System Administrator
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- System Administrator at RockYou!
- Past
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- System Administrator / Operations Engineer at Proofpoint
- System Administrator at Piczo, Inc.
- Member & Officer at Libertarian Party of Santa Clara County
- Technical Marketing Engineer at Zmanda
- Technical Writer at Jamcracker, Inc.
- System Administrator at TIDAL Software
- System Administrator at Synopsys
- Computer Operator at The Money Store
- Education
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- Linux Professional Institute
- Montclair State University
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Lois Garcia’s Summary
Proofpoint product covers every aspect of email security, and give a customer a choice as far as hosted, on site, appliances, virtual machines - you name it. Customer happiness is not just a slogan at Proofpoint.
Fortunately, employee happiness is not neglected, either. Upper management at Proofpoint is savvy and is leading the company in positive directions. Working with a great group of people and constantly evolving technology has definitely made me a better system administrator. I am responsible for customer provisioning and have had to meet several challenges with interesting configurations. We are a Linux shop, so I continue my work on the OS level, as well as beginning to delve into the network side of the house a little more.
Lois Garcia’s Specialties:
email deliverability, precise documentation, communication
Lois Garcia’s Experience
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System Administrator
RockYou!
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
RockYou is going strong. The company is staffed with smart, fun people that I look forward to working with every week. A developer of social network applications, RockYou continually examines its priorities and strategies, making for a company that is growing even in this economy. I work with an ace operations team whose skills cover the gamut from Windows to MySQL, shell to perl to python. My contribution is growing as well, as I take on more responsibilities and watch and learn.
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System Administrator / Operations Engineer
Proofpoint
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2007 — September 2008 (11 months)
Proofpoint provides email security and data loss prevention through appliances, virtual appliances, software and software on demand. It is a quickly growing company with aggressive hiring targets for this year, so please join us!
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System Administrator
Piczo, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
September 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 3 months)
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Member & Officer
Libertarian Party of Santa Clara County
(Non-Profit; Public Policy industry)
November 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 5 months)
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Technical Marketing Engineer
Zmanda
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)
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Technical Writer
Jamcracker, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 4 months)
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System Administrator
TIDAL Software
(Computer Software industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years)
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System Administrator
Synopsys
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
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Computer Operator
The Money Store
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 1996 (1 year)
Lois Garcia’s Education
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Linux Professional Institute
LPIC 1 , LPIC 1 Certification , 2007 — 2007
Passed certification test in August 2007.
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Montclair State University
1983 — 1985
Additional Information
Lois Garcia’s Websites:
Lois Garcia’s Groups:
BayLISA, Board of Directors
SVLUG, Member
LPSCC, Member
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Piczo, Inc Alumni
