Kevin Walter

Current

• Information Services Specialist at Napitek, Ltd.
• Soccer Referee, Grade 7 at United States Soccer Federation

Past

• Owner at Pivotal Web Hosting (Sole Proprietorship)

Education

• Technology Center of DuPage
• Downers Grove South

Connections

37 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog

Kevin Walter’s Summary

Self-taught and self-motivated system administrator with substantial experience on both Linux (multiple distributions) and Windows server and workstation environments. Focus on virtualization, scalable architecture, network security, and user management. Advanced knowledge of PHP/MySQL, XHTML, CSS, and other web development technologies. Intermediate experience with software programming, including C++, Java, and .NET. Interested in any project that would allow me to further my skills and gain invaluable experience, both on the technical aspects and business networking.

Kevin Walter’s Specialties:

shell scripting, virtualization, e-mail administration, load balancing, backup administration and automation, hosting environments (internal/external), PHP/MySQL

Kevin Walter’s Experience

• Information Services Specialist

  Napitek, Ltd.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

• Soccer Referee, Grade 7

  United States Soccer Federation

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Sports industry)

  February 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)

  Officiated youth and adult soccer matches under the Illinois State Soccer Association. Experience working as center referee, assistant referee, and fourth official. Also certified by Illinois High School Association (under National Federation of High Schools).

• Owner

  Pivotal Web Hosting (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2005 — March 2006 (1 year)

  Operated a web hosting business with nearly 50 customers at its peak. Offered shared, reseller, and dedicated server hosting packages, as well as 24/7 toll-free phone and IM support with 2 part-time support agents. Managed 3 dedicated servers running cPanel/WHM.

Kevin Walter’s Education

• Technology Center of DuPage

  Computer Information Systems 2007 — 2008

  Attended the Technology Center of DuPage daily in cooperation with regular high school.

  Activities and Societies:

  Job Shadow, The Palladium Group

• Downers Grove South

  High School , 2004 — 2008

Additional Information

Kevin Walter’s Websites:

• My Blog

Kevin Walter’s Interests:

educational technology, web development, criminal justice, soccer

Kevin Walter’s Groups:

Chicago Windows User Group, Google Highly Open Participation Contest (2007-08), Students 2.0, Toastmasters International

•    Linked n Chicago
•    Technology in Education
•    USSF Certified Referee Network

Kevin Walter’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch