Matthew M Robinson
SUMMARY: A motivated, passionate and experienced IT technician with excellent communication skills, impeccable references (really, checkem!) and a love of technology
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Applied & Computational Math Sciences (ACMS), Discrete Mathematics and Algorithms Option, December 2003
Minors in Spanish and Mathematics- Study abroad in Spain (Jan to June 2002)
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Graduated with a GPA of 3.4 on a 4.0 scale
EXPERIENCE: Network Administrator & Developer, Apr 2004 to August 2007 (Full Time)
Krekow Jennings, Seattle, Washington
· Duties performed include: windows server maintenance (DNS, LDAP, Active Directory), project management and accounting database maintenance and design, data backup, Microsoft Exchange server management, spam filtering, deploying security patches, equipment and software inventory, billing clients for computer rentals, website maintenance, and general troubleshooting and problem solving for networked printers, phone systems, projectors, and many other types of hardware and software.
· Automated as much of my responsibilities as possible to free up time to do development work (mostly in Ruby on Rails) to design timecard management, tool inventory and checkout, and labor tracking systems.
Computer Services Technician, Oct 1999 to Apr 2004 (Part and Full Time)
UW Housing and Food Services, Seattle, Washington
· Responsible for all aspects of computing for 250 users, including networking, applications (MS Office, Diebold, Delphi) and hardware
· Streamlined operations by introducing new technologies (Disk Imaging, VNC)
Engineering Intern, Summer of 2000 and 2001 (Full Time)
Pend Oreille Public Utility District, Newport, Washington
· Designed and maintained an Access database using some SQL programming to track hardware information for 20,000 pieces of hardware
· Performed data analysis and assisted in transferring database items to Microstation
Technical Support, Jan 1996 to August 1999 (Part Time)
Pend Oreille Valley Networks, Newport, Washington
. After school job troubleshooting for an ISP back when the Internet was oh so new.
CERTS & SKILLS:
Languages: Advanced Ruby, C++ and HTML, Basic/Intermediate Java, PHP, Lisp, Erlang
Misc Technologies: Apache, Microsoft IIS, Ruby on Rails, TDD (Test Driven Development), CSS, Javascript, Windows (95 to Vista), Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora), Subversion, vim, emacs, Eclipse, MySQL, Drupal, Wordpress
Fluent Spanish
WEBSITES: http://www.mattrobinson.net/ – My technology related blog
http://www.mmrobins.com/ – My personal blog
http://www.cookingcompendium.com/ – A Ruby on Rails recipe project
http://www.espaanglisch.com/ – A drupal based language volunteer site I created and administer
VOLUNTEER: Teaching English to poor communities in Peru (3 months 2007)
Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut, Summer 2003
· Helped fix up and deploy computer related donations
Habitat for Humanity of Newport, Oct 1997 to August 2002
· Developed and updated the Newport Habitat for Humanity website
· Assisted in construction on various homes in Newport and Spokane, Washington
ACTIVITIES: Travel (Much of the USA, Canada, South America and Europe, Morocco, Egypt and China), Aikido, yoga, rock climbing, hiking, skiing, and mountain biking
References available upon request (and they’re great references, but for their privacy I won’t be posting their contact info on a web page)