Résumé

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Michael T. Davis


Objective

Position in computer systems-level maintenance/support

Employment History

November, 2009
to present
Systems Manager. Oversee the network, administrative and research computing resources for the departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), and Materials Science and Engineering. Assist management of CBE/MSE Joint Academic Computing Facility (ECR6).
July, 1996
to October, 2009
Computer Systems Specialist. Reclassification of previous position (see Computer Systems Analyst 1, below). Officially designated Departmental Network Administrator (DNA). Duties expanded to include maintenance of Cisco switched backbone across multiple buildings/VLANs, firewall management, mail server maintenance, and network security oversight. Develop, implement and maintain mechanisms for management and monitoring of network backbone.
November, 1995
to July, 1996
Computer Systems Analyst 1. Manage network infrastructure, including address assignment and hardware/software installation, for College of Engineering Computing Region 6 (CBE/MSE Joint Computing Facility), and the departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) and Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) at The Ohio State University. Assist management and maintenance of regional computing facility computer systems, including systems running HP/Compaq/DEC OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows NT/2K/XP, and Apple Mac OS ("traditional" [Mac OS 9.x or earlier] and Mac OS X). Develop computer system deployment mechanisms. Perform hardware/software installation and maintenance for departmental users' office and/or laboratory computer systems. Originate and/or maintain various articles of World Wide Web server content.

Continued duties (see Chief of Operations, below): Maintain QWIKPLT graphics library. Maintain and augment PostScript printer symbiont. Assist maintenance of College of Engineering access system.

July, 1993
to October, 1995
Independent Computer Consulting. Provide computer hardware/software consulting for a number of clients at The Ohio State University running Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) OpenVMS and DEC Ultrix.
May, 1991
to September, 1995
Chief of Operations, The Ohio State University College of Engineering Computing Region 6. Supervise the day-to-day operations of the computer facilities on The Ohio State University main campus which primarily supports students, faculty, and staff in the departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering.

Operations duties: Supervise between five and eight student employees. Maintain the programming and user environments on the facility's Macintosh computers, IBM PC-compatible computers, and DEC OpenVMS workstations. Provide consulting services to facility users, including periodic "how-to" workshops. Assist users of application software, including (but not necessarily limited to) Maple, Matlab, Fluent, I-DEAS, and Interleaf. Help to develop and maintain facility security policies and general user documentation.

Programming projects: Assisted development of Maple (symbolic math program) port to OpenVMS. Maintain graphics library, QWIKPLT, based on Visual Numerics (formerly Precision Visuals Inc.) DI-3000 graphics package. Maintain OpenVMS printer driver (symbiont) which enforces page limits/quotas on PostScript laser printers, as well as providing common access from OpenVMS, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, and UNIX environments.

Other tasks: Help to maintain College of Engineering access system. Assist maintenance of network infrastructure.

January, 1987
to May, 1991
Student Programmer, Koffolt Computer Graphics lab. Provided computer support and consulting to OpenVMS computer system users and helped run day-to-day operations, including system backups, printer maintenance, etc.
May, 1986
to August, 1986 and
June, 1987
to August, 1987
Audio/Video Equipment Sales, Swallen's Department Store. Commission sales of audio equipment (receivers, compact disk players, turntables, tape decks, speakers, etc.) and video equipment (video cassette recorders, televisions, etc.)

Computer System Experience Computer Programming Languages
Digital Equipment Corporation OpenVMS
Apple Macintosh
Microsoft Windows (3.1, WfWg, 9x/ME, NT4/5[2K]/5.1[XP]/5.2[2003])
Microsoft DOS
OpenBSD
Digital Equipment Corporation UNIX (formerly OSF/1)
Digital Equipment Corporation Ultrix
Sun OS (Solaris 1.x)
HP UX
SGI IRIX
FORTRAN
C
Pascal
Computer Scripting Languages
Digital Command Language (DCL)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and JavaScript
Windows (Batch) Commands
Perl
UNIX shell
AppleScript

Education

September, 1984
to June, 1995
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio: Completed course work toward a BS in Computer Science.
September, 1978
to June, 1982
Lexington High School, Lexington, Ohio: College preparatory, instrumental music (marching/symphonic/jazz bands, orchestra); National Honor Society, chess/math clubs

Awards

August 15, 2001 Nominee, The Ohio State University College of Engineering "Above and Beyond" staff recognition award - presented with certificate