Bryant Saxon
Resume
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Experience
C&BA Technology Group
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
April 2004 - Present
System Administrator
- Directly responsible for the management of several servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (web, mail, database, DNS, DHCP, logging, and other services).
- Windows network administration and account management (Windows Server 2003, Exchange, Active Directory).
- Built system to monitor resources and activity on all servers; setup custom firewall to reduce network vulnerabilities.
PageGuide, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
Spring 2000 - Summer 2003
Web Developer
- Designed and built websites for several businesses and organizations, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP.
- Handled system administration of web server that hosted all client sites (FreeBSD, Apache, PHP, MySQL).
- Extensive use of Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage, UNIX shell.
Sirote & Permutt, P.C.
Birmingham, AL
Spring 1999 – Winter 2000
Support Specialist/Webmaster
- Daily tasks consisted of hardware, software, network troubleshooting and desktop support.
- Worked after hours installing hardware and testing all computers in preparation of the firm's relocation and transition from Token Ring to Ethernet based LAN.
- Redesigned the firm's website; integrated data from Microsoft Access using ASP.
Education
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
2006 - 2007
- M.S. in Marketing.
- Completed projects for Mazda USA, Rick Rush Art, and Full Moon Bar-B-Que.
- Overall GPA: 3.5
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
2001 - 2006
- B.A. in American Studies with a minor in Computer Science.
- Staff writer for Crimson White, DJ for WVUA-FM 90.7.
- Overall GPA: 3.3
Skills
Operating Systems
- Microsoft Windows: 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003; MS-DOS
- Linux: Red Hat Enterprise, Ubuntu, Fedora Core, Gentoo
- BSD: Apple OS X, FreeBSD
Languages
- HTML/XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Python, ASP.Net, Visual Basic, C++
Protocols
- DHCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, LDAP, NFS, POP3, Samba, SMTP, SNMP, SSH
Server Software
- Email: Exchange, Sendmail
- Spam: SpamAssassin, MailScanner, MIMEDefang
- Web: Apache, IIS, Lighttpd
- Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL
- Security: IPTables, Nessus, ClamAV, TippingPoint
- User Management: ActiveDirectory, OpenLDAP
Office, Productivity
- Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, Outlook, FrontPage), SPSS, WordPerfect, OpenOffice
Design, Multimedia
- Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, inDesign, Flash
- Audio: Sound Forge, Ableton Live, Audacity, GarageBand
Web-based applications
- Content Management: Wordpress, Drupal, Joombla
- Email: Zimbra, Squirrel Mail, Roundcube, Horde
- Database Administration: phpMyAdmin, phpLDAPadmin, phpPgAdmin
- Network Monitoring: JFFNMS, Cacti
- Document Management/Collaboration: SharePoint, MediaWiki, Knowledge Tree
- CRM: SugarCRM
Interests
U.S. history, pop culture, music, internet, business, IT, open source software, interface design.