Manager of IT Services at Raba Technologies
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Developer at The OpenBSD Project
- Manager of IT Services at Raba Technologies (SRA)
- Editor at OpenBSD Journal
- Founder at MetaBUG
- Founder at CapBUG
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- IT Manager at Epok, Inc.
- Senior Consultant at Rand Solutions Group
- Manager of Platform Integration at rStar Networks
- Systems Analyst at Mentor Technologies
- Lead Network Engineer at US Mint Contractor
- Network Engineer at NCI/NIH Contractor
- Network Administrator at Bell Atlantic Corporate Television
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Michael Erdely’s Summary
I have 16 years of IT experience. I have wide-ranging experience from Windows to Mac to *nix (Linux and *BSD) to neworking hardware (routers, switches, VPN hardware). I manage both IT resources and team members.
I focus on network and system security. I always try to use the best technology for the specific situation with no loyalty to a specific brand or company.
My five year goal is to move away from hands on IT support and focus mainly on management and R&D.
Michael Erdely’s Specialties:
Network security, complex problem solving, teaching technology and techniques to teammates, team management
Michael Erdely’s Experience
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Developer
The OpenBSD Project
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Contribute to the OpenBSD ports tree.
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Manager of IT Services
Raba Technologies (SRA)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; srx; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Manage Raba IT Services still needed after the integration with SRA. Assist users with Mac and Unix issues, problems, projects. Consult on customer projects.
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Editor
OpenBSD Journal
(Computer Software industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Contribute and edit articles about OpenBSD.
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Founder
MetaBUG
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
I co-founded and manage MetaBUG, the Global BSD User Groups Federation. We help promote local BSD user groups by helping to share ideas and experiences with other BUG organizations.
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Founder
CapBUG
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
I co-founded and manage CapBUG. The Capital Area BSD Users Group is a group of BSD users and developers getting together to discuss, promote and share BSD related topics and free/open software.
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IT Manager
Epok, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2003 — April 2007 (3 years 8 months)
Managed IT for software development company with offices in Bethesda, Seattle, NYC and the Middle East as well as many home offices. Had a staff of 3 (including me) and we manage Windows, Linux, Mac and OpenBSD servers. Also managed a development/QA lab with more than 50 servers.
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Senior Consultant
Rand Solutions Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 9 months)
Provided IT services to many small businesses in and around Washington, DC. Managed Windows NT, Windows 2000 and OpenBSD servers at each location as well as Windows 95 to Windows XP and some Macintosh client computers. Wrote PHP, ASP and Perl scripts to manage and monitor client networks, provide software delivery and provide services like SpamAssassin whitelist/blacklist/settings and to create, assign and deliver SSL certificates for VPN connectivity.
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Manager of Platform Integration
rStar Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
December 2000 — November 2001 (1 year)
Managed network connectivity, security, design and implementation for consortiums of satellite networked customers. Provided VPN access between our OpenBSD-based infrastructure to Cisco, Windows, CheckPoint and other end points. Write scripts for maintenance, upgrades, software delivery and system monitoring.
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Systems Analyst
Mentor Technologies
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
February 2000 — October 2000 (9 months)
Built, managed, developed and QA'd online IT training product. This involved hardware, software selections and design across several disciplines including OS configuration, networking, remote system management, web site and software design. Extensive design work with Cisco routers and switches to implement complex routing architectures, VLANs, system security,remote control and remote boot technologies such as VNC and PXE. Configured and maintained server systems. Also included configuring operating systems (Windows NT, 2000, OpenBSD, Redhat Linux, Solaris x86) and applications such as Microsoft Exchange to work in a remote environment as a lab able to be loaded on schedule in under 10 minutes.
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Lead Network Engineer
US Mint Contractor
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)
May 1997 — February 2000 (2 years 10 months)
Led team of Network Engineers to upgrade and maintain US Mint's networks across the country.
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Network Engineer
NCI/NIH Contractor
(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1996 — May 1997 (11 months)
Worked on Network Engineer/Help Desk to provide IT services to the National Cancer Institute at NIH. Managed Windows NT servers and Windows & Mac based desktops. Wrote VBScript programs to provide a NCI-specific application interface.
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Network Administrator
Bell Atlantic Corporate Television
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; vzw; Media Production industry)
April 1991 — June 1996 (5 years 3 months)
Supported LAN Manager network (running on System V Unix) for 50 users running Windows 3.x. Maintained System V Unix server hosting LAN Manager and Microsoft Mail. Maintained NT 3.51 services such as RAS, WINS and IIS. Designed and maintained multimedia lab consisting of Windows, Macintosh, SGI and Sun systems. Planned upgrades to Exchange, NT 4.0 and Windows 95.
Additional Information
Michael Erdely’s Interests:
network and system security, teaching technology, open source software, maintaining personal web/email server on OpenBSD, tennis, basketball, watching football
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