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DAVID C. MANCHESTER

10 Virginia Street, Niantic CT 06357

860-739-6411

email:   dredeyedick@sbcglobal.net

david.c.manchester@consultant.com

david.c.manchester@journalist.com

the.wall@diplomats.com

dredeyedick@yahoo.com

 

SYSTEM INTEGRATOR & CONSULTANT

UNIX, HPUX, AIX, LINUX, ENTERPRISE DATABASE MIGRATION

ONSITE AND REMOTE DESKTOP SUPPORT / HELP DESK

 

SUMMARY:

UNIX System Administration, Enterprise system implementation, Project Management for Data Migration. Superb technical writing, specific DBA technical tasks, Internet site design, system software and network troubleshooting, remote and onsite support. Broad experience in the pharmaceutical industries, education, manufacturing and research. Deep experience managing diverse teams (clients, vendors, consultants, and IT) to meet project goals within given budget and timeline constraints.

 

OS:         Windows(all), HPUX, AIX, LINUX, other *nixes, VAX/VMS, VM/CMS, KSH, BASH

DB:         ORACLE, INFORMIX, MySQL, ACCESS

WEB:       TCP/IP, Javascript, HTML, CSS, telnet, ssh, ftp

ERP:        BPCS 5.x, 6.x (Unix and NT), i2 Rhythm Factory Planner

HW:        HP 9000, RS6000, Sparc 10, Unisys 5000, IBM 3090, x86 PC's, All serial terminals

GUIs:      All Microsoft, Xfree86, Redhat, SuSE WMs, AfterStep, GNOME, KDE, etc.

REMOTE:VNC, PPTP, VPN, CIPE, rsh, ssh, scp, sftp, PuTTy, Pageant

 

EXPERIENCE

 

03-03 to 05-03  Web Site Design

East Lyme, CT

 

Create basic CSS design for Casablanca Wicker.  http://www.casablancawicker.net/


 

11-02 to 03-03 Consultant IT Strategy

Hampton, CT

 

Architect and code Remote Backup system (ksh)

System Administration and Troubleshooting (AIX)

Remote Monitoring (What's Up Gold)

HelpDesk/Remote Desktop Support (VNC)

Intranet Design and implementation (HTML, Javascript)

FTP site repository implementation (networking, Linux)

 

10-99 to present Self

New London and Hampton, CT

 

Publisher, Web Design and Writing

Publisher of eBlogazine devoted to P2P file sharing, Music Industry reform, and First Amendment issues in cyberspace.

OSOPINION

Columnist for osOpinion, a technical and editorial IT web publication. First column published 4-28-00.  A sample column, "The Right to Bear Silicon" can be viewed at:

http://web.archive.org/web/20021209025616/http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/DavidManchester/DavidManchester8.html

NEWSFACTOR NETWORK

Some articles picked-up by E-Commerce Times, Tech Extreme, LinuxToday, Technocrat.net, News Forge and others.

"david manchester gallery"

Moved Gallery from uconect.net to oocities.com:

http://www.oocities.org/dredeyedick/

(click on blue hand-forward for gallery thumbnails)

RHINO

Open Source project to create a meta-Portal aggregation site for cookie-driven accounts prior to advent of tabbed browsing. Later used as basis for intranet resource center, and cdcp site.

Alpha prototypes at:

http://dredeyedick.tripod.com/rhino/topf.htm

http://dredeyedick.tripod.com/cdcp/

FRACTAL EYE ARTICLE

"Intro. to Pseudo-Spectral Fractal Micrography" - Wrote article on Steganography (information hiding), Image, Message, and Jam for the stillborn fractal e-zine, The Fractal Eye. Article now at:

http://dredeyedick.tripod.com/fractaleye/dcm_stego01.htm


 

8-99 to 10-99 Recruiting Firm - Construction

Greenwich, CT

 

Customer Support-Dialup, Technical Advisor

Short project to change ISP's for 120 remote Users in fast growing Recruiting/Consultancy for specialized Construction Trades. Lend insight on technical issues relating to vb/java/jscript intranet application.

(MS IIS/SQL Server, IE 4.x, 5.x, NT 4.0, VB).

 

9-98 to 7-99 Sabbatical

Uncasville, CT

 

Linux Migration, Research Writing, International Relations

 

Migrate applications/systems to Unix (Linux) for in-house use, install, configure Redhat 5.2,

compile PPP into kernel, install Xfree86 server and AfterStep window manager, install StarOffice suite and WordPerfect 8. Prep system for Oracle 8i.

Assemble and write up draft results from 25 year research project related to certain issues in

information theory, physics, mathematics, linguistics and biology.

CHINESE DEMOCRACY EFFORT

Assist in effort at democratic reform on the Chinese mainland, working with Sanching Lau, june4.org and the Hong Kong Alliance. Listed on www.june4.org's individual endorsers' page still viewable at

http://web.archive.org/web/19990508213255/http://www.june4.org/endorser/indv.html

Added a special section to gallery site devoted to democratic reform in China.

Created and still administer the Virtual Democracy Wall for open discussion of democratic reform on the Chinese mainland at

http://books.dreambook.com/vead/tiananmen.html

http://books.dreambook.com/vead/tiananmen2.html

Added multilanguage translation in 2002, Radio Free China Newsfeed in 2003.

Best viewed in Firefox, Mozilla or Opera.


 

ERP DATABASE MIGRATION

6-97 to 9-98 P. F. Laboratories and Purdue-Pharma

Totowa, NJ and Norwalk, CT

 

Project Manager: BPCS Data Migration

Unix System Administrator (HP-UX)

 

Spearhead firm’s project to migrate data and applications from a BPCS V5.2 (Informix) database to BPCS 6.2 (Oracle) under HP Unix

Manage Unix system administration and configuration issues on production server.

Assess various Client IT strategies for potential technical and timeline impact on the manufacturing migration.

Advise on implementing the migration between HP-9000 (HPUX v10.2) servers.

Write Client Installation Plan for BPCS v6.2

Create custom shell scripts for a unique BPCS installation. Debug shell scripts to generate data migration and load sql scripts. Manually load exceptional data.

Coordinate the work of SSA Technical team, MRP consultants, and the client’s logistics and IT staff to ensure adherance to stated project timelines.

Broker numerous BPCS Client, Server, and database issues with SSA (the vendor), and see them through to resolution.

Work out various BPCS-Informix-Oracle-Unix technical migration issues throughout the migration project lifecycle.

Advise, instruct, and guide Purdue IT in execution of data migration and cutover to the new system over the go-Live weekend.

Wrote BPCS Technical Operations Manual for IT Operations Department (This is now used as a

consultant’s tool by SSA, BPCS’ Vendor.)

Write Server Installation Plan for BPCS v6. (HPUX, Oracle)

Install and configure BPCS server and client software, patches, and upgrades.

Advise on technical andprototyping issues related to planned migration to BPCS v6.0.04

 

Install and configure WRQ Reflections-X.

Help IT do workstation survey to determine upgrade requirements for BPCS v6, Win95 to NT rollout.

Install and configure i2 Rhythm Factory Planner HP-UX server and client software.

Installed and configured Reflection-2 terminal emulator, Reflection-X Xserver, and FTP.

 

 

 

 

 

11-96 to 5-97 DCM Web Images

East Lyme, CT

 

Web Administrator/Designer

 

Implemented and administered a series of innovative websites, some of which served as testbed for dynamic framesets and gif animation (http://yahoo.oocities.com/dredeyedick/ ).

 

 

7-96 to 10-96 US Surgical Corp

Stamford, CT

 

HP-UX System Administrator

BPCS ERP System Specialist

 

Manage applications and database server for BPCS ERP project at U.S. Surgical as on-site representative for SSA.

Troubleshoot issues arising from weekly beta-code BPCS installations and ongoing software development project.

Serve as primary contact point for system troubleshooting issues on a daily basis. Support BPCS users by coordinating support from SSA staff. Research various performance issues. Confer with SSA staff on problem resolution. Track bug resolution.

Set up NFS links to US Surgical's additional storage space on network to accommodate SSA development effort (v.6.0c).

Install BPCS utilities and scripts, including various tools to support conversion of AS 400

source to compilable ANSI-C source for HPUX.

Write US Surgical CHP System Administration Guide describing management of multiple BPCS versions, print queue setup, user account management, and file system layout.

Set up and maintain symbolic links to Oracle installation.

Manage disk space and assist in new version installations for multiple BPCS versions (6.0d, 6.0.01, 6.0c).

Create local scripts for daily system management tasks and scripts for SAR reporting that monitor CPU activity of BPCS software.

Create HP-UX XSAR and XXSAR commands.

Set up cron jobs for scheduled backup.

Install HP ANSI-C compiler.

Install and configure HP Jet Direct for network print queues and print server.

Install and configure Xyplex MAX server 1450.

Set up print queues

(HP-9000 800 Series K210, HP-UX 10, SSA BPCS, Oracle 7)


 

WIRELESS PEN/TABLET PC ARCHITECT

10-93 to 03-96 Madrigal Development Company

East Lyme, CT

 

Technical Designer

Develop and support sales and marketing of wireless, networked, pen-enabled workstations integrating cellular, rf-lan links, voice and pen components for

the Convalescent Home industry.

Design pilot project for an 80 bed nursing unit.

(GO/EO PenPoint OS, EO-880 and EO-440, Novell Netware3.2/4.1, Win95 and 3.11, Powerbuilder. Dauphin DTR-1, PenDOS, OS/2/Pen Services, CIC Handwriter, PenOp for Digital Signature Authentication)

 

INSTRUCTOR - NETWORKING

5/1994 - 5/1994 Rensallier Polytechnic Institute at Hartford Graduate Center-Avery Point

Groton, CT

 

Instructor - Seminar Leader

Conduct intensive 2 day seminar on basic network technology using HGC-prepared materials. Topics:

SNA, Ethernet, Token-Ring

OSI network layer model

TCP/IP

DNS Basics in a Unix and Window environment

Basic TCP installation issues in an Ethernet environment

Discuss networking issues as applied to the organisation

 

NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION

6-93 to 10-93 Credit Management Company,

Glastonbury CT

 

Network Administrator

 

Install server/client TCP/IP Network for FTP PC/TCP on clients.

(TCP/IP Network on RISC 6000 AIX V.3.2 system server.  PC/TCP on clients)

Upgrade PCs.


 

2-93 to 6-93 Consulting Firm

Glastonbury CT

 

HP-UX Systems Administrator

 

Troubleshoot Client Installations.

Maintain INFORMIX Server with both ONLINE/SE and multiple client databases and applications.

Perform daily system administration functions (backups, disk usage, accounting, security, etc.)

Setup user accounts, conduct User Training.

Maintain TCP-IP LAN. Ensure NFS disks mounted.

Install/configure serial terminals and PC clients.

Maintain continuous modem availability for a staff of 14-18 users.

Administer busy VAR-oriented UUCP traffic. Install OS/2, ORACLE with CASE Dictionary, Generator, and Tools.

Install and configure PC/TCP, Windows, HP-XVision, and PowerBuilder.

Install and program terminals, printers, modems and PC-Xstations on HP-9000, SPARC-10, Unisys 5000, and RISC-6000 networked (TCP-IP) platforms.

 

6-91 to 9-91 INTERMEC and UNIPLEX VAR (Value Added Reseller)

New Milford CT

 

Unix Systems Administrator

Create shell scripts for common DOS-like commands for management.

Install ORACLE 6 on INTERACTIVE UNIX (SVR3).

Reconfigure and recompile Uniplex ring menus and Help Screens for VT220's.

Wrote user manual for PE/NELSON SQL-LIMS bar code product.


 

12-88 to 8-89 Day Data Systems,

Charlotte, NC

 

Systems Integrator (2 engagements)

 

DUPONT-DAY ENGINEERING:

Systems Integrator and Application Troubleshooter

 

Troubleshoot Labor Cost System;

Build workstations & train cost estimating Group (15);

Create common user environment;

Upgrade COMPAQ workstations to VAX.

 

QUEENS COLLEGE: Database Conversion/Migration

 

Wrote DATATRIEVE procedures to convert alumni, student and gift records for import to new system. (Information Associates IA-ADS, IA-SIS, MicroVAX-II, VMS-DCL, DATATRIEVE)

 

3-88 to 7-88, IVEYS DEPARTMENT STORES

Charlotte, NC

 

VM Interprocess Communication Specialist

 

Created SQL/DS Personnel Application (IBM 3090, SQL/DS, AS, QMF)

 

1-80 to 12-88 DCM Consulting

Niantic, CT

 

Supported programming, implementation, tech writing, training, user support, and ORACLE database services to PFIZER, Westinghouse Nuclear, and small businesses.

Technical Writer of Pfizer's:

LAB DATA REVIEW SYSTEM (LDRS) MANUAL

ADVERSE DRUG EFFECT REPORTING SYSTEM (ADRS) TECHNICAL MANUAL

LAB DATA REVIEW SYSTEM PROGRAMMERS' CONVERSION GUIDE.

DBA Support Services for conversion to distributed ORACLE database on VAX-cluster.

Wrote FORTRAN programs for LDRS

Created ORACLE-based PAYMENTS system

Wrote nonprivileged-User sql scripts to execute remote DBA-privileged logon to Oracle for strictly delimited database updates under VMS.

(RSTS/E, VAX VMS, VM/CMS, CP/M, PC-DOS, FORTRAN, PASCAL, C, ORACLE, and others.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAVID C. MANCHESTER

10 Virginia Street, Niantic CT 06357

860-739-6411

email:        dredeyedick@sbcglobal.net

david.c.manchester@consultant.com

david.c.manchester@journalist.com

the.wall@diplomats.com

dredeyedick@yahoo.com

 

 





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