I am looking for better opportunities in telephone, cable, internet, or other allied areas of the industry. I have over 35 years of experience and 10 years in cable. My experience in computers goes back to the time of the Commodore Vic-20 and the time of PC-DOS. I ran the first PC based BBS in Chautauqua County.
My Windows background goes back to when Windows 95 was launched. My Linux experience goes back to 1998. My Macintosh experience goes back to the Apple 2E's My Linux experience goes back 15 years. My background in television repair goes back to the early 70's.My background in 2-way radio goes back to the late 1970's. My background in Satellite goes back to the 1980's
Please read the detail list of my experiences below.
If you think that my talents can be used by your system or company, Please e-mail me at admin@chautauqualake.net
I am located 30 Miles from Erie PA, 20 miles from Jamestown NY, 25 miles from Dunkirk NY, and 60 miles from Buffalo NY. I would prefer working in Western NY, NW Pa and NE Ohio due to family considerations.
Computer Background Info Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 and XP Home and Pro OS's and Vista. Internet Explorer all versions. Outlook and Outlook Express and MS Office and Publisher (all editions). MS PowerPoint and Excel, WordPerfect Office Suite. Setting up MAS 90 from SAGE on a business network. All the Netscape Internet Browsers and Firefox. Apache Webservers using Linux and Windows,Windows IIS 4/5 Server from Microsoft. Networking and Internet Operation. Internet Security and Remote Administration of servers and computers.
ADSL Networking and setup using Cisco, Pairgain and Speedstream Modems and Routers. Cable Modems Networking and setup, Wireless WAP Modems. Linksys Routers used for both Cable and ADSL/SDSL Networking. Computer Repair and Construction. HTML and Web Site Construction both basic and advance CGI and Perl Scripting as well as MySQL for websites on a Linux and NT base server. Java Scripting Active Website Design.
Macintosh OS 8 and up, including networking. Dual booting Macs on OS 9.21 and OS X a FreeBSD/Linux based enviroment. Setting up "Dave" a Mac utility to do advance networking in a Windows/Linux enviroment. Hardware/software troubleshooting of Macs. Installing and setting up different software packages available for a Mac. Internet Security on a Macintosh. Setting up Internet Explorer and Netscape on a Mac.
Unbutu and other Linux Base OS's used for Desktop Computers. Linux - Redhat and other OS Basics including Networking, Linux Cobalt OS, Blue Quartz Cent4 OS and other OS's Used by a number of ISP's in the World. Setting up Linux/Windows Based Web, Mail, News and DNS servers. Setting up VPN/Security Networks using www.ipcop.org and Open VPN.
Public Access Servers Set up by me as a System Administrator include www.chautauqualake.net a Cobalt RAQ 4r (Linux) with Web/Mail/DNS. A number of Linux Base OS servers in my Sherman NY Data Center. www.chautauqualake.org , and a number of Blue Quartz, Blue Onyx and Debian OS based webservers on a ADSL, Cable and OC3 Circuits in the Chautauqua County NY area. A number of servers set up by me do not have public access to them so they are not listed here. I also did not list all the extra servers that are up and running, that are available on my Sherman NY Data Center.
I am also very experience in setting up and maintaining secured DNS's and I am not afraid to get my hands dirty working on projects setting up servers using any software in the market place.
SCTE Certification, Broadband Installer M-109829, Broadband Communications Technician Category 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 M-109829 Issued 1/21/1997. C-Band and KU Multifeed Systems, C-Band and KU Dish installation. Wegner Digital C-Band and KU Setup. VC 2 Installation, including component level troubleshooting and repair. Headend Construction and Repair. FCC Frequency and Leak Checks (CLI). Tower Construction and Bucket Truck Operations and Safety. Ladder Works and Safety and Line Construction including Proper Grounding, Splicing, Field Sweeping and Troubleshooting, Pole Installation, Pole type Power Supply Repair, Replacement and instalation. Field Engineering and Drop Installation. I am an Member of the SCTE, M109829.
2-Way radio Background,2-way radio and paging covering 30 MHz to 470 MHz. EF Johnson 2-way radios and Motorola 2-way radios. Repeaters and auto-patches. Communications Tower construction up to 300 ft and Communications Tower rigging up to 500 ft. Use of Motorola Communications Test Equipment. PCIA Certification
Certified Communications Technician No. 100124
Originally trained as an Electrician if tested, Journeyman Rated.
Other talents include setting up and installing as a certified Installing and maintaining home satellite systems from Dish and Direct TV. I also have a Ham radio License, N2JYG, Amateur Extra Class and a member of the ARRL. Additional references or materials available upon request.