Christopher G. Cox 5620 36th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55417 (612) 727-1971 email: chrisc@chris.org Career History I have wide experience in the data systems and networking arena, including the following specific platforms and media:- Ethernet: (10/100Base-2/5/T/F), Local & Remote Bridges, Switches, Repeaters, Concentrators; Routers: cisco 7000, 4000 & 2500 series, Wellfleet/Bay Networks, Retix; Internet firewalls: Checkpoint Firewall-1, Raptor Eagle + VPN, TIS, SIDEWINDER RS232C (Sync & Async); DS0 (56k), DS1 (T1), FT1 (384k), SLIP, PPP, Frame Relay; TCP/IP: Network Design, NFS/NIS, DNS, BOOTP, Routing, RIP, OSPF, IGRP, SMB IBM: RS-6000, AIX3.2.5, AIX4.1, AIX4.2, AIX4.3, SSA Disk Storage, HACMP; Sun Microsystems: SPARCserver, SPARCstation; ULTRA SPARC, SunOS 4.1.x, Solaris 2.x; Novell: NetWare 4.x,3.x,2.x, NFS, Flex/IP, Macintosh, GroupWise 4.1 (Windows, UNIX, Mac); Silicon Graphics: IRIS, Indigo, Indigo 2, Personal IRIS; IRIX 5.x, 4.x Hewlett Packard: 9000 Series servers (K/G/E), 700 Series workstations Microsoft: Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 3.1 Apple Macintosh: LocalTalk, EtherTalk, System 6 & 7; DEC: VAX-6400, Alpha, DECServer VMS; TGV MultiNet; NCR Tower series: UNIX V5.3 CDC: CYBER 17x, 18x, 6000, NOS, NOS/BE, NOS/VE Republic voice/data MUX; November 1996 - Present United Health Group, Golden Valley, MN Lead Technical System Administrator Responsibilities include: · Design, Installation, and Administration of 150 AIX, Solaris, HP/UX, & Linux UNIX servers · Administration of multiple Internet firewall's (dual SIDEWINDER's, and Firewall-1) · Redesign of Internet email strategy including SPAM counter measures · Implementation of QIP domain name service corporatewide replacement · Design, Installation, and Administration of division-wide LAN/MAN/WAN May 1995 - November 1996 CAMAX Manufacturing Technologies, Bloomington, MN Network Architect Responsibilities include: · Redesign & Maintenance of international multi-platform WAN.. · Novell NetWare, TCP/IP, and UNIX (Solaris, SunOS, IRIX, HPUX, AIX) administration. · Internet firewall administration and integration, including encrypted Virtual Private Networking. · Establishment of network/system administration procedures. · Custom programming of Novell & UNIX administration utilities. Career History (continued) February 1993 - May 1995. North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale, MN Network Analyst Responsibilities include: · Network management by SNMP (Sun Net Manager) of multi-protocol NFS/NCP WAN. · Custom programming of Novell administration utilities. · Novell NetWare, TCP/IP, and UNIX administration. · Internet border gateway administration and integration. · Establishment of network/system administration procedures. May 1991 - February 1993. LaserMaster Technologies Eden Prairie, MN Network Supervisor January - May 1991. LaserMaster Technologies Eden Prairie, MN Network Specialist February 1987 - October 1990. SelecTronics, Inc. Minneapolis, MN Product Compliance and MIS/Network Manager Responsibilities included: · Compliance engineering of new products to FCC Part 15 Rules. · Local and Wide Area corporate networking utilizing Novell's NetWare product line. · Purchasing/leasing of personal computer systems and software. · Custom in-house programming in C, DataFlex, and BASIC. · Writing and editing of product documentation. Accomplishments: · Designed and installed nationwide multi-server Novell NetWare WAN. · Recommended changes to two product families to reduce defect rate from 2% to 0.4%. · Redesigned three products to ensure compliance with FCC Part 15 regulations. · Designed and coded multi-user service department database application. August 1982 - September 1986. Control Data Ltd. London, England Senior Customer Engineer September 1980 - August 1982. Control Data Ltd. London, England Apprentice Customer Engineer Education September 1980 - April 1982. Kingston College, Surrey, England. ·Graduated with TEC III Electronic Engineering Diploma