Education

2002 B.S. History University of Wisconsin - Madison

Skill Set

Server Administration of LAMP environments (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP), security, shell scripting (Bash and TCSH), backup and recovery of data. Familiar with administration of most modern operating systems.

Web Design and Development

  • PHP / MySQL (CakePHP & MVC concepts)
  • Object Oriented PHP4/5
  • XHTML / CSS
  • XML
  • RSS
  • AJAX
  • JavaScript DOM (jQuery, Prototype, Scriptaculous)
  • JSON
  • Search Engine Optimization & Marketing (SEO)
  • Perl
  • Java
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Git
  • Subversion (SVN)

Work History

2005 - Present

Owner, Nerd

Jolly Computers, LLC. | Winter Park, CO

Web Design and Development company. http://www.jollycomputers.com

2002 - 2005

Ski Bum

Winter Park, CO

Honed the crafts of bar tending, waiting tables, and construction.

2000 - 2002

Systems Administrator

UW Biochemistry Laboratory | Madison, WI

Administrated a new network of Linux, SGI, Mac, Windows servers and workstations. Designed and implemented a unified data backup and recovery strategy for servers and workstations. Configured an SGI Immersadesk for 3D visualization capable of manipulation with virtual reality gloves and headset.

1999 - 2000

Systems Administrator

UW Engine Research Center | Madison, WI

Maintained, monitored, upgraded, backed up, troubleshot network of SGI, Sun, Linux, Mac, Windows workstations in a graduate level laboratory. Designed, built and installed a 14 node Linux cluster. Part of small team responsible for administration, of 64 Processor SGI Origin 2000 supercomputer.

1996 - 1998

Tech Support

NetNet, Inc. | Green Bay, WI

Internet Service Provider