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Ian Kirby Berry
216 Catherine St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(717) 609-2555
JOB HISTORY AND CAREER
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Barracuda Networks
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September 2008-Current
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- Managing engineer for the Barracuda Backup product; acquired in 2008 from BitLeap.
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BitLeap
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August 2004-September 2008
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- Managing partner/executive engineer from the initial concept through company acquisition in 2008.
- Architected systems to run on hundreds of customer appliances to provide a complete local de-duplicated backup solution.
- Developed scalable cloud-based systems to store and maintain hundreds of terabytes of customer data.
- Created a fully feature web based system to provide CRM, billing, process management, and support functions to the organization.
- Involved in all major aspects of running the business including financial, management, sales, engineering, and acquisition.
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Cumberland Technologies
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June 2002-August 2004
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- Designed and implemented a web-based interface used by the entire organization to store circuit, network status, and equipment information.
- Constructed a web-based system to report, index, and ultimately stop unsolicited email from reaching customers.
- Worked as a network engineer to design a completely new mail architecture emphasizing scalability, redundancy, and reliability.
- Gained experience in virtually all areas of network/system engineering from an ISP's perspective including critical server management, WAN device configuration, and network programming.
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IntelliMark
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January 2003-May 2003
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- Headed up the design on a web-based management application for the Pennsylvania state CyberStart day care system.
- Worked with several developers to maintain the application and fulfill user requests during deployment.
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Big Spring School District
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June 2000-June 2002
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- Configuration and maintenance of the district web site/Intranet and its web server.
- Working along side the network administrator to install, configure and troubleshoot new computer hardware.
- Configuration of new networking hardware such as servers, routers, and switches.
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Cacti
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October 2001-Present
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- Developed a web-based network graphing application, 'Cacti' from the ground up in 2001.
- Worked with multiple developers to maintain testing and release schedules making use various real world co-concurrent development strategies.
- Implemented by thousands of large companies today such as Bell South, Sprint, General Motors, M&T Bank, Purdue University, IBM and Toyota Europe.
- Included in many mainstream operating systems such as Gentoo Linux, Debian Linux, FreeBSD, and Sentinix.
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SDF Consulting
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August 2001-April 2002
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- Design and implementation of a dynamic web site to be used by local businesses to display their information in a web-based format
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Shippensburg University
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June 2001-Aug 2001
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- Created a new, modern-looking layout for the College of Business web site.
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Provion/PlanetCable
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June 2000-June 2001
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- Performed phone-based technical support for dialup and cable modem customers.
- Worked with Provion designing and implementing web-based solutions for local businesses.
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EDUCATION
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Shippensburg University
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2002-2006
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- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering concentration
- Member of the International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines, Upsilon Pi Epsilon
- Graduating GPA: 3.8
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Big Spring High School
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1998-2002
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Cisco Networking Academy
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1999-2001
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- Completed four semesters of network academy training.
- Covered local area and wide are network technologies, network design, and TCP/IP protocol fundamentals.
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TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Windows System Administration
Windows NT4, Windows 2000, IIS, Microsoft SQL server, WMI
Unix System Administration
Linux, FreeBSD, Apache, Bind, MyDNS, Postfix, Sendmail, MySQL, Nagios, Courier-IMAP, Courier-Maildrop, Server-based e-mail SPAM/virus scanning, Pro-FTPD, TPOP3D, Network monitoring with SNMP
Programming
Visual Basic, Perl, C, C++, Java, PHP, ASP, SQL, Bash
Network Administration
Cisco router and switch configuration, local area network cabling, OSPF and BGP routing, Lucent network access server configuration, advanced TCP/IP protocol analysis, TCP/IP implementations under Windows and Unix, LAN protocols (Ethernet), WAN protocols (SONET, ATM, PPP, HDLC, GRE, Frame Relay)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2006: Recognized for outstanding senior grade point average
2005: Inducted into the Upsilon Pi Epsilon honor society
2002: Received first place in the Pennsylvania Regional Computer Fair for Cacti
2001: Was accepted into the Pennsylvania governor’s school for information technology
2001: Received first place in the Pennsylvania State Computer Fair for the Big Spring web site
2001: Received first place in the Pennsylvania Regional Computer Fair for the Big Spring web site
1998-2002: Maintained a distinguished and first honor role status during my entire high school career