Rick Jasper

Last Updated: November, 2004

 
rick.jasper@thomson.com                                Senior Software Engineer
(408) 960-PLAY (7529)                                         139 Farnham Court
(408) 227-2856                                              San Jose, CA  95139
 
 
 
Job Objective:
 
     To exploit the World Wide Web.  There's all kinds of neat, whiz-bang tools
     nowadays, JAVA, C++, or even some of these really oddball things like
     VRML.  Cool stuff.
 
 
Highlights:
 
   - Twelve year VM System Programmer.  Know VM inside out, top to bottom.
     Responsible for CP, CMS, IOCDS, real-time debugging of hardware and
     software problems, hardware planning, and local modifications.
   - Ten years Unix Support.  Certified for IBM's AIX & Red Hat's Linux.
 
 
Major Professional Accomplishments (Reverse chronological order):
 
   - Started supporting IBM's Patent Server in June, 1997.
 
   - Developed Almaden's AIX 4.1 network installation service.  Installed the 
     filesets needed for an Almaden "standard" system from CD.  Wrote Korn shell,
     post-installation scripts that customize TCP/IP, install AFS client code and 
     AFSR commands, and maintain common, site-wide files (e.g. password and printer
     queue definition files).
 
 
Recent Education (since November, 1994):

 
Formal Degree:
 
     B.S. in Computer Science from Chico State University, CA in 1982.
 

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