Michael Pareene

201 West 33rd Street
Minneapolis, MN   55408

Cell: 612-220-8725
Home: 612-825-2641
Email: michael.pareene@gmail.com
Web: www.skywayradio.com

 

Summary

IBM certified WebSphere Portal Architect with experience designing and implementing WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal systems.

Hands on experience with...

 


Work Experience

 

MSI Systems Integrators

Bloomington, MN - June 2005 to present

Recent projects include...

 

Notiva Corporation (HM Associates)

Edina, MN - Nov 1999 to May 2005

Engineer and technical consultant on team that built and implemented a J2EE-based trade settlement package for several Fortune 500 retailers. Package implemented on Linux, Solaris, and AIX systems, in both enterprise and hosted configurations using WebLogic, and WebSphere clusters. Integration work with existing systems that incorporated XML, XSLT, JMS, WebSphere MQ, SSH, and Perl LWP.

Administrator and architect for multiple different systems, including Sun Solaris, Linux, Oracle, Active Directory, LDAP, routers, firewalls, WebSphere, WebLogic, Traction, JIRA, Perforce, Cognos, WebSphere MQ.

Author of web-based intranet and client extranet knowledge systems.

Worked with software development teams to implement configuration & change management procedures; builds, integration, and software deployments; maintained project environments; developed install and deployment scripts UNIX shell, Perl, and JACL (wsadmin).

Developed requirements specifications, architecture diagrams, and application designs.

Extensive work with client implementation teams as project manager for on-site implementations.

Wrote utilities in Perl, shell, PL/SQL to help with integration work.

 

ESP Software Services (Cotelligent), Inc.

Minneapolis, MN - Jan 1998 to May 1999

 

Integrity Solutions

Eagan, MN - Jun 1997 to Dec 1997

Lead engineer on an Internet software project, developing an ad-aware, context-sensitive web-site.

 

Lawson Software

St. Paul, MN - May 1994 to Jun 1997

 

Cy DeCosse, Inc

Minnetonka, MN - Nov 1992 to May 1994

Lead developer for a book publishing continuity system

 

Keane, Inc Inc

Bloomington, MN - Mar 1990 to Nov 1992

Consultant on business software projects for local Fortune 1000 firms

 

AT&T, Inc Inc

Bloomington, MN - Feb 1987 to Mar 1990

System administrator for large operations center. Supported 150+ users in UNIX-telephony environment

 


Education

 

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA - Sep 1979 to Jun 1983, 1987

Bachelor of Arts

 

Colorado Technical College

Colorado Springs, CO - 1984 to 1985


One year programming in mechanical engineering, computer programming, and technical writing

 


Community

  1. Co-founder and member of the board directors, Twin Cities' Underground Youth Center.

  2. Member of the board, Lyndale Neighborhood Association.

 


Skills

 

Appservers

  1. WebSphere Application Server 6.1
    WebSphere Application Server 6.0
    WebSphere Application Server 5.1

    Experience configuring all aspects of WebSphere Application Server, including...

    • Installation
    • Network deployment
    • Clusters
    • JNDI
    • Java 2 Security
    • JAAS
    • digital certificates
    • performance tuning
    • HTTP transports
    • JDBC, sticky sessions, transactions,
    • servlets
    • EJB
    • JMS messaging
    • wsadmin
    • transaction management
    • Tivoli Performance Viewer

  2. WebLogic 8.1 and WebLogic 6.1

    Configured WebLogic servers and deployed applications for Target Corporation, Toys R Us, and Notiva. Work with installation, deployments, security, system administration, JMS, transactions, JDBC, and Apache plugins. Work with WebLogic Portal.

  3. Tomcat 5.x

    Configured Tomcat for use as internal intranet appserver at Notiva, as well as for skywayradio.com site. Work with installation, deployments, servlets, search engines, and security realms.

  4. Apache 2.0

    Configured Apache for use as internal intranet webserver at Notiva, as well as for skywayradio.com site. Work with modules, filters, DSOs, security, SSL encryption, URL rewriting, virtual hosts, search engines, and SSI.

  5. Orion 1.5.2

    Configured as part of a JIRA installation.

 

Packages

  1. WebSphere Portal v6

    Certified in IBM WebSphere Portal 6 Deployment and Administration.

  2. WebSphere XD

  3. Web Content Management

    Design and implementation of several web content management systems. Able to quickly assemble content and wed to logically intuitive frameworks and workflow systems.

  4. Databases

    Architect and administrator experience with Oracle, DB2, Informix, Sybase, and MySql. Work with installation, tuning, SQL, PL/SQL, stored procedures, backups and restores, clusters, gateways, security, and OracleNet. Extensive experience with database client tools such as Oracle SQL*Plus, MS Query Analyzer, or DB2 Client.

  5. WebSphere MQ

    Installed and configured on distributed systems Target, Toys R Us, and Notiva. Work with queue managers, clusters, MQSC, security, integration with WebSphere Application Server.

  6. Perforce

    Administrator and superuser for large J2EE development project with thousands of source files. Integration with Ant. Work with installation, user management, security, backups and restores, triggers, changelists, branching, merges, and scripting.

  7. Shell Scripting

    I have written thousands of scripts to perform thousands of tasks.

  8. JIRA 2.x

    Administrator and superuser for large J2EE development project. Work with installation, user management, reporting, and project creation

  9. Ant

    Helped design and perform builds for large J2EE development project. WebSphere and WebLogic builds. Work with scripts and configuration files, integration with Perforce.

  10. MS Visio

    Used to develop architectural drawings for implementation EIS at several Fortune 500 companies.

  11. MS Project

    Used to develop project plans for implemenation of EIS at several Fortune 500 companies.

  12. MS Powerpoint

    Numerous presentations, ranging from small meetings with corporate decision makers to large crowds at convention halls.

  13. MS Access

    Work with hardware and software tracking databases.

  14. MS Exchange Server

    Administrator and superuser of corporate mail servers. Work with configuratin, user and group setup, and security.

  15. Veritas Backup

    Administrator for system that performs backups of heterogenous collection of Linux, Solaris, and Windows boxes.

  16. Lawson Software

    Architect and administrator. Creator and web master of LawsonHelp.com web site.

  17. Cognos

    Work with Cognos ReportNet, PowerPlay,

  18. Autosys, Cron, and Control-M

    Experience working with job-scheduling utilities. Numerous perl and shell scripts written to support automated batch job submission..

 

Operating Systems

  1. Linux

    Installation and configuration of dozens of systems. Work with RPM, user setup, security, Samba, RAID, services, kernel, regular expressions, IP aliasing, shell scripting, performance tuning, DNS, X windows, source code control, make, backups, restores, and disaster recovery. Master of sed, vi, awk, shell, and pattern matching.

  2. Sun Solaris

    System administrator and superuser. Installation and configuration of dozens of systems. Work with system architecture, TCP/IP, routing, user management, security, patching, NFS, multihomed hosts. Work on Sun 280Rs, V480s, SAN, D1000 and 3510 disk arrays.

  3. HP-UX

    System administrator and superuser. Installation and configuration of dozens of systems. Work with backups, installs, OpenView

  4. AIX

    System administrator and superuser. Installation and configuration of dozens of systems. Lawson, Oracle, performance tuning, user management, and networking. Work with File Systems , Architecture, Page Files.

  5. UNIX

    System administrator and superuser. Installation and configuration of dozens of systems. Work with system architecture and planning, performance tuning, user management, security, patching, scripting, and networking.

  6. iSeries

    Portal implementations. File and library management. TCP/IP administration. Security management.

 

Programming

  1. WebSphere Portlet Factory
    Rational Application Developer

    Portlets written for various projects.

  2. Java

    Installation and configuration. Engineering work on numerous Java-based implementatins. Work with builds, deploys, security, networking. Work with profiling and performance tuning. Authored numerous web apps using Rational Applicaton Developer.

  3. J2EE

    Part of team that designed and built a large J2EE-based AP matching and reconciliation application. Work with EJBs, servlets, message-driven beans, JDBC, JNDI, and transactions.

  4. HTML, and RSS

    Architect and administrator of numerous web sites.

  5. CGI

    Author of dozens of scripts, mostly in Perl.

  6. J2SDK 1.4.1

    Installation and configuration. Engineering work on large J2EE-based business software package. Work with security, debugging, JVMs, performance tuning, EJBs, servlets, JSP, networking, extension mechanism, JAR and EAR files, CORBA, JDBC, JNDI and JVMPI.

  7. J2SDK EE 1.3.1

    Installation and configuration. Engineering work on large J2EE-based business software package. Work with security, debugging, JVMs, performance tuning, EJB, servlets, JSP, networking, JAR and EAR files, CORBA, JDBC, and JNDI

  8. Perl

    Numerous utility scripts written to perform vital development and system administration tasks.

  9. AWK

    Numerous utility scripts written to perform vital development and system administration tasks.

  10. C and C++

    Work on various business infrastructure software. Member of technology development team at Lawson Software.

  11. XML

    Work with XML Schema, Xalan, XSLT, Xalan, and RSS. Wrote perl and awk scripts to manipulate files. Knowledge of WebSphere and WebLogic XML configuration files. Work with UDDI and SOAP.

  12. PHP

    Configured several PHP packages, including calendars and Movable Type software.

  13. wsadmin and JACL

    Author of dozens of JACL-based administration and deployment scripts used for J2EE-based EIS implementations at Target, Notiva, and Toys R Us.

  14. Structured Query Language (SQL)

    Author of dozens of scripts.

  15. Web design

    Designed and authored numerous intranets and extranets. Work with cascading style sheets (css), streaming audio, sound editing, and search engines.

 

Network

  1. General

    Architect and administrator for numerous TCP/IP networks. Work with UNIX and MS Windows network configuration, IP aliasing, multi-homing, Java networking, and DNS Visio diagrams. Router and firewall configuration. Network topologies, TCP/IP fundamentals, TCP/IP utilities, and WAN/LAN and Remote Access technologies

  2. Samba

    Architect and administrator. Work with user management and security.

  3. DNS

    Architect and administrator. Work with system design, domain creation, user management, and security.

  4. Snort

    Architect and administrator. Work with user management and security.

 

Security

  1. Internet

    Created and implemented security policies. Work with LDAP and SSL. Performed several security audits, including one for a NYC subsidiary of a major Japanese bank.

  2. LDAP

    Enterprise-level implementations with hundreds of users. Work with Sun One LDAP, Active Directory, LDAP, phpLDAPAdmin, and OpenLDAP

  3. iPlanet

    Integration with J2EE application users.

  4. SSH

    Implementation of server. Configuration on Solaris 8. Experience with port forwarding, Authentication with keys.

  5. PGP

    Created encrypted files for sensitive information in internal knowledgebase.

  6. X.509 Certificates

    Implemented certificates for an enterprise-level hosted system used by Fortune 500 retailer.

  7. Sudo

    Administrator of sudo on dozens of Solaris and Linux systems.