Greg Nokes
Over 15 years of progressive experience in Information Technology.
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Skills: | Computer Engineering, Copy Writing, Editing, Engineering, HTML / CSS, Rails, Software Engineering, System Administration, Unix, Web design, Web Development, Writing |
| Interested in: | Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
FULL BIO
Over 15 years of progressive experience in Information Technology to include: WAN and LAN support, design and implementation, core Network Operating Systems, Groupware systems, Database systems, switches, routing protocols and Terminal services. Extensive
experience with TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BootP, IPX, NDS, Domains and Active Directory, Exchange, ZENWorks, cc:Mail, GroupWise, NetWare 3.x to 6.5, BorderManager, RedHat Linux, SuSE Linux, Debian Linux, Ubuntu Linux, ArchLinux, OS X, Apache, Lighttpd, MySQL,
Samba, NetFilter and IPTables, MS Proxy Server, MS SQL Server, Bash Programming, Web and Web 2.0 development.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Blue Box Group |
| Position: | Lead Sales Engineer |
| Time period: | September 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Help customers with custom hosting solutions. |
| Employer: | Engine Yard |
| Position: | Account Manager and Lead Account Manager |
| Time period: | May 2008 - July 2009 |
| Description: | • Provide excellent technical and business support to Engine Yard customers including
scaling advice, technology advice and application performance reviews. • Acted as a intermediary between support and customers and sales and support, setting expectations and providing project management • “First” Account Manger, set roles and responsibilities for all account managers • Worked closely with sales team to provide pre-sales technical support and advice to customers • Actively worked to improve customer satisfaction. |
| Employer: | Apogen Technologies |
| Position: | Team Lead |
| Time period: | January 2007 - December 2008 |
| Description: | • Contracted for Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection,
Office of Information Technology. • Managed a dispersed team of 9 Senior Network Administrators and Network Administrators across 6 states. • Provides technical guidance, process guidance and direct supervision of team • Duties and responsibilities as a Sr. Network Administrator |
| Employer: | Apogen Technologies |
| Position: | Sr. Network Administrator |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2007 |
| Description: | • Contracted for Department of Homeland Security, and US Border Patrol
• Provide Project Management, troubleshooting of complex technical issues, Help Desk services including call tracking and management, planning and design for the area • Designed and implemented 3 Intranet portals using PHP, Apache and Linux • Designed, coded and implemented 3 vertical N-Tier database applications using MySQL and Ruby on Rails. • Assisted in design of new Data Center, including specifications for cooling, power distribution and protection, cable management and physical security • Migrated existing Data Center to new Data Center. Moved existing racks, servers, etc. • Designed and implemented many network monitoring tools using Bash, PHP, Ruby and Apache • Maintain a DHS Security Clearance |
| Employer: | Northrop Grumman and Getronics |
| Position: | Network Administrator |
| Time period: | January 2000 - December 2003 |
| Description: | • Contracted for Department of Homeland Security, INS, and ICE
• Oversaw Information Technology operations for one sub-office and 7 Ports of Entry • Assisted Computer Specialist at Spokane Border Patrol Sector with server and WAN issues, including Sector Headquarters and 8 Border Patrol Stations • Provided Project Management, troubleshooting of complex technical issues, Help Desk services including call tracking and management, Planning and Design for the area • Directly oversaw 3 cc:Mail post offices, 4 NetWare 4.2 servers, 5 Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers, the local NDS and Active Directory trees, and over 100 workstations • Provided second level support for 9 cc:Mail Post Offices and 11 NetWare 4.2 and Windows 2000 servers in a standalone NDS tree |
| Employer: | Windstar Group Inc |
| Position: | Technical Consultant |
| Time period: | January 1998 - December 2000 |
| Description: | • Provided technical consultation to companies up to 700 employees and 20 sites
• Participated in Exchange planning and design and roll outs for large companies • Worked in a consultative role to assist in planning, implementing and troubleshooting network services in Novell, NT, Citrix and heterogeneous wide, campus and metro area network • Assisted with complex technology implementations, project management and troubleshooting |
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Joyent
Joyent is dedicated to the singular mission that developers should be able to start at a small scale and flex to a global scale with minimal friction.
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Engine Yard
Engine Yard provides infrastructure services and support to allow clients to scale their Ruby on Rails applications quickly and effortlessly
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