SUMMARY:

• Approximately 20 years Professional Experience Installing, Integrating, Maintaining and developing Applications for UNIX based systems for a variety of clients in Manufacturing, Science, Internet Service, Telecom, Finance, Marketing, and Government Operations. Approximately 40 years total Experience using, deploying and programming computer systems, and building and troubleshooting electronic circuitry.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology and Tools:UNIX Shell (Bash, Korn, Bourne) 20 (Full Time, Current) C Programming Language 15 (Aggregate), 7 Current PERL 15 (Aggregate), 10 Current HTML / CGI / CSS (Includes HTML5 and CSS3) 12 (Full Time, Current) JavaScript / AJAX 12 (Aggregate), 7 Current Javascript Frameworks (JQuery / Bootstrap / Angular / React) 1 (Current) PHP 5 (Aggregate) x86 Assembly 2 (Aggregate) ARM Assembly 2 (Aggregate) Python 2 (Current) C# 1 (Aggregate) Application / Database: Years Experience: Oracle 11 (Aggregate), 4 Current MySQL 10 (Full Time, Current) Asterisk / VOIP 10 (Aggregate), 5 Current Postgres 10 (Aggregate), 3 Current Qmail 5 (Current) SendMail 5 (Aggregate) Cinelerra (Video Editing / Compositing) 5 (Aggregate) Blender (3D Modeling, Video Editing / Compositing, Python API) 8 (Current) Microsoft SQL Studio 2 (Current) Splunk 1 (Current) Magento 1 (Current) Operating System: Years Experience: Linux 20 (Full Time, Current) FreeBSD 7 (Aggregate) Solaris 15 (Aggregate) Windows XP 10 (Aggregate) Windows ) Windows Server 2003 7 (Aggregate) Windows Server 2008 5 (Aggregate) Hardware: Years Experience: All PC, Mac and Laptops; Sparc; IBM xSeries, pSeries

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Embedded Technology Developer

Responsibilities:

• Currently, (since March 2016), involved in a full time contract with Confidential Inc., to continue development, maintenance and release of their “Core” application, a GUI (Gtk2 / Gtk3) based Perl application for Point - of-Sale, CRM, Product and Inventory Management.
• Assisted in Developing a website for a Washington DC based non-profit corporation that uses HTML5, WebM and HLS Video, CSS3, Javascript, AJAX, and the Bootstrap, JQuery, Angular, and React Frameworks, and a website for a Minneapolis based Title Company that uses HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and the JQuery, and Bootstrap JavaScript Frameworks.
• Confidential Incorporated is my own corporation, in business since September 2012. Between contracts for other clients, I develop my invention, “The BallCam”. This involves CNC Machining with PyCAM and LinuxCNC, and 3-D Design with Blender and Python. Coding is in C, and Perl, using FFMPEG, Libavformat and Libavcodec for video transcoding, and for a network socket application to stream live video. Work also involved porting the Slackware Linux distribution to the Gumstix Embedded Platform. In addition, I also perform technical assistance and development work for local and small-business clients, which includes consultation, Linux systems support, and website development with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and continue to sell items on eBay with my eBay Trading API application.

Confidential, Minneapolis

Retrofit Perl Developer (Perl, SQL, PeopleSoft, HTML)r

Responsibilities:

• I assisted as a Perl developer at the Confidential with their Enterprise Systems Upgrade, deploying PeopleSoft 9. This involved retrofitting existing Perl scripts for use with Oracle Database 11g, Enterprise Edition, modifying SQL Queries, using Oracle SQL Developer, updating HTML and JavaScript for Web Pages. Source Code was managed and deployed with Git and GitHub.

Confidential, Tampa Florida

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• With Confidential Inc. I contracted on a long-term basis to Confidential Inc. to assist with their RedBox Instant Joint Venture with Confidential Inc. As part of a team I was responsible for maintaining delivery of Video On Demand assets to the Public at large. This included monitoring video quality performance indicators, and coding applications to manage video assets in an Oracle / LAMP / Magento Architecture.
• Required skills were Linux, FFMPEG, Knowledge of Codecs, Digital Video, MySQL, Magento, Oracle, MSSQL, SQL*PLUS, Perl, C#, JavaScript, JSON, PHP, HTML5, CSS3, Splunk Query Language, and Visual Studio. This contract was open-ended, but was terminated due to budget reductions.

Confidential, Palo Alto California

PERL Developer

Responsibilities:

• At Confidential I worked as a developer to fix bugs and add features to a Custom Bugzilla implementation that is used as their corporate standard bug tracking system for all Confidential products. Development was on Linux, using RHEL 5 and 6 servers, and Virtual Machines. Programming was in SQL, Perl, JavaScript, HTML and CSS, against a MySQL Backend. Work also involved creating and maintaining complex, dynamically-generated SQL Joins against multiple tables. Source Code was managed with PerForce, using p4, and p4v, and programming included writing scripts for use with PerForce to manage development trees on a per-bug basis.

Confidential, Louisville Kentucky

PERL Developer

Responsibilities:

• With Eliassen Group, I worked on a contract at Confidential Inc. In Louisville Kentucky. The project Involved Writing Object-Oriented Perl to Re-Deploy Scripts from An HP-UX Platform to Linux and Windows Systems, Converting SQL Queries from a Sybase Backend to MSSQL for use with SQL Server 2008, as well as Coding Perl for use on Windows with an Oracle 8 Backend.

Confidential, Boca Raton FL

UNIX/Linux Systems Administration Developer

Responsibilities:

• Short-term contract with Confidential Inc. In Manhattan, as a Web Consultant, writing PERL, HTML and CSS to update their corporate intranet, and public internet sites.
• Contract as a Perl Developer, with Confidential Inc. in Boca Raton. Work included object-oriented development in Perl, working with XML, XSLT, HTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript, JSON, development of Perl Modules for Web Hosting Services, and compiling/rebuilding Open Source Application Suites for PCI Compliance.
• Setup security system and small office network for Confidential in Knoxville TN.
• Short-term Perl programming contract with Accenture at Confidential in Columbus Ohio, updating Perl Modules for use with CyberArk Vault Credentials Management System.
• Implemented a small office PBX with TrixBox, (Asterisk /MySQL /PHP), on CentOS 5 using SIP service over T1, for Confidential in Hollywood Florida. Identified and removed security breaches.
• Implemented a small office PBX with Elastix, (Asterisk /MySQL /PHP), on CentOS 5 using SIP service over T1 for Confidential in Fort Lauderdale Florida.
• Contracted to Confidential Inc. for Linux Mail Server Farm administration on CentOS 5 and development on Oracle Enterprise Linux with Bash UNIX Shell, PHP, Perl, and Oracle Database 11g, with Apache / CGI, and Oracle OCILIB in C.
• Assist Champion Solutions Group in troubleshooting NetApp FibreChannel errors on Solaris 9, and 10, and Open VMS, with ALUA and MPxIO on Solaris, for the Florida Turnpike Enterprise.
• Assist Champion Solutions Group and Teremark with migration of Sun Solaris / NIS+ based network and services including Apache, Sendmail and FTP to Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3, for Martin County Board of County Commissioners, (A Florida State Government Body). Tasks included building Linux Virtual Machines under Confidential, migrating Applications to Linux, and NIS+ Information Service Tasks to DNS and Active Directory. Management and Migration tasks were performed using Bash UNIX Shell and Perl Scripts.
• Implement Custom Dialer System On Linux Using Asterisk, Bourne Shell, Perl and MySQL for Confidential .com.
• Implement Custom Dialer System On Linux Using Asterisk, Perl, AJAX, Apache, and MySQL for Confidential Inc.
• Build and Implement Database, Data-Entry, Processing and Printing System Using MySQL, Apache, JavaScript AJAX, Perl, and Bash UNIX Shell for Confidential Inc.
• Design, Build, and Implement Custom Point-Of-Sale system for cash and credit-card sales processing, job tracking, invoice and receipt printing using MySQL, Bash UNIX Shell, X-Windows, Perl, and Linux.
• Various on-site repair and network service for business clients, deploying Linux, Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 based systems.
• Set up VPN on Macintosh Server for Confidential inc.
• Sell and Repair Digital Video Systems.
• More Than 1200 Repair, Networking, PBX, Service and Contract Jobs Completed as a retail store.

Technologies: TCP/IP, Linux, MySQL, Windows XP/Vista, VOIP, Asterisk, Digital Video, Javascript, HTML, PHP, Perl, AJAX, Oracle, SQL*Plus, PCI Compliance

Confidential - Boca Raton FL

Network Engineer /Mail System Administrator / MySQL Developer/DBA

Responsibilities:

• At Visionamics I was responsible for managing a server farm of more than 40 UNIX servers running BSD from versions 4.10 to 6.2, variants of Redhat Linux including FC2-FC6 and CentOS, as well as SuSE and Gentoo Linux, in addition to 3 Solaris servers. (Solaris 9 and 10).
• In addition to being responsible for maintaining the server farm, I assist with VOIP maintenance, provisioning and dialplan administration with a PBX using Asterisk and various implementations of MySQL, PHP and Perl.
• I Also provided Windows desktop support for the sales staff and backup of UNIX and Windows systems using AMANDA.
• The network I maintained is responsible for sending millions of e-mails per week, using QMail running on BSD and Linux, controlled by an XML/Perl based Dispatching and Load-Balancing Application.
• My responsibilities included procuring new servers, maintaining software on existing servers, mail administration, troubleshooting failures, maintaining and implementing a custom code base written in XML, PHP, Bash UNIX Shell, HTML / CSS, and Perl, and assuring that the numerous e-mail messages are successfully delivered.
• I Used MySQL for several applications, including performance and delivery tracking and statistical analysys of the millions of e-mails sent from the server farm, by programming with Bash UNIX Shell, C, Perl and PHP APIs to MySQL.

Technologies: UNIX, Linux, QMail, FreeBSD, MySQL, Bourne Shell, C, PERL, HTML/CGI, XML.

Confidential, Boca Raton FL

Technician / Sales Associate/Management Assistant

Responsibilities:

• With Confidential I diagnosed and repaired Windows based systems for home and small business customers.
• Repairs typically involved removal of spyware, viruses and adware, but also include hardware and component troubleshooting. In addition, assisted with managing the retail store and maintaining technical operations and provided service to customers using or interested in Linux systems by providing, installation and support and repair of dedicated systems used for video security, Implementing Redhat/Fedora systems, Slackware and SuSE.
• Shortly after becoming employed with Confidential I received an offer of employment from Visionamics.
• Continued to work for Confidential on weekends until November 2006, when the franchise closed.

Technologies: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Linux Solaris, POS Systems, MySQL.