Joey Kelly
Linux Consultant
324 Codifer Boulevard #9, Metairie
New Orleans, Louisiana 70005 USA
504-239-6550
joey@joeykelly.net

Experience

• Position: Owner
• Duties: Founded company offering Linux and VoIP consulting services in South Louisiana and to the web community at large.
• Projects: Advised multistate real estate company in reevaluaton and restructuring WAN-based data and voice services offered to agents and office personnel. Currently managing data and voice (Asterisk running on Linux) network for 5-location urgent care facility.

• Position: Linux System Administrator
• Duties: Contracted to Shell Exploration and Production, serving as UNIX / Linux desktop support team member.
• Projects: UNIX (Sun Solaris) to Linux (Red Hat) desktop migration project. Various Perl system administration projects.

• Position: Relief Support Technician
• Duties: Fielded incoming phone calls from DSL and dialup customers during weekend and holiday shifts. Assisted users with random connectivity and service issues. Insured server uptime and took appropriate actions during unplanned outages.
• Projects: None.

• Position: Volunteer Network Administrator
• Duties: Participated in policy- and decision-making process for alternative democratic namespace. Maintained DNS server and web directory for domain holders.
• Projects: Set up web directory for OpenNic namespace domain holders. Set up and administered tier-2 nameserver (BIND running on Linux), answering DNS queries from thousands of users in USA.
  

• Position: Assistant Network Administrator
• Duties: Performed first-level user and PC hardware support (Win2k and Novell). Maintained user accounts in Windows 2000 and Novell. Administered several Linux servers.
• Projects: Set up squid web cache and firewall on linux server. Migrated file server from Windows to Linux using samba. Tested mail gateway and spam filtering systems. Evaluated VPN products. Made recommendations for WAN connectivity solutions to remote offices. Set up wikiweb for network documentation project. Installed shelving and relocated servers into new server room. Set up and monitored web monitoring software and set up access control lists for web usage as part of firm Internet usage policy enforcement. Interfaced with bandwidth providers and networking hardware subcontractors. Installed and configured wireless networking gear, along with wireless network security monitoring software.
  

• Position: Volunteer "Expert" (Help Desk Technician)
• Duties: Answered user questions in the "Linux", "Internet Security" and "Network Security" web forums.
• Projects: None.
  

• Position: Part-time Network and System Administrator
• Duties: Performed day-to-day server maintenance and support for Windows and Linux workstations. Performed remote administration tasks. Provided support to users and programmers.
• Projects: Installed and configured Linux server providing web, email, DNS, VPN , and database services, and Linux router/firewall for network access and site security.
  

• Position: Cable Modem Installer
• Duties: Residential installation of HSD (high-speed data), under contract with Cox Communications.
• Projects: Installed and configured router/firewall and existing switch in a local office building, as part of a team effort to provide internet access for several suites.
  

• Position: Support Technician
• Duties: Worked as part of phone support team; responded to and rectified customer's dial-up and related difficulties.
• Projects: Assisted network administrator on various tasks. Performed maintenance on corporate office PC workstations.

• Position: Network and System Administrator, Sales Representative
• Duties: Split between providing comprehensive computer support for local electrical/lighting supply house and working as an outside sales representative.
• Projects: Designed and built small LAN for the company, upgraded existing computer equipment and installed new workstations. Maintained all computer equipment. Took initiative in using my PC and sales skills to develop and deploy a line of custom-built PCs that were marketed to new and existing customers. Deployed and maintained web and e-commerce presence for the company.

• Position: VCR and Audio Technician
• Duties: Troubleshooting and repair of video and audio equipment, to component level.
• Projects: Designed and built replacement remote-control system for mobile video setup for West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office.

Technical Expertise

• Operating Systems: Linux (Red Hat, CentOS, Novell, SuSE, Debian, Slackware, Mandrake, Mandriva), BSD (FreeBSD, NetBSD), UNIX (Solaris), Windows (2003, XP, 2000, NT, 98, 95, 3.1), DOS, OS/2, Cisco IOS
• Languages: Perl, PHP, SQL (MySQL), HTML, UNIX shell scripting (Bash), Pascal, Fortran
• Protocols: TCP/IP
• Services: LAN & WAN networking, web, mail, DNS, firewalling, computer security, VPN, Linux-based Asterisk VoIP

• Component-level troubleshooting
• Knowledge of video and audio circuitry
• Knowledge of electro-mechanical systems

Education

Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge (1981-1988)

• Major: Electrical Engineering
• Course Work: Electronics, structured computer programming languages, physics, chemistry, high-level mathematics, and related studies
• Class Standing: Senior
• Degree: Not yet attained

Organizations

• Louisiana Technology Council: Member
• New Orleans Linux User's Group: Member, lecturer and de-facto leader
• Internet Engineering Task Force: Calendaring and Scheduling Standards Simplification (calsify), WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning (webdav), and LDAP (v3) Revision (ldapbis) working groups member
• USENIX: Member
• Sage: Member
• Jefferson Amateur Radio Club: Member and Technician Class ham license holder (WD5AJK)