
Sr. Unix Systems Admin. / Team Leader at Synopsys, Inc.
Austin, Texas Area

Sr. Unix Systems Admin. / Team Leader at Synopsys, Inc.
Austin, Texas Area
I have 18 years of computer, networking and data storage experience. I worked at Motorola for 8 years as a Mac, Windows and Network specialist. I have worked at Synopsys for 10 years, designing and supporting Solaris and Linux infrastructure, with a focus on total EDA design environment solutions for internal and external customers.
Solaris, Linux, DataOntap, IOS, CATS, LSF, NIS, NFS, Veritas Netbackup, D2D Backup, Windows, Technical Writing, Team Management.
(Public Company; SNPS; Computer Software industry)
September 1998 — Present (11 years 4 months)
•Manage a state of the art data center with 400 servers
•Design, implement and maintain compute infrastructure
•Support 91 DesignSphere remote access terminal servers and 1800+ users worldwide
•Support 13 external customer DesignSphere secure access clusters worldwide
•Support of hardware and software, including installations, upgrades, troubleshooting, and repair
•Manage infrastructure design/enhancement projects
•Support mergers and acquisitions in the Texas region
•Support the Texas field offices
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Computer Software industry)
October 1994 — August 1998 (3 years 11 months)
•Management of over 400 multi-platform users
•Design and implementation of multi-platform networks
•Planning of roadmaps for future expansion and enhancement of network and system performance
•Coordination and supervision of office infrastructure, including network installation, power requirements, and security systems
•Planning and implementation of large office moves
•Procuring hardware, software and maintenance contracts
•Use of Budtool and Retrospect for backups
•Support of hardware and software, including installations, upgrades, troubleshooting, and repair
•Development of system and network security
•Disaster recovery coordinator
•Management of over 200 Macintosh computers
•Wrote manuals for paperless i.c. test processing system
•Composed five year plans for multiple divisions
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MOT; Telecommunications industry)
September 1992 — October 1994 (2 years 2 months)
• Management of over 200 Macintosh computers
• Support of hardware and software, including installations, upgrades, troubleshooting, backups, and repair
• Wrote manuals for paperless i.c. test processing system
• Composed five year plans for multiple divisions
• Acting systems administrator for Final Manufacturing Group
Chemistry, Technical Writing 1987 — 1991
Family, church, gaming, landscaping, movies.
Synopsys 2001 Excellence Award Winner
Patent 5,066,765- Poly(azomethine-ester) having film-forming ability, and heat resistance pre and regulated monomer sequences in the polymer backbone