James Palm

Current

• IT Manager at Spearia Inc.
• Firefighter / EMT at Cannon Township Fire Department

Past

• AmbuCab Driver at Rockford Ambulance

Education

• Belding EMS
• Plainfield Fire Dept Firefighter Academy
• Grand Rapids Community College

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

James Palm’s Summary

I work at the web development company, Spearia Inc. as the IT manager and also as a web developer. I manage all aspects of information technology services in the company and I also help develop web applications for our clients.

I am also a volunteer firefighter and EMT for my local community. I have served in this position for over four years and I have loved every minute of it.

James Palm’s Specialties:

Linux server operating system, network administration, systems administration, database administration, PHP, XHTML/CSS, CodeIgniter PHP Framework, Xen Virtualization, Microsoft Windows operating systems, Authorize.net Development

James Palm’s Experience

• IT Manager

  Spearia Inc.

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

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  I am the systems administrator and IT manager for Spearia Inc. In addition to my IT responsibilities, I also develop parts of our clients' websites and custom applications.

• Firefighter / EMT

  Cannon Township Fire Department

  (Public Safety industry)

  September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

  I am a volunteer firefighter and EMT for the rural community of Cannon Township. In addition to my full-time job, I spend my off time and weekends responding to emergencies within and surrounding Cannon Township, MI.

• AmbuCab Driver

  Rockford Ambulance

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Public Safety industry)

  May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

  My position at Rockford Ambulance was AmbuCab driver. My duties included transporting (non-emergency) patients to doctors appointments from their residences or returning them home from the hospital.

James Palm’s Education

• Belding EMS

  Certification , EMT-Basic , 2008 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  Certification course for EMT-Basic Level EMS Provider.

• Plainfield Fire Dept Firefighter Academy

  Certification , Firefighter I&II , 2005 — 2006

  Graduated the fire academy with certification in Firefighter Level 1 & 2, Haz-Mat Operations, Incident Command, Vehicle Extrication, and Rescue.

  Activities and Societies:

  Practical and classroom education on the basics of firefighting.

• Grand Rapids Community College

  AA , Information Technology , 2002 — 2006

  My education focused on Information Technology with emphasis on Systems Administration. I graduated from GRCC with an Associates in General Studies.

Additional Information

James Palm’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

James Palm’s Interests:

Fighting fires, music, Linux, systems administration, emergency medical services, foreign movies

James Palm’s Groups:

National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians

•    Open Source Universe
•    Semantic Web
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Spearia

James Palm’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch