Jim Cheetham

Current

Web Content Developer at Christchurch City Council
Principal at iNode

Past

APAC Security & Networking Operations SME at Unisys
Network & Security Manager NZ at Unisys
Unix Systems Engineer at Unisys

System Architect at Egressive Ltd
System Administrator at eCOSM Limited
System Architect at Vodafone Vizzavi
Systems Administrator / IT Manager at Reading Room
Senior Support Consultant at CDP Sigma
Senior Support Engineer at ICL

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Education

Kingston University

Recommended

13 people have recommended Jim

Connections

236 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Jim Cheetham’s Summary

I'm a technical IT generalist - but my main strengths are in Internet and Unix technologies. I've worked in pretty much all spaces from help-desk to architecture to consultancy, and in all areas I provide rapid root-cause/problem analysis. Always mentoring.

My LinkedIn network is of the closed type - I have to know who you are in order to add you. This enables me to maintain trust with confidence.

Jim Cheetham’s Specialties:

TCP/IP to just-below-peering-ISP level, Unix (Linux, Solaris & many variations) from just-above-the-kernel level. Free and Open Source software a speciality.

Jim Cheetham’s Experience

Web Content Developer

Christchurch City Council

(Government Administration industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)

Back-end data model, data capture and formatting support for TeamSite.
Principal

iNode

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2002 — Present (7 years)

iNoδε

Internet, UNIX,

Open Source Solutions,

Bespoke Software,

Security, Networking,

Training & Consultancy
APAC Security & Networking Operations SME

Unisys

(Public Company; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 2 months)

Subject Matter Expert for Security Operations in Asia/Pacific region. Responsible for the operational technical infrastructure, bid responses and project implementation.
Network & Security Manager NZ

Unisys

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 8 months)

Responsible for managing the NZ Network & Security team, operationally running multiple customer networks and maintaining their perimeter security systems.
Unix Systems Engineer

Unisys

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2005 — August 2006 (11 months)

Responsible for business-as-usual and project work within the Unix infrastructure of client companies, as part of the Managed Services Centre of Unisys.
System Architect

Egressive Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2004 — October 2005 (1 year)
System Administrator

eCOSM Limited

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year)
System Architect

Vodafone Vizzavi

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year)
Systems Administrator / IT Manager

Reading Room

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year)

Took on back-end systems management of a small web company, which grew spectacularly into a multi-office big company. Kept it all running from the phones to the colo hosting.
Senior Support Consultant

CDP Sigma

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years)
Senior Support Engineer

ICL

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1990 — 1993 (3 years)

I mostly worked with the campus Infrastructure Services team, helping to establish the Help Desk and its own technical tools and interconnections with the local Unix and Network teams, as well as the off-campus ICL support organisations.

Jim Cheetham’s Education

Kingston University

B.Sc(Hons) Information Systems Design , 1986 — 1990

Maintainer of nethack and TinyMUD services, KPSU Tech Services (especially the Comedy Circuit gigs) and real-ale magnate

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Jim Cheetham’s Interests:

kite flying, recumbent cycle riding, astronomy, photography, theme board games, sci-fi, unix (and linux) hacking, interconnectivity, problem solving, beer, red wine, science, skepticism, Forteana, books ...