Tom Yates
Gatekeeper Technology Ltd., 1 Sedgwick Street, Cambridge, CB1 3AJ, UK
+44/0 1223 704038
Email: tyates@gatekeeper.ltd.uk
SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE EXPERIENCE
- most major UNIXes (esp. Solaris & Linux)
- perl, shell scripting, html
- extensive TCP/IP networking, including DNS, NIS, SMTP, POP/IMAP,
IPSec, iptables, secure web servers
- CISCO router (IOS) and PIX firewall configuration
- Network Appliance file servers, Sparc Storage Arrays / Veritas
CURRENT AND RECENT WORK
Senior Networking Specialist with Gatekeeper Technology, Cambridge, UK.
9/98 - date
- projects include
- complete development-environment office setups
- internet-access setups
- VPNs and firewalls
- mail, web and DNS servers
- lecture courses on Linux use and administration
- Linux, CISCO, Sun equipment used extensively
- substantial client base in UK and US
Linux tutoring
2006
- Resident tutor for GNU/Linux courses at the Centre for Adult
Education and Professional Training, Long Road, Cambridge.
Firewall book published
02/00
- "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls", Sonnenreich and Yates,
published by Wiley
- technical best-seller in US and Europe
- second edition now in negotiation with Wiley
Faculty Speaker at 'The Bazaar' conference
12/99
- gave one-day workshop at conference in New York on "Building
OpenBSD Firewalls"
- best-attended workshop at conference
EARLIER WORK HISTORY
Senior Systems Administrator The Mathworks, Inc.
3/96 - 7/98 Natick, MA, USA.
- responsible for all server-side services - capacity planning,
improvements and upgrades, purchasing, rollout
- upgraded every single company server during my tenure, including
the purchase and rollout of new 1.4Tb NFS/CIFS file server
- various dream-to-rollout improvements to IS infrastructure regarding
mail, NIS, NT/UNIX integration, training
Systems Administrator Cognex Corp.
5/95 - 3/96 Natick, MA, USA.
- one of two admins who maintained a network of 160 Suns
- spearheaded system security issues
Systems Administrator/Consultant Nomura Bank/Nomura Research Institute
10/94 - 2/95 London, England
- planned and implemented the migration of several groups inside
the company onto the new corporate CDDI network
- updated all systems to corporate computing standards without
interrupting service to the trading environment
Computer Systems Manager Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8/93 - 8/94 EAPS Dept., Cambridge, MA
- one of two admins who maintained 80 machines on a heterogeneous
network
- updated and supported all software and hardware for Sun, DEC and
HP workstations including peripheral devices
- researched and implemented strategic management of systems
- primary contact for user support; troubleshooting system and
software problems
Visiting Scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10/91 - 8/93 EAPS Dept., Cambridge, MA
- supported all UNIX systems for team members
- key advisor for strategic systems administration
- maintained a 12,000 line numerical model written in FORTRAN
- developed video and print systems to analyse model data
EDUCATION
- Imperial College, London: BSc degree in Physics with First
Class Honours, June 1988
- Imperial College, London: completed research for Ph.D. in
cometary magnetotail structure, September 1991
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Classical trombone, touring motorcycling, cooking, reading
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Eligible to work in UK and Europe
REFERENCES
Furnished upon request
The material in this CV is (c) Tom Yates, 2006. Permission to reproduce
unaltered is granted. Permission to reproduce in a modified form
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