About Me
I'm an open-source enthusiast with experience in Linux system administration, networking, hardware maintenance, end user support, and more. I love working with bare metal and virtual machines, and I'm currently exploring multiple technologies (getting started with Kubernetes and Ansible!) within personal projects and labs.
Employment
President
Madison Community Cooperative - Madison, WI
June 2023 – Present
- Responsible for board meetings and agendas, communication with members, various committees, matters of personnel, legal communications, etc.
- Provide occasional tech support.
- Part time volunteer position (meetings evenings and weekends), provides room and food share stipend.
Systems Administration Intern
Center For High Throughput Computing - Madison, WI
Jan 2024 – May 2024
- Assisted in maintaining and troubleshooting a Linux-based distributed computing environment to facilitate global scientific research initiatives.
- Collaborated with the Infrastructure/Operations team to implement hardware and software upgrades, ensuring system reliability and performance.
- Developed comprehensive documentation and standard operating procedures to streamline support processes and enhance system usability.
Paging System Upgrade Tech
UW Health - Contract Madison, WI
June 2023 - September 2023
- Upgraded legacy paging system to a secure, encrypted mobile application, enhancing communication and confidentiality.
- Implemented Mobile Device Management (MDM) across personal and corporate mobile devices to ensure security compliance.
- Coordinated with internal teams and external vendors to facilitate the successful deployment of new encrypted pagers and provide ongoing user support.
Skills
- Linux System Administration
- Python, Powershell, Bash
- Networking
- Hardware installation, maintenance, decomissioning, etc.
- Inventory Management
- End user support
- Windows Server / Active Directory
- Documentation
Current Projects
- tetris.monster - You are here! Running on an Nginx server on a Vultur.com VPS, on Ubuntu, with a Let's Encrypt SSL cert.
- Plex server - Media sharing server for the 30 person co-op I live in; proof of concept finished, final version in progress.
- an internet radio show - Weekly radio show hosted by a public access Unix system - music, slice of life, edutainment, community engagement
Links of interest
- SDF - Perhaps the OG of public access Unix systems - much more on offer these days than just shell access! Head on over and check it out!
- TWENEX - Explore a genuine TOPS-20 system, remotely! You can play Adventure! "You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike...
- Tilde.club - Another noble pubnix.
- Plan 9 / 9p.sdf.org - Explore Plan 9 from Bell Labs on SDF's Plan 9 server! There are boot camps at least two or three times a year. With prizes!
- What football will look like in the future - Just trust me on this.