WALTER BYRD
14395 East 47th Drive
Denver CO 80239.
Home: 303.307.4589.
Cell: 303.307.4589.
walter_byrd@system-savers.com
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20 YEARS SECRET/TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE:
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1998 - SSBI/Top Secret Security Clearance, needed for work at General Dynamics Information
Systems.
1979 - Secret Security Clearance, needed for work in U.S. Air Force.
7 YEARS FORMAL TRAINING:
MATH - COMPUTER SCIENCE - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION:
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2001 - Present: Colorado State University: Graduate work in PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
1992 - 1992:Thomas Edison State College: BA in MATHEMATICS and NATURAL SCIENCE with
enough extra units for bachelor degrees in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION and COMPUTER
SCIENCE.
1986 - 1991: Sonoma State University: Majored in BUSINESS, MATH, and
COMPUTER SCIENCE.
1982 - 1983: Allan Hancock College: AS degree in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
20 YEARS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION - SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
- OPERATIONS:
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02/01 - Present: System-Savers.com. provide information system recovery and security
services. Recovery services include emergency response to computer situations such
as: data lost, server down, or virus infection; also training to prevent, and recover
from, future emergencies. Security services include security audits, secure systems
design, and training. NT/2000, LINUX, FREEBSD.
5/98 - 02/01: General Dynamics
Information Systems. Systems Administrator with top secret security clearance. Install
and maintain systems and networks, provide technical support and security. UNIX,
SunOS, Solaris, SGI, LINUX, WINDOWS-NT Server and Workstation, MacOS.
11/94
- 10/97: Computer contractor. Specializing in systems and networks. Companies for
which I worked would include: IBM in Boulder Colorado, Burdines Department Stores
in Miami Florida, and Royal Caribbean Cruises in Miami Florida. Tandem UNIX, AIX,
WINDOWS-NT Server and Workstation, OS/2, FLEXOS.
12/92 - 11/94: Community
Blood Centers of South Florida, in Lauderhill Florida. UNIX systems management.
Systems analysis. Developed documentation, presentations, and reports Validated
systems software to meet FDA standards. Product evaluations. Software development
with BUSINESS-BASIC, C/C++, SQL, and UNIX shell scripts. 24x7 technical support
for UNIX, DG/UX, TCP/IP, WINDOWS-NT Server.
03/83 - 12/92: Computer contractor.
Occasionally working as a regular employee for short term assignments. Specialized
in highly quantitative/analytical programming. Companies for which I worked include:
Tuttle and Company in Mill Valley California, Sonoma Technology in Santa Rosa California,
The Fair Issac Companies in San Rafeal California, Academic Therapy Publications
in Novato California, Graphics Development International in Novato California. BASIC,
FORTRAN, OBJECT-PASCAL, X86 ASSEMBLER.
06/79 - 03/83: United States Air Force,
Vandenberg California. Mainframe systems operator. Scheduled and prioritized the
workload. Technical support. Restructured the tape library, including developing
and implementing a new plan to track off-site tapes. Held a secret security clearance
and participated in classified processing.
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