

access

Worked extensively with NFS, DNS and DHCP

Training Attended - Sun Microsystems Solaris 8

System Administration I & II at Sun headquarters in

Dallas.

06/00 - 01/01 MCI Worldcom Richardson, TX

System / Network Administrator

Responsible for 20+ Unix and Windows NT servers

(File, Web, Backup)

Apache Web severs, RealServer, RealProducer, and

RealPlayer Technology. Live video streaming

Maintained and synced three platforms (two in Texas

and one in California) Servers, Routers, Switches

and ISDN modems

Worked extensively with JAVA / Web developers in

putting their content on Apache Web servers and

doing regular updates and backups

Dell 4350's, Compaq 6000's and Sun Ultra 5's

Maintained all workstations for Research and

Development team

Solaris 2.6, VA Linux, Windows NT/2000 server

Backups with Veritas Backup Exec / Qualstar

Jukeboxes / DLT

LAN administration w/Cisco routers and switches

Introduction to JAVA, C++, Visual Basic and SQL

server

Training Attended - Web based UNIX Administration

(MindLeaders.com)

04/97 - 05/00 Eastman Kodak Dallas, TX

Unix Administrator

Desktop support for over 100 Windows workstations

Solstice backup disaster recovery (Networker Legato

5.5.1)

Rollover from NIS to NIS+

Maintained user accounts

Beta tested Solaris 2.8

Maintained 15 servers (E1000, E2000, and E250's)

and over 100 client workstations (Sparc 5's - Ultra

5's) loaded with Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6 and 2.7

Solely responsible for backups (Networker Legato /

Exabyte 480 - 8mm tape archive

Was Y2K coordinator for all Sun platform and Apple

platform workstations and servers

NIS, NIS+, DNS, DHCP, FTP

10/94 - 10/95 Chief Auto Parts, Inc.

Garland, TX

Store Manager

Managed retail sales in high volume environment

Total store operations

05/91 - 08/94 Food Lion, Inc.

Allen, TX

Store Manager

Managed high volume grocery sales

Employee development programs

Total store operations

Certifications

Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA)

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