Thomas Leavitt 916 Soquel Ave., Suite B Santa Cruz, CA 95062 831-295-3917 (cell) thomas@thomasleavitt.org Summary Senior Systems Administrator (SAGE Level IV) with fifteen plus years of experience in a diverse set of complex, cross-platform environments, including consumer-facing 24/7 production environments ranked in the top 500 by Media Metrix and PC Data. Recent Experience 2000 – Present Godmoma's Forge, LLC Santa Cruz, CA IT Services Consultant/Owner Manage web site design and IT services business, and provide Linux/Unix, Windows, and network support services to a variety of businesses, organizations and professionals. Task split: 75% technical/25% management and other Current IT Services clients: WaferGen, Inc. - publicly traded / venture financed biotech startup, manage Samba/Ubuntu based Windows/OS X LAN Santa Cruz Public Libary - government agency running mixed Debian and Windows server, initiated and facilitated migration to standardized Ubuntu and Vmware vSphere environment, implemented Xymon system and network monitoring MultiGig - venture financed semi-conductor design startup, on call emergency system administration on production RHEL server systems Recent clients (sampling): Dust Networks, Inc. - venture financed startup developing embedded wireless networking, complete responsibility (as sub-contractor) for managing network of development and Intranet servers running RHEL – updated systems and networks to current release levels, implemented Hobbit network monitoring, implemented NAS, CentOS, Ubuntu, and VMware ESXi Asterpix, Inc. - series A venture financed company running Ubuntu Linux, maintained (as sub-contractor) and updated company Intranet and multi-stage development and software Q/A environment, integrated all applications into secure LDAP back end, managed VMware Server Octant Technologies – aerospace systems integrator/developer in defense segment, sole responsibility (as sub-contractor) for diverse network of server and desktop Solaris systems, introduced NAS, Ubuntu server, use of Live Upgrade and facilitated migration to new Enterprise class server Have worked as a sub-contractor for the following outsource firms and companies: U'Name IT Solutions, Inc. (2008/09), AboutScan, LLC (2007/08), and Single Point of Contact (2007/08), Serengeti Systems (2006 to present), Stratos Systems (2005/6) 1999–2002 TargetFirst, Inc. San Mateo, CA Co-Founder/Sr. Systems Operations Internet Advertising Company pioneered the C2B (Consumer to Business) market by developing technologies and methods that allow delivery of highly targeted marketing messages to opt-in consumers via the Internet – PC Data Top 500 company. Task split: 75% technical/25% management ? Define, specify and assist in implementing a highly scalable, redundant and secure systems architecture--including Cisco PIX Firewall, F5 Big/IP HA+ load balancer, Network Appliance storage system and Sybase back end, utilizing Intel x86 systems running various flavors of Unix/Linux for data service in outsourced data center environment. ? Migrate services with minimal downtime to low-cost datacenter environment and reconfigure back end systems to maintain adequate levels of service at 5-10% of previous cost without specialized equipment after company “rightsizing” resulted in immediate layoff all systems staff. ? Identify original opportunity, specify product and marketing strategy, join with co-founders to develop prototype, obtain seed funding and assist in recruiting CEO and other staff. ? ClickDough service gained 400,000 plus users in less than one year, ranked among top 500 Internet sites by PC Data, and generated $700,000+ in revenue in face of collapsing Internet advertising market. 1994–1999 Web Communications, LLC Santa Cruz, CA Co-Founder/VP Systems Operations Pioneered and defined business model for Self-service Web Hosting segment in 1994 – Media Metrix Top 500 Internet property. Task split: 75% technical/25% management ? Design, build and maintain entire IT infrastructure: including email, web, and database servers on enterprise class Solaris on Sparce platform, sole systems administrator for most of my tenure; pioneering user of outsourced datacenter servers (reference company in Exodus Networks IPO prospectus) ? Personally wrote 7,000+ lines of code in CGI, SQL and Perl to create end user interfaces allowing self-service account management, automate systems maintenance, and handle monitoring and reporting (for both technical and business purposes). ? Grew company to $3,000,000 in revenue, 25 employees, and 10,000+ customers before sale to Verio (now a unit of NTT). Education 1993–1994, 2004–Present Cabrillo College Aptos, CA Finishing G.E. requirements for transfer to CSU ? Courses in Math, Humanities, Communications, Perl Programming and Linux System Administration,Unix, multi-media authoring, C programming, Network Administration 1990–1992 Occidental College Eagle Rock, CA Majored in Religious Studies ? National Merit Scholar ? Elections Director for ASOC (student government) Skills Experience with systems running Linux (10 years), Solaris (7), HPUX (4), and BSD (2) including specification, installation, configuration, management, and backup using hardware and software RAID systems, tape changers and libraries Experience with virtualization (VMware Server and ESXi) in a production environment Experience managing enterprise class hardware (Sun Sparc, HP PA-RISC, Dell PowerEdge, NetApp) Experience managing datacenter environments, including vendor relations, remote management, monitoring and problem resolution Experience with configuring and deployment of Network Monitoring (Xymon/Hobbit, Hyperic HQ, custom in-house solutions) Experience managing foundational Internet and network services including Postfix, Sendmail, BIND 8/9, NIS, NFS, Samba, LDAP, Winbind, NTP, iptables, Netscape Server and Apache 1/2, SSH and WU-FTPD Production DBA experience managing Sybase and MySQL Programming experience using Perl and SQL (including stored procedures) for user-interface design, system management automation, and reporting Web content creation and technical writing experience using HTML and PHP Experience purchasing over $1 million worth of equipment from various vendors for WebCom, TargetFirst and a variety of consulting clients, from specification, to negotiation, lease/purchase and delivery/installation on site or in datacenter Data analysis, including definition and programming of ad-hoc SQL queries to identify trends and patterns in sales and customer turn over, and to expose suspected anomalies in customer management software and billing (WebCom) Other Activities ? Member, Usenix/SAGE, BayLISA, Santa Cruz area Linux User Groups ? Chair, Living Wage Advisory Commission, City of Santa Cruz, CA ? Extensive leadership experience in local community organizations