Matthew M. Austin
3860 Patterson CT
Eugene, OR 97405-4746
home: 541-434-9323
email: matthew /at/ positivemind.com

Objective: Seeking a challenging technology position for a solid organization led by people of integrity.

Skills:
• 9+ Years Of Professional Technology Experience
• Senior-level Server-side Web Development - construction of dynamic database-driven sites/applications using any of the following: Perl/CGI, JSP/Servlet, php, ASP, Open Market's IPS - Content Server & Xcelerate applications (including installation, configuration, development, and deployment), and/or Sybase Power Dynamo Application Server (utilizes server side JavaScript).
• Senior-level Unix Systems Administrator - DNS, SMTP, POP, IMAP(S), Samba, and file/print servers. Bash scripting, source code management, redundancy, backup/recovery, cluster installation/management, and firewalling.
• Mid-level Client-side Web Development - cross browser, cross platform with HTML (2.0 - 4.0)/XHTML 1, Dynamic HTML ( CSS1 + DOM + JavaScript), and some Java Applets.
• Mid-level Web Mastery - deployment using Apache (*NIX: Solaris, Linux, BSDs -or- win32) or using IIS on NT/2000(3) Server.
• Mid-level Windows System Administrator - mixed client environments including (Windows 9X, NT WS 4.0, Windows NT Server/Enterprise 4.0, 2000(3) professional/server, XP). Knowledge and experience using MS WINS, DNS, DHCP, and services for Macintosh. File/print servers.
• Associate-level DBA - Oracle installation, configuration, and usage. SQL Server Anywhere installation, construction, and administration. MS SQL Server installation, construction, backups, and usage.
• Associate-level Network Engineer - skills including running cables, configuring NIC cards, DHCP servers, configuration of Checkpoint FW-1/VPN-1 (and other firewalls), setting up hubs, switches, and routers. Experience setting up full/partial public class C and maintaining partial public class B networks.

Languages: Java (2+ yrs), SQL (2+ yrs), XML (XSLT, XHTML) (1+ yrs), Perl (3.0 yrs) (primary CGI language), JavaScript (2.5 yrs), HTML (2.0 - 4.0 + CSS1) (5.5 yrs), php (2.0 yrs), Bash scripting - familiar with Python, C/C++, and C# (note: these are cumulative years of actual usage).

OS: Linux (Gentoo, Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS, Debian, Suse, Rocks Cluster, & Mandrake 8.0), UNIX (Sun Solaris 2.5 -2.7), Windows (9X, NT 4.0, ME, 2000(3), & XP), MAC (OS7.x, 8.x, & X.x), and familiar with IPSO, FreeBSD, netBSD, openBSD

Database: Oracle 7.3.4 & 8.0.x, MS SQL 7.0, mySQL, Sybase SQL Anywhere.

Software:
• editors: vi (or vim preferably), UltraEdit 32, and jEdit.
• source code control: Subversion, CVS, WinCVS, perforce, and Visual Source Safe.
• remote operation: Timbuktu, Pc Anywhere, and VNC.
• backup: Veritas and Amanda.
• Win32 Unix interoperability: Cygwin, NFS Maestro, MKS Toolkit, various X-clients.
• mail: Sendmail, Exim, Cyrus-IMAP, and postfix.
• Apache Group: Apache 1.3.x-2.0, mod_perl, tomcat, & familiar with Cocoon).
• Microsoft: IIS 3.0 - 5.0, ASP, FrontPage 98/2000, IE4.1 - 6.x and Office 97/2000.
• Macromedia/Allaire: HomeSite 4.0, Dreamweaver2, Generator2, Fireworks2, & familiar with JRun.
• Netscape: Application Server, Enterprise Server, navigator 3.0 & 4.X + mozilla.
• Open Market: IPS Content Server 2.x and Xcelerate 2.0.
• miscellaneous: standard command line tools, Forte/Netbeans, Resin, PGP/gnupg, Checkpoint FW-1/VPN-1, Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.3x, SWISH-E, various other CGI applications, Toad (client for Oracle), Bind 9, and Lotus Notes/Domino.

Multimedia:
• Digidesign: Protools LE 6.x.
• Cakewalk: 7.0 - 9.0, and Sonar 2.x.
• Adobe: Premiere 5.1c, and Photoshop.
• Sonic Foundry: CD Architect, and Noise Reduction plug-in.
• miscellaneous: Reason, DVTools, and WAVES plug-ins.

Hardware: Intel-based desktops, laptops, and Servers, Sun Sparc/Ultra Sparc Work Stations/Servers, Macintosh desktops and laptops, (PCI Cards: Modem, Sound (including Layla 20bit A/D card), Video, and NIC), (SCSI: Disk Controllers, Raid Controllers, Tape Drives), (IEEE1394: drives, video cameras, etc.), (USB1.1-2.0: mbox and various peripheals), HP laser printers, SonicWall security appliance/firewall, Nokia IP440.

Work experience May 1996 - Present:

otsys.com - On Time Systems, Inc. (June 2002 - present ) Eugene, Oregon
Network/System's Administrator - maintain security, connectivity, stability, and redundancy of the company's 30 machines and 3 websites. Administer DNS and email servers. Installation and maintenance of spam prevention software Spamassassin, Razor and Pyzor. Install and maintain 12 node Linux cluster. Implementation of a dedicated offsite backup server for disaster recovery. Occasional web development and participation in architectural discussions related to the former real-time traffic routing site - trafficdodger.com. Support the IT needs of the 17 employees.

spafinder.com - Spa finder, Inc. (April 2001 - February 2002) San Francisco, California

• Senior Software Developer (July 2001 - February 2002) - programmatic-PGP-based encryption for email-driven magazine-order fulfillment, zip-code spa locator, extension/clean-up of original Blast Radius web application/publishing system, technical lead for (web/server farm, development office network and systems).
• Developer (April 2001 - June 2001) - JSP/bean/class authoring, configuration of (Resin, Inktomi Search, and MapQuest), CVS administration, Development networking and system administration.

s8.com - Scale Eight (April 2001) San Francisco, California
Contract Web Developer - developed a small php/mySQL web based sales tool.

ipix.com - Internet Pictures Corporation (September 2000 - February 2001) San Ramon, California
Web Developer - the Rimfire engineering group's web-developer responsibilities include: being a sales engineer for sales/project management; facilitating JavaScript-based Rimfire API code integrations for Ipix solutions customers; conveying the usage of the DOM to software engineers, an example of which would be to use form-based event handlers to script the behavior of Java applets or activeX controls; customizing and deploying 1300-line Perl script in our development Linux environment involving compiling, installing and configuring Apache 1.3.12 and mod_perl 1.24; administering development-environment systems with the following OSs: Linux (mandrake distro), Solaris, and NT 4.0/Windows 2000 systems; re-factoring of Macromedia Generator 2 templates to be more efficient for dynamic server-side flash creation; extending the development of the 2600-line JavaScript Rimfire Image Application Server's client API; thinking about the web and ways to expand our service offerings, inclusive of investigating potential technologies and providing proof-of-concept usage when applicable; developing proof-of-concept test-tools and providing them to the business-customer driving the feature; maintaining and developing ASP-based QA test tools for Rimfire features that are retained.

myprimetime.com - MyPrimeTime,Inc. (August 1999 - September 2000) San Francisco, California
Web System Operator (hybrid of HTML/XML coding, Perl scripting, UNIX Systems Administration/Web Mastering), NT Systems Administrator/Win32 Technical Lead, Associate UNIX Systems Administrator, Associate Network Engineer - As employee number 14 and one of the first technical people on board, I operated in numerous roles during the initial startup phase. I built and configured our publishing systems Sun E-450, inclusive of installing and configuring two raid-5 arrays (five 9GB SCSI cheetahs each) and 2 OS drives. After the box was built I installed our web-publishing system then known as futuretense, which involved the installation and configuration of Netscape Enterprise Web Server, Netscape Application Server, and Oracle 8.0.5. I built the initial network in tandem with our network consultants and finally settled more or less into the task I was hired to do: build a dynamic database-driven site. The web development involved deploying and customizing Perl/CGI scripts and authoring HTML (3.2 then 4.0 on redesign), XML & JavaScript within the publishing system. The XML usage in the publishing system is similar to XHTML with some if/else logic and SQL added in.

sybase.com - Sybase, Inc. (July 1997 - July 1999) Emeryville, California

• Associate Web Application Specialist ("CS&S Web Coordinator") (February 1999 - July 1999) - internal web-page development, implementation, and maintenance including dynamic database-driven sites; dynamic graphing using Perl GIFgraph; online-document and image creation and manipulation; simple web applications such as file uploading to an indexed searchable central repository. Project management with hands-on work as part of a development team. Member of two-person team responsible for the creation and implementation of an internal Sybase managerial newsgroup deployed using a Lotus Domino 4.6 Server enabled with HTTP and NNTP, allowing users access via the Lotus Notes Client, a Web Interface, & a News Client.
• Senior Administrative Assistant for the Technical Support Organization (July 1997 - January 1999) - numerous computer and web-centric duties.

Oakland and Piedmont Unified School Districts (April 1997 - July 1997) Oakland & Piedmont, California
Substitute Teacher for Grades K - 12 in all subjects.

Certified Personnel (September 1996 - April 1997) San Francisco, California
Paralegal work at various law firms. Participated in constructing and maintaining a case database.

BAPInteractive (May 1996 - August 1996) Burbank, California
Quality assurance and beta testing of educational CD-interactive children's game. Sonic's Schoolhouse, released by SEGA Corporation, represented Sega's initial entry to the PC software market.

Education:
• Microsoft Network Specialist Certificate UC Berkeley extension February 1999
• Microsoft Certified Professional December 1999
• Certificates of completion - Microsoft Official Curriculum Courses:

1. Hands-On Windows NT Workstation, Server, and Enterprise Server
2. Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
3. Windows '95/'98 Technical Support
4. Implementing Microsoft TCP/IP
5. MS Exchange 5.
6. MS Networking Essentials

• Sybase SQL Server Anywhere Fundamentals
• AIM certificates of training completion for Lotus Notes Users both beginning and intermediate.
• BA Psychology University of California at Berkeley August 1992 - August 1996

Interests:
• The practice, instruction, and study of Kundalini Yoga or the "Yoga of Awareness" as taught by Yogi Bhajan.
• Music - creation, recording, performance, and production. (see also http://www.positivemind.com)