Résumé for Thomas Berry

Thomas M Berry

Facsimile: 818-718-1298
Email: thomas <at> siryl <dot> com

System and Software Development Engineer
Design, Develop, Test, Deploy, and Support: Email, Directory,
and other Information Technology related Systems and Services

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Information Technology Systems Developer
- NetIQ Custom Monitor Integration
  - Operator Console, Developer Console
  - Knowledge Script implementation and custom extensions
  - NetIQ Agent deployment
  - Developed method to support custom script deployment via NetIQ KS
- Sympa (Open Source mailing list manager):
  - Responsible for the server design
  - RedHat Package Management (RPM) builds
  - Implementation of a turn-key system installation
  - Custom integration with Sendmail
  - Application customization
  - Development of extensions to application features
  - Extensive troubleshooting
  - Development of application monitoring and maintenance
  - Development of utilities to transition lists and members from Lyris to Sympa
  - Custom extension of Sympa extend its message archive capability
- Develop Requirements, Architecture, Design, and Testing
  - Email Architecture: Transport, Filter, Router, Gateway, Mailing Lists, and Account Management
  - LDAP Directory Architecture
  - RPM (RedHat Package Manager) development
  - Documentation and Procedures: End User and Technical
- Provide Presentations, Training, and Support
  - Email Clients: Eudora, Outlook, Thunderbird, Evolution
  - Directory Clients: Finger, Ph (phonebook), LDAP, HTTP, and Whois
  - Systems Applications: Sendmail, Lyris, Syntegra, Sympa
- Sendmail, Inc. Messaging Suite: Sendmail Switch, Content Manager, and Messaging Server
  - Install and upgrade application
  - Implementation of Configuration and filter Policies
  - Analyze application operation and processing of enterprise messages
  - Coordinate reporting of bugs and issues with Sendmail support/developers
- Virtual Machine development and deployment (VMWare)
- Sun JAVA LDAP Directory and Enterprise Web Servers
- Syntegra Mail*Hub 2000 and Global Directory Server (X.500/LDAP)
- Lyris [mailing] List Manager
- Netscape/iPlanet Messaging Server
Systems Integration Programmer
- Experienced Perl programmer
  - From simple, quickly written scripts to large, Object-Oriented applications
  - Debugging and enhancing legacy code while maintaining the original code's methodologies
  - Debugging and enhancing large Perl applications.
  - Development of tools to perform tests, analysis, and reports
  - Administration interfaces in the form of command line utilities and web interfaces (CGI)
  - Integration (glue) of directories (LDAP and X.500) and databases (SQL and XBase)
  - Developement of tools to perform recovery of systems, applications, and data
  - Working with XML and HTML (CGI)
- Some experience with TK/Tcl, PHP, JavaScript, Python, C, and C++
Systems Administrator
- RedHat Enterprise
  - Implementation of System and Application upgrades and patches
  - RedHat Package manager developer and evangelist
  - Turn-key system development
- Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10

ANCILLARY SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Windows XP and Vista
- Productivity: Microsoft Vista, Office, Sharepoint, Eudora, Outlook, Thunderbird
Linux - Ubuntu (Debian); Red Hat: Enterprise and Fedora
- Development: Vi(m)
- Productivity: OpenOffice Suite, Firefox, Thunderbird, Evolution
Unix - Solaris
Other
- AFS - shared file system
- MHonArc - email archive
- VMWare Server

WORK HISTORY

Systems Analyst and Software Developer - September 2003 - present
Employer: Computer Sciences Corporation - Pasadena, CA
Contract: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech

Systems and Application Analyst - June 1999 - September 2003
Employer: Data Synectics, Inc. - Agoura, CA
Contract: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech

Systems Analyst - March 1998 - June 1999
Federal Data Corp. - Pasadena, CA
Contract: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech

Systems Analyst - June 1996 - March 1998
Telos - Pasadena, CA
Contract: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech

Senior Product Support Technician - June 1993 - June 1996
Employer: Reveal Computer Products - Woodland Hills, CA

Product Support Technician - February 1992 - June 1993
Employer: Practical Peripherals - Westlake Village, CA

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND TECHNICAL CONFERENCES

Associates in Arts : Economics Cum Laude
December 2008

Open Source Conference attendee,
2007, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001, 2000

CATALYST Conference attendee,
2004, 2003, 2002

USENIX Conference attendee,
2002

System Analyst Certification,
Learning Tree University, Chatsworth, CA, 2002

iPlanet Directory Server: Analysis and Planning,
iPlanet Learning Solutions, Universal City, CA, 2001

iPlanet Messaging Server: Analysis and Planning,
iPlanet Learning Solutions, Melpitas, CA, 2001

Advanced Messaging,
Syntegra Technical Training, Arden Hills, MN, 2001

Messaging and Directory,
Syntegra Technical Training, JPL, 2000

C/C++ Programming Certification,
Learning Tree University, Chatsworth, CA, 2000.

Unix/Linux System & Network Administration Certification,
Learning Tree University, Chatsworth, CA, 2000

Perl Programming,
Information Technology Education and Training, JPL, 1999

AWARDS

Team Award for transition email system to Unified Message Service, May 2008
Team Award for deploying Light-weight Directory (LDAP) Server, June 2001
Team Award for implementing Public Key Infrastructure, July 2000
NASA Group Achievement Award for Enterprise Information Systems Project, May 1999

MISCELLANEOUS

Bachelor of Science in Business completion by May 2011

Last Revised: June 3, 2009