Paul Allen

Current

• Network Administrator at Greenest Host
• Embedded Software Engineer at QUAKE Global, Inc.
• Owner, Sr. Engineer at Random Logic Consulting Services

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Past

• UNIX Administrator at Akamai

Education

• University of Phoenix
• ITT Technnical Institute

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• My Company

Paul Allen’s Summary

· Thirty-three years industry experience.

· IEEE Member; IEEE SA and CS member.

· Management experience. Experienced in managing Software Engineering departments and projects. Managed a department of ten (10) engineers as the VP of a computer startup company.

· Programming experience. Experienced software engineer with C/C++, Perl, Java, Assembly, COBAL, databases and SQL, and web- related scripting languages.

· Over four years US Navy flight simulator experience. Shift Supervisor. Maintenance, modification of SH2, SH60, SH3, and CH46 flight simulator electronics, computer hardware and software, and hydraulic systems.

· Technical writing experience, including ISO9001. Experienced with full ISO9001 documentation requirements, writing, and approval.

· Linux administration and kernel development. Kernel module development. Embedded systems kernel development.

· Network and computer security for Fortune 500 companies. Security auditing for whitehouse.gov, cnn.com, fbi.gov while employed by a government contractor. Forensics analysis. Firewall setup and programming.

· Solaris and Windows administration.

· Veritas NetBackup UNIX 3.2 NBU and ANBU Certified.

· SECRET security clearance held until 3/31/95.

Paul Allen’s Specialties:

Programming, network design, network security, hardware design, embedded systems, technical writing, management, CBA salary negotiations.

Paul Allen’s Experience

• Network Administrator

  Greenest Host

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Consulting Linux administrator.

• Embedded Software Engineer

  QUAKE Global, Inc.

  (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  January 1998 — Present (11 years 11 months)

  Assisted in the development of the core technology used in all of QUAKE's satellite communicators. Wrote ERP software, production system software, system test software, embedded software, and custom embedded software for QUAKE customers such as Airsys, Inuit Nuinani, CAT, and Volvo Trucks, North America. Webmaster and Linux system administrator. Currently contracting: embedded software in C and Java software for Linux.

• Owner, Sr. Engineer

  Random Logic Consulting Services

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  January 1988 — Present (21 years 11 months)

  Random Logic provides web site design and hosting, Linux and Windows administration, network design and installation, computer and embedded systems programming, and custom computer and embedded systems consulting work.

• UNIX Administrator

  Akamai

  (Computer Software industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Paul Allen’s Education

• University of Phoenix

  BSIT/SE , Computers , 2002 — 2005

  Honor Role for entire term. 3.8 GPA

• ITT Technnical Institute

  ASEET , Electronics , 1985 — 1987

  Honor role for entire two year term. 3.8 GPA

Additional Information

Paul Allen’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Company

Paul Allen’s Groups:

IEEE
IEEE SA
IEEE CS

Paul Allen’s Contact Settings

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