Ken Evans

Ken Evans

Network / Systems Administrator

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Current
  • Network / Systems Administrator at Lawrence School
Past
  • Senior QA Engineer at Oracle
  • Senior QA Software Engineer at BEA Systems
  • Software Developer/Technical Webmaster at Progressive Insurance
  • Webmaster at Books.com
  • Webmaster at Cendant Corporation / Books.com
  • Webmaster at Book Stacks - a Cendant company
Education
  • Wright State University
Connections
65 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Ken Evans’s Summary

Skills:

* Operating Systems:
o Windows: NT4, 2000 Pro & Server, XP, 2003
o Redhat Linux 6.X, 7.X, 8.X, 9.X
o Fedora Core 1 to present
o IOS
* Hardware: HP, Cisco Routers/Switches, 3com Switches/Hubs, IBM Netfinity & ThinkPad, Dell Poweredge, Raid, Distributed Director, Radware Routers, Watchguard Firebox, more.
* Software:
o Microsoft: Windows Office Suite (97/2000/2003 - Outlook, Access, Word, the rest), Windows Server Software, Real Server/Real Producer, JRun, Apache (tomcat/jakarata), Resonate, PCAnywhere, VNC, Sitescope, WebTrends, WhatsUp, IBM Websphere, BEA Weblogic, more.
o Linux: Apache (tomcat), SSH, sendmail, ipchains/iptables, DNS/Bind, dhcpd, mrtg, Nagios, big brother, spamassassin, more.

Ken Evans’s Specialties:

Network Architecture, Application Server Administration (jakarta tomcat, websphere, weblogic)


Ken Evans’s Experience

  • Network / Systems Administrator

    Lawrence School

    (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

    July 2008Present (1 year 1 month)

  • Senior QA Engineer

    Oracle

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

    March 2000July 2008 (8 years 5 months)

  • Senior QA Software Engineer

    BEA Systems

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    20062008 (2 years)

  • Software Developer/Technical Webmaster

    Progressive Insurance

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; PGR; Computer Networking industry)

    November 1999March 2000 (5 months)

    Responsibilities included internet infrastructure, consulted with internal internet groups, firewalls and security. On Call support included monitoring server farms and correcting application and hardware errors. Other responsibilities included server builds from client request to production implementation, SunOS root and DNS maintenance.

  • Webmaster

    Books.com

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19961999 (3 years)

  • Webmaster

    Cendant Corporation / Books.com

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 1996October 1999 (3 years 8 months)

    Responsibilities included everything you can imagine. Managed the content and technical staff. Responsible for e-mail (sendmail), DNS (bind) changes and maintenance, Cisco firewall and routing changes and maintenance. Led new technologies initiatives and software/hardware requests. On call for all Clustered Webservers and Database (SQL, Oracle) server monitoring and uptime. Coordinated partnerships with affiliate sites.

  • Webmaster

    Book Stacks - a Cendant company

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19971999 (2 years)


Ken Evans’s Education

  • Wright State University

    BA , English , 19892003


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  •    Avalon
  •    Flashline Family
  •    Lawrence School

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