Joe Strusz
Email: joe.strusz@gmail.com
Phone: 901.827.1412
Web: www.joestrusz.com

Objective

My objective is to obtain a position to further my career track in the Computer and Internet Industry. Although open-source oriented, I have no problems working in a structured Microsoft environment, as long as there is an opportunity to learn something new. I would like to work with management, end users and IT staff to identify, analyze, design, implement and support information systems which solve business problems. Job titles would include systems analyst, IT analyst, business analyst, and project manager.

Experience

SALES ASSOCIATE
2007-Present MERS/Goodwill Carbondale, IL

• Process wares, clothing.
• Checkout clerk.
• Donor Attendant, pallet and semi operator.
• Donor Greeter, Tax Receipt Signee.

IT ASSISTANT
2005-2006 Oxford Publishing Inc. Oxford, MS

• Improved customer registration for our Las Vegas show by 30%.
• Migrated all old flat file archives of all magazines to Mambo CMS.
• Managed/Setup a foolproof SPAM system using ClamAV, spamassassin, Postfix, courier, and Amavisd-new.
• Maintained/upgraded/patched over 40 workstations weekly.
• Managed the backup system for clients and servers.
• Installed/secured 2 Gentoo AMD64 linux servers.
• PHP hardened install, phpMyAdmin, webmail systems, traffic monitoring, Ethernet sniffing, rootkits protection, etc.

PROGRAMMER
2004-2005 Computer Warehouse Carbondale, IL

• Developed “shellconnectorâ€? software.
• Developed wiki server side applications and management systems in C, C++, bash, PHP, and PERL.
• Wrote user scripts, and developed PHP frontends to retrieve database information.
• Developed PHP/MySQL based point of sale system.

TECHNICIAN
2003-2004 Computer Warehouse Carbondale, IL

• Customer Computer Repairs.
• Server installs and setup.
• Ordering, RMA, Stock.
• Customer desk assistance.
• Server maintenance.
• PHP, Perl, Linux programming.
• SQL database administration.
• Networking, routing, and firewalls.

HEAD DESIGNER
2001-2003 Web Design Boutique Carbondale, IL

• Hosted designed and implemented several websites.
• Shopping carts, databases, etc..

NETWORK OPERATIONS
1998-1999 Midwest Internet Carbondale, IL

• Maintained and monitored dial-up routers.
• Serviced DSL customer hardware and software.

TECHNICIAN
1997-1998 InfoQuest Computers Carbondale, IL

• Serviced customer hardware.
• Performed upgrades and custom builds.
• Setup and maintained a LAN with servers and clients running Slackware Linux.
• Linux, Windows NT, Windows 9x, BSD, SCO.

Education

2002-2004 John A. Logan College Carbondale, IL

• First AID, CPR, AED Certifications
• Emergency Medical Technician License

1997-2001 Carbondale Community HS Carbondale, IL

• Completed all computer/Internet/programming related courses.
• Earned Cisco Certification.

Skills

My skills include graphics manipulation, web design, and operating systems. I have plenty of experience with WindowsNT Server, WindowsXP Pro, Windows2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server and all user distributions of Windows. As well as slackware Linux, RedHat Linux, Mandrake Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. I have experience with HTML, Perl, Apache, CSS, SQL, FrontPage, CGI, C++, Pascal, Assembly Language, Java, Visual Basic, And CSS. I am familiar with programs such as Photoshop, Gimp, Premiere, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Flash, Director, and many more. Also, MySQL, PHP Programming, database connectivity with web applications and server side scripting languages.