Maintenance Object Oriented

COOPER QUINTIN

P.O. Box ****** San Francisco, CA. 94119

Tel: 510-***-**** / E-mail: *******@*******.***

Skills

* ***** ** ******** ********** in linux system administration and programming. .

Linux system administration, multiple flavors (Redhat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo)

MySQL Server setup and maintenance, including MySQL Cluster setup and maintenance

Database administration and backup strategies

Apache administration, Shell Scripting (Bash, CSH)

Extensive PHP programming experience including Object Oriented and MVC techniques, 5 years

experience.

Can write code competently and confidently in Python.

Can read Perl and C/C++

Nagios system monitoring

MS Windows (95-Vista) installation and configuration

Hardware installation and configuration

Ruby Programming, Ruby on Rails Framework, Monit, Capistrano, Mongrel 1 year experience.

MVC architecture, Object Oriented Programming and Agile development techniques

Facebook API

Adobe Creative Suite and GIMP

HTML, CSS, Javascript, Jquery, script.aculo.us and AJAX techniques.

Drupal installation, development and maintenance, Drupal API, Mediawiki, Dekiwiki, and WordPress

Git, CVS and Subversion version control systems, Git and Subversion administration

Xen and VMWare Server

Operating System and Web application level security

Contract Work 2007-Present

Adbusters Magazine

Debugging and feature implementation for the Adbusters website running on a LAMP stack. PHP

programming and lite system administration on CentOS 5. Implemented version control using GIT

and implemented 3 tier system for development, testing and production environments. Custom

module development.

Fratsor.com

Created social networking website for members of fraternal organizations. Used Drupal framework

to build the site. Drupal module programming and theme design and managed hosting for the site.

Hollywood Can Suck It

Created Blog, Forum and E-Commerce website using the Drupal Framework. Custom module and

theme development.

WikiAudio

Built wiki website for customer using DekiWiki software and Drupal for a related social network.

Customer later changed to a MediaWiki implementation due to stability issues with DekiWiki

Greenpeace

Debugged and added features to Greenpeace's custom CRM software

BleacherReport.com

Wrote custom software and maintained existing software using Ruby On Rails, PHP and the

Facebook API Maintained Security and Usability on 5 servers for all employees of the company.

Implemented version control with subversion and Capistrano. Set up Nagios monitoring. Optimized

existing database queries.

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COOPER QUINTIN

P.O. Box 190471 San Francisco, CA. 94119

Tel: 510-***-**** / E-mail: *******@*******.***

Contract Work (cont.)

Jaxtr.com

Set up working MySQL cluster and Nagios system on an 8 node network. For a VOIP services

company. Performed general maintenance on the servers as well as Bash scripting and security

auditing. Also, wrote custom plugins for Nagios.

Work Experience

Host For Web System Administrator/Level 3 Tech Support

2006-2007

Responsible for the observation and maintenance of over 100 Linux servers serving over 3000 clients. Duties

included: technical support, fixing servers, writing scripts to solve problems, configuring servers and auditing

system security.

Phoenix IT Tech Support

2005-2006

Custom, in-home, tech support for windows users. Removing viruses, spyware. Installing software, hardware.

Fine tuning computers to run faster. Education of users on computer techniques and methods.

Volunteer Experience

Education and Writing

2003-Present

I have been working with a loose group of other individuals for 5 years now, educating and training local

activists in the responsible use of technology. I have been teaching things such as, encryption and anonymity

techniques to basic computer use. During this time I have also written a number of articles for the blog and

associated magazine of this collective. I have additionally set up and maintained all associated services of the

collective (LAMP Server, mail server, mailman, IRC, Jabber). And worked on custom software to aid activists

with them. Also, I have programmed a number of custom CMS's for this group.

Food Not Bombs

2006-Present

Food not Bombs cooks and serves free food to homeless people or anyone else who wants it. I have been

cooking and serving with them off and on for a number of years now.

References

Furnished upon request.

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