DOUGLAS ASHBAUGH   603 Coquina Ct., Nokomis, FL 34275-2728 United States 
Phone:
(941) 223-0329   Email: doug.ashbaugh@comcast.net

 

OBJECTIVE

UNIX / Solaris / HP/UX / AIX Administrator & Performance Tuning Consultant

 

SKILLS

AIX Expert, Solaris, HP/UX, Ultrix, Irix. Networking, rsync, DNS, TCP/IP, automounter, cron, NIS, Expect scripting (automation), shell scripting (Perl, ksh, bourne etc), programming (I have worked in 20+ languages).


AIX performance tuning (PerPMR, HPM Toolkit, PCT/PVT, xmperf, time, timex, sar, vmstat, iostat, netstat, nfsstat, nice, trace, gprof/prof/xprofiler). Can develop Perl and C language profiling applications as required to test perf hotspots and bottlenecks.

 

CAREER HILITES

IBM; AIX Specialist; built/loaded/configured 100+ AIX RS/6000 and Power PC’s; HANFS/HACMP clusters.
Sports Authority: S80 / S70 ESS Shark Disk (.64 terabyte) installation; performance tuning consultant

Sematech UNIX Admin; responsible for large heterogeneous network of Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, and Ultrix.

Internet Trust; Solaris and AIX admin; Solaris and AIX based servers; PC's running Windows ME, 2000, and XP (for .Net dev and IIS/SQL Server).

IBM; technical roadshow manager for AIX operations. I was the go to guy for all vendors and problems.

401K; AIX administrator for large financial firm. Multiple 9X series platforms.

Miller Blueprint; primary AIX administrator.

Custom Circuit Design, Austin TX, AIX administrator ; numerous machines and types.

ASOMA Instruments; AIX Admin.

Citicorp; HP/UX admin. 24x7 Travellers Cheque System. Development network of HP desktops and xstations.

National Instruments, AIX Admin. Production accounting systems.

Eaton Corp, AIX Admin. Production system w/Xerox Chess MRP..

Others...I have assisted many companies throughout the years with all dialects of UNIX but specialize in AIX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Internet Trust Inc. / Nokomis (Sarasota), FL
Internet E-commerce Architect and Website Developer (2/03 to Present)

Network of servers running Solaris and AIX;

with PC's running Windows ME, 2000, and XP. (All for .Net development efforts and IIS/SQL Server).

Convergys Corporation / IMI Systems, Lake Mary FL
UNIX Architect and Developer / CM Consultant / Configuration Manager   (06/96 - 2/14/2003)

UNIX Architect and Developer / CM Consultant / Configuration Manager (06/96 - 2/14/2003)

AIX porting of several packages from IBM's Linux Affinity toolkit for AIX and Bulls toolkits for AIX. Ported Atlys P2K Reports subsystem to AIX. Minimal UNIX admin in Solaris environment. Consulted on machine performance, scripting, cron, DNS, automated several applications with Expect. Did client server development and CM ops mainly but developed world wide rsync/ksh/Perl/HTML based software propagation system. Web development as well. Worked with primary UNIX admin team on complex configurations, network configs, performance issues.

CitiCorp via Metro Information Systems, Virginia Beach VA

Consultant / UNIX Admin and Configuration Manager   (09/95 - 03/96)

Senior UNIX administrator and CM supporting 24x7 Global Cash Management Services (Traveller Cheque System). Supported HP Servers and Disk Arrays, HP X-stations. PVCS Administrator. Coordinated maintenance and DB maintenance with Senior Oracle DBA. Assisted in Oracle maintenance on occasion and record level repair as required. Automation techniques and UNIX environment maintenance improvements employed to reduce support requirements by over 50%. Implemented RIP gateway, synchronized remote routing tables, Yellow Pages, and rewrote critical system backup scripts. Software maintenance of: PVCS, Objectory, Softbench, C, C++ applications and patch level maintenance thereof. OS upgrades and patches. Application level patches. Vendor problem resolution coordination. Improved internal developer satisfaction, knowledge of CM, CM systems and SDLC, and overall productivity.

 

GTE via Availability Inc. , Tampa FL
Part-time Unix admin  & Security Consultant / Client-Server Architect Programmer(05/95 - 09/95)
Swat level effort to develop 3 tier client-server application to replace GTE mainframe bases customer care system. Developed socket based client context (connection) server in C. Wholly responsible for CCS design and security. Implemented 3 security models as testing base including UNIX level password and direct encryption, kerberos assisted authentication, and DCE cell based authentication models. Developed API's for other developers and worked with client developer to debug communications problems and protocol issues with Visual C++ client. Model: Visual C++ PC based clients, HP/UX UNIX based servers, Informix backend DB servers. Prototype effort successful. Project funding terminated. Beat TPS rate requirements of mainframe based system significantly (400 TPS as compared to 50 TPS). System was DB server limited, else performance of the CCS and client(s) could have been enhanced significantly based on my design.

UltraCom Incorporated , Austin TX

UNIX Administrator and Programmer   (11/91 - 05/95)
President and owner of UNIX oriented consulting firm. Clients included: Sematech, IBM, Miller Blueprint, ASOMA Instruments, The 401k Company, Ten X Technologies, Eaton Corp, and National Instruments. Misc UNIX admin of SUN Solaris, RS/6000 AIX, HP HP/UX, and Dec Ultrix, programming, OS maintenance and runtime/user support, peripheral sales and installation.

 

IBM Corporation , White Plains NY
Senior Systems Engineer - AIX Specialist   (11/81 - 01/92)
Hired as an electronics technician, my career progressed from designing electrical interface equipment and related software, to executive level marketing support. During the engineering phase, there was an equal emphasis on electrical interface design and software application development. I had heavy manufacturing experience in production environments and was a process equipment programmer with experience developing production applications and architectures for many tools including SCARA robots. At the pinnacle of my IBM career, I was the senior AIX technical specialist in the IBM Executive Briefing Center. This position entailed development (programming and setup) of marketing presentations and daily marketing to fortune 500 executives and their advisory team. It was both technical from a demo development and admin setup perspective, as well as a marketing presentation perspective. I did it all! The job included a significant amount of after hours entertainment. I was wholly responsible for the technical aspects and operation of the briefing/presentation facility and design and programming of many demos. Technical coordinator and senior technical support for all AIX & RS/6000 oriented road shows in the continental US. I was a keynote technical speaker at many world-class trade shows, and traveled extensively in the US and abroad doing public speaking and executive level marketing. I am a professionally trained public speaker and have experience in front of LARGE trade show audiences, as well as daily practice with groups of up to 50. Trained by IBM and Communispond (the same folks that train the president of the US).

 

Gulton Industries , West Greenwich RI
Electronics Technician   (10/78 - 10/81)
Designed, built, and supported electrical test equipment that supported company production of medical chart recorders.

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix, Tampa FL Campus

BS Information Technology Web Management, GPA: 3.95/4.0

New England Institute of Technology, Providence RI
AS in Electronics Engineering Technology, GPA: 3.88/4.0
Awarded: Technical Book Award

West Bay Vo-Tech, Coventry RI
Certificate of Completion in Electronics Technology, GPA: N/A,
Coventry    RI
Certificate of completion for 2 years of electronics training. Awarded: Student of the Year 1979 / 1980

University of Texas, Austin TX
BS in Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.3/4.0
Attained junior status in CE program. 75 credits completed with 3.3/4.0 GPA while working at IBM. Awarded (5/25/1989): Stephen A. Szygenda scholarship for work in Physics.

 

University of Vermont, Burlington VT

BS in Electrical Engineering, GPA: 3.3/4.0

102/130 credits complete toward general degree requirements.

 

OTHER SKILLS

Web Development, Dreamweaver, C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Visual C++, HTML, Javascript