Profile
- programming (specializing in Perl, Python, C, shell-scripting)
- UNIX/Linux systems-administration
- Computer room design/audits
- 5 years of Director level management responsible for hiring/firing/budgeting
- managing department of 2 dozen technical staff
- managing several large concurrent projects and yearly budget of $ 5 M
- Proven leadership and team-building abilities
- Demonstrated adaptability from living and working several years in 5 different countries
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Moxad Enterprises Inc., Toronto - Canada | 2003-now |
CTO
Created Moxad Enterprises Inc. to do independent consulting. Specializing in systems-integration, UNIX/Linux administration, programming and computer room design and audits. Client work has included computer-room audits, systems administration on NetBSD, Solaris, and Debian (Linux) machines and writing web-based applications using Python, Perl, CGI, PHP, and HTML/CSS with PostgreSQL and mySQL database back-ends.
| Gray and White, Toronto - Canada | 2014-2015 |
co-founder/Chief Developer
Gray and White
developed technologies that allowed remote
sensing and triage of battlefield injuries.
This start-up company was the result of what was intended to be a fun
weekend for a friend and I at Hack'n'Talk.
The sponsors of the event, Canada's newest incubator
Fashion Zone, at
Ryerson University,
liked our prototype and chose us to continue working on a design
of detecting body-armor penetration and relaying that info as well
as other bio-metrics to field medics and Command-Control.
Languages used for the prototype were C for the Arduino micro-controller,
Perl and Python for the server back-end,
and Javascript, HTML and CSS for front-end web-apps and an
Android app using the Cordova (Phonegap) framework.
| Rogers Communications, Brampton - Canada | 2009-2014 |
Systems Integrator
Wrote diagnostic software for customer devices (Cable-Modems (CM), SetTop Boxes
(STB) and Embedded Media Terminal Adapters (eMTA)) used by call-centers,
Tier-2 level support, and technicians doing in-home service. Wrote web-services
(XML/RPC, SOAP, REST), called by my diagnostic tools and other parties.
Tools written (and web-services) are driven by config
files for different behavior for different users (departments/groups).
Software written in Perl on Linux systems.
| Rogers Cable, Toronto - Canada | 2004-2006 |
Manager, VoIP Technology
Manager of the VoIP Technology department responsible for design and deployment of the new Rogers Home Phone (RHP) product, utilizing Nortel soft-switches, Nuera media gateways and Arris/Scientific-Atlanta eMTA's.
| GNAC, Inc - Redwood City, California, USA | 1999-2002 |
Director - Engineering
Director of Engineering for all company locations (RedWood
City, Washington DC, Toronto).
The department included the UNIX, Windows, Security,
Networking, and Data Architecture groups.
GNAC (Global Networking and Computing) provided Internet
Operations management services.
GNAC was later renamed to Certainty Solutions.
| UUNET Canada - Toronto, Canada | 1996-1999 |
Director - Internal Systems
Director of Internal Systems department spanning Toronto and Montreal. Part of the senior management team. Responsible for all aspects of running department (staffing, budgets, etc) including software development team and running of production UNIX systems for all of UUNET Canada. Responsible for CRM, Y2K and other projects.
Network Infrastructure Specialist/Manager
Designed computer rooms for both manned and un-manned locations across Canada for UUNET to build a robust and reliable national network. Worked on room layouts, dealt with power (UPS, generator), HVAC, cabinet design and layouts, cabling, raised floors, cable-trays, and all other necessary infrastructure required for the operation of computer rooms.
| European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) - Cambridge, England | 1994-1996 |
Senior Unix Systems Manager/Network Manager
Designed and set up the networking and computing environment at the EBI. Dealt with architects, project managers, vendors, consultants, building contractors, engineers, etc. Dealt with all issues of design/setup including computer-room layouts, air-conditioning, network design, power, leak/fire detection systems, cabinet layout/purchase/wiring, etc. Ported/modified UNIX applications and systems software including most daemons to OSF/1 on new DEC Alpha architecture.
| European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) - Heidelberg, Germany | 1993-1994 |
Senior Systems Manager/Programmer Analyst
Hired as UNIX Systems Manager for the department.
Began design of computing environment of the EBI (EMBL Outstation)
to be built near Cambridge, England. Experimented with new more
efficient methods of accessing genetic database sequences over the
Net - some used at EBI for some time.
| University of Waterloo - Waterloo, Canada | 1984-1990 and 1991-1993 |
Senior UNIX Systems Programmer/Manager
Responsible for maintaining UNIX on many DEC, Sun, IBM, Mips, SGI and Sequent machines. (BSD, Ultrix, SunOS, AIX, RISC/os, IRIX, Dynix). Duties included system generations, applying kernel fixes, maintaining news, UUCP, mail, etc. Rewrote most of B-news, UUCP drivers, security software, etc. Worked on network management, system monitoring and security applications.
| ETH (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule) - Zurich, Switzerland | 1990-1991 |
Senior UNIX Systems Programmer/Manager
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Responsible for maintaining UNIX on approximately a hundred Sun workstations and their servers. Duties included all software maintenance, backups, consulting, security and software updates. Wrote replacement software for passwd/chfn/chsh and a daemon to have a robust/secure alternative to Yellow Pages (NIS).
| Mitel Corporation - Kanata, Canada | 1982-1984 |
Systems Programmer
Wrote program for ONTYME mail to VAX mail transfer, monitoring programs for PABX's and PACX's, database conversions, and small applications on VAX/VMS.
| Leigh Instruments - Waterloo, Canada | 1981-1982 |
Systems Programmer
Responsible for system generations and writing, modifying and supporting systems software. Wrote drivers, interrupt handlers, software tools, real time data collection software and inter-computer communications software for down-loading special file formats.