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Vaco – Los Angeles  CA.   www.vaco.com

Sr Linux Networking Engineer – Consulting Contractor -Los Angeles, CA. / 02/2021 to present

• Physical and AWS network support, remediation and design with pfSense, Cisco and Ubiquiti
• Ansible and Git support
• Windows Active Directory, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS support and security remediation
• Sophos support and remediation
• VMware support and remediation

Varcomm - Ducor  CA.   varcomm.net

Director of Operations -Ducor, CA. / 04/2020 to 07/2020

• Responsible for all corporate IT/Telecom Infrastructure equipment and personnel
• Windows, Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian Operating Systems
• Cisco, Adtran and pfSense networking equipment
• Meet weekly with CEO to discuss road-maps, budgets and KPI's

Service Objects - Santa Barbara  CA.   www.serviceobjects.com

Director of Information Technology -Santa Barbara, CA. / 2014 to 2020

• Responsible for all corporate Information Technology
• Windows, Ubuntu, CentOS, Linux Mint and FreeBSD Operating Systems
• Manage a team of Amazing and Awesome IT professionals
• Meet daily and weekly with fellow executive management to discuss roadmaps, budgets and KPI's
• Designed and executed a 100% up-time, sub 400ms response time for public use web services

Eucalyptus Systems - Santa Barbara  CA.   www.eucalyptus.com (Now Hewlett Packard Enterprise - HPE Helion Eucalyptus)

Senior IT Linux Systems Administrator -Santa Barbara, CA. / 2014 to 2014

• Responsible for 500 servers
• CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian Operating Systems
• Puppet, Cobbler Nagios and Ganglia
• Eucalyptus cloud deployments

Moseley Associates, Inc. - Santa Barbara  CA.   www.moseleysb.com

Corporate Network Operations Manager -Santa Barbara, CA. / 2004 to 2013

• Responsible for all technology aspects for corporate and subsidiary companies
• Manage a team on site and off site working with Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, IBM iSeries and MAPICS installations
• Integration of Windows NT, Active Directory 2000 / 2003 / 2012, LDAP and SAMBA
• Became a Linux KVM, VMware ESXi, Server, and Workstation expert
• Wrote Information Security Policies for the Corporate and three subsidiary companies
• Responsible for MySQL, SQL Server and PostgreSQL installations
• Successfully converted Vmware Server, ESXi and workstation virtual machines to iSCSI and SAN based KVM machines on Linux hosts

Earth Tech Honolulu (Tyco)

Database Manager, IT Manager - Honolulu, HI. / 2002 to 2003

• Managed a group of 4 database and IS/IT professionals, developing multiple front ends to MS SQL Server and Oracle-based engineering and chemical environmental databases
• Develop, implement, and test logical and physical database designs
• Program and wrote VBA and SQL Server database codes, implement database conversions, and perform data analysis
• Maintain and integrate database systems, and develop technical, structural, and organizational specifications
• Analyse needs and requirements of existing and proposed systems by monitoring current database activity and working with users and information system development staff
• Identify and recommend corrective actions and implement performance tuning. Develop systems and procedures for database management, design and maintenance
• Assess and implement new technologies
• Train application development team to utilize database tools and techniques
• Optimized and oversaw the web-site / server for the Navy's www.cleanii.com/ site (Password protected)
• Creatively automated a non-electronic process with an innovative Intranet driven office application, which was highly successful

Redd Web Designs - Owner - Honolulu, HI. / 2001 to 2003 - Santa Cruz, CA. / 2004

• Consult, Design, Build and Install:
• AMD and Pentium based Servers, Workstations and Personal Computers
• Websites utilizing ASP, Flash, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS and XHTML
• MS Access, SQL Server 7/2000 Databases
• Perform upgrades to hardware and software
• Logo design / Ad Layout and Graphic Design

Redd Web Designs clients included:

• The Law Office of Mark D. Clement
• Made In Santa Cruz
• The ImagiNation Company

Voyager Submarines Hawaii  

Director of Operations Honolulu, HI. / 1995 to 2001

• Designed and implemented AppleTalk/Windows 98/Windows 2000 hybrid network. Created output from Apple flat-file database into MS Access, Excel and PowerPoint for reporting to investors
• Overall authority of the offshore, ticketing, and reservations departments consisting of 125 crew
• Designed SQL Server databases including spare parts, personnel, payroll and training

Atlantis Submarines

Lead Pilot, Safety and Training Officer - Kona, HI. / 1989 to 1995

• Train and certify new Pilots and Captains
• Create, troubleshoot and publish web pages
• Guide on use of digital tools, including scanners, digital cameras, text scanners
• Design and instruct training workshops on software, including, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and MS Word

United States Marine Corps

Ground Radio, Cryptography Repair - 29 Palms, Camp Pendleton, Barstow, CA. Kaneohe HI. / 1981 to 1989

• Trained in the highest level of repair for military electronics (5^thEchelon)
• Taught module labs for component level troubleshooting and repair course
• Created curriculum aids: Teacher's Toolbox, Technical Glossary and FAQ and Lesson Plans
• Worked in the field of radio, calibration, cryptography and computers for 8 years
• Honourable Discharge
• Top Secret Security Clearance (Expired)

• Master of Science - Information Technology (M.Sc. IT)
• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)
  Derive physical database designs, develop logical data models, create physical databases, create data services by using Transact-SQL, manage and maintain databases, configure and manage security, monitor and optimize databases. Competently and securely install and configure SQL Server
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)   Implementing Windows Professional and Server
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)   Implementing a Windows Network Infrastructure
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)   System Administration of Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)   Implementing a database on Microsoft SQL Server
• Certified Internet Webmaster   Master Designer (CIWMD)
• Certified Internet Webmaster   Professional (CIWP)

♠ College Education

♦  Master of Science - Information Technology - Final GPA: 3.5
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♠ Microsoft Courses

♦ 2152   Implementing Microsoft Windows Professional and Server Networking

♦ 2153   Implementing a Microsoft Windows Network Infrastructure

♦ 832   Administering a Microsoft SQL Server Database

♦ 833   Programming a Microsoft SQL Server Database

♠ CIW Courses

♦ Site Design II

♦ E-Commerce Developer

♠ United States Marine Corps

♦ Basic Electronics & Ground Radio Repair

♦ Advanced Electronics & Advanced Radio Repair

♦ Advanced Cryptographic & Advanced Cryptographic Repair

Open source projects
Constant pursuit of knowledge
Innovating through positive change
Volunteer for non profit organizations: Project Honeypot, debian.org, ubuntu.com
Charitable events participant: Toys for Tots, Unity Shoppe Toy Run, Empty Bowls and more...

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Ron Fontaine

Corporate Director of Information Technology at Moseley Associates Inc.

“As the network manager for Moseley for the past decade, Ronnie Redd has proven himself to be a remarkably responsible, ethical and confident employee.
I am amazed at the ease with which Ronnie can fulfill a variety of tasks. He has worked for me not only as the network manager, but also also has taken on many other duties to help the company keep moving forward. He is fiscally savvy, technically excellent and and a great mentor.
I am confident that Ronnie’s intelligence, maturity and technical knowledge will be great assets in any organization. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.”

Sunil Naik

Director of Engineering at Moseley Associates Inc.

“Ronnie, has been key in bringing well managed network and control of the computers and the firewall has prevented any major issue's within the Moseley network. Very diligent in his work and is great for advise on Moseley system projects requiring Networking.”

Dave Taylor

Corporate Controller at Moseley Associates Inc.

“Ronnie is an excellent knowledge source when it comes to complex network issues. He is able to research and solve problems in a very timely and effective manner. I am really impressed with foresight into security threats and how he manages those threats.”

Zeki Basbuyuk

Sr. Design Engineer at Moseley Associates Inc.

“Ronnie is one of the most dedicated IT personnel, I've ever met. He has shown his commitment to the company many times over the years working on improving operations, incorporating open-source solutions for cost-reduction measures. With his knowledge in Microsoft software being no less than his Linux experience, his determinism of finding solutions, his genuine curiosity to computer technology, his honesty, his commitment to the company, I am sure he will be useful to any organization.”

Mark Speciale

Manager - Special Projects at Moseley Associates Inc.

“ Ronnie is a team player with a wide array of complex skills and abilities. His reflexive natural propensity to think on his feet and calmly manage complicated IT-related processes during mission-critical emergencies is only matched by his personable demeanor, positive attitude, diligence, and compassion for his fellow employees. He's a good man who brings a lot to the table.
Ronnie takes great pride in his work and I am particularly grateful for his unbroken record of keeping our internal network 100% safe from attackers, spammers and hardware calamities of all kinds over the last decade or so.
I will be honored to speak with anyone on Ronnie's behalf at any time. ”

Sumit Singh

Architect at Moseley Associates Inc.

“Besides being an effective network operations manager, Ronnie is a smart problem solver. During my interactions with him on various IT issues, I have been impressed by (1) his honest attempts to first clearly understand the core reasons for any problem and then come up with an intelligent solution that actually addresses the issue and (2) his practice of trying to foresee our future IT needs (and problems) and preparing for them in advance. Ronnie is very helpful and friendly.”

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