WORK EXPERIENCE

March 2000-Present University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, ME

Research Associate: Ocean Modeling Group

• Parallel FORTRAN Programming on Beowulf Cluster and shared memory systems for the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observation System (GoMOOS), and other projects.

• UNIX/Linux System Administration:
  • 18 Node/36 CPU Beowulf Cluster
  • 8 CPU SGI Origin 3200
  • 2 CPU Dell PowerEdge 2400 Linux Server with RAID 5 disk system
  • various Linux and Tru64 machines
  • Backup and Recovery of 400+ GB of data
  • Security
  • Automatic Environmental Monitoring of Air Conditioned Server rooms

• Responsible for Web-based visualization of Ocean Model data:
  • Customization of Live Access Server software. LAS was developed at PMEL.
  • CGI scripting with PERL, and UNIX Shell scripts for the GoMOOS project.

• Responsible for all aspects of Hardware Acquisition:
  • Assessment of needs
  • Contacting Vendors for Proposals
  • Evaluation of Proposals
  • Designing Electrical and Environmental layout
  • Organizing Server Room Construction details
  • Installation of Hardware

• Member of hardware committee for Phase 1 (~200 nodes) of the newest University of Maine Beowulf cluster.

1997-2000 University of Maine IT Department Orono, ME

Network Specialist

• UNIX/Linux System Administration and Programming
  • Solaris
  • Linux
  • HP-UX
  • Legato Networker Enterprise Backup Software
  • Security tools:
    • TCP Wrappers
    • Tripwire

• Windows NT 4.0 and some Novell Netware Administration
• Network Management and Troubleshooting
  • 3Com Transcend Network Management Software
  • HP Openview Network Management Software
  • Network Analyzing with Dolch Sniffer
  • Campus Modem Pool management (48 modems, two servers)

• Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, OC-3 setup
• ATM backbone management
• TCP/IP (DNS, DHCP) Management for 2800 computers/devices
• Web Server Administration:
  • WWW.UMAINE.EDU - IIS on Toshiba NT 4.0 Server with RAID 5 disk system
  • WWW.UME.MAINE.EDU - Apache on Sun Solaris 2.5.1 machine

• CGI and Database programming in PERL and UNIX Shell scripts
• Computer Cluster/Classroom management
• Network Appliance NAS setup and management

1995-1997 Self-Employed

Computer Consulting

• Information System programming / training

• Custom programming

• Network installation and management

1995-1997 University of Maine Computer Science Dept. Orono, ME

Graduate Assistant

• Set-up and maintenance of networked PC, Mac and UNIX machines

• Create and maintain department WWW pages

1991-1995 Sorg Associates Orono, ME

Programmer/Network Administrator/Technical Support

• Database Management System programming

• Proposal and implementation of hardware and software solutions for our clients

• Installation and management of Novell NetWare networks

• Report creation (programmed and with report generator)

• MS, Computer Science

• 3.6 Grade Point Average

1985-1989 University of Maine      Orono, ME

• BA, Math and Psychology

• 3.0 Grade Point Average

• Junior Year Abroad

Relevant Course work:

• Parallel Programming: Programming techniques for Multi-processor, Multi-computer, and Distributed computing.

• Graphics Programming: 3-D programming in C++ using OpenGL

• Operating Systems: UNIX process management, multi-processing, inter-process communication and contention.

• Networking: In depth look at general Networking concepts, OSI model and Ethernet.

• Algorithms: Exhaustive study of modern Data Structures and Algorithms

• Windows Programming in C++: API and MFC Windows programming.

Presentations:

• OpenGL: Overview of OpenGL with programming examples

• X-Windows programming tools: Overview of tools for programming in the X-Windows environment

• Tools for building GUI's: Overview of tools for building GUI's on various platforms

• Masters Project: Scientific Visualization of Spiral Galaxy Computer Model: Adding GUI and Graphical Data Analysis to an existing non-graphical computer model of Spiral Galaxies.