Andreas Tyrosvoutis

Paralia Ano Alissou 1

Ano Allissos,  25002

+30 6977992882

[email-masked]

Objective and Cover Letter

Hello, my name is
Andreas Tyrosvoutis. I am a Hellenic-American currently residing in Greece. I
currently have American citizenship and at some point in the future, I would
like to achieve EU citizenship through my Greek heritage. Unfortunately a
requirement of this is to serve in the Greek military which is mandatory for
males.

I moved to Greece
about 1.5 years ago to be closer to my family. I was born in California where
I grew up in and around Silicon Valley where much of my passion and
experience for technology came from this environment. The pace of growth
of  the technology industries in
the USA, especially in California, created a wealth of job and learning
opportunities that I am happy and proud to have experienced.

I enjoy working where
new ideas and creativity are valued and encouraged. I often have unique
methods for problem solving and project development and quickly learn new
ideas and technology. I have a wealth of knowledge and carry a deep respect
for others idea and viewpoints.

I am a valuable
addition to any team, and I am also capable of completing projects solely on
my own. I don't mind challenges, but I can be frustrated if I don't have the
support of others.

I believe that it is
important to have fun with the people I work with. It encourages personal and
team growth, as well as creating a sense of harmony and flow that fosters an
ideal work space.

I am really impressed with AJAX and its
capabilities to transform the state of web applications. I would like to have
the opportunity to use my technical knowledge to promote and develop
interesting ideas and technologies.

I would consider
myself a Windows systems and Internet Technologies expert as well as having
superb TCP/IP qualifications and experience. I would also consider myself an
expert with Linux systems administration and development even though I feel
it is an area that is constantly progressing and maturing at a pace that is
difficult to consider oneself an expert in.

Work Experience

Windows / Linux Administrator and Open source Integrator

4/2007 - 9/2007  Silktech O.E, Patras, Achaea

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Silktech O.E is a web application design and
technical services firm, focusing on AJAX technologies to provide customized
Web 2.0 applications for corporate networks and their internet presence.

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I was hired to administrate the development
and hosting servers for our staff of programmers and developers to ensure
that development progressed unhindered. This included CVS and Subversion
management tools as well as Rsync and SSH replication.

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I was also responsible for maintaining our web
hosting server running Cpanel 10 / 11, hosting 100+ sites, and many of them
running state of the art Web 2.0 applications developed by Silktech.
Responsibilities included operating system upgrades and security auditing.
Also account administration, backup strategy, and Cpanel customizations
(Parallel installs of MySQL 4.x and 5.x) to support development.

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I also was responsible for migrating and
documenting some web application servers from their current to a newer Linux
platform including making a fail over strategy for some of our 24/7 applications.
One such project was the Supercargo project.

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Supercargo is a shipping and cargo management
company for large shipping vessels and containers in the Mediterranean. This
was a high volume fax server that is used as the primary means of
communication for Supercargo of Patras, Greece. The user interface was the
Silktech FAX web 2.0 application which gave the users access to the faxes via
a web based email like interface. This application is based around the
HylaFAX open source application and Linux CentOS and programmed in PHP with
AJAX technologies.

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Because there was no existing documentation, I
had to reverse engineer the existing installation and replicate it on a new
server without affecting the existing server’s uptime.  Documentation and development of the
installation, migration and fail over procedures and also tuning and
migration of the PHP, MySQL (4.x to 5.x) server and Apache (1.3x to 2.x)
configurations and databases was also performed by me.

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I also spent some time researching and testing
another open-source project, the Trixbox Project. This is an all-in-one VOIP
solution for homes and businesses.

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I also used my windows administration
experience to create customized builds of Windows XP containing fully patched
and additional drivers for modern hardware. These installation discs also
contained additional customizations such as domain settings and policies for
customer networks, and pre-installed software like in an OEM environment.

Business Partner and Network Administrator

1/2003 - 12/2006  PhatLan Enterprises LLC., Merced, Ca

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This was a small technical service business
focusing on Health care Industries.

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As a Business Partner and Administrator of
Phatlan I was responsible for not only the technical aspects of our service
orientated business, but I also performed business management tasks such as
documentation and corporate related administration.

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Our company provided tech support and other
technical services to our customers, mostly doctors and nurses from both
private and public health care offices. We also had other clients such as
from real estate businesses and individuals. Most of my experience here was
with medical industry related technologies.

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Some of our services included, integrating
various open source and free software packages to assist with digital asset
management of radiology and related imaging technologies, software to assist
with customer and patient information,
and developing strategies for large dataset storage and long term
archival.

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John C. Fremont Hospital    - Mariposa, CA

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Installed a hardware/software based VPN
network and additional T1 to allow remote read access for doctors of
radiology that could connect and view patient x-ray data remotely. Also
developed and maintained a PACS server for radiology image storage and
archival.

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Merced MRI                                   -
Merced, CA

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I developed a high volume Linux based PACS
server that was created from several
open source packages and various shell scripting for maintenence.  Also created a remote access strategy
similar to the John C. Fremont Hospital.

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I was also involved in Web Design, PHP / MySQL
Programming, Web hosting (Ensim), network infrastructure design and
implementation, end user support such as 24/7 telephone support for doctors
and nurses, application support (Microsoft Office, etc.), hardware repair,
large storage server design and purchasing.

Jr. Network Administrator

12/2002 - 12/2003  Anchor Auto Body and Frame, Sunnyvale,
Ca

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At this job, my actual years of employment are
not accurately represented. For a period of time of approximately 7 years of
continued involvement ending in 2003, I was working here part time as an
independent employee / contractor.

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As the auto repair industry is a customer
oriented industry, Anchor Auto Body was continually pushing the use of
available technology to provide excellent service to their customers. For
example, we were the first repair shop to enable our customers to check on
the status of their vehicles via our web page and email.

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My main responsibility was to enable excellent
technical service for the representatives at Anchor. During the time spent at
Anchor Auto Body I performed a variety of tasks...

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Windows NT / 2000 and Novell 3.12 Server
administration –

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The network topology at Anchor consisted of
one Novell 3.12 server, a Windows NT 4.0 server, and for a time a Linux
server for hosting web pages and mail services. These machines serviced a
base of 10-11 workstations running Windows 98, ME. Eventually I migrated this
network to Windows 2000 active directory on both the Novell and the Windows
server, as well as Windows 2000 Professional on the workstations.

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The choice to migrate to Windows 2000 was a
decision I made based on the needs of our users and the improved stability
provided by a modern operating system. This network was also a prime
candidate for the additional administration tools, Group Policy, and better
internet tools.

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I was also responsible for aspects of our
internet presence. I designed and
created the first version of our customer oriented website as well as
maintained the later revisions. Email administration and web hosting was also
provided in house.

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Almost all hardware repair and purchasing
decisions were made on my recommendations. Most upgrades and repairs to
workstations, servers, and the networking equipment  was also performed by me.

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I also learned to maintain and integrate
specialized equipment such as Automotive Framing machines and Laser alignment
systems to the network. I also gained some experience with fiber optic
networking for our paint mixing department due to the requirements of a zero
tolerance for fire and spark hazards.

Jr. Network and Web server Administrator

8/1999 - 11/2002  Gamers.com  / GX Media, Richmond, Ca

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When I first joined Gamers.com it was a
fast-paced, intense work environment typical of the dot-com startup era.  I was hired a few weeks before the
initial launch of our products and services. Initially the company was
composed of about 30 individuals, mostly undergraduates from and around CSU
Berkeley, CA.

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I was a network administrator thrust into
learning and providing support, debugging, and testing of web applications
and web technologies. I spent time load testing our web servers running
Internet Information Server 4.0, IIS,
and simulating traffic patterns to ensure our site would be available
once launched. I also maintained our farm web server machines located in a
collocation service hosted in Above.net in San Jose, CA)

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After the launch of our site, our companies
employee base expanded 4X (over 100 people), and the need for normal network
administration increased. We were one of the first companies to use Windows
2000 technologies, both in testing and production environments. Windows 2000
was released on February 17, 2000, and we were using beta versions of Windows
2000 and Exchange 2000 from approximately 6 months earlier. Both in our
internal network, and IIS 5.0 from Windows 2000 for our web servers. I
learned to support and maintain the Windows 2000 class of operating system in
a corporate environment even before it was released. It was important to
provide excellent support for our editors, programmers, and other staff.

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Because of the increase in employee's we also
moved to a new location. This location was in Richmond, CA. I oversaw
designing the plans and hired the contractors to create the network
infrastructure for our Richmond,CA office. We had some specialized
requirements which made planning and choosing a contractor a careful process.
Wiring had to be dropped from the ceiling to accommodate the wide open spaces
as well as the multiple network ports to each work station (4 per user, this
was for development and expansion purposes). The final project was close to
$100,000 worth of labor and materials (including Cisco switches and routers).

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Other technologies where I gained hands on
experience in this position. Microsoft SQL Server and reporting technologies,
I was responsible for generating reports for our sales staff in order to sell
advertising on our site. Load Balancing and Web server scaling technologies,
I spent time researching and getting familiar with various aspects (software
and hardware) of this technology. Linux Administration Hardware Repair,
Assembly, Debugging and Server Design and  Large system backup using Veritas
Backup Solutions.

Jr. Network Administrator

1/2001 - 8/2001  Valent USA, Walnut Creek, Ca

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I worked in the Walnut Creek office with a
team of five individuals providing technical service and support for this
company. Our team provided application and hardware support for approximately
100 employees.

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My position as a Jr. Network Engineer was to
assist our Sr. Network Engineer, Mark Newcomb, with any day to day
maintenance, new projects and expansion that our company required. As well as
provide additional support to our first line techs and employees.

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The network was a Windows NT 4.0 domain, with
a primary domain and two secondary domain controllers. Additionally there
were about 100 workstations in a mixed environment of Windows 98/NT. Some of
my responsibilities included day to day maintenance on our Windows NT servers,
including updates and backups. I was also responsible for accounting for our
Windows domain, as well as security auditing on our networks.

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A major project that I was instrumental in the
design process for was the plans for a Virtual Private Networking project
that would connect our 14 remote sales offices located in different states in
the Midwest to the main office in California via frame relay connections over
the internet. This project used the Windows NT VPN / RAS with distributed
secondary domain controllers to communicate with the remote offices, and
dial-up accounts with VPN software for our mobile sales force. The main idea
behind the project was to simplify our Windows domain administration and
improve service and support for our nationwide sales force.

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Also there was an SUN / Solaris server that
functioned as the NAT/Firewall device for the internal network to provide
access to the internet. It was one of my responsibilities to migrate our
existing T1 internet connection, from our Solaris Firewall / NAT to a Windows
based software Firewall / NAT. To complete this I installed and configured a
Verio Software Firewall solution and did a basic configuration of the NAT and
port mapping settings to replicate the Solaris machine's settings.

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Additionally there was also an IBM AS/400
accounting server, which I did not provide support for but I did get some
hands on experience and knowledge.

Self Employed Web Designer and Computer Services

8/1997 - 7/2000  Mariposa Graphic Arts, Mariposa, Ca

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Small self run business focusing on early
Internet services and networking.

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Web page design (HTML), graphic designs, logos
and image editing. Internet advertising consultant and lead Web Designer for
clients desiring a clear informative presence on the Internet.

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On-site computer repair, configuration and
installation of software and hardware for clients in their home and offices.

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Computer purchasing and assembly for
businesses and individuals and basic networking support for businesses.
(Windows 9x workgroups)

Education

6/2001 - 6/2001  Cisco Certified Network Associate, San
Jose, Ca

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Professional

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Wave Technologies Boot Camp

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http://www.cisco.com/go/certifications

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Cisco ID: CSCO10310543

4/2001 - 4/2001  Microsoft Certified Professional, San
Jose, Ca

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Professional

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Wave Technologies Microsoft Boot Camp

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http://www.microsoft.com/mcp

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MCP ID# 2417434

Skills

Apache 1.x 2.x

Cpanel Web Hosting
Operating System

Ensim Web Hosting
Operating System

Kernel Compiling and
Optimization 2.4x / 2.6x

Linux Administration
(Redhat, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Cent

Mail Administrator -
Sendmail Exim Qmail

Microsoft IIS 5 and
6

Mysql 4 / 5
Administration

PHP 4 / 5
Administrator

Plesk 7.5 / 8.x Web
Hosting Operating System

Shell (bash)
programming

Symantec Products -
Ghost Antivirus Enterprise

TCP / IP
Networking

VM Ware Products -
ESX Server (Windows / Linux)

Subversion
Administration + Other CVS like applications