Skills

UNIX, Database Administration, Apache Web Server Administration, Networking Administration,  C programming, Perl and Perl DBI, SQL, UNIX Script Language, HTML. PHP, Introduction to Java and C++.

Operating Systems

Unix, Linux, BSDI, DOS, Windows, NT, Desktop Support

Related Skills

Art Skills, hardware troubleshooting, PC Installation, Scanning 
Apache Administration, IP Setup. Project Management

Experience

February 2000 - Present

Brooklyn Linux Solutions - Consulting IT services and Computer Education

• Networking - VPN, Routing, DNS, Sendmail, SAMBA

• SysAdmin - Custom design web based programs to automate Apache configurations and virtual hosting, BIND configurations, and backups.

• Education - Adult computer training at CUNY, the FSCC and other venues.

• Internet Development with Apache and Perl for small businesses.

• GNU/Linux based networking infrastructure for secretarial pools

• DNS, MYSQL, email, NFS, and SAMBA setup for small businesses

• Specialized Internet database reporting for educational facilities

• Document tracking development for medical facilities

• Perl Development with a focus on website developmemnt using MYSQL backends.

• PHP – LAMP development

• C++ and Medication Information System development

September 2000 - November 2000

Scalable Technologies - Senior Web Designer and Project Manager.

• Oversee the set-up of newly formed technical infrastructure.

• Lead back end and front end tools development written in PHP, on Apache.

• Installed system network, DNS and pack forwarding.

• Wrote user administration tools and Human Resource modules for clients.

March 1999 – June 2000

The New School - Teach Perl and Web Tec· hnologies in the continuing education program

May 1998 - September 2000

New York University - Manager of Intranet and Software Development and Project Manager.

• Wrote numerous database driven Web programs using DBI, ModPerl and Perl.

• Installed and imported the clinical database to Oracle On Red Hat Linux.

• Ported an Intranet Site from a Windows95 environment to Unix, fixing links using SED and Perl.

• Ported a DOS medical database from a flat binary Database to MYSQL RDMS using Perl. As the old database is still being used live, the port has to be repeated on a daily basis.

• Fixed large amounts of bad data.

• Combined it's 5 directories of data because it originally had a maximum of 32,000 patients. All five database binaries had to be combined into one MYSQL Database.

• Designed the new schema and built a front end for the over 3,000,000 transactions using CGI techniques , modperl, embperl, javascript and Perl.

• Installed Apache on Linux while building modules and perl extensions.

• Instructed co-workers in the basics of Unix administration, while creating a secure web server.

• Automated the data import to be pooled daily using CRON over IPX from production servers. 

Dec 1994 – Jun 2002

Jewish Billboard and Brooklyn on Line - Web Site Administrator and Page Creator.

· Performed webpage creation skills including CGI writing in C and Perl.

· Currently developing a Shopping Cart with client  side administration, and accounting tools.

· Extensive use of Perl and MYSQL on a BSDI OS. 
(http://www.wynn.com/jewish and http://www.brooklynonline) .

July 1997 - December 1997

Maramont Corporation:

· Establish an Intranet with the Apache Webserver 

· Supported about 25 machines on an intranet with Windows Clients and  a UNIX Server.

· Designed and replaced various windows based document management programs which were constraining the corporations ability for web based technology.

· Wrote several Perl CGI's to parse our production label database into CGI - Netscape output. This eased label  design. It permitted the use of Pagemaker to work with the specialized Zebra Bar-code printers over the UNIX print server.

· Worked with Fox Pro 2.6a and a Database product called TRO to support and helped develop a Purchasing database on Windows 3.11 and Novel.

· Installed and supported all cooperate software, Photo Shop, Pagemaker, Scanning techniques, Word, Lotus, ect.

June 1995 - June 1997

Medical Arts - Part-time Pharmacist

Sept 1995 - Feb 1996

Graduate Student Professor at LIU College of Pharmacy in compounding labs.

Sept 1984 - 1996

Karson Pharmacy - Full and Part-time Pharmacist.

1981 - 1987

US ARMY - Honorable discharge

Education:

June 1999

Oracle University
DBA training - System Configuration, SQL Plus, PL/SQL

Sept - Jan 1998

NYU: C++ and Unix Programming

April - Oct 1996

Cope Institute: Programming course in UNIX Programming, 
Shell Scripting, SQL, embedded SQL in C and Oracle.

Sep 1995 - Feb 1996

LIU: Fellowship and Ph.D. candidate for Pharmaceutics.

Jan 1983 - Sept 1988

LIU Brooklyn Campus: Graduate of Pharmacy

Interests and Hobbies

Birds and Parrots, Art History, Local History, Jazz, NYC, Writing, Teaching Perl and HTML