Hi All,
I'm a jack-of-all trades techie here in the Washington D.C. area who's
currently back in the job market looking for a security based (policy
and implementation) System Engineering or Project Implementation and
Management position. I have 10 + years of technology and networking
experience, and in the past 5+ years have been implementing secure
web-based services for various clients. I'm willing to work on a
contractual arrangement but would prefer a full-time position if
available. If you would like to reach me, please use the contact
information contained in my resume.
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DAVID A. KORAN
6643 McGrath Place
Frederick, MD 21703
phone : (C) 301.524.3578
phone : (H) 301.815.5447
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/webjedi/
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
November 2001 - Present - Raven Technologies, Inc. : Baltimore, MD
Systems Engineer
Management and development of several computing projects, including
those targeted toward mobile platforms, web-based solutions, and
mission critical systems. Consulted on security and computing and
network infrastructure for clients and data center projects. Assisted
in help desk phone support for development and current clients.
May 2001 - November 2001 - GP e-Learning, Inc. : Columbia, MD
Consultant / Systems Administrator
Provided technical consulting expertise on systems design and
scalability, code versioning and management, service monitoring, bug
tracking, and disaster recovery. Developed and managed division-wide
problem / event ticketing and issue / bug management system. Developed
plans for new technical hosting infrastructure while acting as primary
liaison to current hosting provider. Lead technical policy development
for internal and external customer relationships.
August 2000 - April 2001 - Namesafe, Inc. : Los Angeles, CA
Manager - Infrastructure / Systems Engineering
Lead network and systems architect for corporate and production
computing environment. Lead technician for coordinating system code
maintenance, upgrades, disaster recovery, and security. Developed and
managed QA & Test environments, including release versioning and
installation. Lead for internal development projects including Intranet
and associated management tools, scalable e-mail system. Acted as
technical recruiter at conferences and developed training materials for
new employees.
March 2000 - August 2000 - Stan Lee Media, Inc. : Encino, CA
Internet Systems and Network Manager
Managed personnel and developed technical services to support several
multimedia rich and content driven web sites. Acted as on-site CTO and
lead technical consultant on all Internet projects within the company
including researching and negotiating with outside vendors for
hardware, hosting, and network support. Provided support for desktops
and servers to supplement current IT department staff. Developed and
managed the corporate Intranet and associated tools, including e-mail
systems, network storage, and security tools and devices.
December 1997 - March 2000 - American Chemical Society : Washington,
D.C.
Web Administrator
Lead technical resource for large not-for-profit scientific membership
organization's development, and administration of ACS and ChemCenter
web sites. Developed departmental code management and publishing
system. Developed and maintained e-commerce applications for the
society's "on-line" store. Consulted on security and disaster recovery
techniques and practices. Researched and advised management on service
and software providers and acted as technical liaison between
contractors, ACS' internal IT staff and ChemCenter staff for projects,
including providing support for desktops and servers.
January 1997 - December 1997 - Xerox : The Document Company :
Rochester, N.Y.
User Interface Designer
Researched, prototyped, tested and evaluated various user interface
solutions for high-speed networked digital imaging products. Designed
functional interfaces for testing and peer-evaluation before field
deployment with current corporate customers. Researched, evaluated and
developed team-based code development tools for departmental-wide use.
Participated in on-site customer product evaluation and requirements
gathering.
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University : Pittsburgh, PA
B.S. Social And Decision Sciences - Minors in Engineering Studies and
Information And Decision Systems (Concentration in Human Computer
Interaction and Cognitive Psychology)
SKILLS & CONCEPTS
Operating Systems: Windows, Macintosh / MacOS, BSD, Linux, Solaris,
SCO, HP-UX, NeXT, IRIX, DEC OSF
Security: VPN / IPSec, SSL / TLS, SSH, X.509 / PKI, IDS, Kerberos, TCP
Wrappers
Networking: DNS/ BIND, Sendmail / Exim / Postfix, SMTP / IMAP / POP,
LDAP, FTP, NFS / AFS, NNTP
Internet / WWW: HTML, PHP / mod_php, Perl / CGI / mod_perl, CSS, XML,
XHTML, ASP, Apache / IIS / iPlanet
Databases: mySQL, Postgres, mSQL, Oracle, Sybase, FileMaker Pro,
Microsoft Access / SQL Server
Languages: PHP, Perl, Shell Scripting, C / C++, Java, JavaScript,
Visual Basic, VB Script, SQL, WML / XML
Graphics Applications: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Final Cut Pro,
Premiere, Freehand, Director, Gimp
Office Applications: Excel, Access, Word, Word Perfect, Outlook,
Eudora, Acrobat
Development Applications: GoLive, Dreamweaver, GCC, Visual Studio, CVS
Others:
Backup & Disaster Recovery, Policy Planning & Management, Basic
Business Marketing & Budgeting
Intrusion Detection Systems, OS Security Hardening & Auditing,
Firewalls, Packet Filtering
Network Management & Design, ISDN, DSL, T1, 10bT / 100bT, ATM, 802.11x
/ Wireless, PPP / PPTP
Firewalls, Switches, Routers, Load Balancers, Content Switches
Hands-On Familiarity With Cisco, 3Com, Netopia, Bay Networks, SMC,
Alcatel Networking Equipment
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
Activities:
Publisher of SoundtrackNet (www.soundtrack.net), a highly popular film
and television music web site.
Developed several media recognized and award winning web sites.
Over 12 years of Internet, 10 years UNIX, 15 years Macintosh, and 13
years of Windows experience.
Original porter of Apple's Quicktime Streaming Server to FreeBSD
Former freelance writer for MacAddict (www.macaddict.com)
Member:
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Association for Computing Machinery - SIGCHI, SIGGRAPH, SIGWEB, SIGMIS,
SIGSAC
USENIX / SAGE
