Beechcraft Starship 2000
Springall at Fuse dot net   |   Bill at BillSpringall dot com

NOTE:
A new resume is out, although I have decided to not post it here.
The new resume is much more descriptive and I think it would be safer
to keep it off the internet (or at least on a public web page).
If you would like a copy, please send me an email.

NMS Engineer/Netcool (CIC)
Unix Administrator

(Company name withheld)
I was chosen to become the second half of a two-person team in charge of planning, building, maintaining, and supporting an ever-evolving network and server monitoring system. The system provides immediate fault detection and reporting of equipment and services that are in use by over 120,000 DSL, dial-up and dedicated connection customers. The NMS system currently utilizes Cisco Info Center as the core event warehouse. Tools including HP Network Node Manager, Netcool Internet Service Monitors, Cisco ViewRunner, BMC Patrol, Syslog, and InfoVista gather system information and events, which are then sent to Info Center. Peregrine's Remedy system is also tied into the system for event resolution tracking. Reporting is done with Micromuse Reporter. Completed Micromuse's Reporter training in 09/2001. 01/01-Present
Remedy Systems Architect
ZoomTown.com, Cincinnati
Took on the task of learning Remedy/Peregrine Corporation's, "Action Request System", in use in ZoomTown.com's Network Operations Center (EMC). Developed additional workflow and external helper programs to further integrate the tools used in the EMC. Aided in maintaining and enhancing Remedy gateway applications with Cisco/Micromuse Netcool and Telamon TelAlert systems. Wrote documentation and reports for EMC operators and management. Developed Remedy ARWeb and RemedyWeb applications to be used for web ticket access. Monitored and administrated a Sun Microsystems server running the Remedy AR System 4.03, Oracle 8.0.5, Solaris 2.6, and TelAlert 4.07. Completed Remedy Corporation's "Advanced Topics" class on Remedy design. 06/00-12/00
EMC Operator
ZoomTown.com, Cincinnati
Part of a team of EMC operators who respond, troubleshoot and resolve network and systems alarms for the leading DSL provider in the tri-state area. Performed system maintenance, turn-up, and troubleshooting of a variety of network equipment including: Cisco switches/ routers/DSL access equipment, Unix and Windows workstations and servers. 2/00-8/00
Product Specialist
Convergys Corporation, Heathrow
Established and coordinated a team of technicians responsible for all second level escalations, e-mail support, and client escalations for the Cincinnati Bell Fuse Internet account. Instituted new second-level and client escalation procedures using a web-based submittal form and a Microsoft Access database for reporting and tracking. Developed various database and support tools for tracking and responding to customer's questions sent to Fuse's technical support email box, support@fuse.net. 9/99-2/00
Technical Support Representative
Convergys Corporation, Heathrow
Provided telephone technical support for several Convergys accounts including: Gateway 2000, Mattel Media, Southern New England Telephone Internet, Cincinnati Bell Fuse Internet, Seiko Instruments and Matrixx Marketing Pay Technical Support. 2/98-8/99
Bluesology Program Director
WERS-FM, Boston
Selected and supervised a staff of ten hosts and producers for the daily blues music program, Bluesology. Scheduled live performances for WERS annual fund-raiser, Live Music Week. Chose music for the Bluesology library. Developed a computer database of the record library to allow easy song retrieval. 1/97-5/97
World Wide Web Developer
WERS-FM, Boston
Created and maintained WERS World Wide Web site on the Internet. Responsible for layout, graphics, and HTML coding. Site includes show descriptions, event listings, and Internet links for each show. 12/95-5/97
Student Computing Instructor
Emerson College, Boston
Instructed Emerson students in the proper use of the VAX/VMS mail system. Taught proper Emerson network etiquette and how to send and retrieve electronic mail. The classes were a requirement for obtaining e-mail accounts. 9/95-12/95
Recording Engineer
WERS-FM, Boston
Chose microphones, placement, equalization and effects for live mixes and multi-track recordings for WERS-FM. Live mixes sent directly to air or to digital audio tape for later broadcast. Multi-track required recording individual instruments on 8-24 tracks of digital audio tape and then mixing down to two channel media for CD or tape replication. Chosen in 1996, and again in 1997, to multi-track ensembles for music used during the annual Emerson College Evvy Awards show. 12/94-5/97
EDUCATION
B.S., Mass Communication - Audio/Radio
August, 1997
Emerson College
Boston, MA
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Network Management Systems:
Installing, configuring and using: Micromuse Netcool 3.4/Cisco Info Center 3.0 (Including Probes and Gateways for NNM, Syslog, Oracle, ARS), Micromuse Internet Service Monitors 2.1, HP Network Node Manager 6.2, Cisco View Runner 3.2, Micromuse Reporter 1.3, BMC Patrol 3.3, Syslog, ARS System.
Remedy Action Request System:
Installing, configuring and using: AR Server 4.52, HelpDesk 4.0, SLA, Change Management, DSO, ARWeb 3.0.2, RemedyWeb, Approval Server, Remedy Migrator, Remedy User 4.03 and 4.5 for both Unix and Windows, Remedy Administrator, ARSPerl 1.71, Netcool to Remedy and TelAlert to Remedy Integration
Computing:
Sun Solaris 2.6/7/8, Windows 3.x, 9x, 2000, Linux Red Hat 7.2/Mandrake, PHP4.0, MySQL, Perl, Cisco IOS and CBOS, Telamon TelAlert, Netscape Enterprise Server 4.0, Apache 1.3.12, Internet Protocols (i.e., TCP/IP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, FTP), DSL, HTML
Accomplishments:
Obtained my Private Pilot's license. PP-ASEL
ADDED LINK:   See the case study, done by Micromuse,
of the ZoomTown implementation of Cisco InfoCenter (Omnibus).

I am willing to relocate to the Central Florida area at my own expense.
(Updated 02/14/2002)


I am currently looking for a full-time job to start immediately.