Hhardy

Henry Edward Hardy, systems admin for OLPC from Feb 2008.  

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     * Network, web site, e-commerce, DNS and email administration for more than 56,000 Internet domains.

     * Linux user since Transameritech 0.99 beta release

     * Web user since NCSA Mosaic v. 1

     * Provision accounts for all OLPC employees, contractors and volunteers

     * Administer and support back-end systems

     * Administer and maintain email systems (postfix and mailman)

     * Administer and support code repository and ticket system (git and trac)

     * Administer and support rt ticket system

     * Support staff and deployments

     * Hardware maintenance

     * Responsibility for infrastructure security

     * Volunteer to represent OLPC to UNICEF, MIT Museum, BU events.

Part-time faculty, Computer Information Systems (April 2007-now, currently not teaching any classes)

     * Teach Introduction to Linux

     * Teach Intermediate Linux system administration

     * Teach Advanced Linux system administration

     * Teach introductory classes (many disadvantaged students)

     * Teach Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP intergration and programming (LAMP)

     * Substitute work, Computer Forensics and Linux classes

1997. Interim Senior UNIX Systems Administrator. (before/during going to Sweden)

     * Provide system administration for multiple Unix systems at Washtenaw Community College (WCC).

     * Install, maintain, and upgrade hardware and software on following platforms: HP (HPUX), SUN(SunOS,Solaris,LINUX),  

1996. UNIX Systems Administrator. (after returning from Sweden)

     * Install and administrate communications systems for large (10,000+ students) community college.

     * Administer World Wide Web, Internet Relay Chat and other services for $20,000,000 DARPA-funded Conduit project.

     * Assist Current magazine computer systems transition to new owners

     * Support telephone and computer installation and upgrades

     * User support

     * Write featured articles and bylined column

       virus protection, applying security patches, running security scanners such as nmap and nessus.

     * Website planning and development

     * Perform on-site technical evaluation and testing for Webscreen Inc. anti-Distributed Denial

       of Service (DDoS) computer security device in Ascot and London, UK laboratories.

     * Perform two weeks of synergy testing with Webscreen and Cisco hardware at Comstor facility in  

      Cirencester, UK.

     * Assist in establishing VPN to connect Michigan and Eastern European offices (SSH and Free S/WAN).

     * Install, configure and monitor system IDS and monitoring software including MRTG, Big Brother and SNORT.

     * Install, configure and use security scanning software including tcpdump, SAINT and nmap.

     * Write 8,000 word article on the 'History and Development of the Internet' for Encyclopedia of International  

      Media and Communications.

     * Assist in analysis of Webscreen DDoS security tool and platform. Provide information regarding security testing  

     * Perform technical diligence to evaluate Cambridge Internetworking gigabit Ethernet technology.

     * Provide strategic insight into deployment of multi-hundred million dollar multi-channel strategic sales initiative.

     * Provide on-site support for Stage I deployment of Multi Access Initiative services at DIGEX facility in Maryland.

     * Design and implementation of technical solutions for Verio for both internal and customer use, including:

     * Practice intrusion detection, pro-active security measures such as port scanning and active and passive  

     * Host several hundred corporate websites including some well-known brand names and several Fortune 500 accounts.

     * Setup and administer email, news, realvideo, web, ftp, Oracle, ColdFusion and other services.

     * Administer e-commerce Oracle database doing more than 60,000,000 transactions per day.

     * Acting Engineering Manager August 1998-July 1999--recommend hire, fire and lead 5 member engineering team at  

      Ann Arbor office.

     * Senior Systems Administrator for Verio-Santa Cruz (Webcom) July 1999-February, 2000. Supervise system administration  

      staff. Administer network with more than 100 computers including Sun enterprise 4500, 4000, 3000, 1000; Linux and  

       Windows NT/Win 2k OS.

     * Custom programming for the Web Hosting Service using PERL, C, shell scripts and other languages and tools.

     * Work with other engineering staff to continuously improve the quality of service, define operational metrics, and  

      refine the procedures used by the engineering staff.

     * Extensive use of BSDI, Solaris, NT4.0, Linux. Also supporting IRIX, AIX, HPUX, Win 98, Mac OS, NetBSD, FreeBSD.

     * Hardware and software installation and maintenance including customer kernel configuration and compilation.

     * Act as postmaster for several thousand corporate email accounts. Deal with spam and other issues relating to  

      email use/abuse.

     * Prepare for and deal with emergency issues such as power outages, floods, and network outages.

     * Serve as highest-level escalation for engineering support issues. Lead on-call 24x7 staff. Interface and coordinate with  

      Verio Network Operations and other Verio engineering groups.

     * Coordinate shutdown of Ann Arbor Verio Web Hosting (former Branch Internet) site--left on after all other staff terminated.  

      Completed transition out of this facility July 1999.

     * Teach university courses in media and computer mediated communications. Design and implement collaborative work environments  

      and computer mediated communications systems. Install and maintain BSD, LINUX, SOLARIS, Windows NT and Windows 95 Internet systems.

     * System administration responsibility for pop and SMTP email server with more than 1000 user accounts, mcfs1.mc.hik.se. Install  

      and administer security and encryption systems including SSH, S/KEY, and PGP. Install and administer NTP (Network Time Protocol) level 2 server.

     * Assist with administration and support of one of the (at that time) 40 largest FTP (File Transfer Protocol) sites in the world,  

      ftp.mc.hik.se, with more than 400,000 files online.

     * Assist with administration and support of one of the most popular and widely used WWW (World Wide Web) sites in Sweden,  

      www.mc.hik.se.

     * Internet and Democracy in Eastern Europe

    * Class for professional journalists in radio, TV and print media from Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia,  

      Ukraine and Poland.

     * Virtual Communities and the Internet,

    * Internet and Democracy in the Balkans

    * Class for professional journalists in radio, TV and print media from Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bosnia  

      and Macedonia.

     * Design, develop, and administrate large website ( with up to 400,000 files online).

     * Use as testbed for online music, web, email gateway, database and other integrated applications.

     * Original alpha test site for RealAudio, extensive experience in streaming and other media conversion,  

      distribution and application.

     * Implement and test numerous search engines and search technologies such as Harvest.

     * Implement and test security applications such as one time passwords, public key encryption, firewalling,  

      and file validation.

     * Responsible for planning, ordering, installing, administrating, security of, and evaluating hardware, software  

      and communications systems for multi-million dollar company.

     * Propose, plan, design, install, and administer Class C Internet with Mac, Windows, and Suns. Propose,  

      install, and administrate First Class(tm) BBS system.

     * Program ATT phone system and administrate. Install and administrate Internet and BBS dial-in services.

     * Assist corporate clients such as American Mathematical Society, Ford, Parke-Davis and Bank of Nova Scotia.

     * Design and program airline ticket reservation system for local travel agent. Assist with planning and  

      administration of hardware and software.

     * 1993-1994. Media lab supervisor. Assist with computer graphics, sound recording, and animation projects.  

      Setup multimedia presentations.

     * 1993-1994. Computer lab supervisor. Assist users with email, printing, Internet access, Dialog

       and other database searches.

     * 1989-1990. Computer Consultant II. Consulting supervisor for UNYN computing site. Member of InfoX development  

      team. Reorganize Mac public domain software library.

     * 1989. Computer Consultant I. Provide front-line FTF and phone support for students, faculty and staff of the  

      University. Administer Amiga FTP site.

     * 1992-1993. Research Assistant. Advise department on technology and book purchases. Assist faculty and director.

     * 1992-1993. Computer-Assisted Writing Lab (CAWL) Assistant. Computer resource for English classes taught in CAWL.

     * 1981-1985. various positions. Computer graphics, writing, editing, layout and production of weekly award-winning  

      college newspaper using Macs.

     * 1979-1980. Programmer Analyst. Assist Roderich Graeff, Ph.D., in programming extensive set of solar energy calculations.

     * 1978-1979. Educator and Software Technician. Develop and teach computer user and programming classes to Radio Shack  

      employees and customers. During my tenure, our center was #2 in the country among Radio Shack Computer Centers in educational  

      sales and #1 in return educational sales.