paultclark .com

Proven IT Professional With Experience In Management

Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Concentration in Mathematics - Georgia State University - Atlanta, Georgia
Six Sigma Green Belt - SIA - Norcross, Georgia
KT Resolve - Kepner & Tregoe - Skillman, NJ

Military
U.S. Army - Pirmasens, West Germany
Honorable Discharge, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, NATO/ATOMAL Top Secret Clearance

Professional Experience
Cox Communications - Broadband Provider - Atlanta, Georgia
September 2005 to present - Manager, National Technical Operations Center (Data)
November 2003 to September 2005 - Lead Systems Technician
December 2001 to November 2003 - Systems Technician
Wrote tools to monitor DNS, POP, IMAP, SMTP, NNTP, LDAP, SNMP, and HTTP requests. Designed two MySQL databases and the GUIs were written in Perl, PHP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. My team provides daily support of all production systems in a 24x7 environment for over 3.2 million end-users on 1000 servers. Write and maintain best operating practices and responsible for all training performed by myself or others. Operating systems used Windows 2000 Pro, Solaris 8, and FreeBSD 4.x. Tools used include Perl, Cygwin, Apache, Exceed, Office 2000 Professional, Exchange 2000, Remedy, Bash, Gnome, KDE, ssh, scp, and vi.

Online Information - Internet Presence Provider- Atlanta, Georgia
June 2003 to August 2003 - Software Engineer - contract
Wrote a search utility in PHP that would query an Oracle database. Joined the development team towards the finish of the project to ensure deadlines were met.
March 1995 to September 1998 - Software Engineer
Perl coding throughout the software development life cycle. Maintained Perl shopping carts from scratch for use on e-commerce websites, developed tab delimited flat file databases, and secures online transactions. Communication with customers throughout the software development life cycle, ensured requirements and specifications were met. Setup and maintained a single Apache web server, which had approximately 30 virtual domains and approximately 200 web sites within those 30 virtual domains. This included but was not limited to cgi setup, submission to search engines, web site development, and constant communication with the customer. Wrote customizable automated web reporting software. Maintained an intranet and Microsoft internal network. The Apache web servers were using Sun Unix 5.05 and Perl.

Magus Corporation - Internet Prescence Provider - Monroe, Georgia
September 2001 to August 2003 - Software Engineer - contract
Installed a development machine that mirrored the production machine. Wrote a custom version control system for documentation of hospital manuals. This system used JScript, Javascript, PHP, and MySQL. Taught Javascript classes to employees. Assisted teaching of Flash and Javascript at Georgia Tech. The Apache web servers were using FreeBSD, PHP4, and MySQL. Tools used included Win9x, perl 5.x, vi, pico, Microsoft Office, Netscape, and Microsoft Internet Explorer. All Perl, HTML, Javascript, PHP, and JScript was written using vi.

Comstock Net Services - Internet Prescence Provider - Kennesaw, Georgia
July 2000 to August 2001 - Software Engineer / Data Acquisition Manager
Wrote a leading edge set of tools for clients to update their web site dynamically, approximately 20000 lines of Perl code using vi within the first six months. These CGI tools are designed with security, ease of use for users of all levels of HTML knowledge, and exceeded client's expectations. Solved all Y2K issues from log file reports to automate email generation via scripts on the web sites. Redesigned policies and procedures as a manager of six computer operators in order to increase work production output at its highest percentage since inception. Performed maintenance on existing Perl scripts, which increased speed, reliability, maintainability, and usability. Designed the company web site and maintained my own development machine to allow access for sales personnel to a mock web site for sales presentations. Trained the system administrator on make, firewalls, and backup procedures. There are 20+ Apache web servers running FreeBSD, Perl, and mod_perl for over 300 virtual domains. Tools used include ANSI Sql, Winbatch, Vi, Sed, Awk, Imagemagick, JGenerator, JDK, Make, Emacs, Flash 5.0, WebTrends, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, and The Gimp.

Healthcare Credentials Management Systems - Healthcare Risk Management - Kennesaw, Georgia
October 1999 to June 2000 - Software Engineer
Maintained C and ProC code including documentation, which accessed an Oracle 7.x database through CGI. Developed postscript files that were populated from this database via C. Effectively, this code is responsible for the communication of the data in the database and the interactivity of the web user. Redesigned the existing intranet, increased the content, and allowed use of existing technologies such as Javascript and Perl. Took some existing X motif programs and redesigned them in Perl, in order to decrease the number of unique applications the operations department must use. Constantly maintained a daily communication channel with operations in order to increase their efficiency. Prioritized their jobs and discussed plans on implementation with other team members to ensure optimal results. There was a full development cycle hardware and software shop, which was in the process of ISO certification. The Apache web servers were running AIX. Tools used include gcc, xlc, ProC, PVCS, Sql, Perl, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe Photoshop, and Crystal Reports.

Note: The dates overlap. I have coded software in my off time.