Thomas C Kinnen's resume

Thomas C. Kinnen
2640 Cambridge #53
Cameron Park, CA  95682
530/672-7576

Career Objectives

Goals include: further expansion of networking experience-including networking between diverse platforms, to apply programming knowledge to custom development of applications for data storage and retrieval, expansion of personal abilities in business management, further professional certifications in both networking and programming development, to provide training in the use of hardware and software solutions in both business and personal applications.

Personal Objectives

Goals include: pursuit of college degree focusing on computer science and business management, further certifications in networking technologies and certification in programming development.

Personal Interests

Interests include: Anime, Sci-Fi, FFXI, Dogs, and Music. I have three adopted sons.

Work Experience

Lucent Technologies NOS AAA Development Group (formally Livingston Enterprises) July 1998 to present
Position: Test Engineer, Customer Support, Customer Consulting

Responsible for SQA in the development of RADIUS ABM, PortAuthority 2.1, and NavisRadius 3.x and above, management of Lucent PortMaster mailing lists, esclation engineer for RADIUS ABM, PortAuthority, and NavisRadius support , Solaris and NT system administraton of Cameron Park network. 

USA Computers October 1992 to Jun 1998
Position: Computer Technician/Programmer/Network Engineer

Responsible for diagnosing system problems and determining appropriate solutions, design and implementation of software and network solutions, installation and service of Novell, LANtastic, TCP/IP and Microsoft networks, database program development, sales and customer support, hardware/software evaluation, and software instruction. System manager for all Internet accounts, responsible for web page development and deployment, maintenance of DNS servers, mail servers, radius server, Internet tech support, and associated billing.

The Computer Shanty July 1991 to August 1992
Position: Computer Technician

Responsible for computer assembly, customer support, phone orders, sales, software installation, software instruction, product testing and evaluation.

United States Army August 1987 to December 1991
B Company, 3rd Battalion, 34th INF REG, Fort Jackson, South Carolina
USAESOM, Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, Norfolk, Virginia
HHC 1st ID & 1st ID Band, Fort Riley, Kansas
14th Army Band, Fort McClellan, Alabama
Position: Primary - United States Army Band
Secondary - Unit Clerk and Unit Supply

Duties included musical performances (trumpet), unit supply clerk, general clerk, supply supervisor, unit computer maintenance, unit funds accounting, and unit inventory control.

Education

Novell Certified NetWare Engineer received March 1996
Certified NetWare Engineer Certification requirements include:

  • Certified NetWare 3 Administrator
  • NetWare 3.1x Advanced Administration
  • NetWare 3.1x Installation and Configuration Workshop
  • Networking Technologies
  • NetWare Service and Support
  • Printing with NetWare
  • NetWare 3.1x to 4.1 Update

Microsoft Certified Product Specialist August/September 1996
Certification requirements include:

  • Implementing and supporting: Windows 95
  • Implementing and supporting: Windows NT Workstation
  • Implementing and Supporting: Windows NT Server
  • Networking with Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Windows for Workgroups 3.11

A+ Service Technician April 1998
Certification requirements include:

  • A+ Core Service Technician Examination
  • A+ Microsoft Windows and DOS Environments Specialty Examination

Compaq Technical Certification April 1998
Certification requirements include:

  • Previous A+ Certification
  • Servicing Compaq Products/Technical Certification

Edison Community College Fort Myers, Florida
Major: Information Management Systems

Career Related Courses completed:

  • Introduction to Programming in C
  • AP Computer Operating Systems
  • Networking I
  • Advanced DataBase Programming

Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, Alabama
Major: Music

Army Unit/Organization Supply Clerk Fort Riley, Kansas
Major: Supply Course
Graduation: 1989

Primary Leadership Development Fort Riley, Kansas
Major: General Management
Graduation: 1989

Army Element School of Music Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base
Major: Music Performance Norfolk, Virginia
Graduation: 1988

Cypress Lake High School Fort Myers, Florida
Major: College Prep
Graduation: 1987

 

Career Related Skills

In-depth knowledge of Solaris, Novell and Microsoft operating systems and networking. High level of knowledge of other Unix type (Linux, etc) operating systems. Good working knowledge of OS/2. High level of knowledge of setting up and maintainng Internet based services (www, ftp, mail, news, etc) on a number of platforms. High level knowledge of the RADIUS security protocol.

Development skills in design of relational databases using Microsoft SQL server, Sybase SQL Server NT, Sybase SQL Anywhere Pro, and Dbase. Experience writing front-end applications for RDBMS in PowerBuilder 4, 5, and 6 and Clipper 5. Experience in interfacing RDBMS to web pages using Microsoft’s IIS and with O’Riley Website using perl. Development skills in JAVA programming.