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: PostreSQL, 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

Linux Systems Administrator
2006 – Present
LinuxForce, Inc.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (remotely from San Francisco, California since 2010)

• 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
• Consulting 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

• Reviewing and processing invoices
• Reviewing financial reports and statistical data
• Responding to vendor inquiries via phone and e-mail
• Working 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 with HTML, CSS, and Zope
• PostgreSQL database administration
• Periodic website maintenance tasks

Board Member (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

Community Council Member
2009 – Present
Ubuntu
International

The Ubuntu Community Council is the primary community governance body for the Ubuntu 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

Introduction to Ubuntu
2011
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

Finding Help in Ubuntu
2011
Southern California Linux Expo Ubucon
Los Angeles, 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 (panelist and moderator)
2009
Philadelphia area Linux Users Group
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania