Jacob Laderman
058-535-2994
jacoblf@gmail.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To apply my skills in system, network, grid/cluster, remote administration, network security and connectivity to benefit my employer.

MAJOR WORK EXPERIENCE

2/10 - present   Consultant and Independent Contractor for Software Programming, Tech Support and Web Development; Installed secure, hardened ubunto linux virtual machine for source code repository using SubVersion & WebDAV with controlled secure access to sub-directories.  Converted proprietary Adobe Flash website to html5 and OpenSource files for for dynamic website display [iPhone, Android, OSX, Microsoft & tablet cross-compatability]  WebMaster and System Administrator, co-location support, remote management,  CMS programs: Drupal, RapidWeaver, WordPress [and others]

10/08 - 01/10   Contractor for Impact Satellite, Baltimore County, MD. SBCA certified Dish Network Satellite Technician.  Installation, maintenance and repair of satellite receiver systems including computer and television integration.

10/05 - 09/08   International Sales Representative and Technical Support,  Olehphone, Baltimore, MD
Sales of Voice Over IP telephone service, troubleshooting, customer support, software installations, preconfiguration.

11/04 - 7/05  Chief Technical Officer, Capalon Internet Solutions, Baltimore, MD.
System & Network Administrator for Project Genesis, TorahMedia.org, Torah.org and over 250 other virtual web sites. CoLocation administration, Level 3 facility, Baltimore. Coordinated weekend and holiday support.

11/94 - 9/03  Manager Information Systems and Senior System Administrator, Center for Language and Speech Processing (CLSP), Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, Baltimore, MD.
Organized and coordinated computer support for CLSP's research activities, including:

• Full-life cycle account administration for over 200 computer nodes running parallel processing software.

• Evaluating, selecting and recommending the purchasing, bidding, installation and upgrading of the computing and network infrastructure, including electrical, HVAC, alarm system and more.

• Benchmarking state-of-the-art systems in the CLSP environment to determine new purchases (near-term and long-term) for proper configuration of operating systems, networking and compatibility.

• Maintaining:

  • all CLSP computers, laptops and embedded systems.

  • webserver, firewall, email, ftp and login server.

• up-to-date system status, including upgrading or installing operating systems, patches, new software and license managers.

• Managing:

• TCP/IP network protocols (NIS, NFS, DNS, DHCP, tftp, etc.)

• license managers (elmd, matlab and others).

• data and archives, including bacup and restoration, of over 4 terabytes of online disk storage space, using various media such as appropriate tape, optical and other offline storage devices.

Support and planning for yearly 6-8 week workshops (Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition (LVCSR) Workshop (WS95 thru WS03)), including bidding, purchasing, budgeting, installation, maintenance, administration and design, installation and operation of the WorkShop Lab (30 desks with networked computers in a single room.)

Interviewed, hired, trained and supervised staff, including two workers. Also managed an additional three graduate students to provide 16/7 (16 hours per day, 7 days a week) user and help desk support during the workshop. Provided Help Desk support for professors, students, staff, visiting lecturers, etc, as well as services to accommodate blind workshop participants.

Operating Systems Managed:
Microsoft Windows (from 3.11 thru 2000 and NT),
SGI Irix,
SUN Solaris,
Apple osX,
Linux and
Unix.

Peripherals Managed:
Network Appliances,
Routers and Switches,
Firewalls, Wireless Access Points,
Archive Tape Librarys,
Multiple NFS RAID Arrays, etc.

5/92 - 2/93  Network & System Administrator, Qstar Technologies, Rockville, MD.
Evaluated software packages and assisted in porting them to operate with Qstar kernel drivers on most software platforms (MS-DOS, lrix, SUN-OS, HP-UX, AIX, VAX, AT&T Unix). Installed Optical Disk Changers (HP, IDE, Kodak, LMSI, NKK, Sony). Direct contact with vendors and suppliers.

4/90 - 1/92  System & Network Administrator, Strategic Defense Initiative Office, Strategic Scene Generation Model, Space Sciences, Division Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC.
Software Technology Inc./Telos Corp. System Administrator for Alliant VFX80 Parallel Processing Supercomputer networked with Silicon Graphics Iris (4d/30), Sun SparcStations, Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) Station 5000, MAC II (AUX) and VAX system. Systems account administration, maintenance, repair, backup and archival. Designed and assembled rack-mounted video center with Lyon Lamb RTC, Panasonic laser disk recorders and players, monitors, switchers and other video equipment. This position required Secret Clearance. Also ported programs from Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) VAX VMS to Sun Microsystems SUN-OS. Using ANSI Standard C with XII and Motif, added functionality and maintained code compatibility for both platforms.

7/89 - 3/90  Software Engineer, Unisys Corp, Salt Lake City, UT.
Desktop III team member. Wrote, verified and ran test suite programs using MS-DOS 4.1 and SCO UNIX 3.2. Compiler verification of Ada, Basic, C, Fortran, XII Windows for Compliance Matrix for the successful $700 million Desktop III contract bid with the US Dept. of Defense. Direct contact with vendors and OEM companies to debug compilers.

2/86 - 11/88  Senior Programmer, High Yield Management Securities Inc., Clifton, NJ.
System Administration responsibilities. Designed and installed automated order entry, transaction logging with audit trail and accounting systems, integrated with reports processor from relational database and word processing high-volume spooled printing system. Remote systems integration and trouble shooting for clients in 35 states (on private wide-area network), requiring travel or solving problems by phone or online. Other responsibilities included systems maintenance, repair, backup and archival. Wrote instruction manuals, documentation and taught computer usage.

1/83 - 9/84 Scientific Database Consultant, Associated Scientists of Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA.
Designed, created and implemented relational databases. Linked computers for data updating, file conversion and data transfers. Created reports and graphs for statistical analysis. Recommended, selected and purchased computer equipment & peripherals.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
Member: Old Bay Sage (Baltimore System Administrators Guild)

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science: Mass Communication and TV Production, Emerson College, Boston, MA 1982