Tom Braselton 217 Poplarwood Dr. Kyle, TX 78640 Phone: (512) 699-4275 E-Mail: tom@thebraseltons.com Profile My professional experience has led me through highly demanding and diverse positions in computer maintenance, system support, development and management related fields since 1991. These positions were complemented with extensive hands-on experience designing, writing and using diagnostic software, operating systems, networking environments, storage environments and application software. Throughout my career, I have gained experience in training development, problem solving and decision making. My time off has been spent maintaining my former skills and knowledge and developing new ones. I learned more about VMWare ESX servers and API usage to automate many tasks. I generated HTML formatted reports of the enumerated hosts on ESX servers with great configuration detail. There were also scripts to create new hosts with configurable parameters. I have also been developing for Twitter, Facebook and other online services to keep up with the social media aspect of the computer industry along with other web programming. Experience System Integration Engineer, Vignette; Austin, TX Ñ 6/2006-8/2008 Daily responsibilities included managing relationships with third-party vendors and internal engineering along with customer support. Also was responsible for performing Proof-of-Concept testing in the Content Management Application and Portal Server. Administration/Installation/Configuration of WebLogic and WebSphere Applicaiton Servers, Oracle/Microsoft SQL/DB2 databases Daily use of AIX/HP-UX/Solaris/Windows/Linux operating systems Managed relationships with BEA, IBM, Autonomy and BMC Developed a proficiency with Java and the J2EE architecture to write debug code for demonstration of third-party problems System Test Manager, Perseus Labs; Austin, TX Ñ 3/2001-6/2006 Daily responsibilities included managing as many as ten engineers and technicians during hardware and software testing. Also created employee performance plans and administered employee appraisals. Designed test plans, strategies and reports Trained new employees in procedure, hardware and software Designed cross-platform software test tools to stress and benchmark Intel and AMD based computers and entire subsystems. Development environments included Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, Metrowerks CodeWarrior and VIM/GCC (Linux). Tool suite included CPU, RAM, network and storage tests Designed new network test tool that achieved 99% of the theoretical bidirectional maximum of a network Server Blade testing. Testing included all HP hardware / infrastructure and automated server installations using HPÕs RapiDeploy server. Operating systems supported by the software were SuSE Linux (includes SLES and United Linux variants), RedHat Linux (Advanced Server / EL), Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Server Management Application Programmer, Dell Computer; Austin, TX Ñ 1998-2001 Daily responsibilities included writing/maintaining installation packages for HP OpenView, DellÕs hardware instrumentation and Independent Hardware Vendor (IHV) applications. The main install application required detailed knowledge of Microsoft MFC based applications, InstallShield and Install Wizard. Supported operating systems were Windows 9x, Windows NT and NetWare Developed support .DLLs and .NLMs for the Server Management Software group Server Product Test Technician, Dell Computer; Austin, TX Ñ 1996-1998 Daily responsibilities included performing rigorous local and network testing/compatibility testing on prototype servers before system test. Designed a filesystem test tool and benchmark using C/C++ for identifying problems and debugging Designed a remote application that automatically controlled client computers to perform server testing Designed a network test tool that performed unbuffered transactions which was able to achieve 99% of the theoretical unidirectional maximum of a network Adjusted the network tool to test slot-to-slot PCI performance Executed benchmarks to provide information to development Logged and tracked issues found with the hardware or software Proficiency with Windows NT, BackOffice, Novell NetWare, 10/100Mb Ethernet, Token Ring, LanDesk Server Manager, switches, hubs, routers and MAUs Technical Support Associate, Dell Computer; Austin, TX Ñ 1995-1996 Daily responsibilities included providing technical support on Operating Systems, Desktops, Notebooks and Servers. Software supported - Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, Windows NT Workstation, Novell NetWare and MS-DOS Able to resolve complex technical issues quickly and efficiently Programmer for internal tool that supplemented DellÕs diagnostic tools for easy troubleshooting Star Team programmer for remote technical support of customerÕs computers Repair Technician, Tandy Service Center; Arlington, TX Ñ 1993-1995 Daily responsibilities included the repair of PC and Macintosh computers and printers. Performed warranty repairs on most brands of computers. Exceeded the required salary/labor ratio for the service area Trained new employees in repairing computers and software Field Service Technician, Metroplex Information Systems; Ft. Worth, TX Ñ 1991-1993 Daily responsibilities included the repair of computers, printers and installing networks. Networks included Novell NetWare software and all hardware for the network. Servers and workstations were custom built for each installation. This position required visits to customer locations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Skills / Strengths Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 3.0-2003 including Server Versions (32bit/64bit) Linux (RedHat, SuSE), AIX, Solaris (SPARC, x86), HP-UX Novell NetWare 3.1-5 plus later Linux Variations Mac OS-X 10.3.1-10.5.8 Hardware Dell PowerEdge Servers (the majority of all servers including blade servers) HP (Compaq) Proliant Servers (the majority of all servers including blade servers) IBM Servers (including blade servers) Dell Storage Enclosures and RAID Arrays HP (Compaq) Storage Enclosures and RAID Arrays Routers and switches including Cisco, HP, Dell, Brocade and Nortel Network Cards/Chipsets including Intel, Broadcom Host Bus Adapter (HBA) including Emulex, QLogic and LSI Wireless Networking - Adapters and Access Points Applications Oracle (BEA) WebLogic Server 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0 Microsoft Visual Studio, Apple XCode, gcc Visual SourceSafe, Perforce, Subversion MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle 9i, 10g Dell OpenManage, HP Systems Insight Manager, HP OpenView Vignette Applications - Vignette Content Management, Vignette Portal BMC AppSight J2EE, JRockit Mission Control, Oracle (BEA) Guardian Technical Knowledge C/C++ (since 1996), Java (since 2006), Shell Scripting (All) ODBC/JDBC Programming TCP/UDP/Multicast programming, network layer debug and analyzation Multithreaded programming Java J2EE and Java Programming PHP, Perl, HTML, CSS Education and Professional Certification Texas State Technical College, Waco, Texas Ñ Associates of Applied Science in Computer Maintenance, 1991 WebLogic 9.x Application Server System Administration Management Training - Effective Hiring, Discovering Individual Styles of Communication, Coaching for Success and Setting Performance Expectations Programming and Integration for HP OpenView (Ft. Collins, Colorado) Dell Technical Curriculum for operating systems and hardware (Laptop, Desktop and Server) Advanced Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95 and Windows NT Support Microsoft Certified System Engineer - Windows NT 4.0 Comptia A+ Certified Numerous Printer Maintenance and Repair certifications