EDUCATION:          

Bachelor of Science, Major: Physics, Minor: Mathematics: May 1974

            Bachelor of Science, Major: Computer Science: May 1985

            Minot State University, Minot North Dakota

 

CERTIFICATION:   IBM Certified Specialist, AIX 4.1 System Administration

 

LANGUAGES:                      HARDWARE:                                   OPERATING SYSTEMS:

PERL                                       IBM RISC RS/6000                AIX (3.15, 4.1, 4.2,

SHELL                                    (7009, 7010, 7012,                   4.3, 5.1, 5.2)

 (KORN, BASH,                     7013, 7026, 7028,                  PSSP 2.1

 C, BOURNE)                         SP2)                                       OpenVMS 7.1, 7.3, 8.0

HTML                                     HP ALPHA 1000                    Tru64Unix 4 and 5

Pascal                                      HP ALPHA 4000                    HP-UX 9.07 and 10.20

                        HP 9000-870                           RedHat Linux 4, 5

                                                HP J200                                   Debian Linux 3.1

 

ANCILLARY SKILLS:

Disaster Recovery experience with OpenSSH, AIX, and HP-UX

DB2 DBA experience using UDB 2.12, 4, 5, and 7 including installation, backup/restore, connectivity, and migration

Informix and 4thright RDB programming experience

FORTRAN, COBOL, C code experience and desk checking

AT&T 3B2 hardware experience, with System-V 3.15 Unix

TCP/IP on all platforms with SNMP, Sendmail, NFS, NTP, SUDO, CRON, RSYNC, and SSH configuration on most

HTTP (non-APACHE) Web and FTP server operations with CSS and CGI coding on Linux, AIX, and Windows servers

TSM (ADSM) Client installation, configuration, and operations  for backup and recovery

Installation of commercial applications such as UNIGRAPHICS and other CAD/CADD/CAM packages, as well as installation from source of source-available  software

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Unix System Administrator with recent experience with AIX, Tru64 Unix, Linux, and OpenVMS operating systems and network administration. Strong experience on AIX, with Disaster Recovery and DB2 Database Experience in production environments, and some experience with HP-UX, Sun/Solaris, SCO, Novell, and Windows servers.  Extensive experience creating and correcting PERL and shell scripts, configuring UNIX services, and coordinating change operations with DBA and application support personnel.

 

EXPERIENCE:

1 June 1997 to 16 Aug 2005: ENGINEER/System Administrator for (i)-Structure, Inc.  (A Level3 Company), Omaha NE.

            1 June 1997 – 31 May 2004: I was stationed at and supporting AIX, Tru64Unix, Linux, SCO, and OpenVMS operations at Weirton Steel Corporation, Weirton WV

            Remote system support for servers running AIX, HP-UX, SOLARIS, and Linux under (i)Structure administration in Omaha, NE and Colorado

            Remote system support for Novartis OpenVMS servers in Omaha

 

            1 June 2004 – 16 Aug 2005: Working from home office

            Remote system support for servers running AIX, HP-UX, SOLARIS, and Linux under (i)Structure administration in Omaha, NE and Colorado.

            Remote and primary system support for Novartis OpenVMS servers in Omaha.        

 

·        Supported Weirton SP2 operations running AIX 4.1 over PSSP with DCE and DFS supporting DB2 2.12 Database Operations and applications

·        Supported Weirton DB2 2.12 Operations on PowerStation to support plant-tracking applications.

·        Planned and tested System and Database Disaster Recovery for all AIX and HP-UX systems local to Weirton.

·        Created a system of scripts to generate HTML status pages and online reports for system monitoring, alerts, and Capacity Planning Data for all Weirton AIX, HP-UX, and OpenVMS servers.

·        Configured Tru64Unix on Alpha servers as Sendmail servers for SPAM blocking.

·        Migrated Weirton PSSP operation to a Single H50 running AIX 4.3.3 and UDB version 4

·        Migrated Weirton Database connections to Mainframe database servers from SNA to DB2 CONNECT

·        Migrated DB2 UDB version 4 operations to UDB version 7. 

·        Migrated all AIX 4.1 to 4.3.3, then to AIX 5.1.

·        Assisted Oracle DBA in supporting Oracle Transparent DRDA Gateway.

·        Consolidated PSSP (4 node) and IBM RISC PowerStation (originally 8) operations with H50 databases and applications to 2 IBM P630 servers.

 

7 Aug 1986 to 31 May 1997: Computer System Administrator, CINI/UNIMED Medical Center, Minot ND.

Administrated and managed several Unix systems: HP 9000/870, several AT&T 3B2 computers, one Motorola V68.  Helped administrate one IBM RISC machine and several NOVELL 3.12 servers and network.  During this time I was often the sole resource for local UNIX application design, creation, and modification for all UNIX systems. Designed and implemented several hospital database applications:

·        Complete patient intervention tracking system (called ACUITY)

·        Online Work Order entry and tracking system for Biomedical Support.

·        Countless patient contact and mailing database applications.

·        All backup and restore scripts on HP and AT&T machines.

·        Communications solutions, data transfer tools, and support applications.

·        Installed several LANs using both NOVELL and Peer-to-Peer network systems.

·        Assisted in the integration of the local hospital networks with a local clinic NOVELL based network to create a region-wide WAN for hospital and clinic support of mixed IPX and TCPIP servers and clients.

·        Assisted in development of an ISP (dacotah.com) and several INTERNET facilities.