James D. Wright

(832) 444-9956

jim@wrightfoot.com

 

Link to multi-web page version of resume

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Well-qualified computer technician in customizing software packages and operating systems to clients’ wishes.  Have outstanding skills installing enterprise operating system for large and small tasks; and maintaining web pages.  Supervisor’s comments:  If you need a keyboard to change it, James can do it.”

 

SKILLS

System Administration

Networking

Web maintenance

Technical Support

Security

Software installation

Disaster Recovery

Sox Auditing

cPanel/WHM

Parallels Plesk

Ubuntu Linux

Debian Linux

Red Hat Linux

Apache Web Server

MySQL

SQL Server

 

 

Windows XP

Excel/Word

Windows Server 2012

Exchange Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003

Exchange Server 2007

Windows 7

 

EXPERIENCE

Softlayer Technologies                            Linux and Windows 10/12 – 5/13

  • Aided customers with setup, maintenance, upgrades and downgrades through phone call and ticket support system.
  • Performed various system administration duties such as performance analysis, storage management, user customization, and email administration.

 

International Risk Consultants               Window Server Environment 11/08-6/10

  • Administered user accounts
  • Upgraded a web server to Windows 2007 and migrated the company to Exchange 2008 email program
  • Managed web design contracts by overseas company
  • Created interface to web-based customer databases
  • Managed transfer of software licenses
  • Did research for a due diligence study prior to a company purchase

 

Personal Web Consultant                           Linux and Windows       07/06 – present

  • Incorporating Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux to recreate ISP environments (Linux, Apache Web Server, MySQL, Perl/PHP)
  • Utilizing Microsoft Visual Studio Express software to improve web pages, design packages using Yahoo’s SiteBuilder

 

Texas Department of Transportation      Mainframe                       11/06 – 08/07

·         Used Remedy software to create and escalate problem tickets for TxDoT and Department of Public Safety

·         Created scripts and macros to track supplies

·         Restored user data in off hours

·         Analyzed network problems with rudimentary commands (ping tracert)

 

University of Houston                                  Macintosh                        07/06 – 05/07

  • Created automation macros for Excel worksheets, with protein sequences in genes
  • Added genetic database pointers to Internet genome maps

 

Houston Chronicle                                       System God                    11/88 – 11/06

Ÿ  Changed the location of every extent, of every dataset

Ÿ  Designed the access architecture and maintained IP routing tables

Ÿ  Established security protocols for installing operating systems and support software and granted security requests and tracked down violations

Ÿ  Designed security and reporting procedures for FTP processing on mainframe, UNIX, and NT platforms; also designed logon screens for a 2200-user network

Ÿ  Created specific access logons for auditing; set up and tuned input/output definitions

Ÿ  Trained operators and application programmers in systems software packages

Ÿ  Created Excel spreadsheet and macros to monitor availability of 2000+ disk drives

Ÿ  Coded assembly language exits for systems software customization

Ÿ  Customized automated job scheduling software

Ÿ  Customized a system to convert over 3500 hard copy reports to online viewing

Ÿ  Used and created REXX and CLIST scripts

Ÿ  Developed test environment to ease conversion between circulation application releases

Ÿ  Tested SOX audits and provided reports on all aspects of the system

 

SOFTWARE PACKAGE EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Office XP-  Windows 98

SMS – RMF - CICS – HSM

Suse Linux 9.2 - Solaris 8

TLMS - PK-ZIP

C++  -  JAVA

Dispatch  -  VPS

Syncsort Backup Suite

Omegamon – Scheduler

IBM Red Hat Linux

TSO – ISPF

IBM Enterprise Servers

Jobtrac – Upstream

 

ACC/SRS - JHS - X/PTR

Assembly Language

Roll Systems

Dreamweaver & Fireworks MX

Sysview – Opera

Apache Web Server

FDR/ABR/DSF/CPK

Easytrieve - HP PCL

StorageTek Tape Systems

IBM OS/390 - JES2  -  SMF

StorageTek RAID and Tape

Syncsort - Top Secret

Roll Systems Paper Feed Subsystems

 

EDUCATION

Chemical Engineering                                    University of Houston        

 

 

CERTIFICATION

            RedHat Linux System Administration Course

            60 hours of computer-based courses on UNIX administration