Samuel N. Hart sam@samhart.net http://www.samhart.com/	PO Box 57343 Tucson, AZ 85732 (520)409-5176
SUMMARY:	Experienced with various GNU/Linux distributions (8+ years) such as Debian, Red Hat, SuSE, Gentoo and Mandrake, as well as BSD, Solaris, and other Unix-like environments. Experienced in Perl, Python, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, JSP, C#, Shell Scripting, in addition to many legacy computer languages. Worked with various development, debugging and testing tools such as SVN, CVS, BugZilla, GCC, and GDB. Self motivated with the ability to quickly learn new concepts. Passionate about open- source/free-software trends. Web-sites and software reviewed in many publications around the world.
EXPERIENCE:	Oct. 2004 - Present	Platform Specialist Progeny Linux Systems http://www.progeny.com/ Development of Customized Linux-based operating systems. Starting with core Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora Core, or CentOS platforms,built and maintained customized Operating Systems. Low-level RPM development (RPM application, tools, and RPM packages). Python, C and Perl development. Anaconda modification and enhancement
	Jul. 2001 - Present	Project Director Tux4Kids, Tucson, AZ http://www.tux4kids.com/ Free-Software project founder. Acting director of overall project and lead developer/project manager of many sub-projects. Programming (C/C++), Application packaging/promotion, web design. Tux4Kids is a part of a family of Open Source/Free Software projects under the Open Source Educational Foundation (http://www.osef.org/) including Knoppix4Kids and Debian Jr.
	Dec. 2003 – Jan. 2005	President and Lead Developer Big Man Networks, Tucson, AZ http://www.bigmannetworks.com/ President and principal consultant for Big Man Networks. Business venture specializing in custom Debian GNU/Linux server technology, including Anti-Spam/Anti-Viral solutions, OpenLDAP gateways, Apache Webservers, as well as custom programming and scripting solutions.
	Oct. 2001 – Oct. 2004	Support Systems Analyst University of Arizona Physics Department, Tucson, AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/ Integration and maintenance of 60-100 desktop PCs and laptops running various Microsoft Operating Systems, ensuring these PCs work well with the Unix infrastructure employed in the department, as well as maintenance of several Linux SAMBA, OpenLDAP, and terminal servers. Part of integration involved using the Linux-like CYGWIN environment under the Microsoft Operating Systems. Extensive script programming including BASH, Perl, and Python scripting under both Linux and Windows (CYGWIN).
	Apr.2002 - Jul. 2004	Linux/Unix Instructor University of Arizona, Extended University, Tucson, AZ http://www.eu.arizona.edu/ Instruction and course design for the Extended University UNIX, Linux, and LDAP Professional and Continuing Education courses. UNIX and Linux courses are taught in three levels, each course occupying eight hour class periods for five weeks. UNIX and Linux courses teach: UNIX/Linux fundamentals, server technologies, and system security. LDAP course teaches OpenLDAP system administration, maintenance and management. Courses were taught from Red Hat Linux, Debian GNU/Linux, Knoppix, and FreeBSD platforms. Classnotes are available online at http://www.samhart.com/classnotes/.
	Aug.2000 - Jan.2001	Linux Software Consultant Intel, American Fork, UT http://www.intel.com/ Member of testing crew for an embedded Linux device. Lead developer of a distributed P2P testing suite. In charge of several other Linux developers working on the testing suite. Testing suite was cross-platform, but developed primarily under Red Hat Linux. It was written in Perl, with components in JSP and a CGI web-interface. Suite was a P2P distributed computing project that could turn unused embedded Linux devices in the office into a cluster for testing the device API. Was hired to solve API testing problem, and this suite was my solution.
	Jul.1998 - Aug.2000	Administration Technician University of Arizona Physics Department, Tucson, AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/ System administration and software design. Developed database application for storage of Physics Graduate Student information. Managed undergraduate computer lab as well as maintained several Unix servers. Acted as liason between technical support and general staff.
	Aug.1996 - Jul.1998	Laboratory Setup Assistant University of Arizona Physics Department, Tucson, AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/ Physics laboratory setup, stocking, and equipment repair. Design and development of laboratory inventory and experiment database. Database allowed all laboratory setup information, equipment status and location, as well as assignments to be stored, queried, modified and tracked.
OPEN SOURCE AND FREE SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:	1999 - 2002	Lead Developer/Project Manager Tux Typing http://tuxtype.sf.net/ Tux Typing is an Open Source educational typing tutor developed under Linux. Using the SDL libraries it was also ported to the Win32, Mac OS, and BeOS platforms. Served as lead developer until shortly after the 1.0 stable release. Has since become part of the Tux4Kids Free Software project. Tux Typing is published under the GNU GPL.
	2001 - Present	Lead Developer/Project Manager TuxReader http://www.tux4kids.com/dm/tuxread/ TuxReader was intended to be an educational tool to assist students learning how to read. The project has been on hiatus pending more time to complete it. TuxReader is a part of the Tux4Kids Free Software project. It is published under the GNU GPL.
	2001 - 2002	Supplemental Manager Tux of Math Command http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxmath/ Tux of Math Command is an educational math tool developed under Linux. Creation of initial project idea and organization of project team including the recruitment of Bill Kendrick to be project manager. Provided initial game overvew and graphics. Software has since been ported to the Dish Network "Dish721" Personal Video Recorder and is now included in that commercial product. Tux of Math Command is a part of the Tux4Kids Free Software project. It is published under the GNU GPL.
	2002 - 2003	Contributor TuxPaint http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ Code and artwork contributor to TuxPaint. TuxPaint is a part of the Tux4Kids Free Software project. It is published under the GNU GPL
	Apr. - May 2001	Contributor Aethera: PIM, PDR, Messaging and Groupware http://www.thekompany.com/projects/aethera/ Code contributor on the Aethera project. Created tool for importing of MS Outlook mailboxes.
	1999 - 2003	Contributor Simple DirectMedia Layer Library http://www.libsdl.org/ Code contributor for SDL. Submitted patches to code and documentation as well as library usage examples under C, C# (Mono), and Perl. Was maintainer of the SDL/KDevelop Mini-HOWTO during the KDevelop 1.x development cycle.
SKILLS:	Programming: C/C++ C# (Mono) Perl Java FORTRAN77 GCC, GDB Subversion CVS, BugZilla, SourceForge	Web Design HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS Perl CGI (and related modules) PHP Java, JavaScript, JSP Mono ASP.Net Jakarta/Tomcat	Operating Systems: General Unix General Linux Debian GNU/Linux Red Hat and Fedora Linux FreeBSD Windows 95/98/NT/2000 Mac OS
	Server Administration: Apache SAMBA/CIFS OpenLDAP Postfix/MTA Amavis/ClamAV Windows 2000 Server MySQL	System Security: Firewall (iptables, ipchains) SSH/SSL Tunnelling Ethereal nmap TCPWrappers	Miscellany: Microsoft Software Update Services CYGWIN/MSYS Drupal libSDL GTK# VPN VNC
EDUCATION:	University of Arizona Completed studies towards degrees in Physics and Mathematics

Additional experience, references, and/or letters of recommendation available upon request. I am sorry, but due to confidentiality agreements with some previous employers I cannot divulge my salary history.
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