Michael Hale
524 Lee Street · Holly Springs, NC 27540 · 919.961.7171 · mikehale@gmail.com
Experienced system administrator and software developer with a passion for open source software and excellent creative problem solving skills based on 9 years of cross-platform administration, 9 years of OO application development with various languages and 13 years of website development. Proven capability to organize projects, learn quickly and see the “right answer” for the problem at hand.
Selected Work Achievements
System Administration
As a system administrator in challenging, often chaotic consulting environments for companies ranging from small startups to the Fortune 500, I:
· Designed, configured and maintained the mixed MS/Linux network (file servers, firewalls, wireless, etc.) for a software development company with up to 10 mobile software developers at client sites;
· Completely retooled the C/C++ build process for the IPsec appliance of a networking products startup, to reduce build time from 1-2 hours to 5-10 minutes;
· Organized and implemented a VPN-accessible Samba system and phone network for a healthcare startup with 10 employees in the field, and provided on-call tech support for the entire workforce;
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What you’re getting: |
A system administrator who can learn quickly, recommend solutions, and add value to your business, not just play with technology. I can add those skills to your team right away. |
Creative Problem Solving
As a system administrator, Extreme Programming software developer and website developer, I:
· Provided strategic technical analysis for a Debian Linux-based SSL-VPN appliance product offering produced by developers in India for an RTP networking startup;
· Developed an automated Ruby on Rails server configuration procedure based on custom tools I created to work with the chef configuration library (http://www.github.com/mikehale/drive-thru);
· Implemented an innovative release procedure for a Christian publishing company to speed up deployment and increase accuracy (using Ant scripts to automate previously manual procedures and reduce deployment time);
· Designed and developed the Java back end and browser front end for a Christian publisher’s website;
· Used Python and TurboGears to build an app that enables a user to manage Subversion access files;
· Actively contributed to the open source Java on Sails project, including designing and implementing the HTTP download component using the Java Servlet API, and automating project builds with Ant, Maven, and Continuum.
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What you’re getting: |
A system administrator with proven coding skills who can innovate to help your team become more agile, while reducing your costs through automation. |
Technical Skills
Operating Systems — Linux (Debian, Ubuntu), OS X (Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Snow Leopard), Windows (NT, XP)
Network Services — DNS, Samba, OpenVPN
Programming Languages — Java J2SE/J2EE, Ruby/Ruby on Rails, JavaScript/AJAX, Python, PHP, Perl 5, ASP.Net, C#
Tools — Continuous Build Tools (Continuum, AntHill, CruiseControl), Automation Tools (Chef, Rake, Capistrano, Ant), Testing Tools (Cucumber, test/unit, JUnit, HttpUnit, JSUnit), Version Control Systems (Git, Subversion, CVS, ClearCase), Databases (MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server)
Employment History
Software Developer/System Administrator, Hale The Geek, LLC. Holly Springs, NC (02/2005 - Present)
Linux Expert, Buildmeister, CipherOptics, Inc., Raleigh, NC (10/2003 – 02/2005)
Software Developer/Webmaster/System Administrator, RoleModel Software, Inc. (07/2000 – 10/2003)
Webmaster, Aaims Property Management, Fayetteville, NC (06/1996 – 10/2001)
Education
A.S. in Computer Programming (with Honors), Fayetteville Technical Community College (2001)
RoleModel Software Apprenticeship (2000-2003)