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Andrew M. Gaffney
1010 Lakeshore Dr.
St. Charles, MO 63303
(636) 357-1548
andrew@agaffney.org
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PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Creative Communications (February 2005 to Present)
  Programmer: Design, implement, test, and debug web-based applications for product ordering/payment, internal inventory management (purchase orders, invoicing, etc.), and internal accounting.
 
  Linux Admin: Responsible for Linux server administration including hardware setup, OS installation, server setup/configuration, firewall/router/gateway design/implementation, software upgrades, security updates, and user management.
 
Primary Care Computing, LLC (January 2004 to January 2005)
  Technician: Responsible for troubleshooting and repairing hardware, network, and software/operating system related problems for x86-based machines running DOS, Windows, and Linux.
 
  Linux Admin: Responsible for Linux server administration including hardware setup, OS installation, server setup/configuration, firewall/router/gateway design/implementation, software upgrades, security updates, and user management.
 
  Programmer: Responsible for designing mostly web-based database-driven applications.
 
Skyline Aeronautics, LLC (October 2001 to August 2005)
  System Administrator: Responsible for server administration including hardware setup, OS installation, server setup/configuration, firewall/network design/implementation including DHCP and DNS (bind and dnsmasq), software upgrades, security updates, security sentry setup, website design, management, and upkeep, backup strategy creation and implementation, data integrity, and e-mail system consisting of SMTP (qmail), POP3, IMAP, and web-based mail for employees. I designed and implemented a Windows NT style domain utilizing Samba 3.0 to take advantage of centralized network logons, roaming profiles, and policies for the publicly accessible computers. Also, responsible for troubleshooting hardware, software, and network problems.
 
Blockbuster Video, Inc. (October 2000 to March 2004)
  Assistant Manager (11/03 to 03/04): Responsible for money handling including assigning tills at start of shift, counting tills at end of night, making change for tills, and counting and depositing cash at bank every morning. Also, responsible for running shifts which includes setting sales goals for the shift, managing other employees, making sure everything planned for the shift gets accomplished and handling customer concerns and complaints.
 
  Customer Service Representative (10/00 to 11/03): Responsible for checking out customers, checking in and returning product to shelf, and helping customers find product.
 
VOLUNTEER WORK
Official Developer for Gentoo Linux Distribution (x86 Release Engineering Coordinator, GLI project lead, Scire project co-lead, Quickstart lead)
 
CERTIFICATIONS
Comptia A+ Certified
 
SKILLS
Programming Languages
  Perl, C/C++/Visual C++, Java, BASIC/Visual Basic, Python, PHP, BASH shell scripting, DCL (basic level), Fortran (basic level)
 
Software and Operating System setup/troubleshooting
  Windows 3.x/9x/ME/NT/2000/XP, DOS, and Linux
 
Hardware (x86, x86_64, Sparc, PA-RISC, PowerPC, and MIPS) setup/troubleshooting
 
Network hardware/software setup/troubleshooting
  Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g, DHCP, DNS (bind, dnsmasq, djbdns), email (qmail, sendmail, and postfix), HTTP (apache, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl)
 
MySQL database design/maintenance
 
Web design
  HTML 4.01, CSS, and JavaScript
 
EDUCATION
Francis Howell High School, St. Charles, MO, 2002