Charles F Morrison
cmorrison@greeleynet.com
(303)808-9905 (cell)
(970) 785-2199 (home)
Computer skills:
Linux/UNIX system administration
Linux user since 1995 for personal and professional tasks
Experience with Red Hat, SuSE, Debian, Mandrake and other Linux distributions
Experience with AIX, IRIX, and Solaris UNIX systems
Experience setting up, trouble shooting and administering large Beowulf
compute clusters
Experience setting up Open LDAP authentication in heterogeneous computing
environment.
Database administration & programming
Linux/UNIX based databases: ORACLE, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Web programming with C, Python and other scripting languages
MS Windows based databases: Access, SQL Server, Course certification in SQL
Server
Internet server installation, configuration & maintenance
Apache web server, SSH, FTP and other Internet services
Programming
C++, C, Python, Java, shell scripting – basic to intermediate level
Static HTML and dynamic Web interfaces utilizing database back ends
Communication skills:
Teaching & Presentations
College level teaching experience (Vermont State College system, 3 years)
Seminar presentation experience (Colorado State & County Health Departments, 4 years)
Technical presentation experience as regional technical systems engineer at
VA Linux systems
Professional positions:
Dates Company Position
Sept. 2004 to Present Cornice, Inc. - Longmont, CO Systems Engineer
Duties: Providing support for Oracle (on Linux) database back end to IFS
financial system. Installing and maintaining Veritas NetBackup on Linux.
Designing and implementing OpenLDAP/Samba authentication for Linux/Windows
XP environments. Project manager for company wide email migration to MS
Exchange from Postfix.
Training classes taken: IBM Disaster recovery seminar
Hardware Platforms: Intel based servers
Software Utilized: Linux variations – Mepis, RedHat, CentOs, Mandrake, Gentoo.
Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server
Dates Company Position
Oct. 2001 to 2/2004 HPTi – Boulder, CO NOAA campus Associate
Duties: Providing hardware and systems administration support for the HPCS
compute cluster at NOAA (768 dual Intel Xeon and 142 Dec Alpha computers).
Assessing the state of system components, replacing failed parts, providing
on site Linux system administration. Creating documentation about the
system via database applications and spreadsheets.
Training classes taken: ADIC tape management software - StorNext management suite
NOAA Security Awareness Course
N-CIRT Effective Security Measures for UNIX operating systems
SANS Institute course: network security
Sun Microsystems: Sun Grid Engine, job queuing software
Hardware Platforms: DEC Alpha and Intel Xeon P4 dual processor computers,
Myrinet high speed network, Fibre Channel, Clarion RAID, Data Direct Networks
High Speed Traffic Directors with RAID, Fast and Gigabit Ethernet
Software utilized: Red Hat Linux, SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris, Crossover Office
running MS Office, Visio and Access. Open Office applications, MySQL, Moin
wiki, OpenPBS, Sun Grid Engine, Zope, Python, BASH shell scripting,
StorNext, vi, ssh etc...
Commendations: 2 letters of commendation from NOAA & HPTi management
Member of a team receiving employee of the month award
Dates Company Position
Oct. 1999 to Mar. 2001 VA Linux Systems – Fremont CA. Sr. Systems Engineer
Duties: Managed all technical issues arising within the sales cycle including
designing systems to customer specifications. Assessed, built and supported
web server clusters and Beowulf compute clusters with setup, remote
management and administration.
Hardware Platforms: Intel Xeon P3 dual Processor computers, Myrinet high speed
networks, Ethernet
Software utilized: Linux, System Imager, Star Office, other Linux based
software
Training classes taken: RAID Storage Devices
SAMBA: Linux – Windows integration
System Imager: System cloning software
Dates Company Position
Mar. 1996 to Oct. 1999 Weld Health Dept. - Greeley, CO Project Manager - CoHid
Duties: Created Visual Basic/Access data application to distribute health
related data to all Colorado public health agencies. Created a secure,
dynamic web based database application on Linux platform for expanded health
data access. Provided training for same statewide. Created specialized data
applications for WCHD including time keeping system and lab record
application, both in use for over 5 years.
Hardware Platforms: Intel processor computers
Software utilized: Windows 3.1, 95 and NT, MS Access, SQL Server, Red Hat
Linux, MySQL, Apache web server, C, C++ & PERL
Training classes taken: MS SQL Server
Health specific data collection / retrieval systems at CDPHE
Commendations: Leadership in Public Health Award from WCHD
Dates Company Position
Jun. 1994 to Mar. 1996 SCT Inc. - Greeley, CO Micro-Computer/Network Specialist
Duties: Member of the team that transformed Weld County's IBM mainframe
computer system to a Novell based client/server distributed network.
Developed database applications on Windows 3.1 platform. Ran help desk
Hardware Platforms: Intel processor computers, Compaq Desktops and Servers
Software utilized: MS DOS 3.x-6.x, Windows 3.1, Novell Network 3.12 & 4,
Novell WordPerfect Office, Novell Groupwise, BenData help desk software
Training classes taken: SQL language training
BenData Help Desk software training (at BenData)
Dates Company Position
Sept. 1992 To Jun. 1994 Micro Computer World – Greeley, CO Salesperson
Duties: Sold computers in Store. Delivered and set up same.
Performed basic troubleshooting and repair.
Hardware Platforms: Intel processor computers, Apple Macintosh computers
Software utilized: MS DOS 3.x-6.x, Windows 3.1, Mac operating systems, Dos
Windows and Mac applications like Lotus123, Word, Clarisworks, WordPerfect
Dates Company Position
Sept. 1992 To present Self Employed Computer Consultant
Duties: Providing consulting services to business and government agencies
including Weld Library District. Web/database application
programming and system administration
Software utilized: Windows, Visual Basic, Linux, Apache web server, Zope, Python,
MySQL and many others
Earlier professional experience includes
College Instructor (Music)
Musical performance
Musical instrument making
and business ownership.
Formal Education:
Status Degree Institution
Unfinished MSCIS Regis University, Denver, CO 1997-99
Course work in MSCIS degree program (examples)
Program Management A
Systems Analysis A
Oracle programming A
List of other courses taken is available on request
B.S. 1990 Environmental Science Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT 1990
Included Fortran programming A
Transcript available on request
Course work
C programming A Aims Community College, Greeley, CO 1994
C++ programming A Aims Community College, Greeley, CO 1994