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Daniel W. Barowy
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Education:

Metropolitan College at Boston University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, expected Fall 2009

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies and Philosophy (double major), Spring 2002
GPA: 3.817

Jan 02 2007 to Present
Network Engineer
Bedford / St. Martin's, Boston, MA

Network design, including {Xsan, StorNext} SANs
Intranet application development using PHP and Perl.
Network services: security, planning, implementation, disaster recovery, and troubleshooting.
Server administration (OpenBSD, {CentOS, Gentoo} Linux, Win2003, and MacOS X Server).

Jan 03 2005 to Present
Network Administrator
Bedford / St. Martin's, Boston, MA

Desktop & and server administration/backup (NT4-WinXP, OpenBSD, and MacOS X Client/Server).

Jan 12 2004 to Dec 31 2004
Technical Support Analyst
Bedford / St. Martin's, Boston, MA

WAN and LAN network & server administration with NT4/Win2k, OpenBSD, and MacOS X Server.
Desktop support for approximately 100 users in a mixed Win/Mac environment

Sep 07 2001 to Mar 14 2003
Marketing Assistant
UMass Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA

Assistant Editor for Spotlight Magazine; wrote and proofread Fine Arts Center press releases.
Web-design and maintenance, Centerwide and Center Series
Design, maintenance, and data-mining of several large (15,000+ records) databases (Access).
Assisted in organizing annual Gala fundraiser, trade show/event marketing displays, and other events.

Winter 2002 - 2003
Technical Proofreader (Volunteer)
GNU Press, Free Software Foundation, Cambridge, MA

Assisted in editing the GNU Radius Manual, printed Fall 2003, published by the GNU Press.

Aug 2001
Logistics Staffmember
Apple Computer, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Assisted in coordinating the delivery, setup, and troubleshooting of Macintosh computer systems for the Apple Education Conference in Cambridge, MA

May 14 2000 to May 14 2001
General Manager
WMUA 91.1 FM, Amherst, MA (non-profit student and community radio)

Wrote or rewrote nearly all of WMUA's internal documentation, including the development of on-air training texts, a policy and procedures handbook, and extensive member-grievance guidelines.
Taught basic air-clearance classes and advanced studio production classes.
Implemented records-keeping databases for Personnel Records, Music Library and Underwriting (FileMaker Pro)
Supervised administrative and on-air staffs
Maintained all office computers and servers

June 2000 to May 26 2001
Computer Specialist
UMass Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA

October 1999 to May 14 2000
Visual Media Director
WMUA 91.1 FM, Amherst, MA (non-profit student and community radio)

Worked closely with the Publicity Department to produce all advertising and promotional materials for the station
Created and managed website (http://wmua.org)
Designed all publicity for the 2000 and 2001 Magic Triangle Concert Series

WMUA 91.1 FM Amherst Studio production and air-clearance instructor from 1999 to 2002.

Desktop environments: Knowledge of Windows, MacOS X and Classic, GNOME, KDE, and some environments of lesser notoriety.
OS experience: In-depth knowledge of UNIX-like operating systems, particularly OpenBSD, Linux, and MacOS X. Professional admin experience with NT4, Win2k Server, and OpenBSD. Some Digital UNIX experience. Experience with UltraBac backup software for Windows, BRU and Retrospect for MacOS, and some ARCServeIT for NetWare.
Programming/Markup knowledge: Programming in PHP with SQL databases (MySQL, ADOdb abstraction library). Enough Perl to get by. C and C++ (preferably on UNIX with GCC, but also Visual Studio). IA-32 assembly using MASM. Lots of practical experience with UNIX shell scripting and AutoIt! scripting for Windows. Extensive experience with HTML4, CSS 1 & 2, and XHTML. Some experience with Texinfo and LaTeX.
Database experience: Design and DBA with MySQL and Access. Some experience designing and converting [away] from FileMaker Pro databases.
Network experience: Maintenance of a corporate LAN with WAN links (T1, frame relay, fiber), wide-area Windows NT/AD domain administration, Checkpoint/Nokia firewalls, and OpenBSD's packet filter. Plenty of experience with anti-spam software like SpamAssassin, Amavisd-new, and OpenBSD's spamd. Postfix and Exchange 5/2003 integration. Experience building a hybrid Xsan/StorNext network.