Mike Chirico 7867 Spring Ave. Elkins Park PA, 19027
[email protected] (Quickest way to contact) 215-774-1047 [Please - Contract Corp-to-Corp Positions Only] TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE: Databases: MSSQL 2005, SQLite, MySQL, Berkeley DB, Postgres, Oracle Languages: C++ and C (STL, Sockets, and threads), Python, Java, VB, Perl, PHP, awk, sed, Flex/YACC, Lemon, Emacs Lisp, Mathematica, Java, R, Flash MX Software: Linux, Postfix, Apache/PHP, OpenLDAP, Xen, Samba, NFS, NIS, CVS Management, Creating Live Linux CDs, FreeTDS, Tomcat, Bonsai, Exim, Cfengine, Firewall (ipsec, iptables, OpenVPN, Snort), vsFTP, UnionFS, Qt, Red Hat Cluster Suite, GFS, RADIUS Platforms: Fedora, Red Hat Linux, Microsoft, PalmOS, MAC SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: Linux Developer and Senior System Administrator, with extensive experience supporting many open source applications including contributing code for 2.6 Linux kernel modules. Database developer, designer and administrator (MSSQL,SQLite and MySQL) with full cycle development of (Pricing Systems,401K plans, Student Tracking System, Network Logging Systems) Experienced C/C++ programmer creating threaded client server applications. Security experience educating System Administrators on best practices for server setup, including securing emaill (See published articles). Open source software developer and technical writer with multiple projects on SourceForge.net. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2008 - Current. (Private Contract) Lead Developer and System Engineer. Cloud Computing - building open source (C, Java, and Python) tools to leverage Google's Cloud (App Engine, GData, Gmail). Information is coordinated from custom build Linux 2.6 kernel, Fedora rawhide, utilizing low power hardware (Soekris 5501) 2008 - June 2008. VWR International (Contract) Linux Engineer and Developer. Building custom applications in C, C++, Perl and Java.