C. Alex. North-Keys
I have ten years of experience in leading small teams of programmers
into progressively more advanced academic projects, as well as acting
as the technical lead or one of several senior developers for various
commercial projects. I also have a somewhat longer history of problem
solving in the realms of Unix systems administration and user support.
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2016-2023
Software Engineer
Kershner Trading Group / CloudQuant
Software development and devops.
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2015-2016
Senior Software Developer
TRUECar Inc
Designing/implementing systems, APIs, and
processes; mentoring.
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2013-2015
Software Engineer
Solar Power Technologies Inc / Draker
Developed Python-based services and in-the-field
Linux devices.
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2012-2013
Senior Developer
CanWe Studios
One of a handful of early core developers for a
proximity-oriented professional introduction
engine.
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2011-2011
Senior Developer
Tippr
One of several senior members of the software
team behind Tippr, a grouped buying site and
collaboration nexus for publishers and merchants.
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2008-2010
Automation Framework Engineer
Volt / MessageOne / Dell
Software co-designer/developer (much of it in
Python) for a novel new regression test framework
for networks of virtual computers, a major
enhancement to multisite monitoring for a large,
customer-facing project, etc.
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2008-2008
Network Architect/Manager
Axirim
Network architect and network manager in a medium
security, defense-in-depth, high-redundancy,
predominantly Unix environment.
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2006-2008
Systems Architect
(confidential client)
Principal designer and implementor of a
globally-scoped, authenticating transaction
system for a company in pre-startup phase.
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2004-2007
Senior Systems Administrator
Isgenesis / ReCare / Catalis
Controlled mission-critical mixed architecture
network using LDAP, Kerberos, AFS, Shorewall, and
VOIP, as well as setting IT policy, running the
sysadmin team, documenting, and contributing to
numerous internal projects.
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2000-2003
Consulting Systems Analyst
Landmark Organization / FaulknerUSA
Network and systems administration, including
intercorporate switchovers of email, web, and
DNS.
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2001-2001
Embedded Systems Software Engineer
TippingPoint Technologies
Coimplementer of leading-edge router product,
focussing on embedded core and API.
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2000-2001
Network Architect / Team Lead
Netpliance
Team co-lead of sysadmins, network development,
development/coding of monitoring, documentation
of best practices.
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1998-2000
Senior Software Engineer / Writer
Tivoli Systems / IBM
Developed advanced training courses and scenarios
for prerelease Tivoli software.
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1991-2002
Director of Technical Instruction
Resource Development Academy
Course designer/ instructor in { unix, sh, C,
C++, OO concepts, HTML, ...} ranging in length
from 1 to 120 days, worked with ISDN and T1
connections, PC config, SCO, SunOS, Linux,
ecommerce), some Cisco, inhouse and contract
CGI/PERL programming, webdesign, and more.
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1994-1999
Unix Tools Specialist
Institut für Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin
GNU, package management with automatic search
path generation, X11's XCMSDB.
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1994-1997
Unix Systems Analyst
Origin Systems
SGI/IRIX admin, user environment
canonicalization, extensive website design and
integration with PERL 5 based CGI, GL, OpenGL,
widgets, XNTP, YP/NIS, m4, SSH, MIME, ATM on CAT5
and fiber, Samba, multiprocessing, VRML 1,
enterprise backups, data analysis, firewalls,
spatial simulation, window managers,
authentication, utility & messaging programming,
taught MIS, more.
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1990-1991
Systems Operator
General Electric Network for Information Exchange
Handling system crises during explosive userbase
expansion.
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1990-1990
Systems Analyst
Pencom, for IBM
Garnered some familiarity with AIX on RS/6000s,
AIX kernal programming,
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1989-1990
Assoc Systems Analyst
MCC / Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp
User environ canonicalization across multiple
shells, IRC, Frame, Emacs i18n via C & LISP,
Sun/Mac file/print sharing, TCP/IP in C++, X11
programming, postmaster, newsmaster, dnsmaster,
Unix/Amiga and Unix/PC integration, more.
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1988-1989
Systems Technician
MCC / Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp
Unix/SunOS admin, sh, sendmail, thick/thin
ethernet, sed, awk, routing, DNS, NFS, YP, Frame,
net analysis, backups, GNU, TCP/IP, more.
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1988-1988
Mathematics Tutor - Selected Topics in Advanced Mathematics
Algebra, topology, introductory calculus, and
other topics.
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1987-1988
Research Lab Asst
University of Texas at Austin Computation Center
User-level SunOS, csh, Suntools, X, FTP, telnet,
email, news, PostScript, vi, emacs, K&R C, user
support, security, some HPUX, more.
EDUCATION
- Texas Education Agency teaching approval for
computer systems administration, security,
networking, C programming, and Unix at the university level
- Hurricane Electric / Tunnelbroker IPv6 Certification
Sage
- Beginning Japanese at Austin Community College, GPA 4.0
- Lucent/Agere: PayloadPlus network processor chipset assembly programming
- Oracle: Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL
- Oracle: Enterprise DBA Part 1A
- Tivoli Top Gun (~200 class hours on Tivoli software deployments)
- Tivoli Framework certification
- Windows NT Administration
- BS - Computer Science and Mathematics, ~60 hours complete
College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
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