October 4, 2006

I am interested in technical positions that involve programming, designing, and/or analysis. My job experience is in information technology, but my education experience is in computer hardware and software design which culminated in senior project was attaching a LED character display, buttons, and a real-time clock to a DSP chip to form a control unit that could be used for a thermostat system. I don’t mind system administration work as long as it is in support of more senior system administrators or it is not mission-critical.

I like to work as a member of a team, making a difference, and being part of something important. I enjoy learning new things, especially from coworkers. I have a wide range of information technology interests ranging from digital circuit design to web applications development. My experience with programming makes me capable of learning new programming languages and concepts quickly. After making suggestions to some managers, I was put in charge of overhauling JPL’s Circuits Database to ease the tracking of telecommunication costs.

I worked at JPL’s Network & Computer Security Group for four years. While working in this group, I performed a variety of tasks ranging from programming a phone scanner to writing information technology security guidelines and requirements documents. I have received awards for two of my tasks. I have expanded from my formal education, by learning new programming languages, and extending my knowledge of the ones that I was taught. I also have become familiar with the security aspects of information technology.  Due to experience that I received from my last job, I have gained a moderate understanding of client server model. I am proficient in small-scale database design/operation and CGI programming. I have experience with installing and configuring Microsoft Windows 9x, NT 4.0, and 2000. I have experience with Linux systems as an intermediate end-user.

My work experience has taught me many things. I have learned to anticipate needs of people, and step in when management falters. I have learned to figure out what my managers want even when they are unable to express their needs. Writing objectives and steps makes even a small project run smoother and makes meetings go faster.

My jobs at Jet Propulsion laboratory do not officially have titles. Instead, I was given the ranks of Academic Part Time (intern) then changed to Associate (first level full-time rank) after graduation, and skill classification of System Engineer. I organized my resume by responsibilities, since many of my jobs had more than one distinct set of tasks.

Sincerely,

Michael Warner II

Experience

October 2005 to Present – Pasadena Sister Cities, Host Master

• Advise on hosting and domain name options.
• Establish their site at a less expensive hosting service that better fits their actual needs.
• Add domain and sub domain names as requested.
• Assist in setting-up web pages.

January 2002 to Present – City of Pasadena, Accessibility and Disability Commission, Commissioner

• Vote on advisory policy to be given to the city council.
• Provide city government a point of view from a citizen with disabilities, especially one who is trying to have a professional career.
• Handle Americans with Disabilities Act issues with city services and city permit operators.

November 2003 to February 2005 – JPL, Development/Test Engineer in Deep Space Network

• Develop prototype for DSMS's initiative to expanding its SecurID authentication infrastructure to guarding web sites.
• Test and integrate SecurID software into a HTML based intranet application.

October 2003 to February 2005 – JPL, Webmaster for Quantum Computing Technologies Group:

• Responsible for the management of the group's website.
• Keep website in compliance with NASA and JPL rules as a public website.
• Assisted a Research Technology and Development project by configuring a dedicated server for webMathematica, and advised on how to port content from Mathematica notebooks to webMathematica JSP.
• Update the information periodically.
• Design and place expansions in the website as needed.

September 2003 to February 2005 – JPL, Foreign National Administrator for Quantum Computing Technologies Group

• Act as liaison for foreign nationals, who are have no power, and the relevant IT security personnel.
• Act as proxy for the foreign national sponsor. Convey sponsor's requests to foreign national process personnel and help fill out forms on the sponsor's behalf.
• Proactively achieve better customer service by giving foreign national process personnel suggestions on correcting problems in their process.
• Develop method to quickly filter firewall logs, by using Microsoft Excel as a parser.
• Install and configure reverse firewalls into computer systems that foreign nationals use at JPL.
• Install unsupported programs on the computers of foreign nationals to meet their needs.

August 2003 to February 2005 – JPL, System Administrator for Quantum Computing Technologies Group:

• Maintain security patches for computer system to address known issues discovered by IT security.
• Respond to IT Security tickets.
• Maintain accurate system detail information in IT Security Database for group’s computers.

May 2003 – JPL, Laboratory Technician for Quantum Computing Technologies Group

• Install and configure data acquisition hardware/software package into a computer system.
• Attach and learn to use simple LASER control instruments and measuring equipment.
• Rapidly study the software/hardware architecture of the data acquisition system.

October 2002 to February 2005 – JPL, Technical Administrator of Quantum Computing Technologies Group

• Answer security questions from members of the group. Interact with LMIT on security issues on behalf of group members.  Notify LMIT when security issues have been resolved.
• Handle IT security tickets for unsubscribe computer systems.  Notify system administrators of security issues.
• Update inventory for the group’s computer systems for managing the security plan and checking costs.
• Proactively achieve better IT security compliance by giving IT security documentation personnel suggestions for clarification during document reviews

October 2002 to February 2005 – JPL, Cognizant Engineer of JPL Circuit Database serving NASA Code S and DSMS

• Automate parts of the data reconciliation and updating process for the database to reduce human data entry error.
• Improved the process of performing the remaining manual updates by writing Oracle code for merging the old and new data to minimize delays in updating the data before developing the new JPL Circuit Database application.
• Developed new data model for JPL Circuit Database to more accurately reflect the physical layout and the costing of telecommunication circuits, thus allowing the objectives of tracking costs and connectivity to be better met.
• Evaluate new methods to replace the previous flat file storage to improve the capabilities of the JPL Circuit Database application, allowing the application to perform more sophisticated searches and simplify report generation for end users.
• Make hardware and software purchasing decisions with budget considerations and management approval.

July 2000 to September 2003 – JPL, Associate in Network and Computer Security Group

• Setup an Oracle database for XML development.
• Developed an XML schema that illustrating flexible features such as recursive definitions to allow better modeling of incidents. Shared discoveries with the Incidents Database's cognizant engineer.
• Developed CGI web applications.
• Performed security and functionality tests for web browsers.
• Performed network related security tests and evaluated Core Applications.
• Modified CGI Perl routines to enable automatic notification of test results from the Self Service Vulnerability Tests (a HTML based intranet application).
• Developed database for equipment inventory and control with HTML/JavaScript based interface and automated queries.
• Developed a methodology for analyzing and investigating Windows NT security incidents for use by the NASA Office of Inspector General at JPL.
• Developed reusable HTML and JavaScript routines that execute on both Netscape and IE browsers.
• Authored "Microsoft Office XP Professional Beta Security Test Plan", pending technical review.
• Assist with Computer Security Hotline telephone calls regarding Antivirus and security of applications.

September 1998 to July 2000 – JPL, APT employee in Network and Computer Security Group

• Developed an incident investigation checklist for Windows NT system to identify the "finger prints" unique to a penetration of an NT system.
• Authored security guidelines for Windows 9x. Aid in writing security guidelines for Windows NT/2000.
• Automated a telephone scanner to identify unauthorized modems on the JPL telephone exchanges.

Awards and Achievements

• July 2000 Nova Award, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for developing a phone scanning tool used to enhanced JPL IT security.
• June 1999 Bonus Award, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Excellence in writing the “Windows NT Intrusion Detection” document.

Professional Certificates

• July 2003, NASA MS Windows 2000 Desktop Administrator.

Skills Summary

Experience working in computer security infrastructure, software test and evaluation, PC hardware repair, C/C++, Perl, Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Oracle PL/SQL, MS Office, configure and run CGI applications on IIS and Apache, VISIO, Windows OS, DOS, PC architecture, Linux on PC platform,

Professional Training

• August 2003 by Sun Microsystems, UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 9 OE.
• October 2003 by Sun Microsystems, Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 OE.

Education Summary

January 2000, University of La Verne – La Verne, CA, BS in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Cum Laude, GPA 3.74. concentration in hardware engineering.

Education Details

January 2000 - University of La Verne La Verne, CA
B.S., Computer Science and Computer Engineering

• Core:
  • Senior Project (attaching a LED character display, buttons, and a real-time clock to a DSP chip to form the control unit of a thermostat system)
  • Analog and digital electronics theory (circuit analysis, calculations for diodes and transistors, logical circuit layout with MOSFETs, operational amplifiers, CMOS circuit design)
  • Digital logic classes with hands-on labs (logic gates, flip-flops, EPROMS, synchronous and asynchronous circuits, Boolean algebra, arithmetic logic units, bus control, memory)
  • Microsoft Proxy Server seminar
  • Advanced computer architecture using ABEL (RISC code, pipelining, efficiency, etc.)
  • Basic network principles with peer-to-peer networking in Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 labs
• Supportive sciences:
  • General Physics I & II
  • Chemistry I
  • Calculus I & II (differentials and integrals with two and three variables)
• Electives:
  • Computer graphics programming using PASCAL
  • C programming
  • Object-oriented programming using C++
  • Artificial intelligence using LISP and PROLOG

Transferred - Pasadena Community College, Pasadena, CA

• Core:
  • Introduction to programming using PASCAL
  • Data structures using PASCAL
  • IBM PC assembly programming
  • Introduction to electronics with hands-on lab (reading schematics, calculations for resistance and reactance, using oscilloscopes, ohmmeters, voltmeters, ammeters, frequency generators, and frequency counters).
• Electives:
  • Introduction to computer information systems with Microsoft Works labs
  • Computer System Maintenance with hands-on PC assembling lab

Miscellaneous - Pasadena Community College, Pasadena, CA

• Audio Controls Laboratory (basic audio theory, audio calibration, multi-track audio editing on Macintosh)
• Radio Station Controls (operating as master control for KPCC, audio production)
• Video Controls Laboratory (basic video theory, television studio operations, video switcher controls, lights, video cameras, video calibrations, chroma key effects)
• Advanced Audio Recording Techniques (audio recording studio operations, audio switcher controls, microphone setups, operating 48 track tape machine, managing signal flow through mixer board and effect machines)
• Advanced Electronic Editing (video editing on tape machines using SMPTE tracking, editing styles and theory)