Engineer Engineering
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Bruce G. Akin
EDUCATION
Central Michigan University
BS, Information Technology
Oakland University
Focus on Chemical Engineering
January 1989
CERTIFICATIONS
Siemens Teamcenter Application Administration - V9.1.2 Certification (2005)
Ford C3P NG 3.3 Teamcenter Administration Certification (2004)
Dassault Systemes VPM Administration Certification (2003)
Ford C3P 9.2 ISI Certification (2000)
SGI Desktop/Workgroup Certification (2000)
SDRC I-Deas Administration Certification (1998)
IST Catia V4 Administration Certification (1997)
IST AutoCAD R13 Level 1 and 2 Certification (1997)
IST Catia V4 3D Basics Certification (1997)
SKILLS SUMMARY
Operating Systems
SUN Solaris v2.51 - v10
IBM AIX v4.x.x - v5.3
HP HP-UX v9.07 - v11i
SGI IRIX v5.2 - 6.5.x
Linux (Red Hat) v5.2 - v9
Linux (OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora)
Windows 2000/2003 Server
Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/Vista
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Career Highlights
An accomplished problem solving professional with the ability to combine
engineering processes with technical expertise to organize corporate
efforts in business methodologies. Exceptional team member with the talent
and experience to also handle projects on an individual basis. Excellent
customer relationship skills; unique ability to gain customer trust whether
working over the phone or at customer site.
> Thirteen plus years experience as a Senior CAD/PLM Systems
Administrator/Engineer. Consulted or was a key member on a multitude
of CAD/PLM implementations within the automotive industry.
> Thirteen plus years experience administering/engineering the UNIX
operating system. Includes all major OEM versions of UNIX as well as
several distributions of Linux.
> Combination of education and experience to work effectively as a CAD
administrator as well as a UNIX administrator.
> Top five personal strengths based on Gallup University's Clifton
StrengthsFinder survey are: Restorative (Problem solver), Empathy
(Senses feelings of others), Positivity (Contagious enthusiasm),
Includer (Accepting others), and Adaptability (Take things as they
come). The idea of this exercise was to understand an individual's 34
themes of talent to best utilize their strengths in the workplace.
Professional Experience
IBM
October 2009-Present
One of the Worlds largest IT companies that provides IT services,
solutions, and products for a multitude of global companies.
Technical Support Specialist - UNIX (Jazz) - Direct
Responsible for Level 2 (Steady State Support) and Level 3 (Project
Management) Support under the UNIX Service Line in the Dubuque, IA GDC.
> Gained position as an Account Focal for three IBM accounts.
> Leading team of four to gain knowledge of the three accounts to
migrate the steady state operation to the Dubuque GDC.
> Participated in Disaster Recovery Exercise for one key account.
> Gained knowledge in the use of Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas
Cluster Server.
ANXeBusiness
December 2008-January 2009
Value added reseller for PLM, CAD, UNIX, and Networking/Collaboration
solutions and services for the automotive supplier community.
CAD Applications
Dassault Systemes Catia V4 Administration
Dassault Systemes Catia V5 Administration
Siemens TeamCenter Engineering v9.1.2.x - v2007 Administration
Siemens Visualization Products
(VisView Pro, VisMockUp) Administration
Siemens NX2 - NX5 Administration
Siemens I-Deas v5 - v13 Administration
PTC Pro-Engineer 2001 Administration
PTC Pro-INTRALINK v3.x Administration
Programming Languages
UNIX Korn Shell scripting, C++
Databases
Oracle, MySQL, MS Access, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g
Web Application Servers
Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, IIS
Backup/Recovery Applications
Veritas Netbackup, Legato Networker, Amanda
Management/Productivity Tools
MS Office, MS Project, MS Exchange,
IBM Lotus Notes, Remedy, Impact, Peregrine
SAN/NAS Storage Hardware
Network Appliance, Procom, SUN StorEdge SAN devices
CAE/FEA Applications
Hypermesh, Nastran, Pastran
Other Applications
Samba server, LUM, FLEXlm, NIS, NFS, CIFS, DNS, SMTP, FTP, VirtualBOX
Senior Systems Engineer - Contract
Contracted for two month period to perform onsite consulting as well as
help desk duties at various automotive supplier sites; specifically for the
upgrade of the Ford C3P NG20 suite of software.
> Performed the Ford C3P NG20 upgrade on SUN Solaris 10, IBM AIX 5.3,
and HP HP-UX 11i UNIX workstations. The C3P suite of software allows
the supplier's of Ford Motor Company access to the Ford component
database.
> Performed several Chrysler SVS V5R18 upgrades on IBM AIX 5.3 and HP HP-
UX 11i workstations. Chrysler SVS is a suite of software which allows
automotive suppliers access to the Chrysler component database.
> Performed several Catia V5R18 installs on Windows XP with the Chrysler
environment. The importance of this environment is to ensure models
created by the supplier will meet specific Chrysler compatibility
requirement
> Created a Korn shell script to install Ford PRI's for the ANX C4SS
helpdesk. A PRI (Post Release Issue) is a released fix for issues
within the C3P software. With the help of the script, ANX helpdesk
member could remotely install the PRI's on several client systems at
one time. The script eliminated all human error and allowed for more
efficient use of time.
> Performed Solaris 8 to Solaris 10 (11/06 level) upgrades as well as
AIX upgrades to version 5.3 (ML05). These were the Ford certified
operating system levels required to run the Ford C3P NG suite of
software.
> Installed and configured several LUM (License Use Management) and
FLEXlm license servers to allow Ford C3P NG20 to run properly on the
client's network.
TRW Automotive/Volt March 2008-
November 2008
Among the world's largest automotive suppliers and is one of the top
financial performers in the industry; supplies more than 40 major vehicle
manufacturers and 250 nameplates.
CAD Systems Administrator - Contract
Responsible for all server/workstation hardware and software
administration/maintenance for the Steering and Suspension group located in
Washington, MI.
> Server hardware included 10 Windows 2000 Server and 4 Windows 2003
Server systems. Workstations included 12 IBM P-series systems running
AIX 5.3 and 12 Windows XP Pro client systems.
> CAD applications include: Catia V4, Catia V5, Pro-Engineer, Pro-
INTRALINK, CADRA, Myriad, and PDM Workmanager. Also, included are
Chrysler SVS VPM, Ford C3PNG, GM IMAN.
> North American lead for a global project which includes upgrading Pro-E
2001 to Wildfire 3 and the upgrade and data migration of Pro-I v3.3 to
v3.4.
> Excelled in creating Korn shell scripts to automate many TRW processes
for Steering & Suspension group. One such script notified a remote user
upon login if a user was already using Ford C3PNG application on the
system.
The script would then instruct the user to exit the system; then
send an e-
mail to notify the administrator.
> Installed Linux Fedora 9 to run Nagios monitoring software. Began
monitoring Windows XP Pro systems as well as systems running AIX 5.3
operating system.
> Experienced with Veritas Netbackup for backup and recovery procedures.
> Took initiative to revitalize an old Oce 9400 laser plotter. The action
included cleaning, replacing rollers, and configured to be used by
design community.
> Experienced with diagnosing hardware problems, and then coordinating
with hardware vendor to to remedy issue. Experience is associated with
both UNIX and PC platforms.
Virtual Services/ANXeBusiness September 2007-
March 2008
Value added reseller for PLM, CAD, UNIX, and Networking/Collaboration
solutions and services for the automotive supplier community. Virtual
Services was purchased by ANXeBusiness
Senior Systems Engineer - Direct
Team lead and mentor for all PLM implementations: which include Siemens
Teamcenter Engineering and Dassault Systemes Smarteam software. Also,
worked in an onsite consulting role installing/ problem solving CAD
software issues; Ford NG and Chrysler SVS VPM implementations.
> Performed SUN Solaris 8, HP HP-UX 11i, and IBM AIX 5.3 installs based
on CAD application specifications. Installed patches, as well as
performance tuning for all three UNIX operating systems.
> Performed several in-house implementations of Siemens Teamcenter
Engineering 2007 for customer demonstration. From these
implementations, documentation was created as an instructional tool
for new members of the PLM group. Implementations were performed on
Windows 2003 Server systems.
> Performed one installation of Dassault Systemes Smarteam, this was
used for a teleconference training session with other members of the
PLM group.
> Installed Linux Red Hat 9 on laptop for CAD/PLM application
installation purposes. Experience had shown it was much more efficient
to install Ford C3PNG (and many other CAD applications) from a network
mount point than from installing from CD.
> Installed two SUN Solaris 9 systems with unique partitions based on
specifications from application vendor. The application required all
partitions to be mirrored, including the root partition.
Magna International January
2005-September 2007
A leading global supplier of technologically-advanced automotive systems,
components and complete modules, with global headquarters in Aurora,
Ontario, Canada
Senior CAD Systems Administrator - Direct
Originally hired by Magna Intier as team infrastructure lead to implement
Siemens Teamcenter Engineering application. After acquisition by Magna
International, role became more Design Engineer/Engineering support as well
as Data Coordination support.
> Team member of successful implementation of Siemens Teamcenter
Engineering 9.1.2.7, with successful integrations of Catia V4
(Chrysler specification), Catia V5 (Ford and Chrysler specifications),
NX3 (GM specification).
> Teamcenter Engineering infrastructure included 450 users on UNIX and
Windows platforms. The server infrastructure consisted of 16 SUN V240,
and 4 SUN V440 servers. Also, implemented and configured were 3 SUN
StorEdge 3511 FC Array's with a total of 9 TB of storage space. All
server hardware was re-installed, patched, and performance tuned per
application specifications. Client side systems include SUN Blade 2000
and 2500 workstations running Solaris 8, HP 8000 workstations running
HP-UX 11i, and IBM P275 workstations running AIX 5.3. PC workstations
and laptops were installed with Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro
operating systems.
> For over a three year period, the Teamcenter Engineering Production
backbone of servers was down for a total of only 12 hours. The twelve
hours consisted of two hard disc failures and two negligently
scheduled battery backup down times on consecutive weekends.
> Created backup and disaster recovery solution for servers, including
all production and development Oracle servers, Teamcenter
Engineering servers, and Volume servers.
> Performed installation and configuration of Oracle 9i for the
Teamcenter development implementations.
> Configured TSTK (Translation Service Toolkit), ETS (Enterprise
Translation Server), and DAK Adapter along with Apache and Tomcat web
application servers for the Teamcenter Engineering enterprise. The
enterprise consisted of a production instance and seven development
instances of which each had the implementation completed.
> Installed and configured VisView Pro and VisMockUp 2005 in conjunction
with DAK Adapter server to run Visualization products within
Teamcenter Engineering.
> Created SUN Solaris Jumpstart server as well as HP HP-UX Ignite
server.
> Customized UNIX Korn shell scripts to automate SUN Solaris flar image
creation on all Teamcenter Engineering servers.
> Assisted and mentored several other system administrators with various
CAD applications administration such as, but not limited to, Catia V4,
Catia V5, Chrysler VPM, Ford C3PNG, NX3, I-Deas 10 and 11.
> Implemented process improvements to increase the efficiency of the
data coordinators. This was achieved by creating custom Korn shell
scripts to automate many of the tasked required to translate and
transport data. One such script batched Catia V4 IGES translations and
another simply exported Catia V4 models, and then transported the
package file to a Magna FTP site.
> Configured JBoss for ProductBase PDM application. ProductBase was used
to help migrate data into the Teamcenter Engineering database.
> Created UNIX Korn shell script to help convert CSV file for importing
Catia V5 assemblies into FORD C3PNG Teamcenter Engineering.
> Became liaison between Engineering/Design groups and IT department.
> Experienced with diagnosing hardware problems, and then coordinating
with hardware vendor to to remedy issue. Experience is associated with
both UNIX and PC platforms.
Virtual Services
August 2002-January 2005
Value added reseller for PLM, CAD, UNIX, and Networking/Collaboration
solutions and services for the automotive supplier community.
Technical Support Specialist - Direct
Responsible for supporting the Virtual Services 300+ automotive supplier
clientele. This included onsite consulting services as well as phone
support of various OEM upgrades, implementations and problem
troubleshooting/correction of CAD/PLM
applications. Also, responsible for complete system builds of UNIX and
Windows operating systems.
> Very proficient working with UNIX operating system. This position
allowed for working with a large variety of systems including, but not
limited to, SUN Solaris v2.51 to Solaris v8, HP HP-UX v11.0 and v11i,
IBM AIX v4.x.x to AIX v5.2, SGI IRIX, various flavors of Linux such as
Red Hat, OpenSUSE, and Windows operating systems 2000 Pro, 2003 Pro,
2000 Server, 2003 Server.
> Comfortable logging in and using the Root account.
> Led project for Ford System Integration Lab for Catia V5 and Dassault
Systemes VPM. Successfully installed and supported 11 automotive
suppliers.
> Secondary role as Pre-sales support of Virtual Services Sales staff.
Performed presentations to support customer's potential use of various
hardware configurations and well as service options.
> Assigned another role to teach Catia V5 administration classes. Helped
develop the curriculum for the class.
> During a three month span, generated over $85,000 in revenue for
Virtual Services.
> Began using and authoring UNIX Korn shell scripts. Created one such
script as a simple backup solution for one customer.
> Experience with installing and configuring various CAE/FEA software;
such as Hypermesh, Nastran, Pastran on UNIX systems.
Utica Enterprises
February 2002-August 2002
Large tier one automotive supplier specializing in complex automated
tooling and stamping systems.
Senior CAD Systems Administrator - Direct
Hired after Utica Enterprises acquisition of DCT in February 2002.
Responsible for day to day maintenance and administration of workstations
and servers in CAD network.
> Successfully integrated former DCT CAD network into Utica Enterprise
CAD network. Network, once complete, consisted of over 100 IBM RS/6000
AIX 4.3.3 workstations running Catia V4.2.2 software.
> Added new infrastructure to accommodate the expansion of the network.
This was achieved by adding new hardware, creating new workstation
images (AIX mksysb), combining all users (NIS server), migrating all
data (creating mount points from two specific data servers), and
creating one backup solution.
> Experienced with diagnosing hardware problems, and then coordinating
with hardware vendor to to remedy issue. Experience is associated with
both UNIX and PC platforms.
DCT, Inc.
August 2000-February2002
Large tier one automotive supplier specializing in complex automated
tooling systems.
Senior CAD Systems Administrator - Direct
Responsible for day to day maintenance and administration of workstations
and servers in CAD network.
> Maintained and administered 61 IBM RS/6000 AIX 4.3.3 workstations, 11
SGI Octane workstations, and 24 Windows NT4.0 - Windows 98
workstations.
> Administered AIX NIS Server which included adding slave NIS servers.
> Installed IBM RS/6000 workstation with AIX 4.3.3 and CASIL 0011
upgrade for testing with Catia v4.2.2 maintenance release 6. Performed
Catia V4 Catia PTF, Chrysler CDM, Chrysler VPM installations and
upgrades.
> Experienced with Chrysler Supplier 2000 macros, project tables and
start models.
> Responsible for configuration and administration of Catia LUM server,
as well as all data translations, which mostly consisted of Catia V4
to AutoCAD 14 using IGES and STEP translators.
> Proficient with installation and configuration of Network Appliance
NAS servers. Responsible for administering three such systems.
> Implemented and administered CAD data archive and backup of all Cad
data with Legato Networker software.
> Installed and configured Samba server.
> Experienced with diagnosing hardware problems, and then coordinating
with hardware vendor to to remedy issue. Experience is associated with
both UNIX and PC platforms.
INCAT
September 1996-August2000
Value added reseller for PLM, CAD, UNIX, and Networking/Collaboration
solutions for the automotive supplier community
Field Systems Engineer - Direct
Responsible for providing consulting services to many automotive suppliers.
Services included hardware installation and troubleshooting as well as CAD
application installation and problem resolution.
> Started as warehouse manager and quickly moved to helpdesk support
role. Then promoted to Systems Integration manager. The new title came
with responsibilities of implementing UNIX and Windows systems with
customer specific CAD applications; then coordinating with Field
System Engineers on delivery to customer site. Most all configurations
were completed to best of ability before delivery. Finally was
promoted to Field Systems Engineer and performed many onsite
installations with proven success.
> Qualified to diagnose and correct hardware and CAD application
problematic issues.
> Experienced with diagnosing hardware problems, and then coordinating
with hardware vendor to to remedy issue. Experience is associated with
both UNIX and PC platforms.
> Learned most of customer support skills while in the employ of INCAT
> Successfully integrated Chrysler VPM at several supplier sites.
> Began teaching AutoCAD R14 classes.
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