Benjamin D. April
8 Standish Way Unit 5	
Amherst, NH    03031

[Voice]     (603)672-8418 
[Cellular]  (603)203-4862
[E-mail]    ben@jlc.net || bapril@gmail.com
[URL]       http://www.jlc.net/~ben/

            Senior Access Engineer
   Professional Experience and Accomplishments

Routing/Network related skill sets:
 - BGP & OSPF routing protocols.
 - Design and implementation of:         
        Frame-relay, ATM, Ethernet (10,100,1000)Mb/s,
        Wireless (Point-to-point,Point-to-multi-point,Long haul),
        TDM and Sonet.
 - Various DACs and MUX systems. 
        (Titan, Fujitsu etc.)
 - Testing, monitoring and troubleshooting (Layer 1 thru 7).
 - Router/switch configuration and operation:
        Cisco, Juniper, Proteon/Openroute, Compatible Systems,
        Intel, Livingston, Assured Access, HP, 3Com, Cabletorn.
 - Cisco CCNA certified.
 - Scripting/interfacing with network hardware.
 - Router configuration/OSS systems.      

System administration/Security skill sets:
 - Unix(FreeBSD,Linix,Solaris)           9 Years Senior System Administrator.
 - Network Security and Forensics.       6 Years Highly-skilled
 - High-availability systems.            4 Years Highly-skilled
 - Novell CNE trained.                 

Development skill sets:
 - Perl                                 11 Years  Expert
 - HTML, CGI                             9 Years  Expert
 - CVS/Release Engineering.              5 Years  Highly-skilled
 - C, C++                                6 Years  Competent
 - TCP/IP Development                    7 Years  Highly-skilled
 - SQL(PostgreSQL, Oracle, Mysql).       7 Years  Expert
 - PHP3/4                                6 Years  Expert
 - Unix-shell scripting.                10 Years  Highly Skilled
 - Expect                                4 Years  Competent
 - regex                                10 Years  Expert
 - Java                                  2 Years  Competent

OSS Projets:
 - FreeIPdb http://www.freeipdb.org (author)

                Employment History
2000-present    Sr. Network Access Engineer    Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. 
                                                Phoneix, AZ
1998-2000       Network Specialist             The Destek Group, Inc.
                                                Nashua, NH
1996-1998       Technical Director             John Leslie Consulting,
                                                Milford, NH.
1995-1996       Head Install Technician        John Leslie Consulting,
                                                Milford, NH.
Education:
1996 Graduated Hollis Brookline High School Hollis, NH
2001 Cisco CCNA

General Skills:
 - Telephone system installation and programming (includes VOIP)
 - Cat 5 wiring/Coax
 - Fiber Optic termination and testing
 - Welding (TIG, MIG, Arc, Gas)
 - General Electronics

Hobbies:
 - Photography/Cinematography
 - Rock Climbing
 - Hiking and camping.

Preferences:                        References:
 - Text editor: vi                   - Furnished on request
 - Unix Flavor: FreeBSD              - http://www.linkedin.com/in/bapril
 - X11 window manager: WindowMaker