Technology Director It Manager

Ronnie M. Redd

M.Sc. IT

Linux User #******

MCDBA

MCP #2380395

CIWMD

CIWP

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Objectives

I am a “Hands On” Information Technology Director. I am seeking a great organization which employs extraordinary experts in hardware, software and networking.

I am only interested in a career.

I provide exemplary support, leadership and technical expertise to the entire organization.

Qualified to address the following challenges and goals successfully:

Network Security and Performance Issues

Budgetary Responsibility

Leadership and Management

Key Performance Indicator Development and Achievement

Trusted Executive Management Team Member & Partner

Qualifications

Master of Science - Information Technology

Design and execute a 100% up-time, sub 400ms response time for public use web services

Expert level hardware, software, database and networking skills and experience

Proficient in multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux and FreeBSD)

Expert W3C validated PHP, HTML, XHTML, & CSS code

Design and build scalable, secure solutions

Created a Public Server Blacklist used by Security, ISP and web hosting companies.

Notable users of the blacklist include:

Citicorp, ip-connect GmbH, Linode, Orange S.A., Top Tech Hosting, FireHOL, Maltrail, ThreatSTOP

Open source code contributor and triage for Project Honeypot, Debian & Ubuntu Linux.

Director of Information Technology

Certified MCDBA and CIWMD

Linux, BSD and Windows administration and design.

Write valid XHTML in PHP with MySQL, MS-SQL Server, PostgreSQL or iSeries Data

Thorough understanding of a wide array of web and computing standards

Director of Operations for 125 employees

A “Can Do / Will Do” attitude

Endless initiative / success and results oriented

Flexible and innovative

Excellent motivational and team building managerial skills

22 years experience IS/IT and Database Management

3 years Director of Operations

5 years Director of Information Technology

20 years Web/Intranet developer

34 years experience with computer and electronics repair

Excellent communications with peers, management, and vendors

Build and maintain servers, networks, databases, web sites, revenue and smiles.

Current resume in XHTML Strict format at the following address:

http://www.cruzit.com/resume

Technical Experience and Skills

Linux/Unix Server Operating Systems:

Microsoft Server Operating Systems:

Virtualization:

Database Servers:

Red Hat (RHEL), Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux Scientific Linux, Fedora, Arch, Gentoo, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD

Every version:

NT 3.5 through 2019

Early adopter of VMware Technologies. Adept with all versions of VMware, Workstation, ESX, VI, vSphere and vCenterServer, VirtualBox, Xen and Linux KVM (preferred)

MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, iSeries/MAPICS, MS SQL Server, Some Oracle

Firewalls, Routers,

Switches:

Hardware:

Networking Skills:

Anti-virus:

Cisco, pfSense, Juniper, Adtran, HP, Aruba, Fortigate, BSD pf, netfilter, ipfw, ipfilter,

Linux iptables/ufw

Intel and AMD Processors, IBM iSeries, HP, Dell, Sun Microsystems and Custom In-House built servers

TCP/IP layers, VLAN, LAN, WAN, SDWAN, Routing, Switching, Bridging, BGP, OSPF

ClamAV, Kaspersky, Symantec, Crowdstrike Falcon, ESET, AVG, McAfee EPO

Web Design Publishing

Graphic Design/Imaging:

Stoarge (NAS / SAN):

Linux & Unix Desktop Platforms:

Creates Validated XHTML, CSS, and HTML using Kate, Geany, KDevelop, Bluefish, gPHPEdit, Notepad++, HTML Kit, Macromedia/Adobe Dreamweaver

Gimp, Krita, Blender, Inkscape, CinePaint, Xsane,. Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe InDesign, Corel Draw

TrueNAS, FreeNAS, Pure Storage, Dell/EMC, HP, NetApp

Gnome (GDM). KDE (KDM), Unity, Cinnamon, X11 (XDM)

Security:

Mail Servers:

Mail Web Interfaces:

Microsoft Desktop Platforms:

IPSEC tunnels, rules and filters for Watchguard, FreeBSD and Linux firewalls. Hard Drive Encryption for Workstations, Laptops and Servers

Postfix, Dovecot, Courier, Exchange Server 5.5 through 2016, Exim, MercuryMail, iSeries Mail

RoundCube, eGroupware, Exchange and SquirrelMail

Every version:

3.x - through 11

Anti-spam:

Automation:

Configuration:

Programming:

Barracuda Gateway, SpamAssassin, Bogofilter, CRM114, custom filters written in regular expressions

Chef, Terraform, Ansible, PDQ

Puppet, Cobbler

Validated XHTML, CSS, and HTML using either PHP or ASP and ODBC connections. DHTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, VBScript, VBA, ADO/DAO, T-SQL, bash scripts, Python and Perl. Basic skills in C, C++, Go, Rust and Java

Professional Experience

Vaco – Los Angeles, CA

Sr Linux Networking Engineer – Consulting Contractor 02/2021 to present

Physical and AWS network support, remediation and design with pfSense, Cisco and Ubiquiti

Ansible and Git support

Windows Active Directory, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS support and security remediation

Sophos support and remediation

VMware support and remediation

Varcomm – Ducor, CA

Director of Operations 04/2020 to 07/2020

Responsible for all corporate IT/Telecom Infrastructure equipment and personnel

Windows, Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian Operating Systems

Cisco, Adtran and pfSense networking equipment

Meet weekly with CEO to discuss road-maps, budgets and KPI's

Service Objects Inc. – Santa Barbara, CA

Director of Information Technology 2014 to 2020

Responsible for all corporate Information Technology

Windows, Ubuntu, CentOS, Linux Mint and FreeBSD Operating Systems

Manage a small team of Amazing and Awesome IT professionals

Meet daily and weekly with fellow executive management to discuss road-maps, budgets and KPI's

Designed and executed a financially backed 99.999% up-time SLA with 100% up-time 2 years straight

Eucalyptus Systems – Santa Barbara, CA

Senior IT Linux Systems Administrator 2014 to 2014

Responsible for 500+ servers

CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian Operating Systems

Puppet, Cobbler Nagios and Ganglia

Eucalyptus cloud deployments

pfSense firewalls/edge routers

Moseley Associates, Inc. – Santa Barbara, CA

Network Operations Manager, Database / IT Manager 2004 to 2013

Responsible for all technology aspects for corporate and subsidiary companies.

Manage a team on site and off site working with Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, IBM iSeries XA/Powerlink and MAPICS installations.

Windows NT, Active Directory 2000-2012, Ubuntu and CentOS, LDAP and SAMBA.

Design and manage network infrastructure with Cisco, Watchguard and pfSense firewalls, routers and switch framework.

Became a Linux KVM, VMware ESXi, Server, and Workstation expert.

Wrote Information Security Policies for the corporate and subsidiary companies.

Responsible for MySQL, MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL installations.

Successfully converted Vmware Server, ESXi and workstation virtual machines to iSCSI and SAN based KVM machines on Linux hosts.

Earth Tech Honolulu, HI

Database Manager, IT Manager 2002 to 2003

Managed a group of database and IS/IT professionals, developing multiple front ends to MS SQL Server and Oracle-based engineering and chemical environmental databases.

Directed website / server development for the Navy’s cleanii.com website.

Created an innovative intranet driven office application, which was highly successful.

Redd Web Designs Owner - Honolulu, HI. / 2001 to 2003 - Santa Cruz, CA. / 2005

Designed, Built and installed:

Servers, workstations and personal computers

Web Applications in ASP, PHP, Flash, JavaScript, CSS and XHTML, SQL Server

Voyager Submarines – Honolulu, HI

Director of Operations 1995 to 2001

Responsible for all on-shore and off-shore operations.

Responsible for 125 people and $8 million in equipment and vessels.

Atlantis Submarines – Kona, HI

Lead Pilot, Safety and Training Officer 1989 to 1995

United States Marine Corps –

Radio, Cryptography Repair -29 Palms, Camp Pendleton, Barstow, CA. Kaneohe HI. / ‘81 to '89

Trained in the highest level of repair for military electronics. (5th Echelon)

Worked in the field of radio, calibration, cryptography and computers for 8 years.

Honorable Discharge - Top Secret Clearance (expired)

Certification

Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – Windows 2000 Professional and Server.

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure.

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – System Administration of MS SQL Server

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – MS SQL Server

Certified Internet Webmaster – Master Designer (CIWMD)

Certified Internet Webmaster – Professional (CIWP)

Education

Master of Science Information Technology (M.Sc. IT)

GPA: 3.5 Transcript

Microsoft Courses

CIW Courses

2152 – Implementing MS Windows 2000 Professional and Server

Networking

2153 – Implementing a MS Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure

Site Design II

832 – Administering a MS SQL Server Database

E-Com Developer

833 – Programming a MS SQL Server Database

T-SQL and VBScript

United States Marine Corps

Basic Electronics & Ground Radio Repair

Advanced Electronics & Advanced Radio Repair

Basic & Advanced Cryptography and Repair

Interests and Activities

Open source projects

Constant pursuit of knowledge

Innovating through positive change

Volunteer time and code for non profit organizations: Charity events, Project Honeypot, debian.org, ubuntu.com, Direct Relief, Disabled Vets of America, Foundation for Fighting Blindness, Unity Shoppe toy run and Toys for Tots

Long motorcycle rides

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