Andrew Elliott

Current

Owner/Operator at Interslice Incorporated
Linux & Systems Administrator at Abbott Point of Care

Past

Network, VOIP & Linux Administrator at Computar Services
Infrastructure Support Analyst at Canadian Medical Protective Association
Network Consultant at ITS Dynamic Corporation

Network Consultant at Technical Magic Corporation
Network Technician at Department of National Defence

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Education

Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Andrew Elliott’s Summary

10 years of combined technical experience in the IT Services industry as a Windows & Linux Administrator specializing in:

Virtualization (ESX, custom)
Linux (RedHat, CentOS, Open/FreeBSD, Gentoo, Debian)
Windows (IIS, SQL, SMS, WSUS)
Network Design (Small & mid-size)
DRP
Security (firewalls)
Analysis (traffic, protocol)
VOIP (Asterisk - open-source)
QOS (tc, pf, cisco - wrr, cbq, cbwfq)

Andrew Elliott’s Specialties:

RedHat, CentOS, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Debian, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Windows Server, TCP/IP, Cisco, Extreme, VOIP (Asterisk)

Andrew Elliott’s Experience

Owner/Operator

Interslice Incorporated

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Interslice.ca is a privately held IT services corporation specializing in:

Firewall setup and design (open-source, secure and stable)
Network design and implementation (switching, routing, QOS)
DHCP, DNS and WINS configuration
VPN design and support
File, print and web server design and configuration
Operating system setup and configuration (Windows - Linux)
Backup and restore services
VOIP design and support
Secure wireless design
Antivirus and anti-spyware

All of our solutions are built with a focus on reliability and stability. By utilizing open-source technology we're able to provide Enterprise-Class solutions at a SME price.
Linux & Systems Administrator

Abbott Point of Care

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Medical Devices industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

Main duties consisted of Windows/FreeBSD server support, network monitoring, WAN traffic analysis, Cisco switch configurations, VLAN planning, data center cabling, power distribution, QOS implementation, ipMonitor installation, SNMP management, Apache integration, Visio architectural drawing, project management, RRD configuration, bash scripting, Active Directory maintenance, Red Hat Linux administration, Progress/MFG Pro support.
Small-scale application development included writing small VBscript and VB.NET applications (SQL and Access back-end) and bash/csh scripts which provided reports and analysis for internal IT usage (SAN capacity, network bandwidth, WAN overhead, wireless stability, UPS capacity/running time, SNMP collection, etc.).
Network, VOIP & Linux Administrator

Computar Services

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 5 months)

Reporting to the IT manager and CEO, network administration duties included user account creation, Active Directory and Exchange administration, problem tracking escalation and resolution, technical documentation, DNS/DHCP planning and implementation, server installations, switch/router/WAP maintenance, IIS and SQL configuration. VOIP administration roles consisted of Asterisk management, MACs, phone and user provisioning, DID terminations, SIP/IAX protocol troubleshooting, IPTables firewall maintenance, Polycom image management, QOS setup, Mysql DB administration, Apache configuration, voicemail integration and DR planning and testing.
Infrastructure Support Analyst

Canadian Medical Protective Association

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Medical Practice industry)

January 2004 — January 2005 (1 year 1 month)

Primary roles at the CMPA were desktop and back-end support of 325 workstations and 40 SAN-integrated servers, including Microsoft SMS Administration, SecurID VPN Administration, CMS maintenance, workstation optimization, Peoplesoft support, anti-spyware planning, load balancing, clustering, OU configuration, LAN/WAN troubleshooting, Active Directory management, Wise packaging and deployment, Microsoft SUS deployment as well as Systems Management including installation, configuration, administration, analysis and maintenance.
Network Consultant

ITS Dynamic Corporation

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2003 — January 2004 (8 months)

Under supervision of the CEO/CFO, job functions included planning, implementation and maintenance of over 30 medium sized networks across the greater Ottawa area. Main duties included installation, configuration and testing of hardware, network analysis for new and existing clients, technical documentation management as well as training of junior technicians. Duties far exceeded those of a regular network administrator, as many different platforms including BSD, Linux and Windows.
Network Consultant

Technical Magic Corporation

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2002 — June 2003 (8 months)

Hired to provide consulting, planning and administration services to 15 existing small and medium sized client networks. Key projects included disaster recovery planning for a multiple-server enterprise network, data migration for key database applications, office-wide upgrade planning, FTP server connectivity troubleshooting, server development and implementation. Knowledge attained in the following areas: remote administration, VPN, TCP/IP, DNS, RAID, hardware pricing, Active Directory troubleshooting, backup management, technical writing, project planning, network design and scripting.
Network Technician

Department of National Defence

(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

September 2002 — November 2002 (3 months)