Christian R. Allegretta
                                  PO Box 2806
                              Glenville, NY 12302
                                chrisa@asty.org

SUMMARY

    Systems administrator with over seven years of experience in 
    building and maintaining Unix and Linux systems and end-user support.

SKILLS

    * Operating Systems: Linux - Debian, Fedora, RedHat Enterprise (3,4)
      Slackware, FreeBSD (4,5), OpenBSD, Irix (6.5.x), HP-UX 
      (10.20,11.00), Solaris (2.6,7,8,9), MS-Windows (9X, NT, 2000). 

    * Unix Hardware: SGI - Indigo, Indy, Indigo 2, O2, Octane, Power 
      Challenge, Origin 2000, 2100.  Sun - Ultra 1, 5, 10, Blade 100,
      1000, Fire 280R, Enterprise 250/450, HP - C-series, J-Series.
      Compaq/HP (Intel) - DL145, 380/385, 580/585, California Digital 1620.

    * System Administration: Legato and Tivoli backup systems, NFS,
      NIS, automount, perl, vi, cron, process accounting, cvs, sccs, C 
      programming, logical volumes (SGI xlv, Veritas VXVM & VXFS), 
      samba, apache, BSD lpd, SSH, flexlm, icmp/socket utilities.

    * HPC: Platform LSF 5.x, 6.1, Ansys, Abaqus, Matlab, Fluent.

    * Programming Languages: C (esp. w/ncurses), Perl, Unix Scripting
      (Bourne and C shell), PHP, Ada.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Systems Analyst 

GE Global Research
June 2004 - Present

    * Maintain High Performance Computing environment containing
      SGI Origin and 600+ CPU Linux clusters, coordinating with hardware 
      and software vendors for system upgrades and troubleshooting.

    * Support batch processing environment built on Platform LSF and 
      web-based front end (perl CGI with MySQL backend) for job 
      submission and management.

    * Improve metrics collection processes for HPC systems for display
      by internally-developed web-based utilization tool (Java).  
      Coordinate with global team to deliver system and interface 
      requirements and provide testing and feedback.

    * Lead project to replace NIS environment with LDAP for all Unix
      systems, providing tools for automated provisioning and 
      maintenance for Unix accounts, groups and NFS shares.

Senior Unix Specialist/Unix Operations Team Leader (contractor)

GE Global Research
July 2003 - June 2004

    * Assume responsibility for all tickets passed to Unix Operations 
      (4 person team), case escalations and SLA attainment 
      (90% of standard support requests to be completed in under 10 
      business hours). 

    * Supervisor for UnixOps team members including time keeping and 
      managing training funds.  

    * All responsibilities of the Senior Unix Specialist (below).

Senior Unix Specialist (contractor)

GE Global Research
May 2002 - July 2003

    * Member of four person Unix helpdesk (Tier 2/3) supporting users of
      Unix workstations and servers including Sun, SGI, HP, and Linux,
      and Windows users via Exceed.

    * Manage user accounts, troubleshoot hardware and software problems.
      Interface with vendors for support and replacement of defective
      hardware.  Install new operating systems on workstations via
      Kickstart (Linux), Jumpstart (Solaris), ignite (HP-UX) and inst (IRIX).

    * Install new 3rd party software and software upgrades as requested.  
      Seek to automate system maintenance via scripting.

    * Create or update documentation for all team processes; per SLA
      90% of procedures must be documented.
 
Staff Systems Administrator (contractor)

Benet Laboratories, Watervliet, NY
March 2000 - May 2002

    * Administrate three SGI Power Challenge/Origin servers and one 
      Sun Fire Unix server.  Maintain user accounts, NFS exports, monitor
      disk usage, and perform system backups on a nightly and weekly
      basis.  Perform system security tests and update OS patch levels
      as necessary.

    * Manage 30 SGI and 4 Sun workstations in support of Army's Crusader
      project. Also support users running applications from servers via
      PC X window servers (eXceed).

    * Maintain existing and install new versions of CAD and other
      engineering software (IDEAS, Matlab, Abaqus, ProEngineer, etc) on
      servers and workstations.

Labs/Classrooms Technician 

Plattsburgh State University, Plattsburgh, NY
May 1998 - March 2000

    * Install, upgrade, and maintain hardware and software in all
      computer labs (about 250 machines).

    * Manage NT, Macintosh and Unix file and print servers and faculty
      accounts on each. Co-administer 5 other Unix servers, including
      main Computer Science server.

    * Member of support help desk serving college-wide community.

EDUCATION
 
Bachelors Degree, Computer Science

Plattsburgh State University, Plattsburgh, NY
August 1994 - May 1998

    * Final GPA: 3.4

    * Academic Dean's List Spring 1997, Fall 1997, Spring 1998.

    * Student Recognition Award by Computing Support Services, May 1998.
      Computer Science Award for Academic Excellence, May 1998.
    
    * Relevant Course Work: Computer Networks, Operating Systems,
      Software Engineering, Discrete Structures, Machine and Assembly
      Language.

CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING

    * Green Belt - Six Sigma - June 2005

    * Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) (94.83% Avg) - March 2003 

    * CS436 - Unix Server Administration for the Enterprise 
      (Learning Tree International) - February 2002

HOBBIES

    Free Software development: GNU nano, CMatrix.

REFERENCES

    References available upon request.