Managing Member at Plumata LLC
Hartford, Connecticut Area
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- Managing Member at Plumata LLC
- Past
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- Sr. Linux Systems Engineer at NeuralIQ, Inc
- Technical Services Manager at Interbridge Networks
- Network Engineer at Interbridge Networks
- Aircraft Armament Systems Journeyman at USAF
- Computer & Networking Consultant at Dynamic Alliance LLC
- Education
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- Three Rivers Community College
- US Air Force - Sheppard AFB
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Charles Hooper’s Summary
In past lives I have developed components of a Linux-based Intrusion Forensics/Intelligence Appliance, managed a datacenter and its company's technical support processes, been a Network Engineer, worked on aircraft weapon systems for the U.S. Air Force, and worked at a boarding kennel full of happy dogs.
Charles Hooper’s Specialties:
Network design and troubleshooting, Ethernet (VLANs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, GVRP), IP (Routing, NAT, VRRP), Cisco and Foundry hardware in a mixed-vendor environment, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux system administration, systems monitoring and analysis, mysql administration, high availability.
Charles Hooper’s Experience
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Managing Member
Plumata LLC
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
Plumata LLC specializes in managed shared and dedicated services, focusing on Small-to-Medium Businesses in Southern New England.
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Sr. Linux Systems Engineer
NeuralIQ, Inc
(Computer & Network Security industry)
July 2008 — February 2009 (8 months)
NeuralIQ was founded in 2004 on the principle that information security is an evolutionary arms race and that the key to victory is adaptability. Marked by a passion for meeting unconventional threats with unconventional technology, NeuralIQ provides network counter-intelligence and operational agility in dynamic, often hostile, computing environments.
In my time spent at NeuralIQ I had been faced with a variety of challenges from both the operations of the company as well as the development of the company's Intrusion Forensics platform.
From the operations side of the house I lead the design and deployment of a redundant physical network, deployed, configured, and managed a variety of firewalls, and administered the company's Linux-based servers.
On the development side I assisted in the configuration of system-level resources, database administration, and package management and release processes. -
Technical Services Manager
Interbridge Networks
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)
Interbridge is an Internet Service Provider local to the state of Connecticut. Interbridge provides managed ISP services as well as web hosting, DNS hosting, and spam filtering.
When I was promoted to Technical Services Manager of Interbridge I was asked to manage the company's primary datacenter as well as the technical support operations.
Armed with the knowledge I obtained working for Interbridge as a Network Engineer, I quickly set out to solve problems affecting operations. I established policies and procedures related to service availability as well as customer support processes. -
Network Engineer
Interbridge Networks
(Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2007 — April 2008 (9 months)
In my time as a Network Engineer for Interbridge I was involved in all technical aspects of the organization -- Connectivity (DSL, T1, Frame Relay, Optical Ethernet), Inter-network routing, Linux and FreeBSD server deployment and administration, and trouble-shooting email delivery issues.
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Aircraft Armament Systems Journeyman
USAF
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USAF; Military industry)
December 2003 — August 2007 (3 years 9 months)
Backshop -- Tested, inspected, and repaired aircraft weapon systems and related equipment. Troubleshot electrical and mechanical discrepancies.
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Computer & Networking Consultant
Dynamic Alliance LLC
(Computer Networking industry)
September 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 4 months)
DA is a Small-Medium Business (SMB) IT Management company, managing the technology infrastructure for businesses ranging from a couple of workstations in a peer-to-peer network to companies of hundreds of workstations with Active Directory and many servers.
During my time at DA I worked part time as a computer and network consultant and my primary responsibility was desktop support for a medium-sized non-profit organization.
Charles Hooper’s Education
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Three Rivers Community College
Computer Science 2007 — 2007
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US Air Force - Sheppard AFB
Aircraft Armament Systems 2004 — 2004
Distinguished Graduate
- Activities and Societies:
- Airmen Leader ("Yellow Rope")
Additional Information
Charles Hooper’s Websites:
Charles Hooper’s Interests:
virtualization, technology, networking, internet, communications, investing, music
Charles Hooper’s Groups:
EFF
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On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
Digital Forensics Association (DFA) -
CT Technology Network
Charles Hooper’s Honors:
Cisco Certified (CCENT)
VMware Sales Professional (VSP)
Air Force Achievement Award, March 2008
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (2)
Distinguished Graduate, Aircraft Armament Systems, May 2004
Charles Hooper’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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