Summary of qualifications

Systems: Windows Standard/Enterprise Cluster server 2003/2000/NT, Windows BackOffice Server, Windows Exchange 2003 Server, Windows Sharepoint 2003 server, Windows XP, Apache Web Server, MySQL Database Server, Citrix Metaframe 1.8, Novell 5 server, Internet Information Server 4.0 and SMS 2.0 server administration. Syscon, Rconsole, Pconsole, CFGED Domino Server 4.51, Domino Administrator, Lotus Notes 4.5 Install, maintain, troubleshoot, configure, backup and repair computer systems and peripherals, Printer configuration Remote desktop support using Windows SMS server administrator Configuring, upgrading and supporting Windows 95, 98, NT and Windows XP clients TCP/IP and SQL support issues.

Programming: Java, Java Server Pages JSP , SQL, PHP, Javascript, ASP.net, Visualbasic.net.

Hardware: IBM PC and compatibles, laser/Ink-jet printers, monitors Install/Upgrade CD-ROM drives, hard drives, ZIP drives, floppy disk drives, NIC network interface cards , SCSI cards, video cards, sound cards, internal modem cards, and various other peripherals Configure PC memory and network drivers.

Professional experience Permanent Positions ad Selected Major Clients I've served as a contractor

Confidential

Network/Systems Engineer

• Provided onsite trader and trading application support to fixed income trading floor in .
• LINUX: Server and application monitoring and administration for our FIX and trading system platforms including examining logs to trace the process by which orders were handled by our Analysts and the ECN's we worked with.
• Java web-server and .Net desktop language and virtual machine support this included the creation of custom VBA based spreadsheets for our analysts.
• Custom bash scripting setup and active monitoring of server and application alerts for our American and Canada based systems.
• Proprietary trading system platform support a LINUX based application, support included examining logs creating custom SQL and Excel based reports for traders and analysts.
• Data Providers: Bloomberg and Reuters for reference data setup and analysis, including challenging our vendors when I saw discrepancies in the price data.
• Provide support off-hours and remotely when needed

Confidential

Support Engineer.

• Provided trading application support to traders and quantitative developers in our Chile - South America, Delhi - India, Chicago, and NY clients.
• Identified, troubleshoot, and responded to emergency situations and outages that impacted the production trading environment.
• Researched latent orders and liaise with the trading exchanges and banks.
• Performed active monitoring and responded to alerts within the technology environment and was the only support for the U.S.
• Provide support off-hours and remotely when needed
• Protrader Trader Platform - Linux based application support including examining logs and creating custom SQL based reports for traders.

Confidential

Support Engineer.

• Provided trading application support to traders and quantitative developers in our Chicago and NY offices.
• Worked collaboratively with traders and other IT staff to implement new tools and strategies.
• Identified, troubleshoot, and responded to emergency situations and outages that impacted the production trading environment.
• Researched latent orders and liaise with the trading exchanges.
• Performed active monitoring and responded to alerts within the technology environment escalated issues to appropriate IT staff if necessary.
• Managed applications including Trading Technologies and proprietary applications.
• Participated in change control procedures for rollout from development to production.
• Troubleshoot and resolved Windows desktop problems.
• Manage work orders including incident resolution process and client communications.
• Develop and maintain systems documentation.
• Provide support off-hours and remotely when needed
• Linux based application support and administrator in training, including examining logs, running LINUX based applications and maintaining batch scripts for a spreader and back-office account consolidation program.

Confidential

Support Engineer

• Provided Trade Desk application support for traders utilizing Bloomberg, Reuters Dealing, TT, Currenex, FX Options Trader, J-Trader, CQG, and proprietary options trading applications.
• Technical support and testing of proprietary Excel spreadsheet based trading system program.
• Technical support for Multicharts and Trading Technologies TT .
• Server engineering, administration and technical support for a proprietary QuickFIX FIX server.
• Configuration, documentation and testing of a proprietary QuickFIX FIX server.
• Trading System and money management programming, development and research.
• Trading System/Indicator Programming and testing using Tradestation's Easylanguage, Visual Basic for Office and C .net programming language.

Confidential

Application Support Technician

• Onsite Support for Blackberry Issues.
• Maintained backup schedules by installing and implementing ArcServeIT and Dell's DLT 7000 backup unit.
• Onsite monitoring and maintenance of Data Center servers.
• Setup and configured Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Server, and SharePoint Server.
• Active Directory AD - Maintained user accounts, created and assigned users to new and existing groups. Also password resets.
• Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Server, and SharePoint Engineer and Administrator.
• Onsite Outlook and Exchange support

Confidential

Application Support Technician

• Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Server, and SharePoint Engineer and Administrator.
• Active Directory AD - Maintained user accounts, created and assigned users to new of existing groups. Also password resets.
• Setup and configured Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Server, and SharePoint Server.
• Programming: PHP, ASP and XML Web-based programming for dynamic database driven project website.
• Database: MySQL Server and Access Database Programming and administration.
• Confidential
• Proprietary Bond and Gold trader.
• Use, setup and configuration of CQG, Trading Technologies TT , Multicharts and Tradestation charting applications.
• Trading System and money management programming and development.
• Trading System/Indicator Programming and testing using Tradestation's Easylanguage, Visual Basic for Office and CQG's programming language.

Confidential

Network/Systems Engineer

• In a fast paced environment, provided daily Trade Desk support for more than seventy traders including Foreign Currency, Bond Market, CME, CBOT, Options Trade Desk, and Sales Traders.
• Provided Trade Desk application support for traders utilizing Bloomberg, Reuters Dealing, TT, CurrenEx, FX Options Trader, J-Trader, CQG, and proprietary options trading applications.
• Provided domain administration, desktop application and PC hardware support for over 250 Windows XP/2000 users, and 50 Blackberry clients. Supported Lotus Notes and, MS Office on Intel Platform workstations for accounting, back office, trade clearing, development, and executive clients.
• Initiated an increase in production support by working with the President of the Foreign Currency Desk, and closely with other Head Traders to provide a more viable trade platform.
• By working with 3rd party vendors, network infrastructure, and clients, consistently improving hardware platforms, deploying an improved LAN/WAN scheme, standardizing applications, and providing in-house and vendor application monitoring.
• Windows NT/2003 troubleshooting. Hardware maintenance, configuring printers and Windows XP clients, LAN wiring, backup, TCP/IP configuring, troubleshooting and software installations. Windows 2000 and XP desktop support.
• Sharepoint Administration and Programming Creation and Administration of SharePoint Sites, Usernames/Groups and passwords, Created and maintained new subsites for new projects and document archives and assigned users to them.
• Active Directory AD - Maintained user accounts, created and assigned users to new of existing groups. Also password resets.
• Onsite Support for Blackberry Issues.
• Onsite Lotus Notes support
• Responsible for all in house Application and hardware rollouts.

Confidential

Desktop Support 3rd Level

• Windows NT and Novell server-Administration and troubleshooting. Hardware maintenance, configuring printers and Windows XP clients, LAN wiring, backup, TCP/IP configuring, troubleshooting and software installations. Windows 2000 and XP desktop support.
• Onsite Application Support for Microsoft and Adobe products
• Onsite Support for Blackberry Issues.
• Onsite Lotus Notes support
• Responsible for all in house Application and hardware rollouts.

Confidential

Programming/Network/Systems Engineer

• Responsible for implementation, testing, rollout and maintenance of all in-house email, database and file servers.
• Responsible for programming, implementation, testing and rollouts of all Web based server systems.
• Sharepoint Administration and Programming Creation and Administration of SharePoint Usernames and passwords, rollout and notification to the client of the SharePoint sites, customization of client Sharepoint sites,
• Programming: VisualBasic.net for Web based Sharepoint and ASP.net based site.
• Database: SQL Server Programming and administration.
• Exchange Administration.

Confidential

. Network/Systems Engineer

• Onsite Technical support for WebEx's Chicago Office.
• Desktop and Application Support for Local users.
• Exchange, SQL Server, Printer and File Server Support.
• Responsible for Desktop Imaging, rollout and replacement
• Responsible for Network trouble shooting

Confidential

Programming/Network/Systems Engineer

• Responsible for programming, implementation, testing and rollouts of all Web based server systems.
• Responsible for implementation, testing, rollout and maintenance of all in-house email, database and file servers.
• Programming: Extensive PHP, Javascript and Java Server Pages programming for the web site.
• Database: SQL Programming and administration of MySQL Database server.
• Web: Overhauled 80 of current web site converting it from static web pages to dynamic web pages.

Confidential

LAN Engineer

• On-site technical adviser and project coordinator for Veterans Benefit Association.
• Responsible for specifying, coordinating and implementing regional and nationwide and local implementations of NT and Terminal server projects for the regional office sites.
• Also responsible for implementation, testing, selection and support of their local help desk system.

Confidential

Senior LAN Engineer and Coordinator

• On-site technical adviser and project coordinator for Charles Schwab loop area trading floor locations.
• Responsible for specifying, coordinating and implementing regional and nationwide implementations of NT, IBM mainframe and telecommunication projects between Schwab's various vendors and the corporate office located in San Francisco, CA.
• Also responsible for implementation and support of systems for Schwab's Boston Exchange floor location.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

• Designed, implemented, and supported network infrastructure for various client projects.
• Managed implementation and support teams for various projects.
• Implemented and supported Microsoft BackOffice 4.5 and Citrix Metaframe 1.8 technology.
• Responsible for the implementation and support of all mission critical network applications.
• Created customized desktop standards for client deployment projects.
• Prepared and maintained technical documentations for network support teams.

Confidential

LAN Engineer

• Windows NT Systems technical advisor and troubleshooter for custom database and application development and deployment, disk space load balancing, licensing and server issues.
• Team lead for various server monitoring/maintenance software testing, benchmarking and capacity planning, load balancing and hardware specifications for new and current servers.
• Developed, tested and demonstrated various internetworking technologies for project teams, intranet site and groupware application collaboration using IIS 4.0, Outlook, Exchange 5.5, SQL 7.0 and Project 98.
• Testing and deployment planning for Microsoft's Windows 2000 Professional.

Confidential

• Built data center from the wiring, assembling and punching patch cables into the patch panels, configuring the switches and routers, assembling, building, installation and deployment of Citrix servers, NT Enterprise servers, NT Cluster servers, Internet Information Server 4 servers and Novell 5.0 servers. Using Dell's 6350 servers.
• Implementation, monitoring and maintenance of Data Center and its servers.
• Maintained backup schedules by installing and implementing ArcServeIT and Dell's DLT 7000 backup unit.
• Implementation and troubleshooting of TCP/IP, WINS, DHCP, DNS, IIS, Citrix Metaframe, Novell's NDS and Novell's NDS for NT.
• Custom Deployment of Internet Explorer 4.0 and Microsoft Office 97 using the Internet Explorer Administration Kit IEAK and Microsoft Office Resource Kit.
• Documentation and solidifying partnerships with outside vendors.

Confidential

Desktop Support Technician

• Desktop and phone support troubleshooting for Windows NT, Windows 95, using Windows SMS Administrator Hardware, application, printer and connectivity issues.

Confidential

LAN Administrator

• Confidential Unix-Open Basic programming-maintaining and supporting Unix Open Basic programming code. Reprogramming and correcting code in applications used by the majority of their user.
• Windows NT and Novell server-Administration and troubleshooting. Hardware maintenance, configuring printers and Windows 95 clients, LAN wiring, backup, TCP/IP configuring, troubleshooting and software installations. Windows NT and 95 desktop support.
• Windows NT 3.5 server-Administration and troubleshooting. Hardware maintenance, configuring printers and Windows 95 clients. LAN wiring, backup, TCP/IP configuration and software installations for over 300 users.