CURRICULUM VITAE

John Cullen
71 Paterson Street Mount Maunganui PH: 07 575 4143 Mob; 027 276 4523

Summary of Skills:
y UNIX Skills - 18 years experience in UNIX system administration on ICL, Sun, HP, SGI, Linux on Intel hardware platforms, and IBM AIX systems Network Management - Installation, configuration and management of LAN and WAN systems with DECnet, TCP/IP, IPX, and Lan Manager protocols with Windows, UNIX, text-terminal, and X-terminal hosts/clients.. Data Base - Installation, and system configuration of Oracle, Ingres, Sybase, and Informix data bases on various UNIX platforms. MySql at home and polytech. PC Skills - Support and maintenance of PC,s running Windows applications. Unix to windows NT interfacing. Analysis/Programming - C programming in UNIX and DOS environments. Obtained NCC Certificate in Systems Analysis and Design in England. Development/Planning - Involved in recommendation design, and installation of several new I.T systems. Systems Analysis Fault and problem analysis on various new and existing systems. Migration of existing systems to later model hardware platforms. Telecommunications Build and installation of telephone exchange equipment. Repair of telecom equipment at circuit board level Interfacing external supplier equipment to telephone exchange systems.

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FURTHER EDUCATION:
Graduate Diploma in Computing Level 7 Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Feb 2010 Dec 2010 Class BCS6420 Internet and Website Development -Passed BCS6421 GUI Programming -Passed BCS6423 Database Design and Development -Passed BCS7422 Multimedia Apllication Development -Passed BCS7400 Computer Systems Security -Passed BCS7414 Business Systems Analysis -Passed BCS7421 Advanced Program Development -Passed BCS7403 Operating Systems Internals -Passed Skills Java programming, .net C# programming, Linux kernel build, PHP, Java Script, MySql database, Oracle database, SQL, PLSQL, Web development, HTML, Java server faces,Java struts and tiles, CSS.

EMPLOYMENT:
Electrical Technicain Pacific Pine Chemicals Mar 2009 Oct 2009 - Installation of electrical equipment, switchboards, motors etc. - Installation of plant and steel work. UNIX Systems Administrator EDS NZ Dec 2000 Nov 2008 - Administration, Installation, and migration of SUN (Solaris)and IBM (AIX) system - Design and build of various Systems for the Telecom contract. - Upgrade of solaris systems for Auckland District Health Board. - Shell scripting of various system monitoring tools. - Build and development assistance with Interactive Voice over IP system's for Telecom. Acheivements: Successful migration of voice over IP onto AIX platforms Migration of bill retrieval system with optical disk juke box onto IBM SP systems. Migration of enterprise backup system to TSM backup architecture. Payphone billing system migration including modems onto new IBM Hardware platform.

Telecom Technician Downer Connect Ltd Sept 2000 Dec 2000 - Installing ADSL and multiplex equipment into Telecom exchanges in Rotorua and Kawerau.

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Unix Systems Administrator Jul. 1997 Sep 2000 Carter Holt Harvey(Forests)

- Installation, setup and administration of SUN E4000 and E450 servers running Solaris, for production and test Ingres databases and GIS systems (ArcInfo). - Shell scripting of administration and DBA tools. - Ingres database administration. - Setup and administration of DNS servers. - Administration of CHRIS payroll system on IBM AIX system. - Administration of Supply Chain Planning system using Oracle database on IBM AIX system. - Setup of Linux systems for file and email transfer from outside contractors, and providing email access for Xterminal users.. - LAN administration of TCP/IP network.

Acheivements: Migration of GIS and Database systems from older HP system onto New Solaris systems. Configure and setup of Xterminals for GIS system.

Systems Administrator Trustees Executors Mar. 1997 - Jul. 1997 - Support of financial applications running Oracle RDBMS on IBM RS6000 UNIX platform with NT Workstation clients. - Support of financial systems running on NT Server.

Systems Administrator Forestry Corporation of New Zealand. Nov.1995 - Dec. 1997 - Administration and support of Genamap GIS systems on Digital Workstations and Alpha platforms running Ultrix and Digital OSF UNIX. - Administration and support of Digital Alpha systems running RDB on VMS. - Interfacing Linux Xwindows to VMS. - Second line support of Digital PC severs running VMS. - As required support of networked printers terminals and PC's with TCP/IP, Lat, and DECnet protocols.

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- Setup and administration of Linux system for external uucp file transfer and sharing onto internal NT systems.

Systems Administrator Tasman Forestry Dec.1993 - Oct. 1995 - Installation and Support of 9 Silicon Graphics UNIX servers on LAN and WAN networks with over 200 users using text based and Xwindows Terminals. - Installation and support of Silicon Graphics UNIX servers running Arc Info GIS systems. - Installation and support of Sybase RDBMS on SGI UNIX platforms. - Assisted in specification and installation of LAN and WAN network. - Secondary support of Novel 4.1 servers on LAN and WAN networks. - Writing and support of shell scripts for backup and other administration tasks on all UNIX machines. - Installation, configuration and support of Terminal and print servers. - Installation, support, and maintenance of PC,s on above network. - Upgrade of memory, hard disk, and CPU requirements on SGI UNIX servers

Systems Engineer/Programmer Arete Software Ltd (England) Oct. 1990 - Nov. 1993 - Design, planning and building of hardware and software configurations on DOS and UNIX based computer systems for both internal software development work and customers. - Design installation and support of computer Networks containing UNIX, DOS, OS/2, and Novel Netware operating systems using TCP/IP, Novel, and LAN Manager protocols. - Design and coding of PC based text retrieval system using Turbo C and Microsoft C, for CD-ROM based applications. - Design and coding of DBase III to ICL Officepower data conversion program, using C in both DOS and UNIX environments. - Writing, Setting up, and testing of printer drivers for ICL Officepower, leading to development of software to export and import individual printer drivers and fonts. - System Administration of ICL DRS 3000, DRS 6000 and SCO UNIX based computer systems. - Installation and administration of Oracle, Ingress, Informix, and Recital data base systems.

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- Installation and support of Microsoft Windows and applications ( Word, Excel, Ventura Publisher, Corel Draw, and other windows software). Software Engineering Course Control Data Training Ltd. June 1990 - Oct. 1990 - Covering Databases, Programming in C, DOS and UNIX operating systems, Software analysis and design.

Service Engineer Telecommunications Systems Ltd (England) Aug. 1989 - June 1990 - Programming, testing, installation and servicing to component level of various digital voice announcing systems. - Programming at EPROM level for Z80 Microprocessor based announcing systems. - Design of digital electronic circuits for testing and fault finding on above systems. Technician Audio Visual Services Ltd Dec. 1988 - May 1989 - Installation of car audio systems and servicing of consumer electronic equipment.

Owner Operator Oct. 1987 - Dec. 1988 - Retail, rental, and service of televisions, video recorders and audio equipment with shops in Tauranga and Rotorua.

Telephone Technician NZ Telecom 1976 - April 1986 - Maintenance and installation of electromechanical and electronic telecommunications equipment. - Installation and maintenance of Digital PBX systems. - Stored Programme Control telephone exchanges. - NEC Main Exchange telephone switching systems. - G.E.C and S.T.C PBX equipment. - Digital electronics and Microprocessor programming (Z80 and 8086 processors).

Trainee Telephone Technician. NZ Telecom

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Dec. 1973 - 1976

TRAINING
NCC Certificate in Systems Analysis and Design. (England). 1990 Software Engineering Course Control Data Training Ltd. Databases, Programming in C, DOS and UNIX operating systems, Software analysis and design.

. 1991.

Learning Tree International Ltd -C Advanced Programming Techniques and Data Structures.. ICL Training Ltd NCC Systems Analysis and Design. Gained the NCC Certificate in Systems Analysis and Design. UNIX System V Release 4 Foundation. UNIX System V Release 4 Advanced Utilities. ICL Communications and Networking. DRS 3000 to 6000 Conversion. Officepower Foundation. Basic Communications Skills. Advanced C Programming Under UNIX V.4. Introduction to X25. Officepower Network Administration. Ingress Overview. Officepower Systems Administration. Officepower Installation Ver 6.5. Ingress Foundation and SQL. Supporting OS/2 LAN Manager. Systems Administration and Support of DRS3000. Effective Techniques for Assertiveness. Introduction to Network Terminology and Concepts. Mastering Network Technology. Networking ICL End Systems. Sybase Database Administration.

1992.

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1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1997 1997 1999 2001 2006 May 2006 Oct 2008 Sept 2009 2010

Open VMS System Network Management I. Open VMS System Network Management II. Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies. Introduction to Oracle SQL, SQL*PLUS and PL/SQL. Installing and configuring windows 95 Adminstrating Windows NT 4.0 Solaris 2.X Network Administration. Solaris System Performance Management. Sun Ultra Enterprise 10000 Administration ES-311 Veritas Volume Manager 4.1 Administration SA-399 Network Administration for Solaris 9 System Admin for Solaris 10 Part 2 (SA-2020-S10) Electrical Service Technician Registration Part A Graduate Diploma in Computing Level 7 Final results pending.

REFERENCES: On Request.