CHANGAMIRE KAMAU ANDERSON 5811 Cherrywood Lane #202 Greenbelt, MD 20770 (301) 486-1014 https://www.imappl.org/~changa changa@scs.howard.edu CAREER OBJECTIVE To attain a high-level position in the computer industry that allows me to gain experience and proficiency in the system administration, web design, networking, and/or graphical arts aspects of the field. COMPUTER SKILLS * Successfully completed a Cisco-certified course, Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration. * Successfully completed two Sun-certified courses, Workgroup Product Training and Enterprise Product Training. * Operating Systems: Various types of Unix (including SunOS/Solaris, Dynix, AIX, Irix, Ultrix, Digital Unix, HP-UX, and Linux), Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 3.1, MS-DOS, and MacOS. * Languages: C, C++, Pascal, BASIC, Unix Shell, HTML, Basic JAVA, Javascript, & Perl Programming. * Typing: 60 wpm. EDUCATION * 8/93 to 5/98: Howard University School of Engineering, Department of Systems and Computer Science. Bachelor of Science in Systems & Computer Science, May 9, 1998. * 9/89 to 6/93: Benjamin Banneker Academic Senior High School. College preparatory program (included honors courses in algebra/trigonometry, geometry, and precalculus). Class Rank: 8th out of 82 students. WORK HISTORY * 2/98 to present: Collective Technologies; Reston, VA. Associate Consultant: Work as a UNIX Systems Administrator for various clients. Worked at Freddie Mac in a primarily Solaris and AIX environment maintaining a NIS database within a NFS environment, performing account maintenance, and performing systems analysis. Worked for Sequent at NASD as a systems administrator for approximately 15 Sequent servers running Dynix. Duties included monitoring/tuning overall system and application (Oracle, Tuxedo, Maestro, Alexandria backup, SVM and more) performance, creating shell scripts to simplify/automate system administration tasks such as system monitoring, solving Vantive START (help desk system) cases, and various other system administration tasks. Worked at Community of Science as the sole administrator for 3 DEC Alpha servers (in a cluster configuration using RAID, Volume Manager, ADVFS, Storage Works, and more) and 2 workstations running Digital Unix 4.0. The environment was primarily web and database services with other Unix services as well. * 3/96 to present: Automation Research Systems, Limited; Alexandria, VA. Webmaster/System Analyst: Maintain multiple web sites for ARS clients and involved in all phases of web development (including graphical, programming, design/layout, and HTML aspects). Other duties include maintaining a LAN of approximately 6 computers (running Windows 95, Linux, and Sun Solaris), Cisco 2500 Series Routers, and a modem bank, creating user accounts, configuring and maintaining DNS, E-mail, and Web Servers, and various other webmaster/system administration tasks. Also served as a Lotus Notes Administrator/Developer for various clients. * 9/96 to 2/98: CRESPAR, Howard University; Washington, DC. System Administrator: Implemented and maintained Local Area Network on approximately 15 Personal Computers running Windows 95 and one running Linux. Installed and maintained CRESPAR E-mail and World Wide Web Servers. Solved various computer-related problems and developed the CRESPAR Web Site. * 1/96 to 1/97: The Dreamality Group, Inc.; Washington, D.C. Vice President of Technical Services: Led a team that handled all technical aspects involved in the creation of web sites. Involved in the technical and graphical development of WWW Pages for various businesses and organizations. * Summer 1996: NASA Headquarters; Washington, D.C. Summer Intern: Assisted in configuring Majordomo (a Unix e-mail mailing list programs) and taught list owners how to use and maintain their lists. Wrote and assisted in writing various Unix shell scripts to ease work load of system administrators and learned how to conduct Unix tape backups among other system administration duties. * 1/95 to 4/97: CLDC, Howard University; Washington, DC. Computer Lab Operator: Responsibilities included assisting 7000+ users with various computer problems, creating accounts, installing hardware and software on a network of DECstation 5000's running Ultrix and Digital Unix, PC's running Windows 95, NT, and Linux, and other computer-related duties.