Seeking challenging, full-time employment where I can leverage and further nurture both my skills as a Linux Systems Administrator and heavy involvement with Free/Open Source Software.

Linux: Debian, Ubuntu; familiarity with Gentoo, Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora
Virtualization: Xen, KVM, pacemaker, drbd, LVM, RAID
Monitoring: Nagios, Munin, Monit
Database administration: PostgreSQL, MySQL
Public-facing services: Apache, Exim, Postfix
Networking: iptables, tcpdump, route, iproute2, Linux multi-homing, OpenVPN
Scripting, Programming & Markup familiarity: Perl, shell (bash), HTML, CSS, LaTeX, YAML, XML
Linux Desktop: All areas, including GNOME, Xfce, Thunderbird, Libre/OpenOffice, VPN, printing & scanning

Automation and Tools Engineer
2013 – Present
Hewlett-Packard
Telecommute from San Francisco

• Managing Puppet-deployed Ubuntu systems
• Handling local and cloud-based virtualization test instances
• Code and configuration management in git
• System configuration and Python code review
• QA of OpenStack development builds

Linux Systems Administrator
2006 – 2012
LinuxForce, Inc.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Telecommute from San Francisco since 2010)

• Performing routine server installation and maintenance for a variety of company- and customer-owned servers throughout the Philadelphia region
• Infrastructure design, deployment and maintenance of virtualized, high-availability (HA) clusters
• Consult for and implementation of data and services migrations
• Review and diagnostics of infrastructure for new clients
• Monitoring system messages and resolving problematic items
• Debian software packaging, internally and in the official Debian distribution repository
• Technical documentation writing, including public-facing documents on company website and blog
• Member of technical on-call rotation
• Supervision and project coordination of hired contractors
• Direct customer support and relationship management via phone and e-mail
• Managerial responsibilities including scheduling, payroll and invoice handling

Accounts Payable Coordinator
2005 – 2007
Tyco Fire & Building Products
Lansdale, Pennsylvania

• Reviewed financial reports and statistical data, processed invoices, responded to vendor inquiries
• Worked with IT to improve workflows

Temporary Employment
2004 – 2005
McCallion Staffing & Lafayette Personnel Services
Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Accounts Payable Coordinator at Tyco Fire & Building Products, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
• Apache and Open Source Consultant at Icon Clinical Research, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
• Customer Service Representative at Salad Bar Tenders, Mainland, Pennsylvania

Web Developer
2003 – 2004
Digital Wave Technologies Inc
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

• Web development for multiple customers with HTML, CSS, and Zope
• PostgreSQL database administration
• Periodic website maintenance tasks

Board of Directors Member, Treasurer (non-profit)
2011 – Present
Partimus
San Francisco, California

Partimus is a non-profit organization that provides repurposed computers running free software to students and schools which need them.

• Technical and social advisor
• Management of blog, e-mail and web services
• Banking and financial bookkeeping
• On-site Linux Desktop and Server deployment and maintenance

Ubuntu Community Council Member
2009 – Present
Ubuntu
International

The Ubuntu Community Council is the primary community governance body for the Ubuntu project. Members of this Council are elected by the community after demonstrating considerable committment to the project.

• Participate in Ubuntu Developer Summits twice a year
• Help draft and make community-related decisions and direction
• Oversee, staff and delegate responsibilities to other boards, councils and teams

Group Coordinator
2007 – 2009
Philadelphia area Linux Users Group (PLUG)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PLUG is the largest Linux group in Philadelphia with over 800 members on the core mailing list and three chapters around the Philadelphia region meeting monthly.

• Speaker recruitment for all chapters
• Venue selection and relationship management
• Management of website content and mailing list
• Publication of meeting announcements

Group Coordinator
2003 – 2008
Philadelphia area LinuxChix Chapter (PhillyChix)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PhillyChix is a chapter of the international LinuxChix organization providing a friendly environment for women to to meet up to talk about Linux, network and share ideas.

• Venue selection and meeting planning and announcements
• Management of mailing list
• Administration of website server and website content
• Relationship management with book publishers who provided review copies of technical books for the group

O’Reilly Open Source Award Recipient
2012
Presented at OSCON for individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of Open Source
Portland, Oregon

Bringing Linux into Public Schools and Community Centers
2012
Southern California Linux Expo
Los Angeles, California

Introduction to Ubuntu
Multiple presentations, 2011 - 2012
ITT Tech
Oakland & Concord, California

Keynote: Making a Difference for Millions: Getting Involved with FOSS
2011
FOSSCON
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Women of Open Source (panelist)
2011
SDForum Tech Women Program
Mountain View, California

Ubuntu Documentation — Finding it, Using it & Contributing to it
2010
Ubuntu Global Jam Event
Berkeley, California

What is F/OSS? and How businesses can work with the F/OSS community
2009
LinuxForce Managing FOSS for Business Results Seminar
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Contributing to Open Source Projects
2009
Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Virtualization Roundtable (Xen panelist and moderator)
2009
Philadelphia area Linux Users Group
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania