I built a power supply after shocking myself when I was four. I've been taking apart and building things ever since.
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Available June 1st, 2012 in Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Experience:
Wolfram Research, Inc. 8/2010 – Present
- Complete design, build, and deployment of Unix/Linux servers.
- Troubleshoot user, software, and hardware issues on production and development Unix/Linux/Apple servers.
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Request Tracker ticketing system, Nagios alerting system, Mailman, PostFix, Zimbra email systems.
- Companywide IT emergency oncall rotation for monitoring alerts and calls 24/7 for main business and wolframalpha.com search engine.
The Vanguard Group 4/2008 – 5/2010
- Maintain high availability of 900+ UNIX servers at 2 data-centers
- Troubleshoot vanguard.com (30+ million log-ons 2009 Q2)
- IBM Websphere administrator
- Oracle and Sybase database administrator
Summer Study Programs – Penn State University 7/2007 – 8/2007
- Taught Flash Computer Animation to prospective undergraduates
- Developed all curriculum, assignments, tests, and projects
Monitor Data Corporation 5/2005 – 9/2006
- Created online billing website monitordata.com for 20,000+ tenants
- Installed and configured phpMyFAQ
- Saved company $2,000 / year by transferring domain registrar and hosting
- Developed 24-port USB interface hardware and software
- Installed and customized vTiger Customer Relationship Management software
Law Manager, Inc. 6/2004 – 8/2004
- Reported 100+ defects in software products LawManager.Pro 5.1 and LawManager.Net 36
- Recovered 200+ lost development department records after hard drive failure
- Created and implemented 10+ installation scenarios
Peak Tek, Inc. 6/2003 – 9/2004
- Added inventory online
- Repaired HPLC chromatography lab equipment with electronics, mechanics, optics, and robotics
- Supported equipment installation in Medical, Research, Forensic, and Pharmaceutical laboratories
Silver N’ Stuff & Sports N’ Stuff 5/1998 – 9/2004
- Created and maintained silvernstuff.com
- Created and maintained wenolproducts.com
- managed eBay business selling silver jewelry and liquidating sporting goods inventory
- Took over web maintenance and upgrades of sportsofsorts.com
- Added entire Mylec hockey equipment to website – first in the world to offer online
- Managed SSL certificate, online cart software, processed credit cards, $100+ orders worldwide
- Recognized as top 100 Sporting Goods Web Sites in SGB Magazine
Freelance
- Created and taught editing for thomasdanieldwyer.com, a personal actor website
- Created and sold custom PCs at equalcomputers.com
Education:
The Pennsylvania State University 9/2003 – 8/2007
- Information Science and Technology B.S. – design and development option
- Major GPA: 3.4 / 4.0
- Created lectures, assignments, and exams for IST 101 & new robotics vision course during senior independent study
- Penn State Abington Honors Program graduate
- 1st Place Trinity College International Firefighting Robotics Competitions – Expert Division 2003
Cheltenham High School 9/1999 – 6/2003
- GPA: 3.2 / 4.0
- President of Cheltenham High School Naked Eye Astronomy Club
- Carol Brown Award – granted to a senior for their service to the Science Department
