Robert D. Huff

bob@terasyn.com

Title: Network System Operations Engineer/Manager

Project Experience:

October 1996 to Present
World Wide Web Developer Services (WWWDS), Inc (Terasyn is owned by WWWDS)
Owner
Oversee SDSL connection to Internet and administer network equipment and servers. Network administration of Cisco 2501 and Cisco 3620 routers and Cisco 1924 switch. Modify access-lists on routers as required. Administer primary domain name servers (DNS) servers for host domain and customer virtual domains. Administer secondary DNS servers. Configure and manage Sendmail mail server. Configure and manage Apache web servers and Red Hat Secure web server. Perform server backups and operating system upgrades as required. Monitor activity on servers for intruders as well as solving software and hardware problems. Load patches to operating systems and other applications as required. Create and administer web pages for customers. Develop, or contract out and maintain perl, C and shell CGI scripts for form based processing. Develop and administer E-commerce web sites for customers. Developing java servlets to access Oracle database. Designed four building network utilizing wireless WAN equipment and VLAN technology. Defined VLAN setup and router interfaces to limit traffic into individual offices in the four building network. Defined the use of microwave connection between buildings to reduce long term costs. Assist small businesses in setting up secure business networks using Linux firewall servers.
October 2000 to February 2001 Avolo Inc.
Configuration/Project Manager
Helped define the switching and router system for the office and the new Co-location facility   Helped solve network problems as they occurred: errors in switch port settings, improved performance by moving from hubs to switches, using network tools to identify causes of slowness for customers. Helped solve mail problem which was attributed to mail server not alloying mail to be relayed.  Helped setup and modify DNS server settings.  Acted as backup system administrator for Linux servers.
October 1996 to October 2000 Boeing
Principal Engineer
Acted as backup System admin to Sun Servers. Solved network problems as they arose: user loaded their own IP addresses causing the server with the IP to become dis-functional. Developed and administered Sun/Apache research web server. Designed concept for new web based, stateful, application server using java applets and CORBA-IDL to interface with current and future CORBA-IDL knowledge based objects. Designed concept for converting existing Sun file server to an Oracle database server with web based access. Wrote system level scripts for tracking and performance measurement. January 1992 to September 1996 Thiokol
Senior Materials Engineer

June 1991 to November 1991 USBI
Contract Senior Materials Engineer

September 1988 to April 1991 Hercules
Composite Research Engineer

March 1986 to August 1986 and GE Aircraft Systems Division
June 1987 to August 1987
Contract Software Quality Assurance Technician

April 1983 to October 1985 Sohio
Production and Reservoir Engineer

January 1980 to October 1982 Phillips Petroleum
Production and Gas Processing Engineer

  Proficiencies:
OS:                 Linux, Solaris, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 95/98, MAC, DEC-UNIX,
Programming:  Java, J2EE, CGI, C, Fortran, shell scripting
Network:        TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, ATM, Frame Relay, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, FDDI, RIP, RIP2, OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, VLAN
Hardware:       Sun, DEC, SGI, PC, MAC, Cisco 2500 and 3600 series routers, Cisco 1900 and 2900 series switches
Other:             Oracle SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle Admin, CORBA, UML,OOA, OOD, Javascript, JDBC, OSI Stack, CGI


Educational Background:

1975 to 1979 B. S. Chemical Engineering
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1986 to 1988 M. S. Chemical Engineering
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1989 to1991 Course Work toward M. S. Mechanical Engineering
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah


Other Training:

NACC Category V Certification Training
Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration (ICRC)
Cisco LAN Switch Configuration (CLSC)
Advanced Cisco Switch Configuration (ACRC)


Professional Memberships:

IEEE