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Skillset |
- DB Administration: Experienced installing, configuring, administering, and performance tuning Microsoft SQL Server
2000/2005 and MySQL.
- Network Administration and Systems Architecture: Experienced Network Administrator, System Administrator
and Architect for Windows
networks including Windows 2000 and 2003 cluster servers. Team lead
for Active Directory migration.
- Security: Primary duties in incident response and
security architecture with a focus on
Windows and SQL Server security. Responsible for server hardening and
penetration testing. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) administrator and
architect. Experienced systems lead and DBA for successful SAS70, SOX and SysTrust audits.
- Operating Systems: Experienced installing, maintaining,
administering and optimizing Windows 2000, XP,
and 2003 as well as VMware ESX Server 2.x.
- Web Development: Experienced in developing dynamic, web-driven web sites. using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), DHTML, JavaScript,
Visual Studio, Active Server Pages (ASP), MS SQL Server, and MS
Access
- Web Administration: Experienced installing, configuring,
administering, and securing Microsoft Internet Information Server
5.0/6.0 and Microsoft Certificate Services.
- Additional Programming: Experienced with Perl (Win32) and
Windows-based scripting.
- Program Management: Experienced and federally-certified in program management, specifically IT contracts.
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Experience |
| 01/2000 - Present |
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank |
Columbia, SC |
Systems Architect (as
of December 1, 2001)
- Primary Directory Services administrator for organization
- Led Active Directory migration team for 300 sites, 24
separate corporations, and 2500 users
- Responsible for hardening Internet-facing and critical
infrastructure servers.
- Active penetration testing for organizational systems
- Founding member and lead for organization incident
response team
- Contributed as lead systems administrator and DBA on
successful first pass on SAS70 Type I and Type II audits
- Performed as lead systems administrator and database
consultant on successful first pass of SysTrust certification
- Served as lead systems administrator and client-server
security expert on successful Sarbanes-Oxley audit
- Administer external and internal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
- Administer DHCP, DNS (Windows 2000) and WINS
- Lead server team to optimize NT servers' LAN and WAN network
traffic
- Manage enterprise environment consisting of approximately 300 sites,
600 servers, and 3000 clients
- Primary administrator over Windows 2000 and 2003 cluster servers
including Exchange Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000/2005.
- Lead team in right-sizing servers and providing for growing
hardware needs for internal and third-party applications
- Provide mentorship for junior DBAs
- Provide continued support as on-call DBA as needed
- Provide DBA support for Citrix MetaFrame XP data store on SQL
Server 2000
- Support NFuse, Citix Secure Gateway, and Web Interface for Citrix
Presentation Server and provide web administration and
coding assistance with customization
- Assist with Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 farm administration
- Assist with VMware ESX Server administration and deployment.
- Developed Perl scripts with SQL Server 2000 to provide
automated auditing of enterprise environment
- Led migration from Solaris-based BIND servers to Windows 2000
DNS Servers in preparation for Active Directory implementation
- Recommend security measures on Windows NT/2000/2003/SQL Server
environment
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Lead Database Administrator
(Nov 1, 2000 - Dec 1, 2001)
- Led team of production DBAs supporting distributed mission-critical applications utilizing SQL 7.0 and 2000
- Administer and maintain 40+ production SQL Servers geographically positioned from Maryland to Puerto Rico to Mississippi
- Led team of development DBAs building OLTP and DSS databases in support of AgFirst proprietary applications utilizing T-SQL, DTS, and Replication
- Lead Database Architect for web applications and data warehousing
- Lead development DBA for Lawson Insight HR package implementation
- Lawson System and Security Administrator
- Visual Basic developer responsible for troubleshooting bottlenecks in applications interfacing with SQL Server
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Web Developer (Jan 3, 2000 - Nov 1, 2000)
- Formerly web development programming lead (accepted role as
lead DBA in October 2000)
- Architect of AgFirst Intranet version 2.0
- Developed Visual Basic middleware components to interface between ASP scripting and SQL Server 7.0
- Programming lead on AgFirst Intranet version 2.0 utilizing using
IIS, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, and SQL Server
- Technical lead on AgFirst Interactive Voice Response systems development
- Program Manager for Secondary Mortgage Market E-Commerce application
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| 01/2001 - 07/2001 |
DigitalThink, Inc. |
San Francisco, CA |
Web Development Courses Tutor
- Tutored courses in ASP development, ActiveX, and JavaScript
- Earned DigitalThink Certified Tutor certification
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08/1999 - 12/1999 |
BellSouth Adv. & Pub. Co. (through MDI, Inc.) |
Columbia, SC |
System Administrator
- Supported 100+ users running NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows
NT 4.0 Terminal Server.
- Administered file and application servers running NT Server
4.0
- Developed site system administration intranet using IIS, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML,
DHTML, SQL Server, and MS Access
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1995-1999 |
United States Air Force |
Montgomery, AL |
Chief, Technical Support
- Upgraded and administered information systems for 80+ users running Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000
Beta
- Administered and maintained IIS 4 and SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0
- Led 7-person tech team with less than 1 day turn-around from report of IT problem to satisfactory
solution
- Advised Chief Technical Officer of Organization on future IT acquisitions for Air Force and Department of Defense
customers
- Established Air Force position on vendor-proposed new technology and technology refreshes for $14B worth of government contracts
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Webmaster/Web Developer
- Designed and Developed web site for Air Force's source on IT contracts using HTML,
DHTML, ASP, and VBScript
- Provided follow-on training to staff of web developers in HTML,
DHTML, Active Server Pages, SQL, Visual Interdev, and Visual
Basic
- Built E-Commerce prototype for Air Force on-line (web based) ordering system using ASP, VBScript, and SQL Server
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Program Manager
- Managed $2.9B in Air Force contracts
- Provided Air Force concerns and inputs on follow-on to a $2B
contract
- Represented the Air Force on Process Management Teams for Navy Super-Minicomputer contract
- Developed organization's Total Quality Management approach for administering new IT contracts
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Co-Chair, 1996 AF Information Technology Conference
- Coordinated video-teleconferencing of keynote speakers throughout the continental US and bases
overseas
- Team lead for first web-based registration system
- Led team of 60+ volunteers for 3500 person conference
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Education |
| 1996-1999 |
United States Air Force |
Montgomery, AL |
Technical/Acquisitions Training
- Federal Acquisitions 101 course
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1995-1996 |
United States Air Force |
Biloxi, MS |
Basic Communications-Computer Systems Officer Training
- Software Analyst/Programmer Additional Training
- ADA Programming & Government Software Engineering Lifecycle
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1991-1995 |
The Citadel |
Charleston, SC |
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B.S. Physics, B.A. Mathematics |
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| Certifications |
- ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor
- SANS Stay Sharp Program - Computer and Network Security
Awareness (SSP-CNSA)
- CompTIA Security+
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (NT 4.0) - Electives: TCP/IP, SQL Server 7.0
Administration
- Federal Acquisitions Level I Comm-Computer Systems Certification
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| Professional Organizations |
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
- Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS)
- SQL Server Worldwide Users Group
- Toastmasters - Tunnelvision Echoes Club (Club #8810)
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| Professional Activities |
- Contributing Author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005
(Syngress: 2007)
- President and Director of Communications, Midlands PASS Chapter
(2007 - Present)
- Vice President of Public Relations for Toastmasters - Tunnelvision
Echoes Club (2007 - Present)
- SANS Security Awareness Council Member (2006 - 2007)
- SANS GIAC Advisory Board Member (2006 - 2007)
- SANS GSEC Advisory Board Member (2004 - 2006) [Board merged into
GIAC Advisory Board
- Regular SQL Server Security columnist for SQL Server Standard
Magazine columist (2003 - Present)
- Regular SQL Server Security columnist for SQLServerCentral.com (2002
- Present)
- Contributing Author for Best of SQLServerCentral.com, Vol. 3
(2005)
- Contributing Author for Best of SQLServerCentral.com, Vol. 2
(2004)
- Contributing Author for Best of SQLServerCentral.com 2002
(2003)
- Author of Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance
Monitoring (NetImpress: 2002)
- Former Swynk.com SQL Server columnist (2001)
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