Curriculum Vitae

Andrew D. Zirkel

AndrewZirkel@gmail.com
http://www.andrewzirkel.com/

EDUCATION

January 2007 - May 2008: Villanova University
M.S., Computer Science
Major Work: "Routing Topologies in Ad hoc Networks: Why Clustering is Good"
Advisor: Dr. Mirela Damian

August 2003 - December 2006: Villanova University
Master of Technology Management

August 1998 - May 2002: Elizabethtown College
B.S., Computer Science
Major Work: A programmable "robot" built using a modified BigTrak and an OOPic microcontroller.
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Wunderlich
PROFESSIONAL

Oct 2007 - Present: Upper Merion Area School District
Network Manager:
  • Manage IT operations for a large District of 2500 nodes and 10 sites
    • Manage the 1-1 iniative for our High School, consisting of 1400 laptops.
    • Consolidate and migrate storage to a SAN infrastructure.
    • Develop a virtualization environment for servers to lower IT TCO.
    • Develop a dual platform "zero touch" deployment using extensive scripting and a MySQL/PHP backend.
  • Educate Staff in all manners of technology usage
  • Manage three technicians
  • Manage thirty servers running a combination of Linux (Gentoo, Slackware), Windows Server 2003 and Mac OS X Server.
  • Create a learning environment that is safe, secure and consistent for students.
    • Through customized profiles and scripts, users get a similar experience regardless of platform.
    • Important data is always stored securely and backed up.
  • Provide staff with an environment that is effective and efficient.
July 2003 - Oct 2007: Exeter Township School District
Network and Systems Administrator:
  • Manage a network of one thousand nodes spanning six sites.
    • Management of Macintosh computers using "Magic Triangle."
    • Consolidation of authentication to one directory system.
    • Configuration of VLANs and network hardware (3com and Cisco).
  • Educate staff in general computing and environment specific skills.
TECHNOLOGY

Web Technology Proficiency
HTML, PHP
Programming Language Proficiency
C++, Objective C, Java, VB
Scripting Language Proficiency
Bash, PowerShell, VBScript
Operating System Proficiency
Linux, Windows, Windows Server, Mac OS X, VMWare ESX
Directory Systems
Active Directory, Open Directory
Network Platforms
3com 4400, 5500, WX4400 - Cisco IOS, PIX