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Fabrice Nye
IT Consultant
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842 Portwalk Place
Redwood Shores, CA 94065-1818
(650) 280-6823
Fax: (650) 592-0200
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IT Services |
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| I specialize in providing the following services to my clients: |
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Architect and build UNIX-based infrastructures from the ground up |
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Setup of LAN/WAN and configuration of firewalls |
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Maximum automation of monitoring and routine tasks, with extensive use of scripting (Bourne, Perl, SQL, CGI) |
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Seamless integration of Windows and UNIX domains (single sign-on, file sharing, etc.) |
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Multi-platform systems administration, operating system tuning, upgrades, patch applications; backup recovery planning and execu-tion; system event monitoring; space management & capacity planning |
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Determine and implement backup requirements |
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Setup of naming services setup (LDAP, AD, DNS, NIS) |
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Draft and edit systems documentation and policies |
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Core Skills |
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| UNIX systems administration expertise, managing Solaris, AIX, Linux, etc. since 1989 |
| Web design and CGI programming experience since 1994 |
| Heterogeneous networks integration (multiple UNIX flavors with Windows & MacOS) |
| Strong knowledge of Internet protocols (LDAP, DNS, NFS, NIS, FTP, Sendmail/SMTP, DHCP, Samba/CIFS, etc...) |
| Proficiency in multiple languages (Perl, JavaScript, HTML, Shell, C) |
| M.S. degree in Computer Science |
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Consulting Projects
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The following assignments were performed on a consulting basis.
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Weidlinger Associates
Los Altos, CA
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June 1996 - present
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Multi-platform system administration (including Solaris, Linux, IRIX, HP-UX, & Windows) |
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Study, proposal, installation & configuration of new Linux server infrastructure rollout (migration from Solaris) |
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Integration of UNIX and Windows domains (Active Directory to LDAP translation, DNS replication, single sign-on) |
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Software and operating system installation (automatic SuSE install via AutoYAST) |
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Configuration of subsystems (NIS, DNS, LDAP, Sendmail, NFS, Samba, NTP) |
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Backup policy configuration, implementation, and monitoring (Veritas NetBackup, BackupExec, Retrospect, and standard ufsdump) |
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Network and systems monitoring (Big Brother, Ganglia, MRTG, SNMP) |
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Administration task automation (shell & Perl scripting) |
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Creation of central CVS repository for network-wide configuration files (using Cfengine) |
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Firewall & proxy server installation and configuration |
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Installation of OpenPBS cluster batch queueing system |
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Writing of IT documentation |
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Catapult Communications
Mountain View, CA
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April 2001 - October 2002
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Installation and configuration of an international, multi-site virtual private network based on Netscreen VPN equipment |
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Collaborated with IT managers at each site to synchronize the configuration and company-wide usernames/userids, and to propagate and replicate a distributed naming service (NIS, LDAP) |
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Installation of a 1/2 TB Sun fileserver
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Sendmail configuration for a multi-domain mail server |
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Globalpress Connection
San Jose, CA
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October 1999 - October 2002
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Redesigned existing web site, adding new sections and menus, inserting new graphics and generally cleaning up the look of the site |
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Created registration forms using CGI, Perl and MySQL |
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Trained in-house staff on web site maintenance using Dreamweaver |
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Other Clients |
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| iSharp,
Redwood
City (www.isharp.com) |
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Nov.
1999 - April 2000 |
| Unity
Church, Palo Alto (www.unitypaloalto.org) |
Oct.
1997 - Oct 2000 |
| Aurigin,
Cupertino (www.aurigin.com) |
Sept.
1997 - June 2000 |
| Centerpoint,
San Jose (www.centerpoint.com) |
Aug.
1999 - January 2000 |
| Silicon
Valley Shelving, San Jose (www.svseq.com) |
Nov
1996 - January 2000 |
| Quantum
Corporation, Milpitas (www.quantum.com) |
Aug.
1998 - Sept. 1999 |
| Whole
Tomato Software, Capitola (www.wholetomato.com) |
Oct.
1997 - Apr. 1999 |
| CANEC,
San Carlos (www.canec.org) |
Sept.
1997 - March 1998 |
| Ensemble
Solutions, San Jose |
Dec.
1997 - Apr. 1997 |
| Parallax
Graphics, Santa Clara |
May
1996 - June 1996 |
| Whistle
Communications, Foster City |
May
1996 - July 1996 |
| Sun
Microsystems, Mountain View |
Sept.
1995 - Apr. 1996 |
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Employment Experience
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Blue Martini Software
San Mateo, CA
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| Senior Operations Engineer |
Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2002 |
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Responsible for the AIX infrastructure, network installation management, configuration and troubleshooting |
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Improved the automation of the IT processes using Perl scripts for system status monitoring, quota checking, log file processing, etc. |
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Configured and customized the Big Brother monitoring system |
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Managed the Solaris JumpStart infrastructure for unattended installs |
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Reconfigured and customized Sendmail 8.11 to be more secure and pass messages to virus filtering software |
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Built a graphical user-locating system using building maps, CGI forms and LDAP queries |
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Managed Veritas NetBackup UNIX backup system |
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Trained junior system administrators by giving weekly "tech talks" |
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iSharp
Redwood City, CA
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| UNIX Technical Lead / IT Architect |
Apr. 2000 - Feb. 2001 |
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Provided leadership for a 3-person team of UNIX system
administrators |
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Built the UNIX server infrastructure for the company from the ground up |
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Maintained a WAN composed of 3 sites and multiple remote
offices |
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Installed and managed a network of 6 co-location sites
around
the country, using 2 providers for redundancy; defined
standard
processes to allow hands-off installation |
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Created the initial corporate-wide intranet structure |
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Installed and configured core services such as DNS, NIS,
NFS
and Sendmail |
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Automated replication and change tracking of network databases
company-wide using Perl scripts and CGI forms |
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Pure Software
Sunnyvale, CA
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| Webmaster
& Corporate Networks Manager |
1994 - 1995 |
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Built a world wide web server to disseminate information
throughout
the company, providing a consistent interface across all
platforms. (This was an intranet before the word intranet was invented) |
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Developed sophisticated scripts to search data files
and
provide a user-friendly interface to the data (employee
directory,
request status, e-mail aliases, newsletters, etc.) |
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Managed the router configuration for the whole company,
and maintained the e-mail, DNS, NIS, NFS, SLIP and FTP configurations for
remote
offices |
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Implemented switched Ethernet for increased bandwidth
in
R&D |
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Added FDDI backbone as inter-building link |
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| Senior
System Administrator |
1992 - 1994 |
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Grew the company infrastructure from a 16-SPARCstation
Ethernet
to a 200+ node worldwide operation, backing up 100+ GB
of
data, over 5 hardware platforms and 8 different operating
systems |
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Supervised a team of 3 sysadmins to provide quality user
support |
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Developed a trouble-ticket system available to all users
over e-mail and later via web |
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Connected the site to the Internet, configuring SMTP,
DNS
and FTP access |
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Installed European office and provided networking to
corporate
HQ over a leased line |
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Provided ISDN solution for connection of telecommuting
individuals |
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Managed the installation, maintenance and administration
of UNIX systems and third-party software |
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Developed system administration policies and tools for
more
efficient UNIX management (system resources and disk onitoring,
network load monitoring, etc.) |
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Interfaced with vendors to evaluate, procure and implement
new software and hardware products |
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Schlumberger
ATE Division
San Jose, CA
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| Systems
& Network Administrator |
1989 - 1992 |
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Operated a heterogeneous subnet of 60 workstations and
4 servers
within a network of 400+ nodes and 10 servers; Suns, Solbourne,
IBM-PC's (PC-NFS), Macintoshes (AppleTalk), VAXstation |
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Managed and documented TCP/IP network running NFS, NIS,
DNS,
UUCP and Usenet |
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Installed operating systems and third-party software
packages;
Provided support to and trained SunOS users |
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Maintained user accounts and backed up mass storage;
Automated
routine tasks with Bourne Shell scripts |
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Installed and configured new computers and printers;
Troubleshooted
hardware and maximized uptime |
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Investigated and recommended new equipment purchases |
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Database administration (INGRES RDBMS) and SQL programming |
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Created application software releases, oversaw source
control
and defined installation procedures |
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| Software Engineer |
1988 - 1989 |
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Maintained and enhanced current software products (in
the
domain of automated test equipment) |
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Assisted with administration and maintenance of computer
systems |
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Resolved software change requests, worked with customers,
application engineers and customer support engineers to
identify
and fix known software problems |
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Developed and automated regression test cases |
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Promoted portability of programs between VAX/VMS and
Sun/UNIX |
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Promoted software quality for code readability and reusability |
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Education
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UCSC Extension
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| Graphic Design |
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Curriculum: |
Advanced Photoshop Artistry; History of Graphic Design; Macroeconomics |
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Stanford University
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| Honors-Coop Graduate Program |
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Curriculum: |
Computer Networks & Data Communications; Operating Systems; Parallel Computing Architecture; Databases |
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E.N.S.I.M.A.G.
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| M.S. Computer Science |
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Curriculum: |
Algorithms & Software Engineering; Compiler Architecture; Operating Systems; Robotics & Artificial Intelligence; Numerical Analysis; Statistics |
Languages: |
C, Pascal, Lisp, Fortran, Basic, assembler |
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