Tim Soderstrom's Resume


Past-Work Experience

August 2008-Present Rackspace San Antonio, TX
MySQL Database Administrator III

March 2007-August 2008 Rackspace San Antonio, TX
MySQL Database Administrator II

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 Database Administrator (MySQL 5.0)
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5)

Skills

  • Database Schema Design
  • MySQL Tuning & Optimization
  • MySQL Replication, HA and DR solutions
  • MySQL Cluster
  • DRBD / Linux HA
  • Web Development (LAMP, Smarty, HTML, CSS)
  • Unix/Linux System Administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, Slackware, FreeBSD, OS X)
  • 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 Composition
  • 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: July 1st, 2009