James Light
Arvada, CO *****
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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
More than 25 years of electronics experience including 17 years in all aspects of printed circuit board design: analog, digital, radio frequency, multi-layer, through-hole, backplanes, and surface mount. 8 years of working with RF from PCB design, etching, assembling and testing. 7 years of experience using Cadence Allegro, GED, and Concept schematic capture.
More than 12 years experience as a Unix Administrator
Designed, install and configure complex LAN/WAN
EXPERIENCE:
Title: Enterprise Technical Support Engineer 2005 – present
Oracle/Sun Microsystems/Storagetek
Broomfield, Colorado
Installation and configuration of Redhat Linux servers
Administration of 950 Linux servers
IPSec VPN Tunnel Administration
Cisco Catalyst switch configuration and administration
Designed an automated backup recovery system
Work with the Technical Writer to proofread internal and customer documentation
BASH shell scripting
MySQL Administration
Title: Network Architect / Integration Architect 1999 – 2001
Unisys Corporation
Englewood, Colorado
Designed complex redundant security solution for Large Insurance Company in Englewood, CO.
Designed LAN/WAN switch and router configurations for Large Insurance Company in Englewood, CO.
Designed, installed and configured a Cisco 6509 Switch with Router card, for VLAN's for a
company in Boulder.
Installed and configured Cisco 3660 for Frame-relay to ATM.
Installed and configured various Cisco products.
Designed, installed and configured Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN.
Advanced site survey for Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN’s.
Configured Nortel VPN and Firewall
Configured Nokia Firewall (Checkpoint)
Worked as a Senior Unix Administrator consultant at Exabyte.
Operating Systems: Unix (Freebsd, SunOS/Solaris, Linux Slackware/Redhat), Windows NT 3.5+, MS Windows 3.1, 95, 98, and 2000 and DOS 5.0+.
Performed OS, software, and hardware installs and upgrades, including installing patches
to both SunOS and Solaris.
Title: Senior Unix Systems Administrator / Senior Designer 1994-1999
Maxtor Corp. (division of Hyundai)
Longmont, CO.
Designed the new 2 1/2" products double sided surface mount PCB. CAD Administrator. Provided training for software, design, and standards for all designers. Maintained schedules for all product line PCBs. Maintain all UNIX workstations in the CAD and ASIC area. Setup and install operating systems, Sun OS, and Solaris. Created and maintain UNIX scripts. Provide training for all tools.
Managed a team of three, for a user base of 45.
Reduced ASIC design time by 30%, using a html interface.
Rewrote the ISO 9000 PCB Standard for the 2 1/2" product line, FOR DFA and DFM.
Maintain all of PCB CADs computers and programs.
Title: Systems Administrator / Designer III 1991-1994
Array Technology Corp. (A Tandem subsidiary)
Boulder, CO (No longer in business)
Designed high speed, high density, digital, ECL, and analog, multi-layer surface mount and through hole printed circuit boards using Cadence's Allegro. Designed 12-layer system backplane utilizing Cadence's Signal Analyst tools in Allegro. Created and developed test fixtures for in-house use. Administered all internal CAD systems.
Developed and maintained the libraries and physical part tables for Cadence's Concept schematic capture used by engineering.
Recognized for effectively supervising engineers on all aspects of Cadence design tools.
Automated tools for fabrication and assembly data.
Trained documentation personnel on use of the UNIX systems in database verification, update, and storage.
US Army veteran
EDUCATION:
Cisco Aironet Wireless Site survey
Sun Training, Denver, Colorado
1996 and 1997: Sun OS 4.1.X and Solaris 2.5
Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO.
1995: Advanced Unix script writing, C programming, and Networking.
Front Range Community College, Northglenn CO.
1981-1987:BASIC programming, keypunch, protocols, and DOS.
Cadence Administration
Cadence Frontend Tools
Cadence Concept
SCSI Nuts and Bolts
Signal Integrity
Sun Training, Denver, Colorado
1996 and 1997: Sun OS 4.1.X and Solaris 2.5