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Adam Hirsch
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX . Somerville . MA . 02145 http://web.baz.org/~adam/ XXXX@baz.org 617/XXX.XXXX |
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TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Operating Systems
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Solaris, Linux, SunOS, various BSDs, Cisco's IOS and SwitchOS, MacOS,
Windows, AIX, and a smattering of IRIX
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| Webmaster
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Apache, Stronghold, Netscape's Communications, Enterprise, and FastTrack
Servers, OpenMarket Secure. Perl CGI scripting, JavaScript hacks, Photoshop,
Illustrator, Gimp, and others
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EXPERIENCE |
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| Principal Systems Administrator
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April 2000 - Present Day
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| UPromise, Inc.
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Brookline, MA http://www.upromise.com/ |
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| Lead Systems Administrator
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November 1999 - April 2000
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| Harcourt Online, a division of Harcourt General
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Burlington, MA http://www.harcourtonline.com/ |
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Transition systems administrator for a newly formed hosting group. This group
was responsible for internet hosting for all 20 divisions of Harcourt General
Publishers. Assisted in designing, specifying, and building out a brand new
hosting facility, including power requirements, multiple T3 connections,
internal network design, security procedures, backup schemes, and customer
migration from existing hosting arrangements. Helped design ongoing policies
and procedures for network and systems infrastructure.
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Senior Systems Administrator, Security Chief |
December 1996 - November 1999
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| Cohesive Technology Solutions, formerly the LeftBank Operation
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Woburn, MA http://www.cohesive.com/ |
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Senior consultant to many client sites in New England. Systems projects have
included various combinations of: mail servers, news servers, web servers,
dns servers, content creation, customer education/training, backup systems,
network design/implementation, and perl scripting. Security projects have
involved host-based auditing and lockdowns, network architecting, intrusion
detection, post break-in cleanup/tightening, policy creation, working with
local and federal law enforcement. Facilitate weekly company meetings.
Helped design and create original internal knowledge base in perl cgi's and
mysql database.
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| Webmaster
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April 1996 - December 1996
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| Utopia Incorporated
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Waltham, MA http://www.utopia.com/ |
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Site and server administrator for 30 colocated websites. Worked closely with
developers in creating and managing new sites, staging areas, source control,
as well as with sales and project managers in traffic handling, planning
timelines, project scopes. Worked extensively on the presentation, backend,
and daily satellite downloads from Project Candide, a journaled trip to Mt.
Kilimanjaro. Junior sysadmin responsible for mail issues, general machine
upkeep, site migrations, CU-SeeMe Reflector, RealAudio Server. Helped design
and deploy host-based security for 7-machine company cluster. Did various
and sundry perl and sh scripting.
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| Designer
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November 1995 - April 1996
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| Utopia Incorporated
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Waltham, MA http://www.utopia.com/ |
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One of original graphic and information designers for startup web development
company. Worked with a wide variety of clients to create sites based both on
existing print materials and new designs.
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| Webmaster
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June 1995 - November 1995
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| Utne Reader
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Minneapolis, MN http://www.utne.com/ |
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Site designer for nationally recognized biweekly publication.
Technical liaison to advertisers, authors, art director. Graphic design and
execution as needed. Helped implement an experimental Web-based conferencing
system.
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EDUCATION |
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| Bachelor of Arts Degree
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Spring 1995
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| Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
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Grade Point: 3.6 overall
Major: American Studies and Theater |
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SKILLS & INTERESTS |
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American Sign Language, Spanish, Distance Bicycling, Theater Lighting Design,
Singing, Quakerism, Ocean Sailing, Improv Comedy, Science Fiction,
Chainsawing, and Gourmet Cooking.
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