Robert E. Simmons
11 Woodspring Court
North Augusta, South Carolina 29860
H(803)278-3393 rsimmons@digi-reflect.com
OBJECTIVE
To use my education in Electrical and Computer Engineering and my extensive knowledge of systems and network communications in a quality culture where technical knowledge and hard work will provide career growth.
EDUCATION
BS Electrical Engineering And Computer Engineering, 1987
University Of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
EXPERIENCE
Bridgestone Firestone, South Carolina Co. Graniteville, South Carolina 1998 to Present
Systems Administrator
· Responsible for systems programming, systems maintenance, systems/network security and project support.
· Perform hardware swap-outs, operating systems and network upgrades, tuning, and networking, trouble-shooting, and installations.
· Support to a large user base of multiple sites exceeding 900 users, 400+ workstations and 50 servers. Identify and eliminate numerous problems.
· Support of IBM AS/400, Windows, Back Office Applications and 10/100 Ethernet with 1 Gigabit backbone for Business, Shop-Floor Process Control, Development, Production and Redundant systems
· Responsible for developing long term maintenance and support strategies and design.
· Responsible for plant systems infrastructure from plant startup through full production.
· Responsible for immediate and long range budget planning and spending for systems operations and maintenance purposes.
· Support of Corporate Microsoft Exchange E-mail server applications and production databases running on Microsoft SQL.
· Responsible for co-op students and contractors with their tasks.
Camber Corporation, Savannah River Site, South Carolina 1997 to Present
Systems Engineer
· Responsible for systems programming, systems maintenance, and project support.
· Perform hardware swap-outs, operating systems upgrades, tuning, and networking, trouble-shooting, and installations.
· Responsible for developing system documentation, audit manuals, and generating contract deliverables on a weekly and monthly basis.
· Support to a large user base of multiple sites exceeding 400 users. Identify and eliminate numerous problems.
· Support of VAX and ALPHA OpenVMS systems for Shop-Floor Process Control, Development, Production and Redundant systems.
· Support to Internet related projects and Web Development with heavy emphasis on video and multimedia applications.
MEDAC, Augusta, Georgia 1997 to 1997
Systems Manager
· Responsible for systems programming, systems maintenance, and project support.
· Responsible for Network strategies and long term development.
· Responsible for developing project plan for replacing character based system with GUI interface and SQL relational database engine.
· Responsible for IBM AIX and Windows NT servers.
· Support of PC’s.
· Supervisory role to others.
· Development of Corporate standards manuals and IS Documentation.
· Managed multiple contractors and the projects they work with.
INTERNATIONAL PAPER, Augusta, Georgia 1994 to 1997
Systems Administrator
· Responsible for systems programming, systems maintenance, and project support.
· Perform hardware swap-outs, operating systems upgrades, tuning, and PC networking including LAN/WAN support, trouble-shooting, and installations.
· Maintenance of Corporate standards and selection of Corporate-wide applications.
· Support to a large user base of multiple sites exceeding 400 users. Identify and eliminate numerous problems.
· Perform database maintenance, upgrades and tuning. Maintain and configure database structures including multi-volume PROGRESS databases as large as 50 Gigabytes.
· Support of UNIX / PROGRESS database servers for an Office / Manufacturing environment.
· Support of VAX and ALPHA OpenVMS systems for Shop-Floor Process Control systems.
· Support to corporate Mail Server using Lotus Notes 4.0 running on Windows NT Server utilizing Multi-Processor Compaq 4500 Series Computers.
BOISE CASCADE, DeRidder, Louisiana 1990-1994
Systems Engineer And Network Administrator
· Responsible for development of mill-wide computer network, distributed applications, systems management / programming, network administration / programming, and application programming.
· Supported and managed on-line Process Control systems.
· Systems and network selection, design, installation, configuration, administration, and training of users.
· Trained co-workers. Became a resource for technical knowledge for people inside and outside the company in Boise Cascade’s largest mill.
· Developed site specific user manuals and on-line documentation for systems and applications.
· Numerous communications projects involved selection of efficient and cost effective strategies to perform desired goals.
· Task Force Leader with a group of ten co-workers with responsibility for the selection and implementation of a CIM Quality system used for Quality Control, Customer Information, Departmental Information and Communications in a production environment.
· Managed Contractors performing tasks on projects.
· Previously responsible for BAILEY NET-90 DCS configurations and engineering.
· Promoted to Engineer II October 1992.
ASEA BROWN BOVERI, Columbus, Ohio 1988 to 1990
Field Service Engineer
· Contractual Process Control duties performed at Kimberly Clark tissue mill. Worked intensively with the tissue-making process. 30% of time was spent trouble-shooting process problems.
· Served as ABB’s Liaison and Customer Relations Representative to site managers for systems management, software support / modification, and automated control systems. Performed analysis and trouble-shooting for systems and process problems, data analysis / interpretation, process control tuning and system modifications.
· Achieved 100% system availability and 99.4% systems control utilization.
· Was recognized as the regional SPC expert. Responsible for training the Southeast Region in SPC.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Department of Science and Math 1987
System Operator
· Full scale operational duties performed while enrolled at USC in VMS/VAX environment. Responsibilities included system security, software installation, programming and modifications for three VAX 11/780 systems. Wrote VMS User’s Manual which was mandatory publication for some university courses. Involved in network configuration for planned installation of Ethernet LAN.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
OPERATING SYSTEMS
· VMS (2.1 through 6.2) Heavy experience (10 years) Heavy DCL
· ULTRIX (3.0 through 4.2) Heavy (4 years)
· UNIX SVR4 Heavy (10 years)
· c, bourne, korne shells Heavy (10 years)
· QNX OS medium (2 year)
· Windows (NT 3.0 Beta through 2003,XP) Heavy (15 years)
· OS/2 (1.3 through 2.0) Heavy (1 year)
· Linux – light
NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS AND PROTOCOLS
· Cisco Heavy (16 years)
· 3COM Heavy (11 years)
· VAX/VMS CLUSTER: Network programming, software maintenance, security, administration, end-user training. Heavy (5 years)
· DECNET Phase IV Heavy (10 years)
· CTERM, NCP, LAT, LATCP, MOP, LAD, LADCD Heavy (10 years)
· PATHWORKS (3.0 through 4.2) Heavy (4 years)
· PATHWORKS / NOVELL COEXISTENCE, PATHWORKS CD-ROM SERVICES, DECNET, TCP/IP SIMULTANEOUS PROTOCOL STACKS Heavy (2 years)
· WOLLONGONG WIN/TCP for VMS (5.0 through 5.2) Heavy (6 years)
· Multinet TCP for OpenVMS (3.0 through 4.0) Heavy (1 year)
· UNIX protocols: TCP/IP, TELNET, FTP, FLOGIN, DLOGIN, RLOGIN Heavy (10 years)
· Open Connect Systems TCP/SNA GATEWAY Heavy (4 years)
· MS-LAN MANAGER (2.1 through 2.2) Heavy (4 years)
· Microsoft Protocols: ODBC, NETBEUI, DDE Heavy (7 years)
· Various PC-LAN NOS such as PCU, PCI, and NFS.
· HP/OpenView Network Analysis
APPLICATIONS EXPERIENCE
· Database management, maintenance, point definition, application programming, documentation, user training, layered product upgrades, client / server installations, application inter-operability. Mini and server based applications.
· Microsoft SQL Server (2.0 through 8.0) Heavy (11 years)
· MYSQL Light
· PROGRESS (6.2 through 7.0) Heavy (3 years)
· AIM System (7.0 through 7.2) Heavy (3 years)
· PI Systems Medium (3 years)
· INFORMIX Medium (1 year)
· DISKEEPER (4.0 through 6.0 VMS and 1.0 through 10.0 NT) Heavy (15 years)
· LOTUS NOTES (4.0) Heavy (1 year)
· SAS, MASS-11, ALL-IN-1
PC-BASED APPLICATIONS
· MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE (1.0 through 2007) Heavy (16 years)
· MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE (1997-2007) Heavy (10 years)
· MICROSOFT SQL SERVER (2.0 – 2000) Heavy (9 years)
· LOTUS NOTES (4.0) Heavy (1 year)
· Other PC-Based Applications include: VIEWPOINT, MICROSOFT PROJECT, Q+E, NORTON UTILITIES, LOTUS SMART SUITE, WORDPERFECT, AND MANY MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS, ADOBE.
PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE
· HTML, Java, and other various web technologies Heavy (13 years)
· MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC (1.0 through 7.0) Light (4 years)
· MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ (1.0 through 7.0) Light (2 years)
· FORTRAN Medium (7 years)
· C Light (5 years)
· BASIC Light (1 year)
· 68000 Assembler Light (1 year)
HARDWARE EXPERIENCE
· ALPHA 150, 233, 275
· VAX 11/780, 4000-300, 4100
· MICROVAX 3100, 3300
· VAXSTATION GPX 3100
· INFOSERVER
· DECSYSTEMS 5400, 5500
· UNISYS 6100, 6065, 6550, 5400
· COMPAQ 4500
· HP DL Series
· DELL 4000 Series, 6000 Series, 1300, 2000 Series, PowerEdge,Optiplex, Dimension
· MACINTOSH, AMIGAS and other 68xxx based systems
· SCSI, SCSI-II, SCSI-III, DSSI, MASSCAB, IDE and EIDE based storage systems for all mass storage type devices.
· ETHERNET, FDDI, ARCNET, FRAME RELAY including all associated equipment over fiber and copper.
· GANDALF, ASYMETRIX multiplexers.
· SNIFFER Network Analyzers
· TTC Network Analysis
TECHNICAL TRAINING
· CISCO Configuration New Horizons, Feb 2008
· Citrix Presentation Server New Horizons, Feb 2007
· Hacking and Security Classes – Various – ie. Foundstone
· Visual Basic Aiken Tech, 2000
· Windows & Unix Security numerous classes Bridgestone / Firestone, 2000-2004
· Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 & 2003 numerous classes Bridgestone / Firestone and other 2000, 2002
· Windows NT 3.51 Server and Workstation, (AT&T), Apr, 1996.
· Pi System Administration, (Duke Power), May, 1996.
· CISCO Router Installation and Configuration, (UNISYS), January, 1995.
· PROGRESS Database Administration, (PROGRESS), October, 1994.
· C Programming, (AT&T), June, 1995.
· UNIX System Administration, (AT&T), May, 1995.
· AIM (several classes with Biles and Associates)
· Numerous classes with Digital Equipment Corporation relating to VMS and Ultrix.