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
University Healthcare, Augusta, GA. Nov, 2008 to present.
Systems Engineer
Bridgestone Firestone, South Carolina Co. Graniteville, South Carolina Feb, 1998 to Oct, 2008
Systems Administrator
· Design of hardware implementation of plant to meet business design in a plant start-up.
· 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
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Responsible for systems programming, systems maintenance, and project support.
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Perform hardware swap-outs, operating systems upgrades, tuning, and networking,
trouble-shooting, and installations.
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Responsible for developing system documentation, audit manuals, and generating
contract deliverables on a weekly and monthly basis.
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Support to a large user base of multiple sites exceeding 400 users. Identify and
eliminate numerous problems.
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Support of VAX and ALPHA OpenVMS systems for Shop-Floor Process Control,
Development, Production and Redundant systems.
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Support to Internet related projects and Web Development with heavy emphasis on
video and multimedia applications.
MEDAC, Augusta, Georgia 1997 to 1997
Systems Manager
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Responsible for systems programming, systems maintenance, and project support.
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Responsible for Network strategies and long term development.
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Responsible for developing project plan for replacing character based system
with GUI interface and SQL relational database engine.
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Responsible for IBM AIX and Windows NT servers.
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Support of PC’s.
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Supervisory role to others.
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Development of Corporate standards manuals and IS Documentation.
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Managed multiple contractors on concurrent projects.
INTERNATIONAL PAPER, Augusta, Georgia 1994 to 1997
Systems
Administrator
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Responsible for systems programming, systems maintenance, and project support.
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Perform hardware swap-outs, operating systems upgrades, tuning, and PC
networking including LAN/WAN support, trouble-shooting, and installations.
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Maintenance of Corporate standards and selection of Corporate-wide applications.
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Support to a large user base of multiple sites exceeding 400 users. Identify and
eliminate numerous problems.
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Perform database maintenance, upgrades and tuning. Maintain and configure
database structures including multi-volume PROGRESS databases as large as 50
Gigabytes.
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Support of UNIX / PROGRESS database servers for an Office / Manufacturing
environment.
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Support of VAX and ALPHA OpenVMS systems for Shop-Floor Process Control systems.
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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
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Responsible for development of mill-wide computer network, distributed
applications, systems management / programming, network administration /
programming, and application programming.
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Supported and managed on-line Process Control systems.
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Systems and network selection, design, installation, configuration,
administration, and training of users.
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Trained co-workers. Became a resource for technical knowledge for people inside
and outside the company in Boise Cascade’s largest mill.
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Developed site specific user manuals and on-line documentation for systems and
applications.
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Numerous communications projects involved selection of efficient and cost
effective strategies to perform desired goals.
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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.
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Managed Contractors performing tasks on projects.
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Previously responsible for BAILEY NET-90 DCS configurations and engineering.
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Promoted to Engineer II October 1992.
ASEA BROWN BOVERI, Columbus, Ohio 1988 to 1990
Field Service
Engineer
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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.
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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.
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Achieved 100% system availability and 99.4% systems control utilization.
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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
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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
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VMS
(2.1 through 6.2) heavy experience (10 years) Heavy DCL
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ULTRIX
(3.0 through 4.2)
heavy (4 years)
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UNIX SVR4
Heavy (10 years)
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c,
bourne, korne, bash shells heavy (10 years)
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QNX OS
medium (2 year)
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Windows
(NT 3.0 Beta,
Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT4, 2000, 2008, XP, Windows 7)
heavy (22 years)
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OS/2
(1.3 through 2.0) heavy (1 year)
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Linux
– heavy (4 years)
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AIX (5.3-6.2)
– heavy (4 years)
NETWORK OPERATING
SYSTEMS AND PROTOCOLS
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Cisco
Heavy (18 years)
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3COM
Heavy (11 years)
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VAX/VMS CLUSTER:
Network programming, software maintenance, security, administration, end-user
training. Heavy (5 years)
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DECNET
Phase IV Heavy
(10 years)
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CTERM, NCP, LAT, LATCP, MOP, LAD, LADCD
Heavy (10 years)
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PATHWORKS
(3.0 through 4.2) Heavy (4 years)
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PATHWORKS / NOVELL COEXISTENCE, PATHWORKS CD-ROM SERVICES, DECNET, TCP/IP
SIMULTANEOUS PROTOCOL STACKS Heavy (2 years)
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WOLLONGONG WIN/TCP
for VMS (5.0
through 5.2) Heavy (6 years)
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Multinet TCP for OpenVMS
(3.0 through 4.0)
Heavy (1 year)
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UNIX protocols: TCP/IP, TELNET, FTP, FLOGIN, DLOGIN, RLOGIN
Heavy (22 years)
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Open Connect Systems TCP/SNA GATEWAY
Heavy (4 years)
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MS-LAN MANAGER
(2.1 through 2.2)
Heavy (4 years)
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Microsoft Protocols: ODBC, NETBEUI, DDE Heavy (7 years)
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Various PC-LAN NOS such as PCU, PCI, and NFS.
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HP/OpenView
Network Analysis
ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
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Database management, maintenance, point definition, application programming,
documentation, user training, layered product upgrades, client / server
installations, application inter-operability. Mini and server based
applications.
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Microsoft SQL Server
(2.0 through 8.0)
Heavy (11 years)
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MYSQL
Light
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PROGRESS
(6.2 through 7.0)
Heavy (3 years)
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AIM System
(7.0 through 7.2) Heavy (3 years)
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PI Systems
Medium (3 years)
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INFORMIX
Medium (1 year)
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DISKEEPER
(4.0 through 6.0 VMS and 1.0 through 10.0 NT) Heavy (15 years)
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LOTUS NOTES
(4.0) Heavy (1 year)
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SAS, MASS-11, ALL-IN-1
PC-BASED
APPLICATIONS
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MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE
(1.0 through
2007) Heavy (16 years)
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MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE
(1997-2007) Heavy (10 years)
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MICROSOFT SQL SERVER
(2.0 – 2000)
Heavy (9 years)
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LOTUS NOTES
(4.0) Heavy (1 year)
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Other PC-Based Applications include: VIEWPOINT, MICROSOFT PROJECT, Q+E,
NORTON UTILITIES, LOTUS SMART SUITE, WORDPERFECT, AND MANY MULTIMEDIA
APPLICATIONS, ADOBE.
PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE
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HTML, Java, PHP,
and other various
web technologies Heavy (13 years)
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MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC
Light (5 years)
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MICROSOFT VISUAL C++
Light (3 years)
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FORTRAN
Medium (7 years)
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C, C#
Light (7 years)
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BASIC
Light (1 year)
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68000 Assembler
Light (1 year)
HARDWARE EXPERIENCE
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IBM
X-Series, Power 4, Power 5, Power 6, Power 7, DS4100, DS3400, EXP3000, DS800,
DS8300, XIV
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NETAPP
GMAS, N-Series
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ALPHA
150, 233, 275
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VAX
11/780, 4000-300, 4100
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MICROVAX
3100, 3300
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VAXSTATION
GPX 3100
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INFOSERVER
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DECSYSTEMS
5400, 5500
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UNISYS
6100, 6065, 6550, 5400
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COMPAQ
4500
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HP DL
Series, Various Tape/Archive Technologies, Many various print and imaging
technologies.
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DELL
4000 Series, 6000 Series, 1300, 2000 Series, PowerEdge,Optiplex, Dimension
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MACINTOSH, AMIGAS
and other 68xxx based systems
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FIBER CHANNEL, SAS, SCSI, SCSI-II, SCSI-III, DSSI, MASSCAB, IDE
and EIDE
based storage systems for all mass storage type devices.
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ETHERNET, FDDI, ARCNET, FRAME RELAY
including all associated equipment over fiber and copper.
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GANDALF, ASYMETRIX
multiplexers.|
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SNIFFER
Network Analyzers
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TTC
Network Analysis
TECHNICAL TRAINING
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LPI Linux
Feb
2011
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CISCO Configuration
New Horizons, Feb
2008
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Citrix Presentation Server
New Horizons, Feb 2007
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Hacking and Security Classes
– Various – ie. Foundstone
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Visual Basic
Aiken Tech, 2000
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Windows Advanced Troubleshooting
- Global Knowledge 2002
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Windows & Unix Security
numerous classes Bridgestone / Firestone, 2000-2004
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 & 2003
numerous classes
Bridgestone / Firestone and other 2000, 2002
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Windows NT 3.51 Server and Workstation,
(AT&T), Apr, 1996.
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Pi System Administration,
(Duke Power), May, 1996.
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CISCO
Router Installation and Configuration, (UNISYS), January, 1995.
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PROGRESS
Database Administration, (PROGRESS), October, 1994.
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C
Programming, (AT&T), June, 1995.
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UNIX
System Administration, (AT&T), May, 1995.
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AIM
(several classes with Biles and Associates)
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Numerous classes with Digital Equipment Corporation relating to VMS and
Ultrix.