Network Administrator for Oklahoma District Attorneys Council
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area
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- Network Administrator at District Attorneys Council of Oklahoma
- Owner, Partner at Redbud Properties, Inc.
- Freelance Photographer (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Network Manager at Green Mountain Energy Company
- Network Engineer at PSI Net
- Education
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- Oklahoma Photography School
- On-Site VMWare Training
- New Horizons
- Scott Smith Mastering the Light
- United Technical Institute
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John Burchell’s Summary
As a Network Administrator for the State of Oklahoma, I have been working with VMWare, Windows 2003 Active Directory, Group Policy, Network Security, Netscreen Firewall, SQL 2005 Server Administration, Exchange 2003 Server, Clustered, SANs and SNMP Network Management running on Redhat Linux.
While employed by the state, I have worked with workstation operating systems from Windows 95 through Windows XP Professional. I have worked with server operating systems from Windows NT 4.0 through Windows Server 2003 and various versions of Linux.
I have been responsible for installing, configuring and maintaining, according to best practices, services and hardware including: DNS, WINS, DHCP, IAS, IIS, Windows Load Balancing, Clustering Services, SNMP, Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, Cisco routers, wireless access points, wireless bridges, switches, Dell switches, Netscreen firewall, barracuda spam firewall, Nagios network management, Dell and Compaq Servers, Dell and various clone PC Workstations.
John Burchell’s Specialties:
linux system administration, Windows server administration, dhcp, dns, wins, IAS, Wireless Access Point, Wireless Bridge, Security, router configuration.
John Burchell’s Experience
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Network Administrator
District Attorneys Council of Oklahoma
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2000 — Present (7 years 11 months)
The District Attorneys Council of Oklahoma provides Information Technology services to the District Attorneys across the state of Oklahoma, with the exception of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Cleveland Counties.
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Owner, Partner
Redbud Properties, Inc.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Real Estate industry)
October 1999 — Present (9 years)
We have been purchasing, refurbishing, leasing, and managing residentail real estate in the Oklahoma City metro area.
In the course of my experience, I have been directly involved in over 500 real estate transactions, including purchases, sales, leases, financing and re-financing. -
Freelance Photographer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Photography industry)
January 1999 — Present (9 years 9 months)
I love portrait art, business portraits, family portraits, commercial/product photography and weddings.
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Network Manager
Green Mountain Energy Company
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Utilities industry)
August 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 3 months)
I was hired as a network engineer and relocated to Vermont. After living there for a year, the company relocated to Austin, Texas.
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Network Engineer
PSI Net
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1996 — August 1999 (2 years 9 months)
I was a network engineer, installing routers, configuring T-1's ISDN's, various firewalls, email servers and brought companies and their workstations onto the internet.
John Burchell’s Education
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Oklahoma Photography School
Photography 2007 — 2007
In an intense week long class of approximately 30 people and several models, I covered different lighting techniques for use in Portrait and Commercial photography. Other topics included lighting and photographing food and beverages with unique lighting techniques for photographing glass objects.
- Activities and Societies:
- studied with John Woodward of New York and learned various studio and outdoor lighting techniques.
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On-Site VMWare Training
VMWare Technology 2007 — 2007
Some of the servers we virtualized, were our primary file server, a low volume Microsoft SQL Server, and various other single process servers. We created dual ESX Servers with HA, DRS, and a Virtual Center, both ESX Servers connect to various SANS withing our network using Native and VMFS filesystems.
- Activities and Societies:
- In this week long class, our VMWare instructor came in-house and showed us how to use all the VMWare Technology to virtualize many of our key servers.
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New Horizons
Microsoft Windows Active Directory 2003 2006 — 2006
Within the classroom environment, we planned out a network, implemented Active Directory in Server 2003, and examined various methods for planning, trouble-shooting, and implementing group policies.
- Activities and Societies:
- Another week long class the covered, in depth, planning, maintaining and implementing Active Directory for Windows 2003 Server.
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Scott Smith Mastering the Light
photography 2006 — 2006
This class included live models, several traditional lighting styles and lots of hands-on activities. Placing and metering light was emphasised for the correct shadow indoors and out.
- Activities and Societies:
- A 3 day course that covered lighting and posing basics, taught by Scott Smith of Dallas, TX.
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United Technical Institute
Electronics, Computer Repair 1986 — 1987
I completed a 2 year course in electronics and an additional computer repair class
- Activities and Societies:
- Deans Honor Role
Additional Information
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John Burchell’s Interests:
photography, taking portraits, wedding photography, information technology, real estate, real estate investing, marketing, networking, small business process
John Burchell’s Groups:
Metro Professional Photographers Association, Professional Photographers of Oklahoma, Southwest Professional Photographers Association
John Burchell’s Contact Settings
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