Chris Black

Current

IT Manager at Gourmet Trading

Past

Systems And Business Support Engineer at WebReach Inc.
Systems Administrator at WebReach Inc
Senior Linux Systems Administrator at Krell Institute

Systems Administrator at North Polk Community School

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Education

Iowa State University

Connections

95 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Chris Black’s Summary

Certifications: Cisco Certified Network Associate
Operating Systems: Solaris, Linux, NetBSD, Windows 98/ME/NT/2000 Server /2003 Server/XP, Macintosh
OS9.x/OSX.
Programming Languages: C++, PHP, HTML, Coldfusion.
Software: Advanced Knowledge of Microsoft's Office and Sun's StarOffice Suites, Veritas 9.x, Retrospect, Norton
Anti-Virus corporate, Visio, Dreamweaver.
Server Software: Apache (SSL), Sybase, MySQL, Oracle, sendmail (SMTP-Auth), MailScanner, SpamAssassin,
DNS, DHCP, NFS, samaba, CVS, Real Helix Server.
Networking: TCP/IP, SSH, VPN, Ethernet, Wireless, Firewalls.

Chris Black’s Specialties:

Unix/Linux Administration

Chris Black’s Experience

Systems And Business Support Engineer

WebReach Inc.

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

January 2006 — June 2008 (2 years 6 months)

• Develop new IT systems for clients and internal business functions
• Coldfusion/Oracle and PHP/MySQL business operations web development and management reporting software.
• Support users in the United Kingdom and U.S. with our web based software.
• Assist DBA with day to day management of MySQL and Oracle databases.
• Work directly with customers to assist in data retrieval and data modeling using PL/SQL.
Systems Administrator

WebReach Inc

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

June 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 8 months)

• Run the build and deploy process for the QA team.
• Work as a team to maintain the availability of our unix Production, Staging, Training and Development servers.
• Assist Network Administrator with day to day management of network devices.
Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Krell Institute

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Defense & Space industry)

August 2001 — June 2004 (2 years 11 months)

• Install, secure and maintain Unix and Windows servers including: Web, E-mail, CVS, DNS, and DHCP.
• Install, maintain, and trouble shoot software/hardware for users.
• PHP/MySQL web development.
• Advise on new hardware/software purchases, security policies.
• Plan and carry out major system upgrades.
• Create technical documentation and solutions.
• Assist with backup solutions for all clients, using Veritas 9.x and Retrospect.
Systems Administrator

North Polk Community School

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

September 1997 — September 2003 (6 years 1 month)

• Install, secure, and maintain: Windows 2000 domain, active directory, DNS/DHCP servers, Redhat Linux E-mail, web servers.
• Install, maintain, and trouble shoot Mac OSX and Linux desktops.
• Assist with purchase plans, systems upgrades and repairs.
• Advise the school technology director for new hardware/software upgrades and security policies.