Tim Soderstrom's Resume


Past-Work Experience

March 2007-Present Rackspace San Antonio, TX
MySQL Database Administrator

June 2005-March 2007 Rackspace San Antonio, TX
Level II/III Linux Systems Administrator

August 2002-May 2005 University of Texas
Learning Technology Center		 Austin, TX
Technical Infrastructure Specialist (Student Technician)

Certifications

  • Certified MySQL 5.0 Database Administrator

Skills

  • Familiar with MySQL
    • Database Schema Design
    • MySQL Tuning
    • MySQL Administration
    • MySQL Replication
  • Familiar with the following programming languages and tools:
    • PHP / Smarty Template Engine
    • XHTML / CSS
    • Advanced Shell Scripting
    • Some C/C++/ObjC
    • Some Perl, ColdFusion, JavaScript
    • Java 1.4 (Including Java Swing)
  • Knowledge of the *nix Including:
    • Gentoo, Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Slackware, OS X, FreeBSD
    • Apache Setup & Configuration
    • Mail Setup Using Postfix, Sendmail, Dovecot
    • Network Filesystems (NFS & Samba)
    • Linux Kernel Compilation
    • Unix System Administration
  • Hardware and Networking Troubleshooting, Diagnosis, & Upgrades

Education

2001-2005 University of TexasAustin, TX
Bachelor of Arts In Computer Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Computer Architecture
  • Digital Logic Design
  • Data Management
  • Game Development
  • Software Engineering
  • Data Structures
  • Automata Theory
  • Calculus
  • Linear Algebra
1997-2001Bandera High ScoolBandera, TX
Graduated With Honors
  • Internet Working Technologies I & II (CCNA Certification)
  • Jazz Band (Piano / Keyboards)
  • Theatre Productions I-III / UIL 1-Act Play
    • Rivers and Ravines Advanced to Regionals
    • Won All-Star Cast at the Area Level for my role as Reverend Paris in The Crucible
  • Academic Decathlon
    • 1st Place in Essay Writing
    • Team Won 6th In State Overall
  • Member of the National Honors Society

Interests and Hobbies

  • Music Composing
    • Cubase SE
    • Renoise
    • Impulse Tracker
    • Playing the Piano & Guitar
  • Computer Generated Art Using Pov-Ray
  • Film & Digital Photography
  • StatsDawg, a PHP-based Linux system graphing suite using RRDTool
  • PhotoDawg, PHP-based online gallery written from scratch
  • BlogDawg, PHP-based Blog written from scratch

Community Involvement

  • Helped create an internal radio station for Rackspace and also participate in it as a DJ (2006-Present)
  • Participate in annual Labor Day fundraiser for the Volunteer Fire Dept. in Tarpley, TX (2001-Present)
  • Participated in Spirits of Christmas in Bandera, TX (2000)

Contact Information

E-Mail timsresume at moocowproductions dot org


Last Modified: March 24th, 2008