Employment⌗

Linux Systems Administrator | February 2012 - Present SIU School of Medicine | Springfield, IL

Owner | June 2003 - December 2022 TJ Squared | Springfield, IL

  • Service Complete Customer Relationship
  • Manage Various Contractors
  • Develop/Deploy Drupal Based Web Sites and Web Applications
    • PHP/MySQL, HTML/CSS, Drupal, and Flash
  • Develop/Deploy/Maintain MySQL Based Virtual Hosting
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6, Apache HTTPD, Postfix, ClamAV, amavisd-new, Dovecot, ProFTPD, BIND, ejabberd and DKIM
  • Deploy/Maintain Content Filtering Firewall
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, DansGuardian, Snort, Shorewall, BIND, DHCPD
  • Deploy/Maintain Phone System
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Asterisk, FreePBX
    • PoE Infrastructure
    • Aastra/Grandstream/Polycom VoIP Phones
  • Deploy/Maintain Cisco Routers
    • T1/ADSL Multiple ISP Routing

Programmer | Nov. 2007 - Dec. 2008 Microchip Computer Solutions | Springfield, IL

  • Develop Web Applications
    • PHP/MySQL, HTML/CSS, AJAX, SOAP, XML-RPC
    • Mantis Bug Tracker
    • Subversion Version Control
  • Deploy/Maintain Production High Available Load Balancing Cluster
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, PHP, MySQL, Apache HTTPD, GFS, DRBD, Pulse, LinuxHA
  • Deploy/Maintain Development Server
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Apache HTTPD, Subversion
    • Custom Bash Scripts (Queue Check In to Update Test Environment)
  • Provide Pre/Post Launch Customer Support

Intern | May 2006 - Aug. 2006 Inner City Mission | Springfield, IL

  • Support Various Desktop and Laptop Computers
  • Deploy Linux Single Sign on Server
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, LDAP, Samba, FreeRadius
  • Design/Develop/Deploy/Maintain Network Infrastructure
    • Deploy/Maintain Phone System
      • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Asterisk, FreePBX
      • PoE Infrastructure
      • Grandstream VoIP Phones
  • Create Future Expansion Proposals

Lab Assistant | Aug. 2003 - Apr. 2006 University of Illinois at Springfield | Springfield, IL

  • Resolve Student and Faculty Questions
  • Deploy Linux and Windows Servers
    • Campus XMPP/Jabber Server
    • High Available Fully Redundant Web Servers
    • Terminal Server for SAS and SPSS
  • Design Web Systems
    • Workshop Evaluations, Text Only Converter, MySQL Account Creation System, Oracle Account Creation System
  • Support Computer Labs and Smart Classrooms
    • 200+ Windows XP/Mac OS X/Linux/Solaris Computers
  • Ghost Workstations

Service Checker | Dec. 2002 - Jul. 2003 Jewel Food Stores | Springfield, IL

Counselor in Training | Jun. 2001 - Jul. 2001 American Computer Experience | Atlanta, GA

  • Instruct Children Ages 9-16
    • HTML, Visual Basic 6.0, Video Editing with Studio DV

Education⌗

Computer Science B.S. | 2003 - 2007 University of Illinois at Springfield | Springfield, IL

Diploma | 1999 - 2003 Pleasant Plains High School | Pleasant Plains, IL

  • 4.0 GPA
  • Band Manager
  • Play Tenor Sax in Band
  • High School Webmaster
  • Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering

Certifications⌗

  • Red Hat Certified Engineer
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator
  • Network+ Certified Professional
  • A+ Certified Professional IT Technician
  • Hurricane Electric IPv6 Certified Sage

Expertise⌗

  • Program PHP, HTML CSS, JavaScript, Python, Bash, Java, and SQL
  • Interfacing Web Services Using SOAP, XML-RPC, and REST
  • Interfacing Databases in MySQL
  • Support Computer Hardware and Software
  • Network Design, Deployment, and Maintenance
  • Operating Systems:
    • Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/7, Windows Server 2000/2003
    • RHEL 4/5/6, CentOS 4/5/6, Fedora 2-16, Debian, OpenWRT
    • Mac OS X
    • Cisco IOS
  • Linux Servers and Systems Using: Shorewall, DansGuardian, Samba, Subversion, Apache, MySQL, NTOP, Dovecot, ClamAV, amavisd-new, Postfix, BIND, VSFTP, Jabber, Heartbeat, DRBD, ProFTPD, Pulse, GFS, LinuxHA, and DHCP
  • Windows Servers using: IIS, VPN, DNS, DHCP, Terminal Services, Ghost, and WINS

Office Skills⌗

  • Copy Machines, Faxes, Multi-line Phone Systems
  • Very Organized, Typing, Filing
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook), OpenOffice, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape, vim, Eclipse, jEdit

Awards Received⌗

  • Eagle Scout
  • Order of the Arrow Member
  • Best Use of Humor in Programming (ACE Computer Camp, Age 14)