Ian Gallagher

Current

Software Security Engineer at Security Innovation, Inc
Contracted Network and Systems Administrator at Mercer Education Group, Inc

Past

Systems Administrator and Support at Arvixe, LLC
Contracted Network and Systems Administrator at Cascadelink, LLC
Unix Systems Administrator at North Seattle Community College

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Education

North Seattle Community College

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Industry

Computer & Network Security

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Ian Gallagher’s Summary

I'm always eager to discover new ways to work efficiently and solve problems, and I have a strong interest in free open source software/operating systems and community involvement. I've been personally using Linux/*BSD on my own workstations and servers since around 2000.
I enjoy making open source software and operating systems work for businesses to provide network support and services.
I'm highly motivated when it comes to overseeing new challenges and coming up with solutions for them, and excel at quickly learning new things as I'm presented with the need or desire to do so.
A great interest of mine is that of technology which integrates itself in to everyone's lifestyle, and as people become more and more dependent upon that technology the security concerns regarding it become more interesting and more potentially devastating. This is an area that I would like to be involved in and research more.

Ian Gallagher’s Specialties:

Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, CentOS, RHEL), OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, cPanel/WHM, Apache, MySQL, ISC Bind, ISC DHCPD, OpenVPN, qmail, vpopmail, Dovecot, SSH/Rsync, SILC. Experience with bash, perl, PHP and Ruby scripting; C and Java.

Ian Gallagher’s Experience

Software Security Engineer

Security Innovation, Inc

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Contracted Network and Systems Administrator

Mercer Education Group, Inc

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

December 2004 — Present (5 years )

Designed and implemented small business network including FreeBSD router and firewall, private and public wireless network installation, desktop support including configuration/purchase of desktop PC's, Windows XP/Vista support, Quickbooks in a networked environment. I continue to provide monthly network and desktop support.
Systems Administrator and Support

Arvixe, LLC

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

March 2007 — February 2008 (1 year )

Deploy and administer Linux and Windows shared hosting and virtualization servers, cPanel/WHM/Helm, Apache, IIS, ASP, PHP, MySQL, Exim, SpamAssasin, ISC Bind, SSHD. Provide support to shared web hosting users and dedicated server customers via e-mail, live chat, and phone.
Contracted Network and Systems Administrator

Cascadelink, LLC

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

July 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 7 months)

Deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain small network of FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux servers. Help in deployment and management of backend network, and city-wide WiMax-class wireless mesh network.
Unix Systems Administrator

North Seattle Community College

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year )

Back end Linux and OpenBSD server deployment and administration, deployed network core services (DHCP, DNS, PF Firewall), monitroing with NTOP and SNMP based utilities.

Ian Gallagher’s Education

North Seattle Community College

AS , Computer Science, Psychology , 2004 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

Phi Theta Kappa, Gearslingers! Climbing Club, Engineering Society

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Ian Gallagher’s Interests:

Open Source Software, Linux, BSD, Unix, System Administration, Security, Research, Technology Community, Artificial Intelligence, Psychology, Climbing, Mountaineering