William Francis Gunshannon

720 Willard St.

Luzerne, PA 18709

USA

Email:bill.gunshannon@cs.uofs.edu

Home: (570) - 283-5152

Work: (570) - 941-4251

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Computing Sciences Dept., University of Scranton (06/15/1991 - Present) - Department Systems Administrator

Scranton, Pennsylvania United States

Duties: Currently maintain the total computing infrastructure for the CS Department. Responsible for maintaining everything from the wiring to the devices used to provide routing, NAT and VPN services. Responsible for the design and engineering of our Department Networking and work closely with the University's Network Services in order to ensure seamless interconnection between our subnetworks and the Campus LAN. Frequently called on to consult with other networking professionals and faculty members on matters involving network design, operations and security. Manage 10 production Unix Servers providing General Access and Use as well as Email (SMTP), 2 Web Servers, 3 Database Servers and an authentication server offering single sign-on for all department resources. I designed, implemented, maintain and manage a secure wireless network using Radius Authentication and accounting. I implemented, maintain and manage an academic lab for teaching Networking and Security. Also maintain 2 labs for teaching Real-time Systems and Robotics.

Utilize system management tools, administrative subsystems, system control programs and related operating system components to ensure uninterrupted operation of on-line and interactive systems. Utilize performance monitors to anticipate future computing needs. Provide consulting assistance to the faculty and students on the development of applications software. Function as primary system analyst meeting with end-users to determine their needs for interaction with our UNIX systems software and hardware. Knowledge of the functional characteristics of the hardware devices to be supported by UNIX systems software to provide advice on future equipment purchases. Experience with Unix from Version 7 until the present. Have worked with SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, System III, System V, all versions of BSD since BSD 4.3, to include OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD. Work regularly with RedHat Linux, Knoppix and Debian Linux.

Frequently called upon to evaluate the significance of technological advances in operating systems and related processes in order to guide the direction our infrastructure will take in order to keep the tools used by the professors in the department relevant to current computing trends. I am the subject matter expert for Unix not only within my department, but have been frequently called upon to design systems or resolve problems for other operations, both academic and administrative, at the University. As a one-man shop, I must take the initiative in locating sources of information in government agencies, academic institutions and private industry and to remain abreast of technical advancements in UNIX-based operating systems. Throughout my career I have demonstrated the ability to deviate from traditional methods while adapting or developing new methods. I have experience writting programs in COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, C, Ada, BASIC and other less common languages. Until about a year ago I was the Systems Administrator for a series of machines running OpenVMS for the Computing Sciences Department. These ranged from desktop VAXStation 3100's to a large VAX7000-640 supporting students writting programming assignements in the VMS environment. I am the point of contact for support for a userbase of 12 Faculty, approximately 100 CS Majors and 800 General Eduacation Students.

In addition to my work at the University, I am a CW2 in the USAR currently functioning as the S6 for USARE DISA. I am responsible for planning and carrying out projects, resolving most of the conflicts that arise, integrating and coordinating the work of others as necessary and interpreting policy on my own initiative in terms of established objectives. I recently completed my Warrant Officer Advanced Course at Ft. Gordon, GA in order to ensure my knowledge and skills are kept current.

In both my day-to-day and USAR position I am frequently called upon to interpret and implement practices based on the guidelines found in technical manuals associated with equipment used, and federal information processing standards: NBS standards, DOD, and HQDA regulations and standards. As the only technical person in the department I am required to take the initiative in locating sources of information in government agencies and private industry and to remain abreast of technical advancement in UNIX-based operating systems. I have frequently been required to develop new methods for dealing with unique requirements.

Often required to analyze, design, and develop operating system software subsystems, system control programs and related operating system components, on-line and interactive systems, data communications systems, database administration systems, data entry systems, and performance monitors. I evaluate technical advances in the information specialty areas above to determine applicability to the overall improvement of the UNIX-based computer systems that support the CS Department.

Advise the Department Chair and other faculty on UNIX system software characteristics and use as well as networking technologies which directly affects the successful accomplishment of the Department's mission by ensuring, within budgetary constraints, that computer systems maintain state-of-art effectiveness.

I have a long history of working with not only subordinates and peers, but also with superiors including high ranking members of the military.

I have 25+ years of specialized experience at or above a level comparable to the GS-12 grade. I was evaluated in August 1984 by the Office of Personnel Management and rated at the GS 11/12 level in Occupational Specialty 0334 . Computer Specialist under the Options: Programmer, Programmer/Analyst, Systems Analyst, and Specialist. As my resume demonstrates I have a wide range of knowledge of computer requirements and techniques pertinent to the position to be filled. My work involves analyzing a number of alternative approaches in the process of advising department personnel concerning major aspects of the various computer designs and system interrelationships that must be considered or what operating mode, system software and/or equipment configuration is most appropriate for a given project.

University of Scranton (06/12/1989 - 06/14/1991) - Technical Analyst for Networking

Sranton, Pennsylvania United States

Duties: I was hired to implement a campus wide LAN to include getting the University connected to the INTERNET. Assisted in the initial design of the campus network and handled co-ordination with the contractors who were brought in to handle the implementation details. Designed the logical layout of the network and did all the paperwork necessary to justify issuance of a domain and Class B network. Personally handled the necessary cabling and brought the first building on-line and connected to PrepNET making the University the first organization in Northeastern Pennsylvania to have a presence on the INTERNET.

TRW Information Networks Div. (04/15/1988 - 06/11/1989) - Senior Systems Engineer

Rockville, Maryland United States

Duties: I assisted in the design, installation and maintenance of ethernet based Local Area Networks utilizing coax, fiber optic and twisted pair cabling. Worked on the installation of the Naval Academy Data Network. Maintained the Unix servers that were part of the Naval Academy Data Network. Provided consulting and maintenance support for other TRW Customer sites.

Martin Marietta Data Systems (02/15/1984 - 04/12/1988) - Senior Computer Systems Designer

West Point, New York United States

Duties: I maintained the hardware, operating systems software and commercial applications on 5 Prime 850 Minicomputers at the United States Military Academy. Assisted with the maintenance of a Sytek Broadband Local Area Network. Provided professional consulting services for the U. S. Military Academy as well as other customer sites of Martin Marietta Data Systems. Assisted with the writing of specifications as well as the benchmarking of systems in support of Martin Marietta.s Government sales force. Was the lead programmer for the development of a Unix based Automated Statistical Monitoring Package for use in a multi-vendor broadband LAN. In conjunction with my Amateur Radio License I had a private research project using wireless networking running that involved using VHF radio links to connect numerous nodes running AX.25 packet switching over a major area of the Northeast United States.

Staff & Faculty, USMA (05/11/1983 - 02/14/1984) - Systems Software Programmer

West Point, NY, New York United States

Duties: I was a member of the Systems Software Support Branch. Provided Operating Systems level support for a cluster of Prime 850 minicomputers, a UNIVAC 1100 mainframe and numerous microcomputers of various architectures. Worked with the Branch Chief on the design and implementation of a program designed to provide by-name connection service, an equivalent to the INTERNET Domain Name Service, to resources on a Sytek Broadband Local Area Network. Delivered a paper on this program at the Fall 1983 Sytek National Users Group conference at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. Provided technical guidance to Cadets, Faculty and Administrative Staff on software and hardware related problems and projects.

Staff & Faculty, USMA (08/01/1980 - 05/10/1983) - Applications Programmer/Analyst

West Point, New York United States

Duties: I wrote and maintained programs written in COBOL utilizing CODASYL Databases on a UNIVAC 1100 mainframe. Wrote new programs and maintained legacy program written in Fortran IV and Fortran 77. Ported programs from the UNIVAC mainframe environment to a PDP-11 running RT-11 as well as the UCSD Pascal Operating System. Wrote terminal emulation software for Z80, M68K and LSI-11 based microcomputers. Wrote an RFP and the justification documentation for the procurement of Multi-processing, Multi-user microcomputers for integration into the IT infrastructure at USMA.

Military Service: (10/1968 - 08/1972 & 05/1976 - 03/1984)

I served on Active Duty with the US Army during these periods rising to the rank of E6.

(05/2003 - 07/2006)

During this period I served with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. In April of 2004, based primarily on my 25 years of Information Systems experience, I was permitted to attend Warrant Officer Candidate School and in May 2004 I was appointed as an Informations Systems Technician Warrant Officer. During Annual Training in both 2005 and 2006, because of the absence of the assigned officers, I served as the Brigade S6.

(07/2006 - Present)

In July 2006 I transfered to The United States Army Reserve serving in the S3 of the 392d Sig Bn. In January of 2007 I spent 28 days in Grafenwoehr, Germany supporting The SETAF J6 for Exercise LION FOCUS/SHARP FOCUS. During this period I also evaluated the methods that were currently in use and wrote an SOP for the J6 Help Desk Operation. I currently serve as the S6 for the US Army Reserve Element of DISA.