My resume is out of date. I'll work on that. What I've done so far should be fine for now. If you hold that against me... then we probably shouldn't talk. Thanks.
SUMMARY
Geek. But in a totally awesome way.
I Have Taught
* talk: LDAP: Open/Closed; Integration topics [04/2005, Stanford University Linux User Group, 03/2005, BayLISA, 12/2004, BayLISA (condensed)]
* talk: Name Standardization Within Your Infrastructure [05/2001, TAOS]
* talk: LDAP Security [02/2000, 01/2000, 09/1999, TAOS; 08/1999, BayLISA, 07/1999, Black Hat Briefings]
* talk: ISP and Law Enforcement Cooperation [02/1997, Maricopa County District Attorney's Office]
* session: Scaling OpenDirectory [07/2004, Apple]
* session: LDAP, SSO, and Meta Directories [10/2002, Applied Materials]
* session: LDAP Fundamentals [05/2001, Applied Materials; 09/1999, Ecodom; 09/1999, 08/1999, TAOS]
* session: LDAP Implementation [05/2001, Applied Materials]
* session: Technical Overview of LDAP [05/2001, Applied Materials; 01/2000, TAOS]
I Have Written
* Moving to Linux [Book review 11/2005]
* Why do companies outsource?[Free Software Magazine Issue 9, 10/2005; FSM Newsletter 09/2005; Linux Today]
* Does Free Software make sense for your enterprise?[Free Software Magazine Issue 5, 06/2005]
* The Importance of LDAP [Free Software Magazine Issue 3, 04/2005]
* Deploying OpenLDAP from Author's Press. [ISBN 1590594134]
* Best Practices - (1) Security, (2) Network Monitoring, (3) IT Infrastructure, (4) Solaris, (5) Linux, (6) Naming, (7) DNS, (8) LDAP, (9) Centralized Management
* 'Naming' was recommended reading by SANS Institute in 2003 as part of 'Auditing Networks, Perimeters, and Systems'.
* Solaris - (1) Bootcamp, (2) Boot Process
* LDAP Security
* Scaling Email Systems using Critical Path (Osterman Research)
I Have Been Interviewed
* Linux Planet, Writer's Perspective.
* Security topics [2000: Village Voice, LA Weekly; 1998: WIRED, Village Voice, Salon; 1997: Phoenix New Times; 1992-1996: InfoWorld, InfoSecurity News, Gray Areas]
* Artifacts: An Archeologist's Year in Silicon Valley, by Christine Finn. [ISBN 0262062240] Involved in research for this book from 1999 until 2001.
* Islands in the Clickstream, by Richard Thieme. [ISBN 1931836221]
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
[Trying to figure out how to merge contract work, consulting and full-time employment into a single entity.
So if you think there are any gaps in my employment, you are looking too hard. Thanks]
02/2008 - current [2 years and counting...]
Microsoft
Microsoft via purchase of Danger
System Engineering/Architecture (Sidekick/Mobile Division)
Palo Alto, CA
I was initially brought in to scale the SMTP/IMAP (email) environment and enable distribution of data (Oracle and MySQL into LDAP) across multiple data centers.
Ask me about what I have done during the interview process.
06/2006 - 09/2007 [1 year, 4 months]
Cisco via purchase of IronPort
System Engineer, System Operations/Architecture
San Bruno, CA
Working on the Operations team of a dynamic FreeBSD and MySQL infrastructure. Managed new projects from initial creation until production deployment as a representative of the Operations Architecture group. Operations representative on customer-facing/mission-critical systems.
Worked on:
[1] FreeBSD (PXE, jails, automation, redundancy, admin)
[2] Blades (from opening the box, dealing with support, sleeping in the colo, and finally understanding)
[3] MySQL (automation, replication, support, admin). Ops, not DBA
[4] Cisco network hardware (admin i.e. VLANs, etc)
[5] Network Appliance (NetApp) for storage (standard admin)
[6] Change Management/Control, Product Life Cycles, [buzz/buzz]...
[*] The largest, most complex, and most undocumented infrastructure that has ever existed (by Gartner Group standards) dependent on the most brilliant minds in the industry. I am lucky to have been exposed to that.
05/2001 - 06/2006 [5 years, 2 months]
Applied Materials
IS Engr IV,V [09/2002-06/2006], Taos Consultant [05/2001-09/2002]
Santa Clara, CA
[1] Project/Technical manager and hands on architect responsible for globally deployed LDAP, Web SSO, and Meta Directory infrastructure. Significant work with Netscape/iPlanet/SunONE Directory Server, DSAME/iPlanet/SunONE Identity Server, Critical Path Meta Directory, IBM/Access360 EnRole, Tivoli, Tibco PortalBuilder, Oracle, Oblix Identity/Access Manager, Domino, and many more.
[2] Project/Technical manager for Email infrastructure consisting of Postfix, Qmail, IronPort, and Sendmail in a Solaris and HP/UX environment. Significant work with all these system components, including integration with Domino.
[3] Sarbanes-Oxley/ITIL/ITIM compliance for architecture, automation and auditing of our infrastructure.
12/2007 - 02/2008,
09/2000 - 09/2002,
07/1998 - 03/2000 Taos
Field Consultant, Professional Services
Santa Clara, CA
In addition to working on contracts, I worked internally, as a member of the Taos Leadership Council, on training courses, best practice documentation, and overall technical guidance.
Projects include:
* PresidioMedia / Zynga: Linux System Administrator.
* BroadCom: Architecture Lead; Analysis/Design/Planning of NIS to LDAP transition.
* Apple: Analysis/review of LDAP/SMTP architecture for MAC.COM.
* Hitachi Data Systems: Architecture Lead; Analysis/review of LDAP/Oblix infrastructure.
* Applied Materials: Architecture Lead; Design/Implementation of international LDAP and Meta Directory infrastructure.
* ZettaCom: Consultant Manager/Architecture Lead; Analysis/Documentation of infrastructure to enable a smooth transition between vendors.
* 3Dfx Interactive: Architecture Lead; Analysis/Implementation of network monitoring, system security, and centralized management systems for all teams.
* Palm Computing / Palm.Net / 3Com: Architecture Lead; High profile project for LDAP, IMAP, and SMTP capabilities of Palm VII Connected Organizer.
02/2000 - 09/2000 [8 months] Arzoo
Manager, Network Operations
Fremont, CA
Manager responsible for the day to day operations of the Network Operations Center, Systems Engineering group, and the internal IT infrastructure. Duties included, but were not limited to, the initial setup of the organization, hiring appropriate people for the team, and interfacing with Quality Assurance, Development, and management in order to create a functional 24x7 Operations environment.
02/1998 - 07/1998 [6 months] Motorola
Consultant, Space and Systems Technology Group
Phoenix, AZ
Responsible for design, documentation and implementation of a scalable SMTP, DNS and DHCP solution to move away from legacy X.400/X.500 architecture. Implementing Y2K compliance and scalability for future growth. Wrote many programs for the automation of SMTP, DNS, DHCP, and LDAP. Implementation of Quadritek (QIP) DNS/DHCP management system on an enterprise level. Design and implementation of High Availability Clustering Solutions for Enterprise Sparc Servers.
10/1995 - 02/1998 [2 years, 5 months] Winstar GoodNet
Manager, System Engineering
Phoenix, AZ
Managed many System Administrators, System Engineers, and Programmers. Responsible for the full design, implementation, documentation, and maintenance of servers running a 30,000 user Internet Service Provider. Administered a verify of platforms, including Solaris, BSD/OS, IRIX, AIX, Linux, Windows NT. Responsible for all system programming, research and development of products under UNIX, scalability and administration. Served as head of computer security team in charge of full internal and external host security, security product evaluation and deployment, and establishment and maintenance of internal security policies. Wrote custom tools for a variety of tasks.
Staggered Dates
06/1994 - Present
TMRC Consulting Group and sun4c.networking
Field Consultant, Professional Services
Tempe, AZ
UNIX Consultant dealing with issues related to UNIX and Networking. Projects ranged from basic UNIX administration/troubleshooting to system programming and security. Recent work related to Best Practices in IT Infrastructure as well as security.
Projects include:
* Arizona State University - [http://www.asu.edu]
* Andes Networks - [http://www.andesnetworks.com]
* Corrigo - [http://www.corrigo.com]
* DesignReactor - [http://www.designreactor.com]
* EasyCode
* Ecodom Corporation - [http://www.ecodom.com]
* Genuity - [http://www.genuity.net]
* GTE Internetworking - [http://www.bbn.com]
* Global Internet Attitudes - [http://www.giaco.com]
* HydroAnalysis Corporation
* NetZone Internet Services
* Phoenix Association of Realtors - [http://www.paronline.com]
