Unix System Administrator
China
- Current
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- Senior Engineer at SMIC
- Past
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- English Teacher at SMIC Bilingual School
- Stretcher-bearer at Red Cross
- Directory Inquiries Operator at Telecom Italia
- Education
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- The University of Hull
- ITSOS Marie Curie
- Connections
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
John Tai’s Summary
Experience
- Daily System Administration tasks.
- Setup unix system architecture.
- Negotiate system setup and services with hardware vendors.
- Negotiate price, services and alliance with EDA software vendors.
- Write ISO documentations for certification.
- Programming scripts and simple programs in Perl, Java, C.
- Write presentations about system architecture and organization.
- Prepare presentation for hardware purchase proposal.
Interests
- Web programming and web services.
- IT news and startup web companies.
John Tai’s Specialties:
Linux, Unix, Perl, NIS setup, rrdtool
John Tai’s Experience
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Senior Engineer
SMIC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; smi; Semiconductors industry)
December 2002 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Senior Engineer as Unix System Administrator.
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English Teacher
SMIC Bilingual School
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
August 2001 — September 2001 (2 months)
(Volunteer) English Teacher. Working with elementary students at an English summer school in Shanghai, China.
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Stretcher-bearer
Red Cross
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 1998 — February 1999 (11 months)
Stretcher-bearer for ambulance as part of the compulsory military service in Cinisello Balsamo – Milano, Italy.
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Directory Inquiries Operator
Telecom Italia
(Telecommunications industry)
December 1996 — June 1997 (7 months)
Part-time job as a telephone operator. I used a custom software to obtain the telephone numbers. The software did not allow a search without the name, so a new version was introduced, which proved to be inefficient. In Milano, Italy.
John Tai’s Education
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The University of Hull
bachelor of science, Computer Science, 1999 — 2002
Year 3:
- Software Management & Quality
- Computer Graphics Algorithms
- Virtual Environments & Visualization
- Object Oriented Software Development
- Parallel & Distributed Processing
Final Year Project
The Spell checker. Full application with text editor and spell checking capabilities, and the possibility of creating custom dictionary. Using the JAVA language and the JBuilder4 software package, running on a MS-Windows machine.
Year 2-1:
- Basic modules including: AI, Networks, Database Techniques, Computer Architectures.
Various Projects
I have developed a number of projects throughout the course of the degree, both individually and working in teams. These projects include: Virtual Environments, Testing, simple 3D graphics, visualization, distributed systems.- Activities and Societies:
- Anime Club, Sports Club
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ITSOS Marie Curie
high school diploma, Information Technology, 1990 — 1995
First two years of basic study. Last 3 years focused on IT with some electrical engineering background.
Additional Information
John Tai’s Websites:
John Tai’s Interests:
web 2.0 services, podcasting, apple inc., linux distros
John Tai’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
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