Robert E. Simmons
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, and project
support.
- Perform hardware swap-outs, operating systems upgrades, tuning, and
networking, trouble-shooting, and installations.
- Support to a large user base of multiple sites exceeding 600 users, 300
workstations and 30 servers. Identify and eliminate numerous problems.
- Support of IBM AS/400, Windows NT, 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 budget planning and spending for systems maintenance
purposes.
- Support of Corporate Microsoft Exchange E-mail server applications and
production databases running on Microsoft SQL.
Camber Corporation, Savannah River Site, South Carolina 1997 to 1998
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.
- Supervisor 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)
- MS-Windows NT
(Beta through 4.0) Heavy (3 years)
- OS/2
(1.3 through 2.0) Heavy (1 year)
- IBM AS/400 OS400 (V4R2 - V4R4) Heavy (2 years)
NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS AND PROTOCOLS
- Microsoft Windows NT Beta 3.0 - Windows 2000
Heavy (6 years)
- VAX/VMS CLUSTER: Network programming, software maintenance, security,
administration, end-user training. Heavy (4 years)
- DECNET
Phase IV Heavy (8 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 (4 years)
- Various PC-LAN NOS such as PCU, PCI, and NFS.
- IBM AS/400 OS400 Heavy (2 years)
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
(2.0 through 7.0) Heavy (4 years)
- 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) Heavy (4 years)
- LOTUS NOTES
(4.0) Heavy (1 year)
- SAS, MASS-11, ALL-IN-1
PC-BASED APPLICATIONS
- MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE (1.0 through 97) Heavy (8 years)
- MICROSOFT SQL SERVER
(2.0 through 7.0) Heavy (4 years)
- Microsoft Exchange Server (5.5) Heavy (2 years)
- Microsoft SMS (1.0 through 2.0) Heavy (1 year)
- 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.
PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE
- MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC (1.0 through 4.0) Medium (3 years)
- MICROSOFT VISUAL C++
(1.0 through 2.2) Medium (2 years)
- HTML
Heavy (4 years)
- FORTRAN Medium (7 years)
- C
Heavy (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
- DELL Poweredge 4200, 2300, 6300, Optiplex GXa, GX1,
Latitude CP, CPi, Inspiron 7000
- 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
and TTC Network Analyzers
TECHNICAL TRAINING
- Microsoft SMS Administration (Bridgestone), Sep, 1999.
- Microsoft Exchange Server Administration (Bridgestone),
Nov, 1998.
- IBM COMMONS AS/400 - Numerous classes, 1998, 1999.
- Microsoft Networking Essentials Exam - Score 92, Feb 1998.
- 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.