Objective: 

To continue to develop my own career and businesses through providing the best goods and services to my customers.

Computer Consulting

July 2003 - Present

Self-Employed, Luverne, MN

Provide consulting services to businesses in the area of systems administration, networking, and web design and construction.

Hydroponic Greenhouse Owner/Operator

May 2002 - Present

Strasser Hydroponics, Luverne, MN

Constructed greenhouse.  Built hydroponic systems.  Raised crops hydroponically and sold to local markets.

Systems Manager

Oct 1998 – April 2002

Berkley Information Services, Luverne, MN

Supervise eight systems administrators.   Manage all computer systems in the Luverne data-center.  Purchase hardware and software.  Develop and manage projects to improve or maintain computer systems and infrastructure.  Interface with customers in creating solutions.  Contribute to company strategic planning.  Train and mentor systems administrators.

Systems Administrator

Dec 1996 – Oct 1998

Berkley Information Services, Luverne, MN

Setup and configure UNIX systems.  Design and implement software development environments.  Trouble-shoot system and network problems.  Assist developers and users with projects.  Document systems and procedures.  Plan and manage system installation and upgrades.

UNIX Technician

Nov 1995 – Dec 1996

Berkley Information Services, Luverne, MN

Setup and configure UNIX development systems.  Assist in software and data migration from Wang to UNIX operating systems. Design and implement internal DNS.  Setup and maintain firewall and internet access.  Instruct UNIX classes for developers.

Supervisor

June 1995 – Nov 1995

Western Geophysical, Houston TX

Oversee offshore navigation processing.  Provide technical training and support. 

Data Analyst

Nov 1990 – June 1995

Western Geophysical, Houston, TX

Appraise and repair navigation field data.  Develop processing methods.

Navigator

Nov 1987 – Nov 1990

Western Geophysical, Houston, TX

Collect marine surveying data through integrated navigation system.

Education:

B.S. Oceanographic Technology, 1987

Florida Institute of Technology

Major: Oceanography               Minor: Engineering

Certification:

HP Certified IT Professional in HP-UX Systems Administration

Hardware/OS

UNIX

• HP A, D, K, L and N class servers
• HP-UX 10.20, 11.0, 11.11
• LVM, Mirror-UX, Glance
• SCSI disk, SCSI tape, Fibre channel HBAs

Linux

• Red Hat Linux

Windows

• Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP

Network

• Ethernet NICs, Switches, Cisco Routers

SAN

• Hitachi 9960 Disk Array, LSI E4400, Brocade 2800 and 3800 switches

Tape

• Stand-alone: DDS2, DDS3, DLT7000, DLT8000
• Tape Library: StorageTek L700E with LTO and DLT tape drives

Software

Firewall

• Checkpoint Firewall-1, Sonicwall

Backup

• Veritas Netbackup Datacenter
• Syncsort Backup Express

Web

• Netscape Iplanet, MS IIS, Cold Fusion, Coffee-Cup

Database

• Informix (Monitor, backup and recovery)

DNS

• Setup internal and external DNS servers
• Maintain internet domains

Coding

• ksh, posix, sed, awk, Cold Fusion, html, BASIC, FORTRAN, C, Perl