Physicist - Work in any area of Physics, Nuclear, Solid State, Electronics, applied or theoretical..

Employment History:

National Superconducting Cyclotron Labratory
Jun 2005 - Current

Beam/Accellerator Physicist I Learn all functions relating to NSCL cyclotron operator position. radiation safety, cyclotron physics, vacuum, cryogenic principles as applied to a 24/7/365 production environment in a civilian nuclear facility.

Tarot Queen (contact Gina Kruzel - 740-742-0420)
Jan 2004 - Current

IT service client Design and impletement a website presence for TarotQueen.net . This included logo, website layout, business card design, some basic cgi work as well as hosting.

Systems 101 (contact Bill Elpers - 248-682-6600)
Aug 2004

Independant contractor Short term contract job to help with security equipment installation in a large department store. Helped organize equipment and carry out installation tasks (wire pulling, equipment mounting) etc.

Spectra Inc. (contact Dave Hartman - contact me for contact info)
Jul 2000 - Mar 2001

Solaris System Consultant for Solaris based installation. I was contacted to help determine, obtain and implement a upgrade solution for their primary business server (Sparc 20) which relies entirely on a Ingres database, RAID array + various 3rd party software & hardware solutions. This necessitated researching and obtaining a cost effective upgrade path (Enterprise 3000), configure and install new system in conjunction with other in house personelle and consultants.

Cahoots Inc. (contact Jeff Fisher or Richard Kwan - unknown currently)
Nov 1999 - Aug 2000

Solaris System/Network/Web Consultant for Solaris based installation. Tasks and Responsibilities varied and mostly pertained to web site construction, implementation, performance tuning, etc. As full time staff were hired my responsibilities were delegated to in house staff and my tasks were simply batch script writing, some cgi design, and general consulting (answering questions)..

AJBoggs (contact Drew Flickema - contact me for contact info)
Mar 1998 - Jan 2000

Solaris System/Network Consultant for Solaris based installation. Jobs were varied and not frequent. Mostly it included service troubleshooting and diagnosis of various software and hardware problems that the primary admin was having difficulties with.

People Think Two (contact Tony Singer - tracking down again.)
125 Burnt Meadow Rd.
Jan 1998 - Aug 1998
Ringwood, NJ 07456

IRIX System/Network Consultant
Duties for this software development company included software and patch installation, troubleshooting, bug diagnosis and reporting. Make software and hardware upgrade recommendations, write custom backup scripts, reorganize network topography, create LAN between multiple offices and the internet, address security concerns.

New Papyrus Group (contact Jeff Fisher - unknown)
Miami, FL
1994-1997

IRIX System/Network Consultant specialist
Provide consulting services @ $75-150/hr to various clients requiring IRIX system administration and Network consulting services. Jobs varied from setting up full ISP services, to diagnosis and performance turning of system operations, to patch installation, bug diagnosis and reporting. Work with Ascend Max 4000, set up dialin authentication, routing, dns, mail, nntp, software installation, etc.

Turbo Software
305 E. Sheridan Rd.
Position President/Owner
Lansing, Mi. 48906
1986-present

IT Consultant, VAR, and Media Producer
Generally the clientelle and types of jobs are quite diverse and run for short periods and only a few are listed above Most involved either hardware ir software diagnosis, installation, troubleshooting, performance tuning, or network design. I have worked with a number of ISPs to set up new services or help plan growth strategies. In my off time I work via the internet selling products and services that specialize around one of my hobbies NeXTstep with Unix admin and network consulting being what pays the bills. s my dedicated dual ISDN line provides telecommuting capabilities to sites that are capable or willing. I am also a Live Cam provider for Discovery Online. My business philosophy is to be up front and honest about my skills, abilities and job status, and to be as friendly and understanding as possible in support roles. I work either on or off site providing services as the client needs.

Michigan State University - Physics/Chemistry Dept
E. Lansing, Mi.
1986-1997 (contact Tom Kaplan 353-8644 or James F. Harrison 355-9715- ext 295)

Research Assistant IV (1/2 time)
Installation and Maintenance of software code bases (mostly fortran), gaussian 86 - 94, troubleshooting, diagnosis, optimize code performance, recommend hardware upgrades, purchases for Chemistry Department (exclusively Linux and IRIX, and some moderate Cray experience, X-MP, Y-MP). Carry out research regimen, meet with colleagues, give public talks, provide support for code bases, write and publish papers, grants, etc.)

Michigan State University - Physics & Astronomy Department
E. Lansing, Mi.
1985-1986 Jerry Cowen

Research Assistant IV (1/2 time)
Worked on a variety of projects dealing with solid state physics and in particular High Temperature Superconductors. Experience included work with SQUID susceptometer, microwave conductivity, resistance measurements (DC and RF). I also got experience with low pressure (up to 10-12T) vacuum equipment as well as various plasma/sputtering operations. In general I worked on my own projects as well as helping out with others so I worked on a wide array of equipment..

Michigan State University - National Superconducting Cyclotron Labratory
E. Lansing, Mi.
1982-1984 (Horst Stoecker)

Research Assistant IV (1/2 time)
Worked on Intranuclear Cascade code. Programming, code performance tuning, performing calcultions, reporting results.

Education

1987 Physics BS - Major Physics
Michigan State University

1989 Physics MS - Major Physics/ Chemistry/EE
Michigan State University

Skills, Experience and Abilities.

• Programming skills
  • shell (sh, csh, tcsh), cgi (C and Perl)
  • fortran, C., Pascal, 68k, x86, MIPS, also some Assembly (68K).
  • Modification or use of high performance simulation and modelling software
    • Intranuclear Cascade Code (NSCL),
    • GAUSSIAN/IBMOL/CRYSTAL (solid state and chemical)

• Operating systems
  • Solaris, IRIX, Linux, NeXTstep/Openstep
  • 95, 98 & NT
  • Some limited experience on
  • AIX, VMS, HPUX, UNICOS.

• Hardware
  • SGI, Sun, Dec, Cray X-MP, Y-MP, NeXT, Mac, x86 PC, Mac
  • SQUID susceptometer
  • Mass spectrometer
  • Electron Microscope
  • 10**-12T vacuum equipment - diffusion/turbomolecular pumps
  • Triggering and signal measurment apparatus (oscilliscope, DVM, etc.) and signal metering devices
  • Experiences with dewar systems and low temperature apparatus (N2 or He)
  • Electromagnets,
  • High temperature furnaces, sample perparation, special or hazardous materials handling and disposal procedures
  • Vacuum plasma/sputtering techniques for thin film creation

• Network
  • 10-100BT, Ascend, Cisco, Routing, Bridging, Switched, Bonded
  • LAN Design, Troubleshooting, Security monitoring, Load Analysis
  • Limited firewall and VPN experience, NAT.

• Services
  • sendmail(qmail is far superior IMHO),
  • nntp, httpd, lpd, nfs, tcp/ip, ftpd, dns, nis, ldap, snmp, etc.
  • data analysis, organization, preparation, as well as publication

• Software
  • Computational code (Gaussian, DMOL, CRYSTAL etc.), visualization software (AVS & Explorer),
  • compiler and debugger (shell or graphical) (MIPSPRO, Workshop Debugger, GCC, G77, etc.).
  • Apache and ncsa webservers as well as webbench for benchmarking server performance.
  • I have experience with other proprietary software packages too numerous to list here most being used on various unix flavours to do snmp or tcp configuring, monitoring, etc..
  • Important system tools, iostat, vmstat, tcpdump, snoop, tune, netstat, sar, dump/restore, rcs, cron, etc, etc.

General

I am quite familiar with many 3rd party hardware solutions and hardware diagnostic techniques, SCSI, RAID, etc. I am quite proficient in support roles, installation, backup, troubleshooting, and implementing disaster planning and recovery. I also am very comfortable in scientific, digitial post production, as well as large production environments. I am very capable troubleshooter and diagnostic technician whether hardware or software related. I am also well familiar with the numerous services and software required by ISPs, and web development companies. Particularly under most Unix flavours.

Even though it has been many years since I've been in the Physics world proper, in general I can come up to speed on just about any project quicker than most..

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