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C U R R E N T S T A T U S
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W O R K E X P E R I E N C E
VIZ Media, LLC
www.viz.com
IT SUPPORT SPECIALIST,
May 2005 - Current
Sunset Publishing Corporation
www.sunset.com
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST,
March 2001 - May 2005
- Project lead for OS X migration, with duties including software inventories, Active Directory integration, creating installation images, client migration, testing and training.
- Cumulus server and client administration. Helped guide users through two email system migrations including installation and training (Netscape/AOL and Microsoft Exchange). Web log report creation.
- General help desk support, new computer rollouts, software rollouts, software and hardware troubleshooting and asset management, and training for Macintosh and Windows systems.
- Audio and Video coordinator. Set up and maintain projections equipment, prepare files for presentations, and act as liason with guest presentors including Sunset's Western Home Alliance.
OOKEE.com
www.ookee.com
FOUNDER, MAINTAINER, EDITOR,
January 2003 - Current
- Planned OOKEE.com to be a news and editorial linkblog and aggregator.
- Built and designed the site with Todd McCoy, using Blosxom.
- Planned and migrated the look and feel of OOKEE.com to Wordpress.
- Find, editorialize and post content to the site.
- Maintain the site with upgrades to Apache, Perl and Blosxom. Add further functionality as required and desired.
- Administer the email server.
- Maintain the file server, including FTP access, permissions, and backups.
Web Architect
WEB DESIGNER,
Ongoing
Goodnight Gracie Designs
www.goodnight-gracie.com
WEB PAGE DESIGNER,
April 2004
- Designed and built the site based on specifications provided by the client.
- Maintain and update the pages as needed.
Mac Publishing
www.macworld.com
NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR,
July 2000 - October 2000
- Installed and maintained all AppleShare IP servers.
- Administered the Eudora Internet Mail Server, Vicomsoft DHCP server, and all FTP servers.
- Performed all tape backups using ARCserver and Retrospect packages to DLT tape libraries.
- Administrated the Virex, Now Up to Date and Filemaker Pro servers as well as installed and maintained their respective clients.
- Prepared an information technology disaster recovery plan.
- Complimented the help desk in their day to day tasks.
French Interface
www.frenchinterface.com
WEB PAGE DESIGNER,
May 2000
- Designed and built the homepage for French Interface based on specifications provided by the client.
- Maintained and updated the pages as needed. (Site is now closed; source files upon request)
San Francisco State University
msp.sfsu.edu
TEACHING ASSISTANT,
Fall 1999 - 2001
- Assist the teachers of SFSU's College of Extended Learning Multimedia Studies Program.
- Set up classrooms and computers, aided students with projects, answered student questions, and other tasks as needed or assigned by the teacher.
- Classes included UNIX, Installation and Management of Web Servers, JavaScript, and Macromedia Flash.
Lionbridge Technologies
www.lionbridge.com
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR,
July 1998 - July 2000
- Administration of two AppleShare IP servers and one NT server, including user management, disk quotas, tape backups, project archiving to CD, and maintaining the CD archive database.
- Maintained and updated the 10BaseT network, installed cabling, hubs and switches as needed. Troubleshoot connectivity on the LAN and WAN for hardware and software problems.
- Installed and maintained internet servers, including Eudora Internet Mail Server, Starnine WebSTAR for the local intranet and client web pages, and the FTP server running Netpresenz.
- Performed basic updating of corporate web pages.
- Maintained a FileMaker Pro Server, including tape backups.
- Help research, advise and leverage new technologies in the realms of translation, desktop publishing, graphics, network security, internet assets, and globalization.
- Assisted with the pricing and installation of new cubicle furniture including telephone and network wiring spanning two buildings.
ASSISTANT SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR,
December 1997 - July 1998
- Responsible for the installation and maintenance of approximately 70 Macintosh and 10 Windows workstations, including installing and troubleshooting operating systems, software and hardware.
- Purchased hardware, software, toner, and read/writable media.
- Maintained the Scitex RIP server and hardware, including feeding of chemicals and printer paper.
- Installed phones and wiring, and added users to the PBX voicemail database.
Discovery Channel Multimedia
multimedia.discovery.com
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER,
August 1995 - September 1997
- Systematic evaluation and testing of new multimedia titles on Windows and Macintosh platforms.
- Performed basic hardware reconfigurations with Macintosh and Wintel PCs.
Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S
- Computer literate with Macintosh OS 7-9 and X, and Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP, and various open source Unix and Linux flavours.
- Skilled with HTML and CSS.
- Knowledgable with JavaScript, AppleScript, and C-Shell scripting.
- Certificates for Advanced Macintosh Troubleshooting and Windows 2000 Server from CompuMaster.
- Server software knowledge includes AppleShare IP, MacOS X Server, Starnine WebSTAR Internet Server, Apache Web Server, Eudora Internet Mail Server (EIMS), Netpresenz and Rumpus FTP servers, Vicomsoft DHCP Server, FileMaker Pro Server, Cumulus, Windows NT and 2000 server administration.
- Other software: Macromedia Flash, SoundEdit/DECK II and Dreamweaver. Dantz Retrospect. Roxio Toast. Microsoft Office and Virtual PC. Adobe Photoshop and Acrobat. QuarkXPress. FileMaker Pro. BBEdit. ResEdit. Final Draft. Cubase. Cakewalk Metro. Apple iLife and Appleworks.
- Hardware: Apple Workstations, iMacs, Apple laptops (Powerbook and iBook), Dell Pentium II, III and IV systems, Handspring/Palm Pilots, CD burners, external hard drives (SCSI, Firewire, USB), printers, scanners, external removable media, Sony Jukebox, MIDI systems.
E D U C A T I O N , S K I L L S, A N D I N T E R E S T S
- Bachelor of Specialized Studies, customized major combining film, music, and audio engineering, Ohio University, August, 1993.
- Certificates for Advanced Macintosh Troubleshooting and Windows 2000 Server from CompuMaster.
- Broad interests include reading and writing, science and scifi, linguistics, and writing/performing/recording original music.
- Maintain a personal blog at sp.ookee.com
- Functional fluency in Czech. Familiarity with Korean, Russian, Serbo-Coatian, French and Latin.
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