Manager of Information Systems
Albany, New York Area
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- Manager of Information Systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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- Systems Administrator at Prediction Company
- Network Systems Administrator Senior at New Mexico Supreme Court
- Systems and Network Administrator at Daylight Chemical Information Systems
- Senior Systems Administrator at Sun Microsystems
- Senior Engineer at Sun Microsystems
- Systems Operations Manager at National Center for Genome Resources
- Systems and Support Analyst at TV Data Technologies
- Technical Writer / Systems Administrator at Enable Software
- News Writer / Systems Administrator at Clarkson University
- Education
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- Clarkson University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Peter Wargo’s Summary
Over 20 years of Systems Administration on most major (and a few minor) platforms. Experience managing Systems Administration groups and large data centers, including a top 500 supercomputer site. High levels of expertise in Unix, Solaris, and Linux.
Peter Wargo’s Specialties:
Sun hardware, Solaris Administration, Unix Administration, Linux Administration, Infrastructure redesign, Scripting, Cross-platform networking, High-performance computing, IT management, Virtualization (VMWare, Parallels, Xen).
Peter Wargo’s Experience
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Manager of Information Systems
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Manager of Information Systems for the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Responsible for information systems and infrastructure throughout the center, including systems and networking for high-bandwidth audio/video, control, and software for ticketing, resource scheduling, and the like.
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Systems Administrator
Prediction Company
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UBS; Banking industry)
April 2007 — March 2008 (1 year)
Part of the Systems Administration team at Prediction Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS AG. Primary duties include:
- UNIX (Solaris, RedHat ES) administration.
- Redundancy for Sybase database administration.
- Redundancy for backup administration.
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Network Systems Administrator Senior
New Mexico Supreme Court
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)
September 2006 — February 2007 (6 months)
Senior classified staff responsible for computer systems at central location and 48 court sites. Duties include:
-Maintaining and designing new core infrastructure.
- Design and specify new systems for all 49 court locations.
- Transition Second District (Albuquerque) from legacy AIX to Linux.
- Provide security and maximum uptime for court-specific case databases. -
Systems and Network Administrator
Daylight Chemical Information Systems
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — August 2006 (3 years 8 months)
Senior staff responsible for all computer systems, networking, phones, and building security. Highlights include:
- Complete rework of all of Daylight’s systems, including a new Internet connection, router, firewall, internal NIS structure, file server, DNS servers wireless, and backups.
- Redesigned internal (gigabit) and external network layout, employing a Netscreen-based NAT network with dual DMZs and VPN capability for employees.
- Complete design, setup, and teardown of offsite heterogeneous networks for three of Daylight’s annual User Group Meetings, two in Santa Fe, one in San Diego.
- Replaced outdated systems and implemented platform support for Linux on AMD64, IA64, and OS X.
- Took over support of phone system (Nortel) and alarm system to reduce use of outside vendors.
- Significantly improved computer security.
- Acted as technical advisory for the company to identify trends in the industry. -
Senior Systems Administrator
Sun Microsystems
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer Hardware industry)
December 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 1 month)
Senior Systems Administrator for Sun's CTO Physical Sciences Center / RAS Computer Analysis Laboratories. Created and supported a computer lab for Sun's advanced research group in San Diego, CA. Worked at all levels, from desktops to supercomputers.
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Senior Engineer
Sun Microsystems
(Public Company; SUNW; Computer Hardware industry)
June 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 7 months)
Responsible for tier four support on mission-critical escalations on Sun's Enterprise 10000 (E10K) and Sun Fire 15K (F15K) platforms. Also responsible for post-mortem analysis, interfacing between engineering and support, and alpha/beta support of new systems.
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Systems Operations Manager
National Center for Genome Resources
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Biotechnology industry)
June 1996 — May 2000 (4 years)
Responsible for infrastructure support, including computing, secuity, and communications. Built Systems Administration group from scratch.
Spec'd, purchased, and installed a 5+ million-dollar Sun E10000 HPC supercomputer, as well as numerous other systems.
Redesigned entire network, moving from a flat 10mbit network with a direct Internet connection to a fully 10/100 switched, firewalled network with a T3 Internet connection and an OC-3 link between buildings.
Member of the project oversight committee responsible for overseeing all projects at the Center.
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Systems and Support Analyst
TV Data Technologies
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1993 — February 1996 (2 years 8 months)
Responsible for designing and implementing new technologies, as well as supporting mission-critical customers. Connected the company to the Internet, designed data delivery systems and cost-saving measures.
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Technical Writer / Systems Administrator
Enable Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 1990 — July 1993 (2 years 8 months)
Technical Writer: Writing, editing, and production of product documentation. Designed "look and feel" of various manuals. Developed methods of producing online documentation from Interleaf source files.
Systems Administrator: Responsible for Sun SPARCstations running SunOS and Interleaf software. Networked systems and developed ways to increase productivity. -
News Writer / Systems Administrator
Clarkson University
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1988 — 1990 (2 years)
Peter Wargo’s Education
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Clarkson University
Honors Degree in Technical Communications , Documentation, Information Systems Management , 1987 — 1990
- Activities and Societies:
- Student employee for the Public Relations Office, Office of the Dean of Students.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Electrical Engineering 1986 — 1987
Additional Information
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Peter Wargo’s Interests:
Systems Administration, UNIX, Linux, High-Performance Computinh (HPC), Dog rescue, Music, Writing, Assistive Technologies for the Visually Impaired and Blind
Peter Wargo’s Groups:
LOPSA
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VMware Virtualization & Cloud Computing Group -
Clarkson University Alumni Group
Peter Wargo’s Honors:
Co-author of United States Patent number 6,950,773 “Detecting Thermal Anomalies in Computer Systems Based on Correlation Between Instrumentation Signals”. (Patent held by Sun Microsystems.)
Peter Wargo’s Contact Settings
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