• Advocate of open source technology
• Experienced in key open source servers and applications including: Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, GIMP, Postfix/Sendmail/Exim
• XenServer, VMWare
• Networking protocols: TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, POP3, FTP, SSH, SSL, NIC, NFS
• Distributions recently used: RHEL/CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora
• cPanel, Plesk, Webmin
• Shell scripting
• Highly organized
• Can work independently or with a team
• Problem solver
• Ability to learn quickly
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Avid Linux user since 1996

IQNection Internet Services, Inc.
SR Linux Administrator Oct 2010 – Present – Doylestown, PA
* Maintain and deploy CentOS and GNU/Debian Linux servers
* Maintain Citrix XenServer servers/pools
* Migrate new sites from previous or testing servers to ours
* Maintain office network (Windows/Linux)
* Create time-savers – shell scripting, automation
* Maintain Nagios / Lilac & Nagiosql instances on office and colo networks
* Help 1st and 2nd level hosting techs with issues
* Document procedures for various tasks
* CLI driven but fluent with cPanel, Plesk, Webmin
* Price and deploy new hardware

Kennedy Projects
Owner/Operator – 2002 – Present – Dublin, PA
* Sole Proprietorship
* Maintain websites for clients
* Design websites and web pages for clients
* Create and suggest content management solutions
* Recommend hardware and software for workstations and networking
* Design and implement client networks
* Utilize Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS) for client servers

PWCToday.com, LLC
Owner Operator 2000 – 2006 – Dublin, PA
PWCToday.com is a very popular Personal Watercraft news web site. This website required co-location on a Linux server and daily administration of services and news updates.
* Administration of the server required using and maintaining the following software: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Sendmail (and later qmail), SSH, FTP, IRC, Perl scripting
* Migrated to seven different servers – upgrading each time to better hardware as the site grew and became more popular
* Managed group of moderators to police the website
* Wrote technical articles and updated daily news feed

ASPRE, Inc
Admin Technical Support 2000 – 2001 – Horsham, PA
* Admin Linux support (third level) for a contract with AT&T to support customers of their 1,500 Cobalt (Red Hat) RaQ servers
* Admin Linux support for ASPRE, Inc’s world class hosting services
* Troubleshooting: DNS, Sendmail, Apache, ASP, SSI, PHP, MySQL, Miva Merchant, SSH, FTP, telnet
* Quality assurance testing for web based software applications

TUCOWS.COM, Inc
Webmaster 1998 – 2000 – Flint, MI (Contract)
* Linux-Howto.com:
* Owned and operated Linux-Howto.com from 1996-1998
* TUCOWS.COM, Inc purchased this, then hired me to maintain site
* Wrote scripts for mirror parsing – making sure the latest documentation were on the website including Linux manual pages, Howtos, RFCs and contributed works.
* Ext2.org:
* Owned and operated Ext2.org online Linux magazine in 1998
* TUCOWS.COM, Inc purchased this as well and hired me to maintain site
* Wrote Linux articles and managed writers for articles for monthly releases
* Ftp.Linux.Tucows.com:
* Hand picked projects to host on popular FTP site
* Set up exclusive downloads with software companies/writers
* Created one of the first popular Linux distribution iso download sites
* Help Desk:
* Answered questions from Linux users about their systems via email
* Public Relations:
* Promoted and made their Linuxberg Linux download website popular with the hardcore Linux users
* Set up advertising and exchanges with other Linux websites
* Largely responsible for the first TUCOWS Linux CD set
* Largely responsible for TUCOWS acquiring LWN.net as their Linux news website

Sitelink Services
Linux Administrator 1998 – 2000 – Doylestown, PA (Contract)
* Set up and maintained their Internet servers with Linux to enable them to conduct all services needed by their clients including: HTTPd, FTPd, DNS, Sendmail, PHP, Perl and various web applications.

Sungard Data Systems
Disaster Recovery Specialist 1997 – 1998 – Philadelphia, PA
* Worked on the backup and restore process on various platforms. The platforms worked on most were: VMS, DEC Unix, DGUX, Solaris, Sun OS, Windows NT and Linux.
* Used various distributions of Linux and Windows to mirror client’s workstations

New Hope Cybernet
Owner Operator 1996 – 1997 – New Hope, PA
New Hope Cybernet was an Internet Cafe which offered hourly rental of PCs, training, email, and web hosting design.
* Administered Linux on the main Internet server and on some of the workstations.
* Set up a training format custom tailoring it for specific needs.

• RHCT: Red Hat Certified Technician
• RHCSA: Red Hat Certified System Administrator