Sr. Linux System Administrator at Omniture, Provo LUG Officer, and Enterprise Linux Systems Consultant
Provo, Utah Area
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- PLUG Officer at Provo Linux Users Group
- Sr. Linux System Administrator at Omniture
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- Sr. Linux System Administrator at WestHost
- President at RyanSimpkins, Inc.
- IT Manager at The STUDIO
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Ryan Simpkins’s Summary
Ryan Simpkins began using GNU/Linux in critical production environments in 1998. He is currently a Sr. Linux System Administrator working with fortune 500 companies and over 12,000 production Linux servers. Currently the system he administers receives more than 7 billion front-end transactions daily. Ryan also administers one of the ten largest MySQL installations in the world handling over 340 billion queries daily. Taking an active role in the local open source community Ryan serves as an officer in the Provo Linux Users Group.
With a deep understanding of POSIX systems, the Linux kernel, and GNU tools Ryan has been able to provide professional level services to many businesses. As a programmer Ryan has worked with Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP, and C/C++ to create countless business critical applications. Ryan currently resides in Lehi, Utah with his wife and six children.
Ryan Simpkins’s Specialties:
Linux, System Administration, Security, Enterprise, Servers
Ryan Simpkins’s Experience
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PLUG Officer
Provo Linux Users Group
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2006 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Provo Linux Users Group officer. I handle the website, meetings, on-line community, events, and various other things that arise.
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Sr. Linux System Administrator
Omniture
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OMTR; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Omniture is a leading provider of online business optimization software. Omniture has more than 2,200 customers across 75 countries, and represents some of the largest and most well-respected enterprise brands in the world, including:
- Three of the top five Fortune-ranked companies
- Nine of the top 10 automotive Web sites
- The world’s largest corporation and retailer
- The Internet’s largest e-commerce site
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Sr. Linux System Administrator
WestHost
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2003 — April 2006 (2 years 8 months)
WestHost is a medium sized discount web hosting company leveraging a unique VPS installation. With over 23,000 clients and over 100,000 hosted domains Ryan served as the lead Linux administrator.
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President
RyanSimpkins, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2000 — March 2005 (4 years 5 months)
Successful Linux consultancy firm.
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IT Manager
The STUDIO
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)
April 1998 — November 2000 (2 years 8 months)
3D Animator, CD-ROM Developer, WebSite Designer, Linux Sys Admin, Network Administrator, Perl Developer, Camera Man, Sound Engineer, Product Fulfilment, Stage Hand, Assistant Pyrotechnician, Film Crew, Etc., Etc.
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Ryan Simpkins’s Interests:
Linux, Computers
Ryan Simpkins’s Groups:
Provo Linux Users Group
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Perl Mongers member
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