Manager Administrator

Henry W. Farkas

Network Administrator Security Expert UNIX/Linux

Administrator

** ******** ****** *** *****, CT 06512-3944

203-***-**** abqjcr@r.postjobfree.com http://www.henryfarkas.com

EXPERIENCE

Senior Unix Administrator

UnitedHealth Group

Trumbull, CT - 6/2005 TO Present

Senior systems administrator for over 200 IBM, Sun, Hewlett-Packard and

Linux servers, workstations, and other devices. Follows predefined

procedures and has developed his own, all HIPPA and SOX compliant.

Responsible for all system administration activities, includes some

supervisory roles.

Helped migrate UnitedHelath Group from the mainframes that hosted more

than 250 of the company's most critical business applications, processing

millions of transactions a day, and providing 46 terabytes of storage.

Bringing the mainframe operations in house has helped save UnitedHealth

approximately $247 million over five years. Was an integral part of this

effort.

Has recently developed and deployed a set of tools to automatically connect to

AIX frames and pull relevant information, statistics, addresses and serial

numbers. This data is then fed into ticketing and scripting tools, substantially

automating the build process for new logical partitions and virtual servers.

These tools, developed on his own time and of his own initiative, have been

adopted as a standard by UnitedHealth, and are in widespread use.

In addition to administration, is cooperatively responsible for security,

building machines and approved software images, training, problem

resolution, and disaster recovery planning and testing.

Network Administrator and Security Expert

AT&T Labs - Southbury, CT - 5/99 TO 5/2004

(IBM sold their Network Services division to AT&T on 5/1/99.)

Network Administrator and Security Expert

IBM Global Network Services - Harrison, NY - 4/95 TO 5/99

Responsible for operations and security of internal and external networks, including electronic mail

servers, gateways, and content-hosting web servers. Has senior responsibility for firewalls serving

up to 34,000 users. Runs SOCKS servers and other proxy gateways. Is an accomplished UNIX

administrator. Expert with Tivoli network management software, is responsible for development

labs in Harrison, NY, Southbury, CT and Tampa, FL that use Tivoli tools. Has developed a

widely-used suite of network, system, and application reporting and monitoring tools. Is often

consulted by managers, technicians and other administrators about security, and network and system

management issues.

Network Administrator Director of Microcomputer Laboratory Adjunct Professor

University of New Haven - West Haven, CT - 10/87 TO 4/95

Designed, implemented and had complete responsibility for wide area network of over 300 users.

Designed and built the university's high end Faculty Computing Laboratory. Had complete

responsibility for three microcomputer laboratories. Repaired and programmed computers for

administration, faculty and students. Responsible for purchasing, budgeting and operations of

Institute of Computer Studies. Advised faculty and administration. Wrote user and training

manuals. Adjunct professor of Computer Science, taught programming courses in C, Pascal, BASIC

and Fortran.

Service Manager

Spectrum Computer Services - New Haven, CT - 10/86 TO 10/87

Operated service department of retail computer store. Hired, trained and supervised technicians. Set

up, repaired, programmed and maintained computers, peripherals and local area networks.

Responsible for repairs, budgeting, planning, scheduling and supervision.

Owner

New Haven Computer Company - New Haven, CT - 9/84 TO present

Sole proprietor of service firm specializing in repair, programming, networking, consulting and

support for small and medium sized companies.

Service Manager

Decision Tree - New Haven, CT - 10/83 TO 9/84

Service manager of three retail computer chain stores in CT and NJ. Supported six lines of micro,

mini and super-mini computers. Supervised technicians and performed repairs. Coordinated

services with other departments and stores.

Systems Technician

Customized Computer Systems New Haven and Bridgeport, CT - 11/80 TO 10/83

Assembled and tested computers and peripherals. Responsible for depot and field repair and

maintenance. Installed and supported systems, and trained users and managers.

Education

B.A., University of New Haven

West Haven, CT, 1989

Major in English, minor in Political Science

Also attended Antioch International

London, England, 1977, 1978

Major in English, minor in Political Science

Special Skills and Achievements

Certifications

Linux Systems Administration and Troubleshooting

Tivoli TME 10 Framework

AT&T Unix Systems Administration

IBM LPAR Administration and Management

Experience and Flexibility

Built (from kit) one of the first microcomputers, and developed a Bitnet site several years before the

evolution of the Internet. Is skilled at system design, repair, maintenance, networking,

programming, administration, security, documentation, budgeting and planning, purchasing and

shipping, customer support and some management. His main strength is a thorough grasp of the

entire computer field, and the flexibility to understand and handle a wide range of challenges.

Security

In addition to the experience noted above, he has participated in the identification and tracking of a

well-known "cracker". Cooperated with law enforcement authorities in building a successful case.

Details upon request. Expert with cryptography, including PGP.

Cost Containment

Built the University of New Haven's wide area network from stock parts and a free public clone of

the Unix operating system. Is experienced at balancing price, performance, features and quality;

knows when not to economize.

Hardware and Repair

Has done third party repair of computers, components and peripherals since 1980.

Recognized Authority

Expert on computing, networking and security issues. Has been interviewed by Connecticut Public

Television, the New Haven Register newspaper, and radio station WELI. Copy of newspaper article

and video tape of TV interview available upon request.

Supervision and Interaction

Has trained and supervised technicians and programmers, has learned how to successfully and

diplomatically interact with a variety of personality types. Regularly deals with highly technical

professionals and inexperienced and timid users; knows how and when to "shift gears", and the

value of dealing with individuals on their own level.

Programming

Is experienced in C, C++, Pascal, BASIC, Fortran and Assembler (8088 and 80x86). Has taught all

of the above, except Assembler and C++, at the university level. Is experienced with Perl, Java and

Unix shell scripting. Is expert with HTML.

Operating Systems

Is expert with MSDOS, several varieties of Unix, Microsoft Windows, and Windows NT. Also

experienced with NFS, AFS and the DCE. Very strong UNIX and Linux skills.

Applications

Is expert with a wide variety of other retail and custom application packages.

Member

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). ID# 03207859

American Radio Relay League, Licensed Amateur Radio Operator, KB1ERP

American Red Cross Certified in Adult, Child and Infant CPR; First Aid;

Weapons of Mass Destruction Response; Shelter Management

Contact Information

Henry W. Farkas

37 Florence Avenue New Haven, CT 06512-3944

203-***-**** abqjcr@r.postjobfree.com http://www.henryfarkas.com

References available upon request.

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