Software Design

Robert ***********@****.************* Vitae

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OVERVIEWComputer industry consultant and designer with over twenty

years of professional experience in systems integration,

programming and networkingCurrently specialising in small-to-medium enterprise

applications of both conventional and distributed systems,

multi-vendor software environments, cloud computing, and

mobile-friendly content-managed design

APPLICABLE SKILLSSolid working knowledge of Unix applications, open source

software development tools, networking protocols, Internet

services administration, network configuration, shell scripting,

security, and operating system internalsInteractive, standards-compliant web server and site

development using Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Javascript, HTML,

XML and CSSDesign of content-managed, responsive (mobile-friendly) web

sites with Joomla CMS, interactive online learning environments

with Moodle, and forums with vBulletin and phpBB

Implementation of business email and collaborative software

environments with Google Apps, supplementary data services with

Amazon S3, and cloud services with Amazon EC2

Thorough familiarity with tools and standards for web and

print design, including both Adobe Creative Suite and open

source design toolsExhaustive familiarity with end-user Microsoft operating

systems, desktop environments, and office applications based on

years of troubleshooting and training for home and business

clientsArchitectural experience developing Linux desktop and server

configurations to replace or surpass conventional Windows

environments

Extensive experience in technical writing, technical training

(executive, employee and personal), software design, quality

assurance, and project managementEDUCATIONUniversity of California at Berkeley, BS in Electrical

Engineering and Computer Science, with High Honors (1991)BUSINESS EXPERIENCEMarch 2005 to present Computers

of South Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)

Founded and directed an independent IT consultancy specialising

in on-site technical support, education and design services,

including:Deploying hardware, software, networking, and wireless

configurations in homes, home offices and small-to-medium

enterprisesTraining company executives and employees to achieve and

maintain levels of computer technology appropriate for their

business goals

Introducing Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing to the

Dublin small business community through training and

consultation

Planning long-term growth of small business computing,

network, database, application, and web servicesIntegrating custom solutions in which online services,

including Google Apps, cloud computing (Amazon EC2) and remote

storage (Amazon S3), have supplemented and/or replaced

conventional Windows file, database, and application serversDesigning custom web solutions for clients ranging from

on-the-spot, simple web designs to content management systems

(Joomla), online educational tools (Moodle), and community

forums (vBulletin)Introducing responsive design into Ireland's web

design marketplace, offering mobile-friendly, feature-rich web

sites as affordable alternatives to mobile-specific applications

Demonstrating, supporting and evangelising Linux and its

applications as practical alternatives to proprietary software

environments (mainly Microsoft, Apple and Adobe) in the Dublin

home and business environmentEstablishing and implementing training programmes for computer

fluency and office application productivityMarketing, advertising and sales of support, training, design

and consulting services throughout the greater Dublin areaNovember 2003 to March 2005 (Dublin, Ireland)

Established a unique design practice addressing online marketing

needs of growing businesses in the United States and the European

Union. Services included:PDF newsletter serialisation and development of promotional

content for permission-based marketingDirect mail campaigns coupled with interactive web sites and

servicesDesign of CSS templates for rapidly-growing, strongly styled,

standards-compliant web sitesCreation of business Internet servers with open-source

operating systems and preconfigured marketing softwareNovember 2002 to August 2003 cosd.com (Helen, Georgia)

Developed a custom software package for medical professionals to

manage information related to their clients, private practices,

and affiliated organisations. The package was developed under

RedHat Linux with an Apache web server, PHP language interpreter,

and the MySQL database package.January 2002 to September 2002 - Centre for Open Systems

Deployment (Quito, Ecuador)

This ongoing project involved several months of global economic

research, with the goal of introducing Linux-based open systems

into the South American business climate in an appealing and

cost-effective manner. Project goals included identifying local

industry partners interested in benefiting from the

self-sufficiency, reliability, and low cost of Linux client and

server architectures.MOST RECENT CAREER EXPERIENCEOctober 2000 to March 2001 - Harvard Business School (Boston,

Massachusetts)

Managed all campus UNIX-based Internet services, both internal

and external, including:Planning, installing and customising operating system

configurations for Solaris and Linux serversManaging directory services, NFS, and NIS+ configuration for

resource administration and security of all faculty, student,

and staff accountsMaintaining hardware configurations of high-capacity,

fault-tolerant storage systemsEvaluating third-party products and testing for compliance

with production standardsMay 2000 to September 2000 - Lotus Development Corporation

(Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Supported the information infrastructure for the development and

production computing environments at the Lotus corporate

headquarters. This included:Managing the operating system and application environments of

all Solaris, Linux, and AIX serversConfiguring and maintaining the FTP, external email, web, and

network news services used worldwideEnsuring the continuance of Year 2000 compliance on all

hardware and software platformsProviding on-call support for a high-availability data center

environmentNovember 1998 to April 2000 - GTE Internetworking (Cambridge,

Massachusetts)

Provided top-level support for Distributed Systems group and Web

Hosting Operations group of a major corporate Internet service

provider in a high-availability environment, including:Providing last-tier, 24x7 support for co-located corporate

enterprise Web server networksImplementing and demonstrating Year 2000 compliance for custom

Netscape Enterprise serversEnsuring continuous availability of local and remote database

and application environmentsTroubleshooting problems relating to network connectivity and

resource usageManaging NFS, NIS, NIS+, and electronic mail systemsSUMMARY OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE

January 1998 to July 1998 - Eaton Semiconductor Operations

(Beverly, MA) - Planned and executed the initial stages of

an departmental migration to Solaris 2.6, including the design of

Solaris development and application servers and a Linux STMP mail

gateway

August 1996 to January 1997 - Levi Strauss & Company (San

Francisco, CA) - Engineered and administered a large network

of HP/UX and SunOS servers for use by both UNIX and PC clients at

the Levi corporate headquarters

September 1994 to January 1995 - Quickturn Design Systems

(Mountain View, CA) - Managed a Sun network of 250

workstations and servers during an operating systems migration

from SunOS to Solaris and a transition to contemporary Internet

services

August 1993 to June 1994 - Sun Microsystems (Palo Alto, CA) -

Led a consulting staff responsible for the Solaris migration of

Sun's corporate headquarters, training and directing all staff,

preparing necessary automation, and developing a migration plan

for all desktops and servers

February 1991 to June 1993, January 1995 to June 1995 - TCSI

(Berkeley, CA) - Managed a large software development

network, and developed a configuration management package to

support development of telecommunications network management

software

October 1991 to February 1993 - Pacific Gas and Electric (San

Francisco, CA) - Consulted for a large staff of professional

programmers during the migration from legacy mainframe systems to

a workstation-based environment, developing and teaching UNIX

training classes

November 1988 to February 1991 - University of California at

Berkeley - Managed the instructional computing facility used

for all Electrical Engineering and Computer Science courses,

consisting of Sun, DEC, SGI, and HP hardware

May 1988 to August 1988 - Concept Omega Corporation

(Somerville, NJ) - Managed a diverse network of UNIX

systems used for software product development and wrote assembly

language routines for floating point arithmetic

June 1987 to August 1987 - AT&T Communications(Morristown,

NJ) - Designed a database program to store management

information for the AT&T product line and implemented a

tracking system to determine critical paths during product

developmentREFERENCESAvailable upon request

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