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Network Admin I've worked administrating servers & pc's for years, starting with SCO-Xenix, then SCO-UNIX, AIX, HP-UX, and my favorite ... SOLARIS Unix. I have also worked extensively with both SuSE and RedHat Linux, and have interlinked the UNIX and LINUX servers with Windows servers to function together. I have supported Windows, ranging from NT BackOffice (v3.51) to NT4.0, 2000, and Windows 2003 server, and Advanced Server. Also worked well with Microsoft Exchange, MS Proxy, and the different "domains" that they have used, both PDC/BDC's and Active Directory.
Suffice it to say, I'm "comfortable" in just about 'any' server or multi-user environment.
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Network Documentation This initially became a hobby of mine as I am very maticulous about documenting a PC or server when I build it. I want to be able to totally re-create a PC and duplicate it exactly, even down to the switch settings on the hardware, cards, and options. After being asked if I documented networks, this became a normal thing to go on-contract just to document the network server room and equipment for a company. I use Microsoft Excel and MSWord templates , making it easy for my customers to access this data and maintain these forms after I initially create them.
Additionally, I have prepared "documentation" or tech manuals, for IT Departments to give new employees guidelines to follow. These were ether printed, or were emailed to individuals (using .PDF formats) to allow local review, and optional printing, allowing for remote support, and reduced duplication expenses. |
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UNIX Server Admin I ha've worked with various flavors of UNIX, cutting my teeth on the"SCO-XENIX" version, originally the 1st to run on a PC platform. I've administered Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, SCO-UNIX, and various LINUX versions to include RedHat, SuSE, Caldera, Debian, the new Ubuntu, and Slackware.
I've worked with shell scripting in various forms to automate the various administrative processes of maintaining a UNIX or Linux system. I always take care of my customers. I believe in backups and in ensuring you can always recover.
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Windows Server Admin I started off with Windows NT BackOffice v3.51, working my way up to NT Server v4.0. I established multi-site platforms where a PDC at the home site mastered BDC's at the remote sites. When 2000 Server came out I got familiar with the various nuances of "active directory", and working with the administration of those servers. I specialized in domain user maintenance and management, profiles management, scripting, and roaming and remote users. Being one to "self-teach" and get up-to-speed on a subject quickly, I was at least for a while, the only one in the area that could administer/setup Microsoft's Proxy Server. I have never been Microsoft Certified, and have yet to see a reason or need to take the time to do so. However, I am always "open" ... if that's an important issue. |
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"Virtual Office" Guru I've worked with modems since 300baud was the standard, and 1200baud was "stepping out"! I remember when 2400baud was an adventure, and when I got my 9600baud USRobotic Courier modem, life changed for me!
Since then, I've become, over the years, somewhat of a "modem Guru". I've specialized in working with external modems, ISDN devices, PCMCIA-based modems, and cellular modems, often called "wireless air cards". I understand the difference between synchronous and asynchronous, DSR, DTS, DTR, CD, CTS, etc. and use this experience extensively in troubleshooting. .
I specialize in "remote connectivity", or the art of the "virtual office" ... working VPN in a "remote" status. My phone calls follow me on my notebook (if you call my office number) where I can receive and place regular telephone calls, transfer calls, host telephone conferences, and live video interviews.
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Your "IT Lab Rat" Let's face it, I'm a "technie"! I just LOVE gadgets! And THAT has helped me more than anything else, in this field. I want to "know" what a piece of equipment will do, how it does it, what various alternative applications to that hardware can be applied, and ... you get the idea!
I've been using the Palm Pilots since they were the m100! Now, a Treo user, I am a firm believer in mobile technology. I have a definite "knack" for troubleshooting Palm issues, and with discovering various ways to use them to their fullest potential.
I can take a cellphone, and it's features, and figure out things it will do (or things that you can do with it) that others who sell it never dreamed of!
My campsite sports a working telephone, able to make calls and receive them, an active Internet connection, email, and all that you'd need to work remotely from your "tent"!
I understand FAX's, faxmodems, fax software, and such and can quickly figure out the cause of a situation, or recommend a solution.
I'm the perfect "Lab Rat" because there's nothing I can't figure out ... and you need me! |
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Until the events of September 11th, when the senseless and ignorant side of human nature was shown in unwarranted acts on the lives and workplace of innocent individuals, "I" was a full-time, independent, Computer Consultant. I worked 3 to 6-month contracts for large fortune 500 companies like IBM, Motorola, FirstUSA/BankONE, Tivoli, to name a few. I loved my job! But then when 9-1-1 hit, everybody was getting laid off! IT folks were saying, "well, I'll just become a consultant!" to which my reply would be, "Uh, no! That's MY job." But it was no good ... they had to eat too! .jpg)
Being the survivor I am, I've worked as a Real Estate Agent, as a NEXTEL Sales Manager, and even ran my own store for a bit. I also ran my own business doing independant computer consulting. No, I didn't work on the Enterprise ... the pic you see here is an office complex where they designed the furniture to follow the Star Trek "scheme" of design. But rest assured, if they needed me on the Enterprise, I'd have volunteered! Imagine what I could learn working there! .JPG)
I have put this website together to let you folks (that need computer guys like me) know that I am "out here"! Everybody now wants you to log into their website and spend countless hours updating and re-creating (yet again) your resume (on their system). I've already created a resume, and tire of re-creating it again and again and again. If I had already had the interview and was completing my application, I would not have a problem with this, but re-doing my resume each and every application is just not practical! I've grown tired of doing this over and over and over, so I decided to put my web skills to work and design my own Computer Consulting Site.
And so, here I am!