Mitch Wright
mitch@oz.com
Address & phone number
available upon request

EXPERIENCE

08/97 -  11/98 Manager, Information Systems (and resident hacker)
Centillium Technology Corporation -- Fremont, California
Manage all IS/IT related functions. This includes not only traditional systems and network administration, but all telecommunications equipment (Mitel PBX and Octel Voicemail) and associated wiring. Responsible for many facilities-type issues such as the building and perimeter alarm system. Specify and order all computer/network hardware and software.

Worked with Marketing to provide customers with a password protected and secure access to critical documents and specifications via our web server.

Support engineering groups by writing code -- such as a code relocation tool for the DSP group's assembler output, provide technical expertise on internet routing and packet decoding to the device driver group, and fill the coke machine in my copious spare time.

1994 -  date Co-Founder  &  Resident Geek
NetLine Corporation -- Pleasanton, California
Worked with colleagues to provide customers with E-commerce and other web based solutions. Have designed, installed, maintained systems and sites using Real Audio, CyberCash, and CyberSource commercial packages. Significant knowledge and use of Apache/Stronghold, HTML, CGI, PHP/FI, SSI, and the mySQL database.

Assist customers with various internet related issues including internet domain registration, E-mail, and systems/network administration.

1992 -  date Consultant
The ATM Forum -- Mountain View, California
Support the ATM Forum and it's secretariat by providing various consulting services and support.   Have written custom software to support large high-volume E-mailing lists,   modified standard internet software packages enabling security features required by ATMF membership guidelines,   and performed various other tasks as requested.   Implemented a conference registration system which is accessible by both E-mail and the web. Installed and integrated CyberCash to allow attendees to pay conference and membership fees on-line. Created necessary interfaces to allow the sale of ATM Forum documents to the public.

Manage internet services which are provided to the membership. This includes several WWW servers (standard and virtual), FTP, DNS, CyberCash, and electronic mail. Provide support to other ATM Forum consultants and secretariat staff.   Was crucial in the relocation of ATM Forum services from InterOp to Softbank, and finally to The Ferris Group.

11/96 - 08/97 Sr.   Engineer  
Holy Grail Productions -- Fremont, California
Designed a scalable network infrastructure to support on-line interactive gaming via the internet. Began implementation of "lobby" and "game" servers as well as back-end database support.

Provided all corporate IS operations.   Interfaced with vendors, performed UNIX and PC support, managed servers, printers, networks, ...

03/96 - 11/96 Director,   Security Division
BATS -- Sunnyvale, California
Manage staff and guide customers in designing secure and reliable internet and intranet solutions.
  • Project manager for the transition of network services from Gupta Corporation to Centura Software Corporation.
  • Consulted on behalf of National Semiconductor in the migration of PicoPower (a former division of Cirrus Logic, Inc.) to NSC.
  • Wrote code to interface McAfee's NT and web servers with IC Verify's credit card authorization system.
Implement commercial and custom firewall configurations, conduct penetration analysis, and provide intrusion detection services.
  • Designed a multiprotocol firewall solution for Adobe Systems, Inc. to allow development partners access to controlled local resources. Protocol requirements included TCP/IP, IPX, and Appletalk.
  • Provide firewall solutions and support to Federal Home Loan Bank, Sega of America, Capcom, and others.
  • Retained by Octel and Boole & Babbage to provide solutions to internet/web issues using their existing firewall configurations.
07/91 - 03/96 Sr.   Systems Analyst, Information Technology
Cirrus Logic, Inc. -- Fremont, California
Manager of network services infrastructure. Designed and implemented reliable E-mail (POP/SMTP/MIME + various PC gateways), DNS, News, and web services spanning the US, Europe, and Pacific rim supporting over 2,500 users.

Planned, implemented, and managed the corporate network security strategy. Investigated intrusion attempts, crafted solutions to meet business needs, and continued to survey new technologies.

Key staff member for integrating and supporting subsidiary, customer, and business partner connectivity.

Automated or enhanced numerous support tools and functions. Includes NIS, NFS/automount, file & printer distribution, and benchmarking.

Functioned as a local escalation path for complex user/system issues.

09/89 - 07/91 Lead Programmer,   Security Analyst
I-Net Incorporated, USAF/7CG/LGNC
The Pentagon, Washington D.C.
Conducted penetration analysis of the HQ USAF-LAN and authored several papers including "Security and the UNIX Operating System" which was presented as part of the 1991 World Wide Military Command and Control Systems (WWMCCS) annual conference closing plenary.

Focal point for USAF network security issues. Provide expertise to OSI, JCS, DISA, and other agencies. Taught short courses to local security and system administrators.

Designed and implemented Network User Services (NUS), a client/server information update and retrieval system. Coordinated efforts with similar projects such as CERN's WWW.

07/88 - 09/89 Analyst/Programmer, System Administrator
Unisys Corporation, NASA Langley Research Center
Responsible for Unisys' contribution to the Supercomputer Networking Subsystem (SNS) graphics interface design and implementation. Ported lpr/lpd, compress, tcsh, and TranScript 2.0 to Cray and Convex.

Provided system administration and operational analysis of a SunOS network (200+ user, 3.x and 4.x) environment. Secondary support to local administrators of Vax, Convex, and Cray computing systems.

Investigated methods for enhancing SNS system security (Task #20425). Generated preliminary status reports of UNIX system security. Follow P1003.6 Posix Security Enhancements and prepared impact statements.

12/87 - 05/88 Internship, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA
Developed software using GKS to graphically present fault tolerance H.A.R.P data of aircraft components. Displays to CRT or plotter.

EDUCATION Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Degree, May 1988
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

 
Languages PERL,  C,  Various shells,  PostScript,  HTML
OS SunOS (3.0 - 5.6),  BSD,  SysV,  IRIX,  HP-UX,  UNICOS,  Ultrix,  Convex UNIX,  MS Win95,  NT 4.0,  MacOS
Hardware Sun (from Sun2's to Ultra),  NAC,  HP,  SGI,  DEC,  VAX 11/785,  Convex,  Cray,  AT&T 3B1 & 3B2,  Various PCs
Software Emacs,   TeX,   X11,   FrameMaker,   Excel,   Visio,   Apache,   CyberCash,   Netscape,   TIS,   MRTG,   Ingres,   mySQL,   ...

PERSONAL Avid hockey player and fan. Go Sharks!
Various security clearances held throughout career
My home page is http://www.netline.com/~mitch/