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ELFON Consulting - ELFON, LLC

Combined experience: 40+ years experience

Education: Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Electrical Engineering, Computational researches & Business

Certifications: Sun Certified System, Network and Security Administration. Redhat & Novell Certifications.

Hardware:

  • Sun (ultrasparc and sparc) Sun Fire 6900, v1280, v880, 280r, E4500, E3500, E450, E420, E250, E220, netra T1, Ultra AXi, Ultra-5, Ultra-2, Ultra-1
  • Sun Storage T3/T3+, 3310, A5xxx, A3500, A1000, D1000, Sparc Storage Array
  • L3500 tape library (rebranded ATL)
  • Alpha/Compaq
  • Intel & AMD: compaq, dell, va linux, penguin
  • EMC DMX, Clariion, Symmetrix & Celerra
  • Red Creek (Ravlin) vpn units (personal ravlin, rav4, rav10)
  • Cisco switches, routers, loadbalancers (localdirector, CSS)
  • Cabletron hubs, switches and routers.
  • Arrowpoint loadbalancer (now cisco CSS11xxx)
  • F5 BIG/ip loadbalancer
  • Andataco gigaraid
  • Network Appliance network attached storage
  • Alteon Loadbalancer
  • Livingston/Lucent portmaster terminal server & IRX router/firewall
Operating Systems:
  • Solaris 2.5, 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10
  • Linux (Redhat, Mandrake, Suse)
  • FreeBSD
  • SCO Unix
  • HP-UX
  • Tru64 (Digital Unix)
  • AIX
Software:
  • Web Servers - Apache, Netscape
  • Web Analysis - Webtrends, Analog
  • Email - sendmail, postfix, cyrus imap, Qualcom qpopper, Intermail
  • Backup - Legato, Veritas NetBackup
  • Clustering - Veritas Cluster Server, Veritas Firstwatch, Sun Cluster
  • Databases - Oracle, MySQL, ObjectStore
  • System applications - NFS, NIS, DNS/bind, MRTG, cvs
  • Java - Weblogic, Resin
  • Security - Checkpoint firewall, Gauntlet firewall, Tripwire, pgp, ssh, ipfilter
  • Other - ProFTP
Programming languages:
  • Perl, PHP, C/C++, Fortran, shell scripting (sh/ksh/bash/csh) Java, Assembly
Professional Experience:
  • Excite@Home
    24/7 support & management of AT&T Small Business Hosting, a multi-tiered shared hosting platform utilizing Apache, Netscape web server, ProFTP, Weblogic, Oracle, DNS(bind), ipfilter, Webtrends and numerous perl scripts for automated account provisioning.

    24/7 support & management of ExciteStores, a multi-tiered e-commerce platform utilizing Apache, ObjectStore, Oracle and numerous custom C++ and Java modules.

    Design & deployment of Excite Freetailer; 24/7 support & management of Excite Freetailer a multi-tiered shared hosting platform utilizing Apache, ProFTP, Weblogic, Resin, Oracle & DNS(bind)

    Design & setup of Excite Hosting, a dedicated webhosting offering utilizing Linux, Apache, ProFTP and sendmail on compaq/intel hardware.

  • Enexia, LLC
    Design & install of small office network. Consulting & training for apache, DNS(bind), mysql, postfix, ssh & ssl. Securing existing server providing internet services.

  • University of Utah
    24/7 support & management of departmental network for the Chemistry Department. Servicing over 300 users for email, file & print services. Network management and redesign, replacing the existing thinwire ethernet with twistedpair 10/100 ethernet. Installation of 10/100 switches and gigabit routers. Installation of firewall (ipfilter & cabletron router) to protect department computer resources.

  • Sprint Paranet
    Maintained Oracle Servers essential to users from California to Michigan. Consulted for major companies providing WAN and Security Assessments (Zions Bank, Cigna, Kennecott Copper). Worked on Y2K implementation for Charles Schwab

  • Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
    Provided second and third level support for Network Administrators. Designed and implemented solutions for manufacturing companies. Maintained heterogeneous networks of Sun, IBM and HP workstations as well as Microsoft and Novell PCs.

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