Randy Brian Nelson

**** * ****** **** *****, Duluth Minnesota

218-***-**** ablg0y@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Experienced Linux system manager, OpenVMS cluster manager, and computer

programmer with experience in military, scientific and pharmaceutical

environments. An Air Force veteran with a commitment to mission goals and

priorities. Strong proponent of open-source methodologies and products.

Participant in stand-by and 24-hour paging support environments. Held DoD

SECRET clearance from 1982-2006.

Key competencies include:

Server Installation and Configuration

Regulatory Adherence

Software Development

Technical Specifications

Operating System Upgrades

Performance Monitoring

Disaster Recovery

User Relations

Server Support for Oracle

Data Center Monitoring

Technical Proficiencies

Platforms: Red Hat Linux 2.1 thru 5.0 (Itanium, 32-bit) rx3600 - dl380

OpenvVMS 7.2-2 thru 8.3 (Itanium, Alpha) rx2600 - ES80

Sensatronics Environmental Monitors

Networks: TCP/IP, SSH/Sftp, DECnet, Ethernet

Languages: C, Perl, DCL, Pascal, Fortran, MACRO-32

Tools: Consoleworks, SNMP, Thinklogical, MRTG, Apache, HTML,

MediaWIKI,

MySQL, HPASM, bash, T4 data collector, csvpng, WBEM, VMS System Service

Routines

Professional Experience

PAREXEL International, Lowell, MA

1999 - 2009

A Pharmaceutical CRO.

Senior Systems Engineer

Primary manager of 12 OpenVMS servers running Clintrial software and Oracle

databases. Primary manager for two OpenVMS servers used as ftp servers for

client connections. Sole manager of 12 RedHat Linux Servers running Oracle

databases.

Implemented RedHat Linux server for monitoring system performance, disk

usage and datacenter environmental monitoring and paging.

Implemented an Apache webserver on Linux to allow system managers to track

server performance. Implemented specialized web pages to allow business

owners to track subsets of project performance information.

Created Perl cron jobs to perform overnight checking of server status.

Implemented console management software configuration for maintenance and

reporting for Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

Systems Manager

Installed and managed seven Alpha VMS servers for clinical data trials.

Installed and configured SAS software for VMS on production and

development clusters.

Primary user contact for 200 users with questions about VMS.

Initiated an ftp server for secure connections with external clients.

Designed and implemented DCL backup scripts

Pathfinder for possible use of Linux as an operating system for

pharmaceutical environment.

Digital Equipment Corporation, Software Services Group Burlington, MA

1986 - 1999

Technology Consultant

Coordinated upgrade of satellite tracking hardware and software on OpenVMS

for the M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory and the U.S. Navy FEPOC satellites. The

upgrade allowed satellite life to be extended by seven years.

Upgraded satellite tracking host from VMS 4.5 to 6.1 and performed re-

programming of low-level utilities to be usable for the new operating

system.

Created new display software for satellite status and telemetry with SMG

and C language.

Designed and implemented custom network gateway software in the C language

to translate between UDP and raw ethernet packets in a heterogeneous

environment.

Designed and implemented HTML-based logging of satellite events for easier

review.

Principal Software Specialist

Installed and managed VAX 6000 series servers for a radar systems

development for the United States Air Force. Projects included COBRA

DANE, HAVE STARE and GBR.

Assisted engineers with privileged code and crash analysis for software

development.

Performed performance analysis and reporting.

Initiated and completed security review based on DoD security standards;

worked with government representatives to gain official approval to operate

the server environment.

Senior Software Specialist

Installed and managed VAX 4000 series cluster for the U.S. Army Artificial

Intelligence Robotics Laboratory in support of materials testing and

simulation. Trained staff on VMS programming and management.

Performed security review for VMS servers at the Air Force Geophysics

Laboratory in order to be in compliance with Air Force security standards

as outlined in AFR 205-16.

Designed and partnered to implement a circuit board review software package

while consulting at Raytheon Corporation.

Software Specialist

Designed and implemented communication modules to be used in Patriot

Missile forebody testing for launch and targeting simulation for the Air

Force with Raytheon Missle Systems Division.

Created custom communication link between two VAX computers to share

information with the analysis package for launch and tracking simulation

for the Patriot Missile system. The work included designing and

implementing a real-time custom communications link between two VAX

computers. The program managed 40 I/O packet requests per second over

three data channels.

Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Lexington, MA

1984 - 1986

Supported staff scientists in the Spacecraft Interactions Branch of the

Space Physics Division. Worked with digital images from the Auroral

Photography Experiment that flew on the space shuttle, Challenger, in

October 1984.

Education

M.A., Geography, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN

Thesis: Motive Factors In the Design of Computer-Assisted Mapping Systems

for Geographic Research

B.A., Geography, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN

Hobbies: Guitar (Taylor, Martin, Tele), genealogy research, MAC OS-X

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