Drew Sullivan

Email:	drew@ss.org
Phone:	416-222-9821
Address:	80 Pemberton Ave. Toronto, Ontario, M2M 1Y3

Profile

Experienced systems programer and network administrator (25 years).

Active Linux developer and supporter.

Long history with the Toronto Unix community.

President of the Toronto Linux User Group (TLUG)

Coming from a traditional Unix programmer/administrator background, I have strong problem solving skills and like to be involved in all stages of development:

Systems and application programing.
Network administration and support.
Skills transfer to both clients and co-workers.
Design, implementation, Testing, Debugging, Training, Documentation and Code Management.

Technology Profile

Networking:	Protocols: TCP/IP, Novel, Netbios Systems: Unix, Linux, Microsoft, Novel Services: DNS, NFS, Samba, Printing, NIS
Operating Systems:	Linux Unix - Solaris, SCO, BSD, SunOS, AIX, HP/UX, Tru64 VM/MVS/TSO Windows, MS-DOS CP/M
Database:	SQL using Postgresql, Ingres, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, Informix Perl with DBI, DBM. and Berkeley DB
Languages:	Unix/Linux: Perl, C, Awk, Shell, Ruby Web/CGI: Perl, PHP, Java Microprocessor: Assembler, C Mainframe: PL/1, Fortran, Cobol, Assembler
Graphics:	Motif, Tk, Gnome/Gtk
Internet:	HTML, with Dynamic content generated by Perl, PHP, and Java Apache web servers connected to multiple types of database back ends.
Communications:	UUCP, FTP, Telnet, SMTP HTTP, SNMP, LDAP, SSH
Security:	SSH, SSL
Machines:	Microcomputers - IBM compatible PCs to Pentium Workstations/Servers - Sun, HP-UX, AIX Minicomputers - DEC, HP and Wang minicomputers Mainframes - IBM 360/370/390, VM,MVS/TSO

Employment History

Systems Software.

Consultant 1975-2004

iBCS2 - SCO Emulation support for Linux.
Patient Reporting Systems.
Development of an X-Windows CASE tool.
Bar-code scanning software.
Multi-platform porting project (DOS/Windows/Mac/Xenix/Unix/Linux)
CGI Systems supporting:
- Parts management
- Sales promotion
- Event management
- Calendars
- IMAP Email
- Customer relations system
- Catalog sales
Systems Administration
- Administration manuals
- Administrator training
- Network design and deployment
- Setting up ISPs
- Server OS and Hardware upgrades

Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations

End-User Support Group. Aug 1986-Aug 1987

Training of users in the development of MS-DOS applications in dBase, Lotus, and WordPerfect.

Novel Network installation, configuration and management.

Editor for the End-User Computing newsletter.

Emerald City Research Inc.

Member of the Scientific Staff. Sep 1984-Feb 1985

Design of electronic mail and bulletin board facilities.

Porting of office automation software to the Macintosh.

Honeywell Limited

Associate Software Developer. Jan 1983-Sep 1984

Design and implementation of an integrated Software Development Environment.

Design and upgrade of a network mail and news system for the GCOS-6 OS.

Administration of the development group's machine.

Education

B.Math. Computer Science, University of Waterloo - 1978-1982
Data Structures, Programming Languages, Database, OS Design