SAMUEL A. THIGPEN
sam_thigpen@yahoo.com                   	
http://sthigpen.freeshell.org/resume.txt

TECHNICAL SKILLS

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Linux, BSDs, xen, vmware, Microsoft Windows, MacOSX, Solaris
PROGRAMMING: C, Assembly, x86, x86_64, ARM
SCRIPTING: Perl, Python, PHP, Unix Shell
WEB: Adobe Flash, Java, AJAX, LAMP, XML
DATABASE: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle/RAC
GIS: APRS, GPS
3D: X3D, Collada
NETWORK: Cisco
HA/Cluster: IBM BladeCenter, mosix 
GUI: gtk+, qt, wxWindows, fb, DirectFB
VIDEO: mplayer, x264, v4l/v2 (Video4Linux)

EXPERIENCE

SENIOR UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR, San Mateo, CA
Sterling Commerce/AT&T, November 2007 - present
· Linux/Solaris System Administration
· VMWare & virtualization 
· SAN/HA hardware
· CISCO IOS

UNIX GRAPHICS PROGRAMMER, San Francisco, CA
Sharechive, April 2007 – September 2007
· Linux Embedded System & Graphics Programming
· Adobe Actionscript3, Flex2, Flex3, Papervision3D, amfphp, amfext
· PostgreSQL Database Administration

EMBEDDED MEDICAL DEVICES, Melbourne, Australia
Enttex, February 2006 – December 2006
· touchscreen ajax GUI
· comedi hardware programming
· Real Time Linux (RTAI)
· MySQL database administration and SQL DBI programming

UNIX DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR AND PROGRAMMER, Las Vegas, NV
Applied Marketing Sciences, January 2005 - January 2006
· LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Perl) development
· mod_perl and perl dbi programming including module development
· MySQL database administration and SQL DBI programming
· Linux System Administration and Programming

UNIX SYSTEM PROGRAMMER, Training
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Strasbourg, March 2003 - June 2003
· Programming the Real Time Application Interface (RTAI) and the Linux kernel 
  for robotic control
· Programming with real time Linux (RTAI) device drivers for robotics 
· C Network Programming to control robotic devices via secure socket connections
· Network and Control Interface Programming and design with GNU C, Java, and 
  Javascript

OTHER
Extra Class Amateur Radio Ham

EDUCATION
· System Engineering, Control, and Computer Vision Training, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de  
  Strasbourg, March 2003 - June 2003
· M.Sc., Space Studies, International Space University, 2003
· B.A. Integrative Arts, Minor in Art History, Penn State University, 1997