Software Services Specialist
Greater Chicago Area
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- Owner at SmallieFishing.com
- Assurer at CACert.org
- Computer Services Specialist III at Fermi National Accelerator Lab
- Past
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- Manager of Infrastructure Support at Ameritech
- Systems Engineer at Hewlett Packard
- Programmer at Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
- Education
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- Valparaiso University
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Ken Schumacher’s Summary
I started working the the computer industry back in 1979. I have experiance using UNIX/Linux on HP (MPE & HP-UX), DEC (Tru64), Sun (Solaris), SGI (IRIX), IBM (AIX) and Intel/AMD (Linux) platforms. I have worked with large groups of Linux nodes in a Farm/Grid configuration. I have administered Condor, LSF and Grid batch systems. I have designed, installed and administered various Local and Wide Area Ethernet networks. I was part of a team managing high capacity data storage systems containing over 20 PetaBytes of data. And I am currently working with an HPC environment running a batch manager based on Torque / OpenPBS
I write HTML/XHTML using XEmacs. This allows more control than most web development editors. I prefer command line tools over GUI front ends for most work.
I have worked in Customer Service at Hewlett Packard, as a Systems Engineer and briefly (the "Field on Loan" program) at the HP customer Response Center in Atlanta. I managed computer equipment and worked closely with the staff at Ameritech's National Customer Service Center. I have valuable experiance and training in customer service.
I am an advocate of on-line personal privacy. I encourage others in use of tools like PGP/GPG and CAcert.org. I have hosted GPG key signing parties and am happy to help others in building the "Web of Trust". I am listed as an assurer with CAcert.org and can give up to 35 points to those working toward assurance of a personal digital certificate.
Ken Schumacher’s Specialties:
I have many years of experiance in Computer Systems and network administration, on a mix of platforms. My strong suits are customer service, teaching/mentoring and troubleshooting.
Ken Schumacher’s Experience
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Owner
SmallieFishing.com
(Sports industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Fly Fishing Instructor, Casting Coach and Guide.
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Assurer
CACert.org
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — Present (5 years )
I am a volunteer Assurer for CACert.org, in the western suburbs of Chicago. I can help you get a digital certificate used for signing or encryption. Visit my assurance web page or CACert.org for full information.
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Computer Services Specialist III
Fermi National Accelerator Lab
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1997 — Present (12 years 11 months)
I am part of a team of UNIX Systems Administrators who manages Fermilab's Data Movement and Storage Systems. We manage some robotic tape storage systems currently storing over 8 PetaBytes of data. We also manage file servers used to cache data moving into and out of the storage systems as well as the applications that drive these services.
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Manager of Infrastructure Support
Ameritech
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
1990 — March 1996 (6 years )
I started as a UNIX Systems Administrator in Ameritech's NCSC (National Customer Service Center). As the department grew, I added responsibilities and worked my way up to a position as Manager of Infrastructure Support. My staff managed PC Desktops, Novell file servers and UNIX servers as well as the network that connected them all.
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Systems Engineer
Hewlett Packard
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)
1985 — 1990 (5 years )
I started doing software support for internally used applications including order processing, sales leads and telesales support. I moved from that into a position as a Systems Engineer providing software support services and consulting (Unix and Networking) for HP Customers.
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Programmer
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
(Computer Software industry)
1984 — 1985 (1 year )
Ken Schumacher’s Education
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Valparaiso University
BS BusAdmin , Business (Marketing, Finance), Computer Science , 1978 — 1983
I started out in the Electrical Engineering Program. I found the higher calculus to be challenging. So I changed majors to Business and got a minor in Computer Science. Valparaiso did not offer a major in Computer Science until a year after I graduated. I worked as an operator and computer lab assistant with the Academic Computing Center. I have worked in the Computer field since before I graduated. I have found it advantageous to be able to explain computer systems in terms my business customers can understand.
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Sigma Epsilon,
Additional Information
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Ken Schumacher’s Interests:
Teaching, Customer Service, Trouble Shooting, Consulting, Unix/Linux, Computer Networking, Church (LCMS), Fishing (primarily Smallmouth), Fly Tying, Reading, Geocaching, Digital Photography
Ken Schumacher’s Groups:
USENIX, SAGE, Sourceforge.net, CAcert.org, ISA (Illinois Smallmouth Alliance), LCMS (Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod)
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Fly Anglers in Business
Ken Schumacher’s Honors:
I was elected Illinois State President of VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) in 1976-77. I led this 4000 member organization of High School vocational students (and their adult advisors) through a major re-write of the State level constitution. I was acknowledged for my Leadership and expertise in Roberts Rules of Order.
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