International project manager
Geneva Area, Switzerland
- Current
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- International Consultant at World Health Organization
- Past
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- Consultant at BlueChipTek
- Field Logistician/Admin at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
- Senior System Administrator at Tellme Networks, Inc.
- International Operations Liaison at Tellme Networks, Inc.
- System Operations Analyst at Microsoft
- Network Operations Toolsmith at Microsoft
- Software Engineer at Bunyip Information Systems
- Intern at Synopsys, Inc
- Education
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- Harvey Mudd College
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Jeff R. Allen’s Summary
After 10 years in the IT industry, I quit my job and retrained myself to work as a logistician for MSF. I worked in Nimba County (Liberia), Aru (DR Congo) and Senbete (Ethiopia).
I am now looking for a job in Suisse Romande where I can apply my skills to managing projects that cross borders, cultures and languages.
Jeff R. Allen’s Specialties:
Open source software. Network management. Learning, teaching, and mentoring. Radio, satellite and internet communications technologies.
Jeff R. Allen’s Experience
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International Consultant
World Health Organization
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
IT deployment in Sierra Leone.
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Consultant
BlueChipTek
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2005 — December 2008 (4 years )
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Field Logistician/Admin
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
(Non-Profit; XXXX; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 3 months)
Liberia (log/admin, basic healthcare), Chad (evacuated... doh!), Congo (log/admin; meningitis emergency), Ethiopia (log; food security)
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Senior System Administrator
Tellme Networks, Inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — November 2004 (3 years 3 months)
Designed tools for task automation. Managed logistics of a data center move with a requirement for zero downtime. Mentored junior system administrators and honed the culture of the team.
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International Operations Liaison
Tellme Networks, Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2000 — August 2001 (10 months)
Mastered the operations of an immature system in order to successfully export the system to a subsidiary in Belgium. Work took place in Mountain View, California, in Tournai, Belgium, and in Brussels, Belgium.
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System Operations Analyst
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 3 months)
Did self-directed research into ways to improve cost or performance of the existing system. Implemented proposed changes via engineering, communication, or sometimes covert action.
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Network Operations Toolsmith
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1997 — August 1999 (2 years 8 months)
Identified, designed, and built tools for the WebTV Network Operations Center.
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Software Engineer
Bunyip Information Systems
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1996 — January 1997 (1 year 1 month)
Rewrote, tested, and released a research platform for directory search. Authored RFC's on a new protocol for distributed index collection.
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Intern
Synopsys, Inc
(Public Company; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
1995 — 1995 (less than a year)
Jeff R. Allen’s Education
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Harvey Mudd College
BS , Computer Science , September 1991 — December 1996
Most valuable skills from Mudd: unicycling and ballroom dancing!
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BarCamp Lausanne
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