Alexmeske

Areas of Expertise: Hardware: PC; HP workstation; Sun workstation; Sun ft1800; IBM mainframe. Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP; HP-UX; Sun Solaris; Linux. Languages: C/C++; Sybase/SQL; Perl; PHP; sh; csh; ksh; HTML; ROSCOE, COBOL. Software: HP ITO; Microsoft Office. Other Skills: Content writing, creative writing. Depending on the project, I am capable of writing in either a proper, business-like tone, or a free, easy, converational style of prose. Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Ohio State University. Currently working toward a Bachelor of Arts in English at The Ohio State University. Related Experience: Student Assistant, UNITS at The Ohio State University, Office of Information and Technology February 2004 - Present Address: 320 W. 8th Ave. Columbus, OH 43201 Phone: [login to view URL] Manager: Chris Hutchison Duties: Build scripts to check network health. Use CGI to provide online managerial reports. Build automated network tools. Configure wireless access points. Write Perl scripts to provide managerial reports through email. Build automated cron jobs to pull data through SNMP, format the translated data into SQL, and insert it into a database through ODBC. Upgrade and maintain a campus-wide wireless network. AIN Analyst, LCI/Qwest Communications, Network Engineering June 1997 - October 2001 Address: 4650 Lakehurst Ct. Dublin, OH 43016 Phone: [login to view URL] Manager: Mike Spangler- [login to view URL] Duties: Led and performed hardware and software upgrades of mission-critical platforms in a nationwide telephony network. Maintained mission-critical platforms. Wrote scripts in Perl csh, ksh and sh to monitor system health, assess system data, and translate system data into an easily readable format. Administrated HP and Sun systems. Gathered data from, coordinated upgrades with, and explained critical hardware replacement to remote personnel. Interfaced with vendors to coordinate system upgrades, gather data on software and hardware errors, and ensure network-wide system health of critical platforms. Wrote procedures for upgrades, system health checks, and routine maintenance. Constructed templates for HP ITO. Tested new hardware and software. Intern, OCLC, Research Department June 1995 - April 1996 Address: 6565 Frantz Rd Dublin, OH 43017 Phone: [login to view URL] Manager: Erik Jul Duties: Wrote scripts to translate data into both database and HTML formats. Wrote scripts to collect and assess data. Wrote scripts constructing managerial reports on data health. Constructed InterCat website interface. Wrote procedures describing all duties required for the data health of the InterCat website. Intern, Ohio Department of Transportation, Traffic Division June 1994 - September 1994 Address: 1980 W. Broad Street 3rd. Floor, S.W. Corner Columbus, Ohio 43223 Manager: Shirley Shokouhi - [login to view URL] Duties: Analysis of accident data. Built database interface, using ROSCOE, on an IBM Mainframe. Programmed data analysis routine, in COBOL, on an IBM Mainframe. Other: I maintain a personal-writing website in which I use Perl scripts to assist in data formatting and structuring of plain-text pages into HTML. Though it exhibits some interesting features of HTML, it is mostly designed to keep emphasis on content.