
UNIX System Administrator at Independent Consultant
Sacramento, California Area

UNIX System Administrator at Independent Consultant
Sacramento, California Area
UNIX Systems Admistrator interested in Best Practices of support of UNIX systems, Knowledge Centered Support (KCS), Knowledge Management (KM), Social Networking Software (Web 2.0), Collaboration.
Knowledge Management, Knowledge Centered Support, Blogging, HP-UX, UNIX
(Self-Employed; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
(Public Company; HPQ; Computer Hardware industry)
1998 — 2009 (11 years )
HP-UX SysAdmin support; Supporting customers who are HP-UX® System Administrators, on HP Integrity servers & HP PA-RISC 9000 servers, and who need help Troubleshooting HP-UX. Using collaborative software, like blogs, wikis, to share best practices, to keep up with the latest issues, etc.
Note: a Response Center is a cross between a HelpDesk and a Call Center.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1988 — April 1998 (9 years 8 months)
Los Angeles and Sacramento, California -
Trident Data Systems was a Los Angeles-based company offering a suite of front-end IT security tools, such as intrusion detection. Founded in 1975, it had 900 employees and annual revenue of about $90 million, mostly from defense and intelligence agencies.
Systems Supported:
HP-UX 9000 PA-RISC Servers, DEC Alpha Digital UNIX (now Tru64 UNIX®) Servers, NeXTSTEP® (now Mac OS X) Servers & Workstations, Pyramid UNIX Servers, and X-Terminals. Objective-C programming (based on smalltalk)
Desktops: Xterminals and NeXTSTEP workstations/cubes
(Aviation & Aerospace industry)
May 1985 — September 1988 (3 years 5 months)
Hughes Aircraft Company - Space & Communications Group, Los Angeles, California.
Systems Supported:
HP-UX 9000/500 Servers
Programming:
C language programming
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
January 1981 — June 1982 (1 year 6 months)
* June 1982 - Sept 1982 & Jan 1981 - Sept 1981
* Hughes Aircraft Company - Radar Systems Group, Los Angeles, California
* HP 3000 MPE® Servers, ComputerVision® CAD/CAM Workstations, CADAM® CAD/CAM Workstations
Bachelor , Computer Science , 1978 — 1983
Blogs, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Folksonomy, KCS, KM, Web 2.0, Wikis, Cooking, Food, Music, Science Fiction / Fantasy
TSG 2004 Most Valuable Player