DAVID C.
MANCHESTER
860-739-6411
email: dredeyedick@sbcglobal.net
david.c.manchester@consultant.com
david.c.manchester@journalist.com
SYSTEM
INTEGRATOR & CONSULTANT
UNIX, HPUX,
AIX, LINUX,
ONSITE
AND REMOTE DESKTOP SUPPORT / HELP DESK
SUMMARY:
UNIX
System Administration,
OS:
Windows(all), HPUX, AIX, LINUX, other *nixes, VAX/VMS, VM/CMS, KSH, BASH
DB:
ORACLE, INFORMIX, MySQL, ACCESS
WEB:
TCP/IP, Javascript, HTML, CSS, telnet, ssh, ftp
ERP:
BPCS 5.x, 6.x (Unix and NT), i2 Rhythm Factory Planner
HW:
HP 9000, RS6000, Sparc 10, Unisys 5000, IBM
3090, x86 PC's, All serial terminals
GUIs:
All Microsoft, Xfree86, Redhat, SuSE WMs, AfterStep,
GNOME, KDE, etc.
REMOTE:VNC,
PPTP, VPN, CIPE, rsh, ssh, scp, sftp, PuTTy,
Pageant
EXPERIENCE
03-03 to
05-03 Web Site Design
East
Create basic CSS design for
Casablanca Wicker. http://www.casablancawicker.net/
11-02 to
03-03 Consultant IT Strategy
Architect and code Remote Backup
system (ksh)
System Administration and
Troubleshooting (AIX)
Remote Monitoring (What's Up Gold)
HelpDesk/Remote Desktop Support (VNC)
Intranet Design and implementation
(HTML, Javascript)
FTP site repository implementation
(networking, Linux)
10-99 to
present Self
Publisher,
Web Design and Writing
Publisher of eBlogazine
devoted to P2P file sharing, Music Industry reform, and First Amendment issues
in cyberspace.
OSOPINION
Columnist
for osOpinion, a technical and editorial IT web
publication. First column published
NEWSFACTOR NETWORK
Some
articles picked-up by E-Commerce Times, Tech Extreme, LinuxToday,
Technocrat.net, News Forge and others.
"david
Moved
Gallery from uconect.net to geocities.com:
http://geocities.datacellar.net/dredeyedick/
(click
on blue hand-forward for gallery thumbnails)
RHINO
Open
Source project to create a meta-Portal aggregation site for cookie-driven
accounts prior to advent of tabbed browsing. Later used as basis for intranet
resource center, and cdcp site.
Alpha
prototypes at:
http://dredeyedick.tripod.com/rhino/topf.htm
http://dredeyedick.tripod.com/cdcp/
FRACTAL EYE ARTICLE
"Intro.
to Pseudo-Spectral Fractal Micrography" - Wrote
article on Steganography (information hiding), Image,
Message, and Jam for the stillborn fractal e-zine,
The Fractal Eye. Article now at:
http://dredeyedick.tripod.com/fractaleye/dcm_stego01.htm
8-99 to
10-99 Recruiting Firm - Construction
Customer
Support-Dialup, Technical Advisor
Short project to change ISP's for 120
remote Users in fast growing Recruiting/Consultancy for specialized
Construction Trades. Lend insight on technical issues relating to vb/java/jscript intranet application.
(MS
IIS/SQL Server, IE 4.x, 5.x, NT 4.0, VB).
9-98 to
7-99 Sabbatical
Linux
Migration, Research Writing, International Relations
Migrate applications/systems to Unix
(Linux) for in-house use, install, configure Redhat
5.2,
compile
PPP into kernel, install Xfree86 server and AfterStep
window manager, install StarOffice suite and
WordPerfect 8. Prep system for Oracle 8i.
Assemble and write up draft results
from 25 year research project related to certain issues in
information
theory, physics, mathematics, linguistics and biology.
CHINESE DEMOCRACY EFFORT
Assist
in effort at democratic reform on the Chinese mainland, working with Sanching Lau, june4.org and the Hong Kong Alliance. Listed
on www.june4.org's individual endorsers' page still viewable at
http://web.archive.org/web/19990508213255/http://www.june4.org/endorser/indv.html
Added a special
section to gallery site devoted to democratic reform in
Created and still administer the
Virtual Democracy Wall for open discussion of democratic reform on the Chinese
mainland at
http://books.dreambook.com/vead/tiananmen.html
http://books.dreambook.com/vead/tiananmen2.html
Added multilanguage
translation in 2002, Radio Free China Newsfeed in
2003.
Best
viewed in Firefox, Mozilla
or Opera.
ERP
DATABASE MIGRATION
6-97 to
9-98 P. F. Laboratories and Purdue-Pharma
Project
Manager: BPCS Data Migration
Unix
System Administrator (HP-UX)
Spearhead firm’s project to migrate
data and applications from a BPCS V5.2 (Informix) database to BPCS 6.2 (Oracle)
under HP Unix
Manage Unix system administration and
configuration issues on production server.
Assess various Client IT strategies
for potential technical and timeline impact on the manufacturing migration.
Advise on implementing the migration
between HP-9000 (HPUX v10.2) servers.
Write Client Installation Plan for
BPCS v6.2
Create custom shell scripts for a
unique BPCS installation. Debug shell scripts to generate data migration and
load sql scripts. Manually load exceptional data.
Coordinate the work of SSA Technical
team, MRP consultants, and the client’s logistics and IT staff to ensure adherance to stated project timelines.
Broker numerous BPCS Client, Server,
and database issues with SSA (the vendor), and see them through to resolution.
Work out various
BPCS-Informix-Oracle-Unix technical migration issues throughout the migration
project lifecycle.
Advise, instruct, and guide Purdue IT
in execution of data migration and cutover to the new system over the go-Live
weekend.
Wrote BPCS Technical Operations
Manual for IT Operations Department (This is now used as a
consultant’s tool by SSA, BPCS’ Vendor.)
Write Server Installation Plan for
BPCS v6. (HPUX, Oracle)
Install and configure BPCS server and
client software, patches, and upgrades.
Advise on technical andprototyping issues related to planned migration to BPCS
v6.0.04
Install and configure WRQ
Reflections-X.
Help IT do workstation survey to
determine upgrade requirements for BPCS v6, Win95 to NT rollout.
Install and configure i2 Rhythm
Factory Planner HP-UX server and client software.
Installed and configured Reflection-2
terminal emulator, Reflection-X Xserver, and FTP.
11-96 to
5-97 DCM Web Images
East
Web
Administrator/Designer
Implemented and administered a series
of innovative websites, some of which served as testbed
for dynamic framesets and gif animation (http://yahoo.geocities.com/dredeyedick/
).
7-96 to
10-96
HP-UX
System Administrator
BPCS ERP
System Specialist
Manage applications and database
server for BPCS ERP project at U.S. Surgical as on-site representative for SSA.
Troubleshoot issues arising from
weekly beta-code BPCS installations and ongoing software development project.
Serve as primary contact point for
system troubleshooting issues on a daily basis. Support BPCS users by
coordinating support from SSA staff. Research various performance issues.
Confer with SSA staff on problem resolution. Track bug resolution.
Set up NFS links to US Surgical's additional storage space on network to
accommodate SSA development effort (v.6.0c).
Install BPCS utilities and scripts,
including various tools to support conversion of AS 400
source
to compilable ANSI-C source for HPUX.
Write US Surgical CHP System
Administration Guide describing management of multiple BPCS versions, print
queue setup, user account management, and file system layout.
Set up and maintain symbolic links to
Oracle installation.
Manage disk space and assist in new
version installations for multiple BPCS versions (6.0d, 6.0.01, 6.0c).
Create local scripts for daily system
management tasks and scripts for SAR reporting that monitor CPU activity of
BPCS software.
Create HP-UX XSAR and XXSAR commands.
Set up cron
jobs for scheduled backup.
Install HP ANSI-C compiler.
Install and configure HP Jet Direct
for network print queues and print server.
Install and configure Xyplex MAX server 1450.
Set up print queues
(HP-9000
800 Series K210, HP-UX 10, SSA BPCS, Oracle 7)
WIRELESS
PEN/TABLET PC ARCHITECT
10-93 to
03-96 Madrigal Development Company
East
Technical Designer
Develop and support sales and
marketing of wireless, networked, pen-enabled workstations integrating
cellular, rf-lan links, voice and pen components for
the
Convalescent Home industry.
Design pilot project for an 80 bed
nursing unit.
(GO/EO
PenPoint OS, EO-880 and EO-440, Novell
Netware3.2/4.1, Win95 and 3.11, Powerbuilder. Dauphin
DTR-1, PenDOS, OS/2/Pen Services, CIC Handwriter, PenOp for Digital
Signature Authentication)
INSTRUCTOR
- NETWORKING
5/1994 -
5/1994 Rensallier Polytechnic Institute at Hartford
Graduate Center-Avery Point
Instructor
- Seminar Leader
Conduct intensive 2 day seminar on
basic network technology using HGC-prepared materials. Topics:
SNA, Ethernet, Token-Ring
OSI network layer model
TCP/IP
DNS Basics in a Unix and Window
environment
Basic TCP installation issues in an
Ethernet environment
Discuss networking issues as applied
to the organisation
NETWORK
IMPLEMENTATION
6-93 to
10-93 Credit Management Company,
Network
Administrator
Install server/client TCP/IP Network
for FTP PC/TCP on clients.
(TCP/IP
Network on RISC 6000 AIX V.3.2 system server. PC/TCP on clients)
Upgrade PCs.
2-93 to
6-93 Consulting Firm
HP-UX
Systems Administrator
Troubleshoot Client Installations.
Maintain INFORMIX Server with both
ONLINE/SE and multiple client databases and applications.
Perform daily system administration
functions (backups, disk usage, accounting, security, etc.)
Setup user accounts, conduct User
Training.
Maintain TCP-IP LAN. Ensure NFS disks
mounted.
Install/configure serial terminals
and PC clients.
Maintain continuous modem availability
for a staff of 14-18 users.
Administer busy VAR-oriented UUCP
traffic. Install OS/2, ORACLE with CASE Dictionary, Generator, and Tools.
Install and configure PC/TCP,
Windows, HP-XVision, and PowerBuilder.
Install and program terminals,
printers, modems and PC-Xstations on HP-9000, SPARC-10, Unisys 5000, and
RISC-6000 networked (TCP-IP) platforms.
6-91 to
9-91 INTERMEC and UNIPLEX VAR (Value Added Reseller)
Unix
Systems Administrator
Create shell scripts for common
DOS-like commands for management.
Install ORACLE 6 on INTERACTIVE UNIX
(SVR3).
Reconfigure and recompile Uniplex
ring menus and Help Screens for VT220's.
Wrote user manual for PE/NELSON
SQL-LIMS bar code product.
12-88 to
8-89 Day Data Systems,
Systems
Integrator (2 engagements)
DUPONT-DAY
ENGINEERING:
Systems
Integrator and Application Troubleshooter
Troubleshoot Labor Cost System;
Build workstations & train cost
estimating Group (15);
Create common user environment;
Upgrade COMPAQ workstations to VAX.
Wrote DATATRIEVE procedures to
convert alumni, student and gift records for import to new system. (Information
Associates IA-ADS, IA-SIS, MicroVAX-II, VMS-DCL, DATATRIEVE)
3-88 to
7-88, IVEYS DEPARTMENT STORES
VM
Interprocess Communication Specialist
Created SQL/DS Personnel Application
(IBM 3090, SQL/DS, AS, QMF)
1-80 to
12-88 DCM Consulting
Supported programming,
implementation, tech writing, training, user support, and ORACLE database
services to PFIZER, Westinghouse Nuclear, and small businesses.
Technical Writer of Pfizer's:
LAB DATA REVIEW SYSTEM (LDRS) MANUAL
ADVERSE DRUG EFFECT REPORTING SYSTEM
(ADRS) TECHNICAL MANUAL
LAB DATA REVIEW SYSTEM PROGRAMMERS'
CONVERSION GUIDE.
DBA Support Services for conversion
to distributed ORACLE database on VAX-cluster.
Wrote FORTRAN programs for LDRS
Created ORACLE-based PAYMENTS system
Wrote nonprivileged-User sql scripts
to execute remote DBA-privileged logon to Oracle for strictly delimited database
updates under VMS.
(RSTS/E,
VAX VMS, VM/CMS, CP/M, PC-DOS, FORTRAN, PASCAL, C, ORACLE, and others.)
DAVID C. MANCHESTER
860-739-6411
email:
dredeyedick@sbcglobal.net
david.c.manchester@consultant.com
david.c.manchester@journalist.com
