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Last here: Jun 30, 2004 at 20:51 UTC (21 years ago)
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CURRENT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES David Jackson, Web Consultant (Oct. 2002 - Present) Services provided include; selection of hosting package, evaluation, installation and configuration of Content Management Systems (CMS) all of which run on L.A.M.P servers (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP). Database management (MySQL), user (FTP,SHELL) and email management, virtual host management & sub-domains ChristianClassicBooks.org (Jun. 2004 – Present) Owner, Editor and Publisher Editor and publisher Christian “Classic” Literature including works by Andrew Murray, St. Augustine, John Bunyan, Jonathan Edwards, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. John of the Cross, Thomas à Kempis, William Law, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Bibles, Bible Dictionaries, etc. All books produced from manus‎crip‎ts our in the “Public Domain”. All titles will print “on-demand”. Utilize standard Unix publishing tools(Groff, Ghosts‎crip‎t, sed, AWK etc) to edit, reformat, and create Adobe PDF and Posts‎crip‎t manus‎crip‎ts THIRD PARTY ASSIGNMENTS (AUG. 1997 – NOV. 2001) Solaris Administrator, Ciber, Inc. 5251 DTC Parkway Suite 1400 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 220-0100 tel. Client: IBM-GS/Avaya Provided Tier III Unix Server Application support to Avaya Customer Engineers. Handled the off-shift escalation of server outages. Performed OS/kernel upgrades as necessary. Completed required RCA/IMSS tickets for tracking outages and changes to Unix servers. Performed backups and restores as needed, and performed failover on Sun Enterprise E6500 systems. Assisted administrators in Maestro login. Combined Korn, AWK, Python, Perl, and MySQL database to develop a database for tracking server related information, including hardware, and outages. Solaris Administrator, TeckSystems, Inc. 8700 Turnpike Drive Suite 400 Westminster, CO 80030 (303) 412-2780 tel. Client: Sun Mircosystems/EDS Provided server support and escalation for Sun Microsystems’ worldwide customer base. Served as the point person for issues regarding server availability, and as the recovery root cause analyst (RCA) on the third shift. Coordinated communication regarding server-related issues between customers, developers, DBAs, and management, as needed. Combined Unix backup utilities and Legato Networker to backup and restore 400+ Sun Enterprise Servers, 4 subnets, and 8 backup servers and tape silos. Solaris Administrator, TekSystems, Inc. (Same address above) Client: Level3. Monitored the health of Unix servers and Oracle applications using HP Openview. Performed server backups. Coordinated communication regarding server-related issues between customers, developers, DBAs, and management as necessary. Developed a shift turnover application that tracked events by application or by server. THIRD PARTY ASSIGNMENTS (CONT.) Solaris Administrator, Compuware, Inc. Client: Merrill Lynch Monitored Oracle application logs and rebooted Unix servers. Created file extracts from Oracle and uploaded them to the mainframe. Managed backups using a combination of Legato Networker and Unix utilities such as ufsdump and ufsrestore. Supported Sun Workstations, installed operating systems, and maintained hardware for user workstations. Developed Korn and Perl shell s‎crip‎t to monitor tape usage off of backup reports, extensively utilizing text parsing routines. Liaised with the client account service manager to gather requirements. Developed shell s‎crip‎t to generate periodic web pages that tracked the work level of various users. Unix Administrator, Ciber, Inc. (See Ciber address above) Client: Lucent/IBM-GS Provided Tier II Server support, escalating as needed. Served as the interface for server/application issues between senior Unix administrators and DBAs. Monitored application and operating system-related processes. DIRECT HIRE EMPLOYMENT (1991 – 1997) Datamart Developer, 4Health, Inc. (Unable to located company or address) Modeled data for the data-mart; employed Progress 4GL in ensuring data integrity and extensive SQL reporting on an HP-Unix platform. Reported to marketing and sales groups to facilitate report compilation and definition. Identified and corrected systemwide database errors to reduce turnaround time for reporting requests. Developed trend analyst reports. Production Support, EDS/Neodata, Inc. (Companies changed hands twice since I was there) Conceived and contributed to the development of a database system that could track product and budget information for 250+ magazines and 1.5M transactions monthly at five different locations. Academic and Professional Credentials  CompTIA Linux+ Certified ▪ Veritas Volume Manager Fundamentals 1  Veritas Volume Manager Fundamentals 2, IBM DB2 (v7.1) User Certification  Boulder Technical Education Center, Computer Operations & Accounting Clerk Certificates