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Computer Programmer / Linux System Administrator

Highly accomplished technology professional with broad experience in
technical support, system administration, and process optimization in
educational environment. Proven track record of effective systems
operations and support demonstrated through hands-on development, and
maintenance of network and software connectivity applications. Able to
apply innovative ideas, to solve complex problems and satisfy project
needs. Skilled technology expert; able to direct multiple tasks and
quickly master new technologies.

Areas of Expertise:
* Systems Implementation & Design
* Performance Optimization
* Troubleshooting & Problem Resolution
* Technical Mentoring
* Hardware/Software Purchase Evaluation

Technical Proficiencies:
Platforms: VAX/VMS, SunOS, Ultrix, Irix, Linux (Slackware 3.0,
RedHat 4.0 though 9, WBL 3.0 (GPL Clone of RHEL 3.0),
CentOS 4 (GPL Clone of RHEL 4) True64.
Software: ENVI, AutoCAD, KBVision, Khoros, various open source/FSF programs
(compilers mostly).
Languages: C, C++, Tcl/Tk, LISP, FORTRAN, Java, JavaScript.

Professional Experience:

Owner / Programmer / System Administrator 12/1993--present Deepwoods
Software Wendell, MA
Wrote several C/C++ and Tcl/Tk cross-platform applications for both my
own use and as open source projects. Completed customized projects for
customers.

Managed Deepwoods Software Web, Mail, and FTP server, running RedHat
6.2, RedHat 7.3, and (currently) CentOS 4.5. Deepwoods Software's
server hosts a number of web sites:

* Created the Home Librarian system, first as a C++ coded command-line and
terminal screen based system (Version 1) and later as a C++ and Tcl/Tk
GUI based system for managing a home library of books and other
materials. Version 3 is in the works, a nearly pure Tcl/Tk version using
a SQL back end database system.

* Implemented the Role Playing Database system, a C++ and Tcl/Tk program
designed to help ``table-top'' Role Playing gamers manage their not so
trivial game information.

* Developed substantial parts of the Model Railroad System (still
under active development), a collection of programs and libraries in
a mixture of C/C++ and Tcl/Tk to aid model railroaders in various
aspects of running their model railroads.

* Programmed Mylex-UI, a pair pure Tcl/Tk applications (one terminal
based, the other graphically based) that interface with the DAC960 RAID
Driver under Linux.

* Coded TkNewsII, a QWK/NNTP news and E-Mail client, written in
Tcl/Tk with some C-coded support programs.

* Created a Shopping Cart CGI script in Tcl connecting to PayPal for
Celestine Press.

In addition, Deepwoods Software has provided programming, system installation, and
administration services on a contract basis:

* Aided the New Salem Board Of Assessors with wireless networking
issues with a Linux-based laptop. 11/2007.

* Did contract programming for Dr. Howard Schultz of the Computer
Vision Research Lab (in the CS Dept. at Umass/Amherst) in C and Tcl/Tk
for his Terrest Project from 1/2006 through 12/2006.

* Did contract programming work for Prof. Allen Hanson, also of the
Computer Vision Research Lab, in C and Tcl/Tk to finish up the Korean
project from 1/2006 through 8/2006.

* Provided sub-contracted programming work for Objectxx (Stuart G.
Mentzer) in Tcl/Tk from 12/2005 through 5/2006.

* Installed Solaris and Linux 1/2006--2/2006 Epistemic, Longmeadow MA
Installed Solaris 10 on a SunFire V20z server and Linux (CentOS 4) on an
4 processor AMD server.

System Administrator 1998--2000, Coyote Data Security, Leverett, MA

Managed Coyote Data Security's web and mail Linux-based server, running
RedHat 5.2 and RedHat 6.2. Coyote Data Security hosted several web sites
in addition to Coyote Data Security's web site, including Rector Press
and Deepwoods Software's web sites.

System Programmer / System Administrator 9/1980--11/2005, Computer Vision Research Lab, Computer Science Department, University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Assisted professors and graduate/undergraduate students with computer
programs and software questions. Collaborated on implementation of old
LISPF3 based Vision System on VAX-11/780 contributed to getting GRASPER
compiled and running under CLisp. Worked on implementation of LLVS (Low
Level Vision System). Responsible for system administration in UNIX and
Linux environments and computer programming in C, C++, Tcl/Tk, Lisp and
original Lisp Compiler for CLisp.

Provided system administration support for a number of different systems
from 1980 until 2005 on a number of UNIX and Linux desktop machines
(used by graduate and undergraduate students) and several UNIX and
Linux servers (file servers (NFS, NetBIOS, and AppleTalk), web servers
(Apache), mail (Sendmail) and database (PostgreSQL) servers -- many of
the desktop machines were also being used as servers (mostly NFS)).
This included VAXStations running several versions of VMS, DECStations
running Ultrix, SGI servers and workstations running Irix, Sun
workstations running SunOS 4 and Solaris, and DEC AlphaStations and
AlphaServers running DEC Unix / OSF / True64. The Computer Vision
Research Lab was over this period a very {em mixed} environment,
with a number of different systems all networked together. Activities
included:

* Conducted major design and implementation of ISR3.1 and ISR3.2
(Intermediate Symbolic Representation, V3.1 and V3.2) in C++, with
particular work on the graphics and file I/O support.
* Translated Dr. Howard Schultz's Terrest System from FORTRAN to C,
utilizing Posix threading to make effective use of SMP processing.
* Created a cross-platform GUI front end for the Camera Calibration
system in Tcl/Tk.
* Created a GUI front-end for the Terrest System in Tcl/Tk.
This included generating shell scripts to run the Terrest System as a
batch job.
* Creating accounts for students, professors, and visiting
scholars. This generally involved updating the /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow files.
* Managing disk space, including setting disk quotas and watching
over shared file space. Wrote several scripts to help keep track of
disk usage.
* Configuring web (Apache), mail (Sendmail), and file (NFS, Samba,
and NetATalk) server daemons. Wrote scripts to handle adding and
removing NFS mount points as well as creating and removing file systems
on the file server.
* Installing software, both at a system level and an application
level.
* Performing backups, particularly for graduating (or transferring)
students. Wrote several scripts to automate this process.
* Extracting datasets from various sorts of media and making these
datasets available for the researchers. Often this required writing
scripts to convert data files to other file formats.
* Programmed Mylex-UI, a pair pure Tcl/Tk applications (one terminal
based, the other graphically based) that interface with the DAC960 RAID
Driver under Linux. The Linux file server has a DAC960 RAID controller and this script was
written as an admin aid to managing the RAID array. The terminal based
script was strongly influenced on the DEC-supplied program used to
manage the HZ70 RAID system on the previous (AlphaServer) file server.

Many of the above activities involved writing scripts in a number of
scripting languages, including csh, sh, Tcl, and awk. Over the course
of his time at UMass, Robert wrote hundreds of scripts as an aid to
both his programming and system administration duties.

Robert daily edited native UNIX configuration files (as native UNIX
objects) for the various UNIX services running on the UNIX and Linux
systems he administrated.

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