SEAN SWEDA

1047 Eaton Rd, Berkley MI 48072 • 248.xxx.xxxx • sweda@ibl.org


OBJECTIVE

To manage interesting projects and services, utilizing my problem-solving skills and leadership abilities.

 

EXPERIENCE

Operations Manager

University of Michigan Information Technology Central Services

2005 – present

Ann Arbor, MI

 • leveraged open-source software, Linux, and commodity hardware architecture to provide scalable and highly-available (.9999+ uptime, three data facilities) infrastructure services, including:

   ITCS IMAP (mail store for ~80K users, over 40TB of data, no storage quotas, IMAP/POP & webmail)

   umich.edu mail routing (delivers ~10 million messages/week, LDAP routing, anti-spam/virus)

   University of Michigan Online Directory (~500K object LDAP directory, Active Directory replication)

 • managed systems administrators and support staff; total operating budget of ~$900K

 • directed software development, including umich contributions to major open-source projects

 • developed highly effective hiring and training practices

 • produced detailed service metrics; developed benchmarking tools for system analysis and optimization

 • provided technical leadership in cross-organizational projects

 • led server consolidation/virtualization effort, significantly reducing hardware footprint; projected reduction of ~$100K in annual hardware replacement and power/cooling costs

 

Software Engineer Senior

University of Michigan Information Technology Central Services

2001 – 2005

Ann Arbor, MI

 • extensive experience managing services built on large-scale deployments of open-source software

 • guided junior staff; diagnosed and resolved operational issues; authored new administration tools

 • prototyped new service deployments, including the migration of services from Solaris to Linux

 • key contributor to the development of radmind, an award-winning suite of file system management tools developed at UM; diagnosed bugs, suggested features, and established best practices

 • developed radmind management strategies and transitioned production services to radmind templates, substantially improving system security, reliability and operational efficiency

 

Owner

Advantage Consulting and Technologies

1996 – 2001

Ann Arbor, MI

 • proprietor of consulting business focused on the technology needs of small/medium sized companies

 • managed employees and day-to-day operations; developed and executed strategy for business growth

 • consulted on long-term technology plans, evaluated products and designed business solutions

 • extensive experience leveraging open-source software and operating systems (Linux/*BSD)

 • provided mission-critical IP network services/support (T1/xDSL, firewall/NAT, VPN)

 

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Software (managed at scale): Cyrus IMAP (w/replication), OpenLDAP (w/replication), radmind, sendmail, simta (umich-developed MTA), apache, DSPAM, ISC BIND & DHCP, CUPS; (additional proficiencies): MySQL, PostgreSQL, MIT & Heimdal Kerberos, Cyrus SASL, OpenSSL

Operating Systems: Linux (bootstrapped LFS, gentoo, Red Hat), Solaris, OpenBSD, NetBSD

Programming: C, bash, perl, SQL

 

EDUCATION

University of Michigan

College of Engineering: Computer Engineering

1989 – 1994

Ann Arbor, MI

 


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