Administrator Manager

Hadley Taylor

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Work Summary

Seven years experience as a Solaris/UNIX systems administrator,

including hands-on experience with everything from

multi-million-dollar high uptime e-commerce data center installations to mom-n-pop

ISPs. Nine years management experience,

four of them in internet-related businesses. Ten years professional experience

in technical theatre, working in live audio

reinforcement for Broadway musicals and plays.

Technical Experience

UNIX systems administration, integration, and operation

Software installation and upgrades

Team building/management

Systems/Network security

Backups/Storage/Disaster Recovery

Network design, operation, and administration

Training/Mentoring

End-user support

Technical Skills

Server Operating Systems: Solaris (2.5 - 8 both Sparc and x86),

Linux, SGI Irix, NetBSD

Desktop Operating Systems: Linux, MacOS, Solaris, Win95/98/ME/NT/2k/XP

Server Applications: Apache/Stronghold, Netscape/iPlanet, SSH, Sendmail, pop3/imap,

BIND/DNS, various ftp servers,

Oracle,Legato Networker, amanda/dump, Solstice DiskSuite RAID, Sun RAID

Manager, DHCP, samba, netatalk,

Xinet KA-Share, UltimateBB, WebCrossing, Discus, CVS, RCS, S/key, Checkpoint

FW-1, WebLogic, WebSphere

Network Hardware: Cisco routers/switches/localdirector, F5Labs BigIP, general

Ethernet

General: shell scripting, NIS/NFS, Solaris Jumpstart, system security, network

security, uptime monitoring, domain name

administration, backup systems including DAT and DLT automated libraries,

server hardware including x86/intel and Sun Sparc

Professional Experience

iXL, New York office (Merged with Scient 11/11/2001) - Senior

UNIX Administrator 4/2001-12/2001

-Assessed and rehabilitated engineering development environment

-Created and documented standard practices for UNIX systems administration

-Participated in and advised on client projects

-Enabled and supported all New York based UNIX development projects

-Led systems and network troubleshooting efforts

-Managed junior UNIX administrators

AppNet Inc, New York Office - Director, IT (New York Office)

1/1999 - 8/2000

-Oversaw administration of 120+ workstations, 20+ internal servers, 20+ external

servers

-Managed 11-person Systems Operation department (SysAdmin, User Support and

R&D teams)

-Created and documented standard procedures for all IT initiatives

-Streamlined efficiency of local User Support and Systems Administration teams

-Continued responsibility for all previous projects (see below)

i33 Communications - Director, IT 2/1998 - 12/1998

-Supervised local User Support, Hardware R&D, and Systems Administration

teams

-Administered 60+ workstations, 15+ internal servers, 12+ external servers

-Instrumental in the design and deployment of AdMaximize, an internet advertising

facility

serving billions of tracked impressions per year

-Managed the creation and deployment of custom hardware for ad serving

-Worked with the Development group to create cutting-edge ad-tracking technologies

-Consolidated client hosting projects

-Managed 24/7/365 network monitoring and response team

-Implemented disaster recovery plan

i33 Communications - Senior Systems/Network Administrator 10/1997

- 1/1998

-Managed IT for interactive advertising agency

-Administered 30+ workstations, 12+ internal servers, 6+ external servers

-Created User Support, Systems Administration, and Hardware R&D teams

-Planned and implemented technical aspects of client projects

-Assured office/server connectivity

-Disaster recovery planning

-Created and implemented 24/7/365 network monitoring plan

Echo Communications Group - Systems Administrator 1/1996 - 11/1997

-Maintained office LAN including Solaris and NetBSD servers, Annex terminal

servers, Cisco routers, and Macintosh workstations

-Administered/maintained 64+ port dialup access to LAN and internet, customer

webservers, usenet news server, email servers,

nameservers, and Echo's text-based BBS conferencing system

-Planned and implemented hardware and software upgrades

-Shared responsibility for customer support

Echo Communications Group - Associate Systems Administrator

11/1995-1/1996

Echo Communications Group - Macintosh Technical Support Coordinator 10/1994-11/1995

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