William James Holcomb

http://will.madstones.com

(202)309-3482


  1. Education:
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  5. Computer Languages (more than 1000 lines written):
  6. Computer Skills:
    • Operating Systems: Linux, VMS, Windows
    • Applications: Emacs, Subversion, Adobe Photoshop, The GIMP, Microsoft Office Suite, 3D Studio, Maple, PortSentry, TripWire, Nessus, CVS
    • Server Administration: Samba, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Appletalk, X-Windows, WU-FTP, Sendmail, Bind, DHCP, IPTables
  7. Work Experience:
    • Sun Microsystems • Summer Internship — 2008
    • Vanderbilt Human-Machine Teaming Laboratory • Ph.D. Student — 2007 - Present
    • Marijuana Policy Project • Web Administrator — 2006 - 2007
    • Peace CorpsInformation and Communications Technologies Volunteer — 2003 - 2005
      • Assigned to Cisco Academy at University of Nouakchott teaching CCNA preparation courses in French, managing enrollment and scheduling classes
      • Built new configuration for the Girls' Mentoring Centers and set up imaging system to deploy this around country (~50 systems in 12 cities)
      • Helped with webdesign for local NGOs as well as a full redesign of ecodev.mr and cisco-academy.mr
    • TTU Education Department • online portfolio system designer — 2001 - 2003
      • Designed web based portfolio and student assessment system
      • Configured Linux server to run supporting software along with backup systems
    • Miltec Corporationco-op — 2000 - 2001
      • Maintained and reworked existing 3D flight visualization program
      • Designed and implemented replacement simulation application in Java3D
      • Created XML based documentation generation system
      • Built and configured Linux system to run company intranet
      • Received Department of Defense Secret Clearance
    • Remax Real Estate • contractor — 1999
      • Installed networking hardware and cabling connecting offices
      • Configured Windows based NAT and DHCP server
      • Wrote Perl program to generate HTML listings from existing database via ODBC
    • TTU Education Department Computer Support • fileserver administrator and helpdesk — 1999 - 2001
      • Answered support calls on PC/Macintosh systems running Windows and MacOS 8 - 9
      • Installed and maintained Linux based fileserver supporting Windows and AppleTalk clients
    • TTU Honors Program • server administrator — 1999 - 2004
      • Built, configured and maintained OpenLDAP, Sendmail, Apache, and Bind on a Linux server running multiple virtual hosts
      • Configured quotas and access methods along with user maintenance and system security
    • Software Automation and Intelligence Laboratory • research assistant — 1998 - 2001
      • Researched 3D modeling and simulations of robotic manufacturing systems
      • Programmed simulations involving distributed intelligent agent interactions in Java
    • TTU Helpdesk Expert (that really was the title) • helpdesk — 1997 - 2003
      • Supported users working on Windows NT and VMS in a variety of applications
      • Wrote utilities in C and DCL to track lab status and verify worker attendance
      • Highest paid helpdesk worker at TTU, ever
    • TTU System Operations • technician — 1998
      • Installed network wiring and new systems in computer labs
    • Welmont Health Systems • helpdesk — 1998
      • Answered support calls for hardware and software issues on Windows
  8. Foreign Languages:
    • Conversational proficiency in French (more advanced proficiency in technical language)
  9. References:
    • Available upon request