Areas of expertise:

• Network Design: Enterprise infrastructure implementation from data center to desktop including; power, cooling, cable plant, network core equipment, edge devices, SAN/Fiber channel storage architecture, highly scalable server clusters, shared everything file systems with careful attention to security, cost of operations and no single point of failure.
• Enterprise level network services: High availability active-active multi-node clusters, CIFS, e-mail, SAN storage, secure web hosting, anti-spam, threat assessment, perimeter virus scanning, log file consolidation and intrusion detection.
• Network management and operations: Performance metrics, base lining, fault isolation, log file analysis, routing issues, firmware upgrades and packet level debugging.
• Administrative: Security policies, risk assessments, HIPAA compliance, NIST controls, ITIL practices, RFP's, construction drawings, service contracts, service level agreements, working with outside contractors, technical documentation, budgets, cost of service, cost recovery, quality of service, rate structures and billing models.
• Operating Systems: HP OpenVMS, Unix/Linux, Windows NT/XP/200x/Vista/7 and Mac OSX.
• Vendor, application or technology specific: HP: Integrity and Alphaserver hardware installation, configuration and firmware upgrades; OpenVMS installation, management, scripting, boot process and startup; VMSclusters; Storage technologies including HP EVA arrays, Command View, MSL tape libraries, Brocade SAN fabric and zoning; HP Blade system; Broadcom switches; Advanced Server (Pathworks); DCL scripting; Decnet, Microsoft: Active Directory infrastructure design, operation, migration and integration with linux; Sysinternals tools; WMI; WINS, Atmail: Webmail, Checkpoint: VPN-1 Pro with IPSEC inter-site VPN and SmartDefence on Nokia security appliances, Cisco: switches; Firewall Services Module (FWSM) and ASDM, Enterasys: chassis based switches and core routers, Other applications: Samba, Apache, PKI, MySQL, Radius, TCPDump, Snort, Bind, PMDF MTA (the code base for Sun/Oracle iPlanet), Intersystems Cache, and hosting various open source web applications including Open-Audit, AwStats, Request Tracker (RT), PhpBB, MyPhpAdmin, MRBS, Drupal and Horde.
• Languages and frameworks used in development or code maintenance environments: DCL, PHP, HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Prototype, Scriptaculous, VBScript, Applescript, perl, Mumps, C, Basic and Fortran.
• Also familiar with: High voltage systems, optical communications, electrical power distribution, the US National Electrical Code, equipment grounding, Ferro-resonant UPS systems, HVAC, EMI effects and shielding, fail safe controls for human safety and security systems.

Professional Experience:

1989-Present, Senior Systems Programmer, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Network/Systems administrator for a highly customer focused Waisman Computing Services IT group where availability, quality of service and security are of prime importance. I currently manage network services delivered to over 700 client workstations in a health care research/provider environment on a cost recovery basis. Responsibilities include design, administration, security, operation, maintenance, and support of the network, server and storage infrastructures and related services for a research facility that is one of 15 national centers dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases with specialized clinical and outreach services.

Some of the more visible network services and activities I'm currently responsible for are:

• System management of a high availability, load balanced server cluster implemented using HP Integrity server blades running HP OpenVMS that supplies bullet proof network services to over 700 faculty, staff and students in a diverse, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Management of a shared multi-site 8Gb/s dual fabric fiber channel SAN with long wave inter-switch links supporting an HP 8100 EVA storage array with over 75 terabytes of storage and soon to be replaced with a higher capacity array completely transparent to customers.
• Enterprise level file and print services to Windows and Macintosh clients using CIFS/Samba
• ISP grade PMDF internet messaging with customized virus checking, automatic updates and spam countermeasures using PreciseMail Anti-spam.
• Secure Apache server configuration, updates and custom CGI scripts (DCL, PHP, PERL and C) hosting dozens of customer web sites throughout the enterprise.
• Checkpoint Firewall administration including inter-site VPN's and SmartDefense.
• Other popular TCP/IP services such as DNS, POP, IMAP, FTP, SFTP, NFS, DHCP, SSH and TFTP.
• Install, configure and maintain associated infrastructure such as servers, storage, firewalls, switches, routers and UPS systems.
• Install, configure and support various commercial and open source server software packages as needed to support customer demand.
• Day to day triage, troubleshooting, analysis and diagnosis of network and server related issues using the Request Tracker (RT) ticketing system.
• Collect resource usage metrics to set rates for network services that will fully recover their cost based on current budgets.
• Establish baselines and analyze capacity to proactively anticipate service upgrades and present their business cases to management that will determine the future direction of IT services.
• Cultivate relationships with campus technology leaders and outside vendors to understand how current industry trends will shape future IT infrastructure.

1982-1989, Data Systems Engineer, Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Responsible for the design, implementation and operation of the physics data acquisition subsystem for a large DOE fusion energy research project known as the Tara Tandem Mirror. Served as a consultant to other staff engineers, scientists and contractors to integrate diagnostics into the data system and review designs of customized supporting hardware. Configured and managed an 18 node Vaxcluster on a distributed Local Area network of assorted workstations used in related fusion experiments. Consulted with software developers to implement an application framework known as MDS to catalog, archive and retrieve very large data sets to support analysis of physics data. Supervised staff application programmers and student workers. Maintained a VMS device driver and ACP, various commercial and public software packages. Configured and maintained a CAMAC (IEEE-583/595) optical serial highway in an adverse environment and developed diagnostic software to manage its integrity.

1989, Independent Consultant, Applied Science and Technology, Woburn MA. Configured, installed and tested network infrastructure (wiring, hubs and bridges) to support a flexible 108 node Local Area Network (LAN) for a rapidly expanding high technology startup.

1981-1982, Independent Consultant, part-time, Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Analyzed requirements, wrote preliminary proposals and specifications for an initial design of the data acquisition system for a large fusion energy experiment under construction.

1980-1982, Research Specialist, Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Responsible for the design and maintenance of a CAMAC based data acquisition system for use in fusion energy research. Developed software for data acquisition and display. Maintained device drivers for the RSX-11 operating system, repaired PDP-11 computers, peripherals and other associated hardware.

1975-1979, Technician (part time), Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Repaired laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, vacuum gauge controllers, gas analyzers, high voltage power supplies and constructed high speed trigger circuitry used in a graduate level plasma physics laboratory.

1976-1978, Chief Engineer (part time), SpeakerKit Ltd., Menomonie, Wisconsin. Performed computer analysis, design and testing of loudspeaker crossover networks for a small audio mail order company.

1973-1975, Technician (part time), Two Jack's TV, Hartford, Wisconsin. Repair of consumer electronic products.

Memberships:

Formal Education:

B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1979, University of Wisconsin-Madison

References: available on request

Publications:

• Marcel P. J. Gaudreau, James D. Sullivan, Thomas W. Fredian, C. A. Karcher, Evelio Sevillano, Josh Stillerman, Paul Thomas. "The Tara Control, Data acquisition and Analysis System", Proceedings of the IEEE 10th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, December 1983, pages 2010-2014.
• James D. Sullivan, Marcel P. J. Gaudreau, B. Blanter, T. W. Fredian, J. H. Irby, C. A. Karcher, R. Rameriz, E. Sevillano, J. Stillerman, P. Thomas. "The Tara Control, Monitoring, Data acquisition and Analysis System", Proceedings of the 14th Symposium on Fusion Technology, September, 1986, pages 1491-1498.
• Marcel P. J. Gaudreau, James D. Sullivan, T. W. Fredian, J. H. Irby, C. A. Karcher, R. A. Rameriz, E. Sevillano, J. A. Stillerman, P. Thomas. "Lessons Learned from The MIT Tara Control and Data System", Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, October, 1987, pages 690-694.