Manchester M21
+44 (0)7908 692 226
E-Mail: jrowens@GhiaPet.com
J. Randall Owens
Profile
- Network administrator with a focus on WANs, administration and security of servers and routers, and implementation of secure scripts and CGI/SQL interfaces.
- Enthusiastic and fast learner continuously expanding his skills set to meet new challenges and complete the tasks presented.
- Systematic and analytical mind. Always mindful of the big picture, taking a holistic view wherever possible. Meticulous and thorough with a focus on the problem at hand. Expert troubleshooter and problem solver with a knack for tracking down a root cause.
Key Skills
- Solid understanding of administration and use of Red Hat, CentOS, & Fedora Linux and other UNIX clones, Windows 3.1–10; Cisco IOS, Redback AOS. Familiar with Debian & Ubuntu Linux, Juniper JUNOS, Netopia, Speedstream, Flowpoint, & Ascend routers & networking equipment.
- Familiar with TCP/IP networking at many levels, UDP, ICMP, ATM, PPP, Ethernet, ISDN, DS1 (T1) connections, RIP, OSPF, Radius, DHCP, NAT, port forwarding, packet filtering firewalls, VPN.
- SMTP, HTTP, DNS, POP, IMAP, SMB/CIFS, NFS, SQL, SNMP, FTP, SSH, NTP
- Expert with Perl (CLI, CGI, & Tk; SQL, router configuration), familiar with PHP, some C; Apache Web Server, Bind 9, Sendmail 8, MySQL 5; Emacs, LibreOffice, MS Office, Photoshop, GIMP.
- Assembly & configuration of hardware components into a working computer system, server, router, or firewall.
- Good writing & reading of German, fair speaking; fair knowledge of Latin.
Education and Qualifications
Pima Community College
Tucson, AZ, US
- Systems Administration/Networking - Associate of Applied Science, 2014
- Certificates for Linux, System Administration, Cisco, Microsoft Windows
Career Summary
GhiaPix Photography
Manchester, UK
Sole Trader & Photographer
October 2014 to present
- Specialising in astrophotography with telescopes and wide lenses.
- Producing landscape photography, long exposures, & timelapses.
- Configured website gallery with sales interface, and performing site maintenance.
Sky Bar
536 N. 4th Ave.
Tucson, AZ, US
Telescope Operator
January 2015 to October 2015
- Set up, aligned, & operated 14″ telescope & various smaller telescopes for viewing public.
- Presented facts & trivia about stars, constellations, & heavenly bodies.
- Assisted customers in seeing hard-to-find objects.
- Organised events such as eclipse viewing; coordinated Pluto fly-by multimedia presentation.
Tinseed LLC/Brink Media Inc.
Tucson, AZ, US
Web Developer
April 2012 to August 2014
- Programmer for project to convert Flash web UI to standards-compliant PHP & JavaScript.
- Enhanced UI layout to be responsive and database-enabled.
- Collaborated with designer to produce interactive web front-end.
- Set up code repository, build system, and test server.
GhiaPet.com
Milwaukee, WI, US/Tucson, AZ, US
Sole Trader
2001 to 2006
- Founded GhiaPet.com for providing computer systems & solutions to businesses.
- Initiated development of ProofReading Markup Language for publishers.
- Gained proficiency with FreeBSD Un*x systems.
ExecPC/Voyager.Net/CoreComm
2120 S. Calhoun Rd.
New Berlin, WI, US
HiCap WAN Administrator & Technical Support
August 1999 to September 2000
- Administrative & Technical Support of DS1 (T1) lines, dedicated ISDN, dedicated modem, & DSL.
- Assisted customers setting up WAN, LAN, DNS, SMTP, other services.
- Configured & installed customer premises routers, provider side interfaces, & servers.
DSL Support Supervisor
September 2000 to March 2001
- Supervised DSL support department through 6 DSL providers for 7 states, and integrated accounts and systems from new acquisitions.
- Conceived and created redbackconf Perl tools in CLI, Tk (GUI), & CGI with SQL for set-up & maintenance of DSL configurations & profiles.
- Made improvements to account administrative SQL/CGI interface, maintained SQL database.
- Initiated experiments in IPv6 implementation.
Yorkshire Computers
11515 W. Carmen Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53225, US
Computer Assembler
December 1998 to January 1999
- Assembled PC computer systems.
- Installed operating systems and software.
Wisconsin Air National Guard
1919 E. Grange Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53207, US
Senior Airman, Aircraft Hydraulics Technician
July 1996 to July 2000
- Served overseas in Germany & England in support of deployment operations.
- Completed Aircraft Pneudraulics Systems Apprentice Course, Seasoning Training, & Covey Leadership Course.
- 2 Letters of Commendation in Technical School; earned Medal of Merit.
Powers Mfg. Jewelers
240 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53203, US
Polisher/Jeweller & Maintenance
May 1993 to August 1995
- Finished and polished castings and repair work.
- Light design work.
- Repaired & maintained shop equipment.
Activities
Open Source Software projects & code contributions
- ddclient (configuration program)
- rpm (fixed dependency finder issue)
Followups: List mail, code commit
Interests
- Astronomy photography, telescopes, & celestial mechanics.
- Photography of landscapes & astrophotography.
- Motorcycle riding & repair.
- Hiking & camping.
- Wikipedia contributor & editor since 2002, administrator since 2003.