Anthony W. Vealé
199 Monarch St.
Louisville, CO 80027
(303)666-1833
Email: veale@fafnir.dyndns.org

SUMMARY

An experienced Unix computer systems manager with a physical science background. Ten years experience providing total computer support, from hardware purchasing, installation, and maintenence to user support for software installation, instruction, trouble-shooting in a dynamic, high demand research environment.

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
Master of Science in Physics University of Colorado, Boulder
Bachelor of Science in Astronomy UCLA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Computer System Manager Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy 1998 - 2000
Managed the entire computer system for CASA at the University of Colorado, Boulder - 60 UNIX workstations, including Sun, DEC, and SGI workstations, and a similar number of personal computers.

  • Title: Senior Professional Research Assistant

  • Appointed Lead Computer System Manager in 2000

  • Supported daily operations of all computer and network services and supported all the scientific software packages.

  • Provided total user support, instruction in basic Unix utilities and scientific packages, scripting assistance, and diagnosis of software problems.

  • Performed security audits, including security patching and daily review of security logs.

Operating Systems: Solaris, Linux, Ultrix, IRIX, Windows, Macintosh

Asst. Computer System Manager Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy 1991 - 1998
Performed similar duties as above, in an assistant role.

  • Title: Professional Research Assistant

  • Wrote numerous administration utilities in perl, including an automated backup system, and programs to monitor security and hardware health.

Programmer Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy 1991
Ported STAR (Scientific Toolkit for Astrophysical Research) from VMS to Unix. STAR was written in IDL, a scientific data language with optimized vector mathematics functions.

Consultant Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy 1991
  • Installed AIPS (Astronomical Image Processing System) on a SUN 4/470 SPARCstation.

Research Assistant JILA, University of Colorado 1987 - 1990
Research Assistant to Dr. J. L. Linsky, while studying for Masters in Physics.

  • Installed AIPS on the first Alliant computer system to successfully run the package.

Operator Center for Experimental Computer Science 1986
Managed system backups for the Center for Experimental Computer Science, UCLA.

Summer Intern Houston Fearless, '76 1982 - 1985
Performed a large variety of tasks, including installing computer cable and data entry.

REFERENCES

Available on request.