Independent Information Technology and Services Professional
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Neighborhood Activist at TJH Internet d/b/a Aspen Hill Network
- Owner at TJH Internet, SP
- Past
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- Contractor - Consultant - Researcher at Neosynapse, Inc
- Contractor - Consultant - Researcher at Bitwrench, Inc
- Network Engineer at Cidera, Inc
- System Administrator (junior) at CESDIS/USRA
- Education
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- University of Maryland College Park
- Montgomery College
- Connections
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15
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- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
- Websites
Thomas Hardman’s Summary
I've worked with a lot of smart people doing original and inventive things. I see my goals and clear competence as taking care of the base layers of work so that the really smart people don't have to waste their time and energy. I like to keep working on my own projects on the side, my experience has been that my interests and pursuits often mesh well in surprising ways with the interests and pursuits of others.
Thomas Hardman’s Specialties:
Server assembly, OS installation and configuration, software package requirements assessment, small network planning installation and administration. Research on future needs and solutions.
Thomas Hardman’s Experience
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Contractor - Consultant - Researcher
Neosynapse, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2004 — August 2004 (3 months)
Researched and documented portability issues moving an application suite developed for Red Hat Linux to the Mac OSX platform. Assembly and installation of Intel PC-based servers running Red Hat ES3. Installed and configured many instances of Oracle 8. Assisted at test deployments of Neosynapse products at AOL campus, documenting the research, process, and results.
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Contractor - Consultant - Researcher
Bitwrench, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2003 — July 2003 (4 months)
Assisted in research and development of new GIS application. Converted ASCData GIS files to coordinate data, processed the coordinate data to drive creation of POVRAY3 ray-tracing software to create very detailed photorealistic three-dimensional images of urban landscapes.
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Network Engineer
Cidera, Inc
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Networking industry)
April 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Night-shift point of escalation from the Network Operations Center. Some server room installation, maintenance, operations. Remote administration of a network of as many as 500 remote units running NetBSD which converted satellite download signal and converted it into "web objects" populating caches "at the edge of the internet". Coordinated with clients and client's network administrators to provide uptimes above 99.995%.
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System Administrator (junior)
CESDIS/USRA
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
June 1998 — August 1998 (3 months)
Maintenance and upkeep of a heterogenous (Mac OS9, Linux, Irix, SunOS, Solaris, Windows) network for a contractor serving NASA Goddard Manned Space Flight Center. Included administrivia for a very large majordomo mailing list, assorted installations and tweaking, backup, wide selection of system administration tasks for researchers and other academic types.
Thomas Hardman’s Education
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University of Maryland College Park
none , English, Geography , 1985 — 1986
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Montgomery College
1981 — 1983
Additional Information
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Thomas Hardman’s Interests:
information technology hardware, operating systems, loud music, good clubs, science fiction, literate arts, independent work
Thomas Hardman’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- new ventures
- job inquiries
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