Eric Sandall

Current

Build/Release Engineer at Cisco/Webex Communications, Inc.
Founder / Vice President at VeriTux Technologies
Lead Developer at Source Mage GNU/Linux

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Past

Developer at Virtual Reality and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Systems Administrator at Institute for Shock Physics
President at Linux Users Group @ Washington State University

Vice President at Linux Users Group @ Washington State University
Technician, Receptionist at Critical Data
Junior Technician, Head of RMA at Expertise Computers (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education

Washington State University
Deer Park High School

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Information Technology and Services

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Eric Sandall’s Summary

Systems administrator with over seven years of experience administering a mix of Linux, Windows, and some BSD and Mac OS X machines. Developed and maintained Virtual Reality cluster and software. Also worked with open source to produce a custom Linux distribution since 2001. Assisted the Linux Users Group at the local university in keeping a noticeable presence on campus.

Eric Sandall’s Specialties:

BASH, developer management, issue tracking, code review, code management, project management, and Non-profits.

Eric Sandall’s Experience

Build/Release Engineer

Cisco/Webex Communications, Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CSCO; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Founder / Vice President

VeriTux Technologies

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

Software company specializing in open source solutions and website development. Looking to expand to Linux HPC in the future.
Lead Developer

Source Mage GNU/Linux

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)

In various positions through the organization, I have done the following:
* Worked with an international group to produce a collection of software packages
for the Source Mage GNU/Linux distribution, separated into varying development
cycles, each of which contains over 3,000 software packages.
* Managed an international group of 40+ developers working to produce a stable and
noteworthy GNU/Linux distribution. Coordinate efforts between four internal
project groups.
* Maintained three package categories (Editors, Disk, and Games) with over 250
software packages listed.
Developer

Virtual Reality and Computer Integrated Manufacturing

(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Higher Education industry)

May 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 4 months)

Worked on Virtual Reality calibration code and Virtual Assembly Design Environment (VADE) where CAD models are loaded into a VR environment, run on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux cluster using Chromium to test CAD assembly and properties before construction. Maintained the RHEL cluster.
Systems Administrator

Institute for Shock Physics

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2000 — August 2007 (7 years 1 month)

Managed network of 50+ computers with workstations running Microsoft Windows 98-XP or various Linux distributions, and the servers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or FreeBSD. Setup and managed an eight CPU Red Hat Linux Beowulf cluster for computations. Monitor and maintain a 32 node SGI Origin 300, a 128-node SGI Altix 4700, and setup scripts and third-party software (such as MPICH2).
President

Linux Users Group @ Washington State University

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2006 — January 2007 (9 months)

The Linux Users Group (LUG) provides technical services for Linux users on the Washington State University's (WSU) campus and surrounding community. The LUG is referred to by WSU's I.T. department when users have questions about setting up Linux on their machines.
Vice President

Linux Users Group @ Washington State University

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 1 month)

The Linux Users Group (LUG) provides technical services for Linux users on the Washington State University's (WSU) campus and surrounding community. The LUG is referred to by WSU's I.T. department when users have questions about setting up Linux on their machines.
Technician, Receptionist

Critical Data

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
Junior Technician, Head of RMA
Expertise Computers (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

March 1997 — June 1998 (1 year 4 months)

Assisted head technician in rendering technical support and computer repair, supervised the return of damaged merchandise to manufacturers, and served customer needs.

Eric Sandall’s Education

Washington State University

B.S. , Computer Science , 1998 — 2006

Have not finished degree.

Activities and Societies:

Linux Users Group @ Washington State University
Deer Park High School