EXPERIENCE

Senior Unix Administrator
UnitedHealth Group Trumbull, CT - 6/2005 TO Present
Senior systems administrator for over 200 IBM, Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Linux servers, workstations, and other devices. Follows predefined procedures and has developed his own, all HIPPA and SOX compliant. Responsible for all system administration activities, includes some supervisory roles.

Helped migrate UnitedHelath Group from the mainframes that hosted more than 250 of the company's most critical business applications, processing millions of transactions a day, and providing 46 terabytes of storage. Bringing the mainframe operations in house has helped save UnitedHealth approximately $247 million over five years. Was an integral part of this effort.

Has recently developed and deployed a set of tools to automatically connect to AIX frames and pull relevant information, statistics, addresses and serial numbers. This data is then fed into ticketing and scripting tools, substantially automating the build process for new logical partitions and virtual servers. These tools, developed on his own time and of his own initiative, have been adopted as a standard by UnitedHealth, and are in widespread use.

In addition to administration, is cooperatively responsible for security, building machines and approved software images, training, problem resolution, and disaster recovery planning and testing.

Network Administrator and Security Expert
AT&T Labs - Southbury, CT - 5/99 TO 5/2004
(IBM sold their Network Services division to AT&T on 5/1/99.)

Network Administrator and Security Expert
IBM Global Network Services - Harrison, NY - 4/95 TO 5/99
Responsible for operations and security of internal and external networks, including electronic mail servers, gateways, and content-hosting web servers. Has senior responsibility for firewalls serving up to 34,000 users. Runs SOCKS servers and other proxy gateways. Is an accomplished UNIX administrator. Expert with Tivoli¨ network management software, is responsible for development labs in Harrison, NY, Southbury, CT and Tampa, FL that use Tivoli¨ tools. Has developed a widely-used suite of network, system, and application reporting and monitoring tools. Is often consulted by managers, technicians and other administrators about security, and network and system management issues.

Network Administrator • Director of Microcomputer Laboratory • Adjunct Professor
University of New Haven - West Haven, CT - 10/87 TO 4/95
Designed, implemented and had complete responsibility for wide area network of over 300 users. Designed and built the university's high end Faculty Computing Laboratory. Had complete responsibility for three microcomputer laboratories. Repaired and programmed computers for administration, faculty and students. Responsible for purchasing, budgeting and operations of Institute of Computer Studies. Advised faculty and administration. Wrote user and training manuals. Adjunct professor of Computer Science, taught programming courses in C, Pascal, BASIC and Fortran.

Service Manager
Spectrum Computer Services - New Haven, CT - 10/86 TO 10/87
Operated service department of retail computer store. Hired, trained and supervised technicians. Set up, repaired, programmed and maintained computers, peripherals and local area networks. Responsible for repairs, budgeting, planning, scheduling and supervision.

Owner
New Haven Computer Company - New Haven, CT - 9/84 TO present
Sole proprietor of service firm specializing in repair, programming, networking, consulting and support for small and medium sized companies.

Service Manager
Decision Tree - New Haven, CT - 10/83 TO 9/84
Service manager of three retail computer chain stores in CT and NJ. Supported six lines of micro, mini and super-mini computers. Supervised technicians and performed repairs. Coordinated services with other departments and stores.

Systems Technician
Customized Computer Systems New Haven and Bridgeport, CT - 11/80 TO 10/83
Assembled and tested computers and peripherals. Responsible for depot and field repair and maintenance. Installed and supported systems, and trained users and managers.

Education

B.A., University of New Haven
West Haven, CT, 1989
Major in English, minor in Political Science
Also attended Antioch International
London, England, 1977, 1978
Major in English, minor in Political Science

Special Skills and Achievements

Certifications
Linux Systems Administration and Troubleshooting
Tivoli TME 10 Framework
AT&T Unix Systems Administration
IBM LPAR Administration and Management

Experience and Flexibility
Built (from kit) one of the first microcomputers, and developed a Bitnet site several years before the evolution of the Internet. Is skilled at system design, repair, maintenance, networking, programming, administration, security, documentation, budgeting and planning, purchasing and shipping, customer support and some management. His main strength is a thorough grasp of the entire computer field, and the flexibility to understand and handle a wide range of challenges.

Security
In addition to the experience noted above, he has participated in the identification and tracking of a well-known "cracker". Cooperated with law enforcement authorities in building a successful case. Details upon request. Expert with cryptography, including PGP.

Cost Containment
Built the University of New Haven's wide area network from stock parts and a free public clone of the Unix operating system. Is experienced at balancing price, performance, features and quality; knows when not to economize.

Hardware and Repair
Has done third party repair of computers, components and peripherals since 1980.

Recognized Authority
Expert on computing, networking and security issues. Has been interviewed by Connecticut Public Television, the New Haven Register newspaper, and radio station WELI. Copy of newspaper article and video tape of TV interview available upon request.

Supervision and Interaction
Has trained and supervised technicians and programmers, has learned how to successfully and diplomatically interact with a variety of personality types. Regularly deals with highly technical professionals and inexperienced and timid users; knows how and when to "shift gears", and the value of dealing with individuals on their own level.

Programming
Is experienced in C, C++, Pascal, BASIC, Fortran and Assembler (8088 and 80x86). Has taught all of the above, except Assembler and C++, at the university level. Is experienced with Perl, Java and Unix shell scripting. Is expert with HTML.

Operating Systems
Is expert with MSDOS, several varieties of Unix, Microsoft Windows, and Windows NT. Also experienced with NFS, AFS and the DCE. Very strong UNIX and Linux skills.

Applications
Is expert with a wide variety of other retail and custom application packages.

Member
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). ID# 03207859
American Radio Relay League, Licensed Amateur Radio Operator, KB1ERP
American Red Cross Certified in Adult, Child and Infant CPR; First Aid; Weapons of Mass Destruction Response; Shelter Management

Contact Information
Henry W. Farkas
37 Florence Avenue New Haven, CT 06512-3944
(203) 468-7912 • henry@henryfarkas.com • http://www.henryfarkas.com

References available upon request.