GARRY L. BLOCKHUS
Contact [email protected]

OBJECTIVE A successful position in Information Systems, with a focus in Systems/Network Adminstration, WWW development, Internet-related tasks, and/or telecommunications. All of these may include instructing and consulting duties.

EDUCATION
August 1993 - May 1999		 Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Science, 1999.
Major GPA 3.08/4.00     Overall GPA 2.62/4.00

COMPUTER SKILLS
  • Operating Systems: Digital Unix, Irix, Ultrix, Linux, Windows NT/98/95/3.1x, MSDOS, and MacOS 7.5.x and above
  • Languages: Basic, Pascal, Scheme, COBOL, SQL (Oracle and MySQL), C/C++, Visual C++, Perl, HTML, CGI
  • Webservers: Apache HTTP WebServer
  • Software: Skilled with a wide variety of Unix, Irix, Ultrix, Linux, Dos, Windows, Mac, and Microsoft applications

EXPERIENCE
February 1999 - May 1999		 E-Markets, 414 South 17th Street, Suite 110, Ames, Iowa 50010
Web Applications Consultant - 2 month internship

  • At E-Markets, our customers contract with us for custom built Web-based applications
  • I am currently dealing with Perl, MySQL (will be migrating to ORACLE), and C/C++ on an internal network of computers using the Linux operating system. Also, I am using a program called Hipparchus that is used in mapping. Hipparchus is used in conjunction with C/C++, the MySQL database, and data sets
  • The goal of the current project I am working on is to produce highly accurate maps with various pieces of relevant information to be served on the World Wide Web to E-Market's customers

EXPERIENCE
February 1998 - April 1999		 ISU's Geographic Information Systems Facility, 218 Durham Center
Systems Analyst & Webmaster

  • Responsible for five main labs, and various local installations at other campus locations
  • Manage and maintain networked computers running Digital Unix, Irix, Ultrix, Windows 95, Windows NT Workstation, and Windows NT Server 4.0
  • Manage, install, and upgrade software over a campus wide AFS network, an internal NFS network, and local installations
  • Set up network hardware: switches, hubs, and CAT 5 lines
  • Setup and maintenance of Flexlm License server packages on Digital Unix Systems
  • Maintain an Apache webserver
  • Use of CVS and RCS repository systems
  • Design and edit scripts in Perl
  • Oversee data backup and restoration
  • Document all scripts, programs, and activities

EXPERIENCE
July 1996 - August 1998
 ISU's Computation Center, 103 Durham Center
Help Room Staff Consultant
Solution Center Consultant - (job positions eventually merged)

  • Led Help Room Staff meetings
  • Answered questions and solved the computer problems of students and faculty that relate to the university's computer systems and their Internet connection on a walk-in basis, by phone, and on-line
  • Trained users on how to use software with our network over ethernet, PPP, and direct serial connections
  • Created and edited 'New Consultant' manuals
  • Developed technical documents supported by the Iowa State University's Computation Center
  • Maintained an Apache Webserver for the Help Room

  • WWW Development Projects --- Projects completed for Sylvester Upah
    • Setup of Analog 2.11 and analysis of statistical data on ISU's public webservers gathered by Analog 2.11
    • Updated ISU's public webpages
    • Edited public webpages for the Help Room

EXPERIENCE
May 1997 - August 1997		 Engineering Department, 2090 Black Engineering
World Wide Web Developer

Project completed for Assistant Professor Rebecca Kellogg
  • Engineering Mechanics 327 Class webpage development
  • To see this project's results, please point your webbrowser to http://www.public.iastate.edu/~em327/

ACTIVITIES Management Information Systems Club, Table Tennis, Racquetball, Billiards, Movies, Reading

REFERENCES Available upon request or click here.