Hands-on IT Integrator & Engineer
Augusta, Georgia Area
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- Sr. Systems Engineer, IT Architect at Morris Communications, Morris DigitalWorks
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- Owner/CEO, I.T. Solutions Architect at MWE Computer Services
- Owner, Creative Director at MultiUser RolePlay Entertainment
- Test System Administrator (Contractor) at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
- Senior QA Software Tester (Contractor) at Syniverse Technologies
- Applications Systems Engineer, Technical Architect at Intermedia Communications, Worldcom, MCI
- UNIX System Platform Administrator (Contractor) at AT&T, IBM Global Services
- Operations & Network Analyst, Team Lead (Contractor) at Federal Express
- HP/UNIX System Administrator (Contractor) at Andersen Consulting
- Senior System Administrator, PHP Web Developer (Contractor) at Systems Connect, Inc.
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Michael Worsham’s Summary
Well-rounded and highly experienced individual with over 17 years of a professional background in enterprise architecture, system administration, system engineering and application integration. Creative problem solver with ability to work either individually or through multiple teams partners for accomplishing goals.
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IT Knowledge:
• Operating Systems: HP-UX (C2 Trusted and Non-Trusted) 10.10 through 11v3, CentOS/RedHat/RHEL 4 & 5, Slackware & SUSE Linux, Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP, Server 2000, Server 2003, Small Business Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003, Sun Solaris 7, 8, 9 & 10
• Middleware Integration: MQ Series, Connect:Direct (EDI), Microsoft BizTalk, SOAP, XML/XSL, BPEL, WSDL
• Database Administration: Microsoft SQL, MySQL 4.x/5.x, Oracle 8i/9i, PL/SQL scripting
• Architecture Design: Microsoft Visio Professional, Microsoft Project, UML Modeling, SOA
• Collaboration Applications: SMF, Drupal, Joomla, Microsoft SharePoint
• Programming Languages: Shell scripting (sh, ksh, bash)
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Michael Worsham’s Specialties:
Project management; small business, enterprise, database, system, network and software infrastructure and architecture; Windows, Linux, UNIX integration and administration; MS SQL/MySQL/Oracle database integration; UML modeling with XML/XSL; DAV/MQ middleware integration; MUD/MMORPG game development; WiFi/WiMAX/Mesh technologies
Michael Worsham’s Experience
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Sr. Systems Engineer, IT Architect
Morris Communications, Morris DigitalWorks
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Serving in the role of Sr. System Engineer/System Administrator and acting as I.T. architect and subject matter expert for a number of HP-UX and Linux-based applications and environments using Web 2.0 technology and Memcached. Assigned to help migrate legacy HTML websites from HP-UX servers to the recently designed LAMP infrastructure built upon RedHat Enterprise 5 (RHEL) cluster with global file system technology using Drupal and Joomla CMS application suites.
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Owner/CEO, I.T. Solutions Architect
MWE Computer Services
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2005 — February 2009 (4 years)
MWE Computer Services is a total solutions provider offering on-site I.T. consulting, computer and networking infrastructure and support services to residential, SoHo, small and medium businesses in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA). We are also a Microsoft, MySQL, RedHat, AMD and Intel solution provider, delivering directed emphasis on small, medium and enterprise network infrastructure solutions.
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Owner, Creative Director
MultiUser RolePlay Entertainment
(Computer Games industry)
December 1997 — July 2008 (10 years 8 months)
MultiUser RolePlay Entertainment (MURPE) was a total online game design, development and hosting studio. Our business specialized on producing online real-time, text-based, interactive fiction, immersive multi-user dungeon (MUD) game worlds that focus on interactive play between player and the game's interactive layouts. We also provided low-cost, affordable server hosting solutions under a SuSE/VMware LAMP environment for customers that needed a place to host and run their online text-based game worlds.
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Test System Administrator (Contractor)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
January 2007 — January 2007 (1 month)
Provided UNIX system administration support between development, QC and production releases. Assigned to verify each UNIX environment was prepared for application build out, migrations and release from Development to QA/QC then to production.
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Senior QA Software Tester (Contractor)
Syniverse Technologies
(Public Company; SVR; Telecommunications industry)
October 2004 — January 2005 (4 months)
Responsible for the testing and implementation of the 3G/GSM telecommunications Roaming Management Services (RMS) web portal application for internal and external customer wireless AA.14 data entry and reporting needs. Utilized Mercury Director for application and user interface testing needs. Delegated project related tasks to team members as needed.
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Applications Systems Engineer, Technical Architect
Intermedia Communications, Worldcom, MCI
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MCIP; Telecommunications industry)
October 1999 — June 2004 (4 years 9 months)
Transitioned into various subject matter expert roles due to corporate takeover, including applications engineer, systems engineer, Microsoft SQL and Oracle database administrator, HP-UX/Solaris/Microsoft system administrator, acting project manager and enterprise architect. Assigned to multiple corporate projects including Worldcom/MCI Global Sales Force Transformation as the primary BizTalk Architect/Integrator; Intermedia ServiceGate Provisioning System as the senior systems engineer, MQ/EDI integrator, acting project manager and enterprise architect; part of Intermedia/Worldcom I.T. Operations primary HP-UX, Solaris and Windows system administrator team.
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UNIX System Platform Administrator (Contractor)
AT&T, IBM Global Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T , IBM; Telecommunications industry)
March 1999 — August 1999 (6 months)
Provided 24x7 systems administrator support to Human Resources, Global Real Estate and Intranet Web Hosting via Netscape Enterprise Server for customers upon business-critical application servers.
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Operations & Network Analyst, Team Lead (Contractor)
Federal Express
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FDX; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
September 1998 — March 1999 (7 months)
Supported multiple development and production teams within the Chronos project for Federal Express. Utilized BEA tuxedo upon Solaris 7 and 8 operating system platforms for site-to-site fail over and high-availability needs. Handled nightly backup tape rotations for ADSM and Solaris environment. Acted as subject matter expert for HP-UX platforms and as team lead for daytime and graveyard shifts as needed.
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HP/UNIX System Administrator (Contractor)
Andersen Consulting
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 1997 — September 1998 (10 months)
Worked on joint project with United States Air Force and Andersen Consulting on the Integrated Maintenance Data Systems (IMDS) project for online and remote classification of F-15 and F-16 fighter aircrafts, using trusted HP-UX and Oracle database server environments. Responsible for configuration and administrator of several C2 trusted HP-UX 10.10 and 10.20 servers running Oracle 8i. Also setup a secure, site to site VPN tunnel using Linux for development and monitoring needs.
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Senior System Administrator, PHP Web Developer (Contractor)
Systems Connect, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1997 — December 1997 (4 months)
Worked with growing Internet service provider working on support of Linux customers and providing additional backbone support for Windows NT/2000 system administrator and company president. Provided additional internal support for designing websites under PHP and HTML formats. Also ventured into providing online game hosting services.
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Michael Worsham’s Interests:
Fishing, Golf, Bowling, Tennis, Hunting, JROTC/ROTC Rifle Competitions, Virtual worlds/MMOs/MUDs
Michael Worsham’s Honors:
Experts Exchange, 2008. Guru Level Certifications: Small Business Server.
Experts Exchange, 2008. Master Level Certifications: Virtual Private Networking, Windows 2003 Server, Exchange Email Server, Remote Desktop/Terminal Services.
Support Stars, 2007. Morris DigitalWorks, Augusta, Georgia. Helped provide rapid response time to network and operational related issues during and after work hours. Solved outstanding and critical issues the same day, and explained and educated users on any questions they may have.
Ovation Program, 2004. MCI, Tampa, Florida. Decommissioning of legacy Intermedia ServiceGate ASR/LSR Application. Savings over $900,000 annually in software and maintenance.
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), 1996. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia. Developed and maintained website for school and student body. Awarded Regional Championship at SIFE Regional Competition conference in Atlanta.
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