William F. Thier II



EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Physics and Computer Science
University of Southern California: May 1998
WORK
EXPERIENCE
:

Network Administrator:
Holy Names College, Oakland, California; October 1999 to Present

  • Design and maintain the college's network (6 servers and 300 workstations);
  • Select and Purchase new software and hardware;
  • Create and maintain user accounts;
  • Carry out system backup and restorations;
  • Create and implement network and system policies.
  • Technical Support Specialist:
    University of Southern California; Los Angeles, California; September 1995 to August 1999.

    • Setup and maintenance of the departmental intranet: 80 workstations, and 4 domain controllers, running Windows NT 4.0;
    • Software and hardware installation, upgrades, and support;
    • Development and maintenance of the departmental web pages (http://cs.usc.edu/)
    COMPUTER
    SKILLS
    :
    • Install and upgrade hardware and software for both PC and Macintosh;
    • Network support for Linux, Windows 3.x/9x/NT, Macintosh, and OpenVMS;
    • Hardware and software troubleshooting, and repair of PC's and Macintosh;
    • Experience with Sun, SPARC, and SGI workstations;
    • Programming Languages: Shell Scripting; Perl; C; C++; Java; Visual C++; web design with HTML and JavaScript; and M68000 Assembly Level Language;
    • Operating Systems: Linux, Windows NT/9x/3.x, MacOS, UNIX, Solaris 2.x, SunOS 5.6, OpenVMS 7.x;
    • Software: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Veritas Backup Exec, Sendmail, Apache, Samba, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft Visio, WS_FTP, WS_PING, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Premiere, Macromedia Director, Netscape Communicator, Internet Explorer, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage, Eudora, Telnet, Fetch;
    • Network Protocols: TCP/IP, Ethernet, DHCP, IPX/SPX, ATM, FDDI, ISDN, Token Ring;
    • Network Hardware: Cisco Catalyst switches (2900 and 6000 series); Cisco 2600 series Routers; Cisco PIX Firewall; hubs, and bridges;
    • Editors: Emacs, Pico, Viewlogic, Powerview, vim
    OTHER WORK
    EXPERIENCE
    :

    Assistant Shop Foreman:
    Roscoe's Woodworking, Ithaca, New York; June 1993 to August 1995

    • Responsible for quality assurance of outgoing products.
    • Responsible for the safe delivery and pick up of materials for customers
    LABORATORY
    EQUIPMENT
    :
    Experience with: Oscilloscope, voltmeter, ammeter, ohmmeter, cyclotron
    HONORS AND
    ACHIEVEMENTS
    :
    · Speak and write Spanish
    · Member of Society of Physics Students (1995-1998).
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