Drew from Zhrodague

Current

Organizer at dorkbot.org (Pittsburgh)
UNIX Systems Administrator at Gradient Labs
Founder / Creator at WiFiMaps.com

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Past

Project Systems Administrator at National Robotics Engineering Center
Systems Administrator at Roam Dynamic Media
UNIX Systems Administrator at Hobnob, Inc.

UNIX Systems Administrator at auctionPAL
UNIX Systems Administrator at Network Appliance
UNIX Systems Administrator at FedEx Ground
UNIX Systems Administrator at DRT
Build System Engineer at Timesys
Production Systems Analyst at Lycos
UNIX Systems Administrator at Manufacturing.net
Director of Information Technology at LOBBY7
UNIX Systems Administrator at EPrise
UNIX Systems Administrator at Workscape
UNIX Systems Administrator at Telesis
UNIX Systems Administrator at PNC Bank
UNIX Systems Administrator at Stargate Industries
UNIX Systems Administrator at Sneakerlabs (Sole Proprietorship)
UNIX Systems Administrator at Pittsburgh OnLine
Product Researcher at Chan Smart!Ware
Technology Specialist at CD Solutions

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Drew from Zhrodague’s Summary

This is my 13th year as a UNIX Systems Administrator. I have now worked in every type of industry. It is now time for the next phase in my career, which I am currently exploring.

Drew from Zhrodague’s Specialties:

Systems administration, computing and development environments, creative Internet applications, ad-hoc telecommunications, improvised imaging systems, just-in-time duct tape applications, self-organizing piles of junk, untangling wires. Soon to add robots, astronomical observation, and DIY biochemical warfare.

Drew from Zhrodague’s Experience

Organizer

dorkbot.org (Pittsburgh)

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)
UNIX Systems Administrator

Gradient Labs

(Internet industry)

March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

UNIX Systems administration for small web shop -- server builds, Apache configuration, MySQL/Postgres, Sendmail, and buildout of development environment.
Founder / Creator

WiFiMaps.com

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

March 2002 — Present (7 years 9 months)
Project Systems Administrator

National Robotics Engineering Center

(Defense & Space industry)

July 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 7 months)

Project systems administrator for Autonomous Navigation Systems group. Linux administration, software license handling, developer support, Clearcase sub-administrator, field testing of autonomous robots, robot telecommunications provisioning, make-it-work-now actions.
Systems Administrator

Roam Dynamic Media

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

Customer Service, Software support, Systems Analysis, Systems Administration
UNIX Systems Administrator

Hobnob, Inc.

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

July 2006 — September 2006 (3 months)

UNIX Systems Administration, soekris wireless module setup, Asterisk integration, etc.
UNIX Systems Administrator

auctionPAL

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

March 2006 — March 2006 (1 month)

Everything-IT and UNIX systems administration for startup company. I setup Asterisk, development, database, and application servers. I also configured an FTP service, and spam filtered email processor.
UNIX Systems Administrator

Network Appliance

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; netp; Computer Hardware industry)

April 2005 — January 2006 (10 months)
UNIX Systems Administrator

FedEx Ground

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year )
UNIX Systems Administrator

DRT

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
Build System Engineer

Timesys

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year )
Production Systems Analyst

Lycos

(Public Company; Internet industry)

2002 — 2002 (less than a year)
UNIX Systems Administrator

Manufacturing.net

(Internet industry)

2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
Director of Information Technology

LOBBY7

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 2000 — August 2001 (1 year )

Everything IT.
UNIX Systems Administrator

EPrise

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year )
UNIX Systems Administrator

Workscape

(Human Resources industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )
UNIX Systems Administrator

Telesis

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

1998 — 1998 (less than a year)
UNIX Systems Administrator

PNC Bank

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

1997 — 1998 (1 year )
UNIX Systems Administrator

Stargate Industries

(Internet industry)

1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
UNIX Systems Administrator
Sneakerlabs (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
UNIX Systems Administrator

Pittsburgh OnLine

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

February 1995 — September 1996 (1 year 8 months)
Product Researcher

Chan Smart!Ware

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

1994 — 1994 (less than a year)
Technology Specialist

CD Solutions

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

1992 — 1993 (1 year )

Additional Information

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Drew from Zhrodague’s Interests:

computing, Internet, blogging, UNIX, GNU/Linux, WiFi, GIS, MythTV, gardening, brewing, writing, homerepair, printing, drinking, smoking, parties, sleeping