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23 <h2>Kevin L. Haralson</h2>
24 <p style="text-align:center">System Administrator<br>
25 <a href="kevinharalson@ddct.org">kevinharalson@ddct.org</a>
26 <p style="text-align:center"><a href="Resume.doc">MS Word format</a></p>
31 <p>19 years experience in the IT field. 5 years as a manager,
32 overseeing projects, and/or budgets. 4 years in a technical sales
33 capacity, and 10 years as a Technician (Tech Support/Helpdesk to
34 Desktop/Hardware/Config Tech to System Admin to Network Admin).</p>
36 <p>In the last 3 years I have been involved in building the
37 infrastructure for medical, legal and financial offices, including
38 installing most/all of their industry specific software. I've worked
39 in three large organizations (over 2000 employees) as an IT Tech, and
40 a number of smaller organizations (20 - 200 employees) from help desk
41 to director of IT.</p>
43 <p>My hope is to be a part of an exciting environment of growth and
44 collaboration, or to help build a group/organization that possess
47 <h2>Professional Skills</h2>
50 <li><b>Platforms</b>: X86 (Standard PC, Linux), Sun, HP, Dell, DEC, Sony,
53 <li><b>O/S</b>: MS Windows NT4.0 (Servers), 9.x, 2K(Servers & Pro),
54 XP (2003 Servers and Pro), Vista (SP1- testing), UNIX: Solaris,
55 Linux (installations, maintenance, and troubleshooting)</li>
57 <li><b>Networking</b>: AD, WINS, DNS, NIS, NFS, SAMBA, SNMP, LDAP,
58 VTP, VLAN, STP, RIP, BGRP, EIGRP, NTP, Trunking</li>
60 <li><b>Backup</b>: Legato, Solstice Disk Suite (Sun),
61 Veritas(Symantec) (Standard backup procedure or as apart of Disaster
62 Recovery solution)</li>
64 <li>Cisco Switches/Routers/SBSC, Cisco Pix, SonicWALL, WatchGuard,
65 Barracuda, VPN (multi vendors), Gibraltar Firewall, Soho Firewall,
66 M0n0Wall (Soekris Device) (installation, configuration, maintenance,
67 and troubleshooting)</li>
69 <li>MS Exchange (5.5, 2000, 2005), SQL, Sendmail, Postfix, Cyrus,
70 MySQL, SpamAssasin, ClamAV (configure, maintenance, and
73 <li><b>System Admin Responsibilities</b>: Created in MS/Unix/Linux
74 (AD, LDAP, and NIS) accounts and directories (email, aliases,
75 passwords, dir. Sharing/ group policies).</li>
77 <li>MacAfee Anti-Virus (Enterprise), Norton Anti-Virus (Enterprise),
78 Pest Patrol (Enterprise), Symantec Ghost Server (Enterprise),
79 Symantec Endpoint Protection, Barracuda Network Appliance, Untangle
83 <h2>Working Experience</h2>
85 <h3>TeamLogic IT Santa Clara (TLIT), Dec 2008 - Current</h3>
87 <h3><i>Senior Managing Consultant</i></h3>
89 <p>Responsible for fixing infrastructure/network/computer/phone
90 issues. From simple break-fix of a computer/server (Windows, Mac,
91 Linux) to installing a Cisco UC500 for a full office solution (5 - 64
92 employees) (firewall/switch/router/VPN/WiFi/PBX). Administration of
93 remote managed machines in addition to above mentioned tasks.</p>
95 <h3>Abundant Life Christian Fellowship (ALCF), April 2005 - Sept
98 <h3><i>IT Director</i></h3>
100 <p>Responsible for all technological aspects within ALCF ($10
101 million/year non-profit organization) as a manager/network
102 admin/system admin. Planned, implemented, and managed 3 infrastructure
103 rebuilds within as many years due to rapid growth of staff (from 32
104 machines an 2 servers to 100 machines and 10 servers - site to site
105 VPN and redundant network connectivity). Implemented a hybrid
106 HelpDesk/Tech support utilizing staff, IT staff, consultants,
107 vendors. Brought email in-house to reduce cost and increase filtering
108 using Postfix, MySQL, SpamAssasin, ClamAV, and Cyrus (to setup
109 administration via web). Due to rampant virus and malware issues I
110 installed Symantec End Point AV and Pest Patrol, followed by a
111 Barracuda Web Content Filter. Established security policies and
112 procedures for internal and external network (IDS, ASA, NAC) by using
113 Snort/ Acid-Base (to monitor), Barracuda WCF (to block), creating
114 vlans and filtering on the Cisco Catalyst 2950 router and a Catalyst
115 6509 Switch. Planned, implemented, and managed backup/disaster
116 recovery solution. Managed 64 vendors.</p>
118 <h3>Employee Benefits Specialists (EBS), October 2004 - April 2005 </h3>
120 <h3><i>System Administrator</i></h3>
122 <p>Responsible for the day to day operational of all networked
123 systems, internal and co-located (6 servers, 48 desktops, 10 laptops,
124 2 Cisco Switches, 2 co-lo servers (Citrix controlled), WatchGuard
125 Firewall). Migrated mail server from Exchange 2000 to 2005. Maintain
126 and oversee all security (HIPPA Standards).</p>
128 <h3>Open Country, September 2004 - April 2005 (as Contractor)</h3>
130 <h3><i>System/Network Administrator</i></h3>
132 <p>Created a multi-LAN'd QA Lab with Provisioning from a central host
133 machine used Shorewall to protect the intranet from the lab and the
134 lab from the intranet. Setup DNS, DHCP, NFS, Samba, and printing, in
135 the corporate intranet and within the lab. Setup numerous firewalls
136 (Gibraltar), with VPN capabilities. Fixed Windows and Linux machines
137 (hardware and software), created a /backup strategy/disaster recovery
138 plan, and implemented plan with little to no down time. QA testing for
139 OC Manager (OC Agent, OC Host, and OC Provisioning), on multiple
140 distributions of Linux (Red Hat 7.3, 9.0, EL3; Mandrake 10; SuSE 8.2,
141 9.1, SLES 8, SLES 9, JDS 2.0; Lineox; Asianux 1; Monta Vista;
144 <h3>Caminar Inc, September 2003 - June 2004 (Contractor)</h3>
146 <h3><i>System Administrator</i></h3>
148 <p>Troubleshooting server, desktop, and network infrastructure issues
149 for a 100+ staff organization in multiple sites (10) throughout the
150 Bay Area. Suggested, tested, and implemented workflow procedures,
151 created documentation on all phases of work flow/troubleshooting
152 procedures. Setup a number of TCO applications to administer the
153 domain, setup and installed Linux Gibraltar Firewalls, and Cisco PIX
156 <h3>Persistence Software Inc, September 1999 - April 2001 (employee)
157 (Contractor )January 2002 - July 2003 /August 2004 - January 2005
160 <h3><i>System Administrator</i></h3>
162 <p>Provided Technical Support/System Administration which included:
163 creating/deleting user accounts (Unix and Windows), trouble shooting
164 problems (individual/systemic), installing MS and Unix (Sun) s/w and
165 applications, upgrading o/s with latest patches, backing up servers,
166 managing LDAP, installing h/w on servers (memory, hd, motherboards,
167 scsi controllers, ext hd), setup VPN. Shell scripting. Backup
168 Administrator, setup of environment and backup policies,
169 troubleshooting, and setup and document Disaster Recovery
172 <h3>Netscape Communications, Mountain View, April 1996 - July 1999</h3>
174 <h3><i>Technical Support Engineer/System Administrator</i></h3>
176 <p>Coordinate resources between I.S. and Facilities for all project
177 moves, technician for all computer and network considerations, while
178 managing and balancing resources to ensure least amount of
179 downtime. Developed move procedures that would result in successful
180 moves (creation of shutdown scripts (VI), and trouble shooting startup
181 problems), and put in place policies that ensure the continuance of
182 these procedures.</p>
184 <h3>Haralson Consulting and Design, Santa Clara, September 1992 - 1995</h3>
186 <h3><i>Owner/Computer Technician/ Technical Sales</i></h3>
188 <h3>LifeScan, Milpitas, May 1992 - September 1992 (Consultant)</h3>
190 <h3><i>Desktop Technician</i></h3>
192 <h3>Apple Computers, Cupertino, July 1991 - March 1992 (Consultant)</h3>
194 <h3><i>Computer Technician</i></h3>