Objective

My objective is to gain experience working as a Fireman in a facility that utilizes high pressure boilers.

My previous computer experience has been in automation of systems and development of tools involving code control, code management, build processes, and installs. Also, I have worked as a control room officer, with an emphasis on monitoring management systems.

Since the Fall of 2007, I’ve been employed as a fireman 2^nd Class and have worked at several plants in the area, including turbines.

Skills

• 2^nd Class Fireman’s License #126834 - (March 2007)

  - Boiler Operator and maintenance.

• Perl Scripting.

• BASH, KORN, & Bourne Programming. Writing automation scripts in UNIX & NT shell environments.

• Experience with ClearCase (BASE + UCM), CCS, Source Integrity, and PVCS configuration management systems.

• Web Design: Apache (Installation and running) HTML, DHTML, VRML, Document Object Modeling (DOMs), CGI scripting, Javascript, Java Applets, Microsoft Frontpage, Photoshop.

• Microsoft Office Applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access.

• Lotus Notes, PCAnywhere, Artemis Trackview and PACE (Problem And Change Environment) tracking systems, WISE Installations

• Cygnus (UNIX environment for WinNT), Banyan/Vines, Exceed, MS Toolkit, VNC Viewer.

• Programming in C, C++, Visual Basic and Networking.

• Operating Systems: MS Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows XP, UNIX, MS DOS.

Experience

August, 2007 – Present – Boiler Fireman 2^nd class

Full Time Position – Energy Construction Services LLC., Worcester, MA

NRG has me working at several plants, including one with a steam turbine.

Main tasks include:

• Monitor and maintain high pressure boilers (water tube & fire tube) and steam driven turbines at various power plants.

• Observe gauges and maintain proper water levels.

• Performance of chemical water testing.

  August, 2006 – Present – Securitas/Seagate Control Room Operator

• My role is to manage data flows in a way that leads to the correct conclusion and reaction. I implement technical methods of information gathering that both identifies the critical elements and organizes the appropriate reaction. This is a combination of advanced detection, communication, and evaluation methods to analyze verify and make the correct judgment under stressful conditions..

  August 2005 – June 2006 – Received my Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certificate in order to care for a terminally sick relative. I re-entered the job market upon her expiration .

  May, 2005 – June, 2005 – Clearcase UCM Administrator/Help Support

  Contract Position – SSGA State Street Global Advisors, Boston, MA

  Main tasks include:

• Resolving user issues. Work tickets would be received from the Helpdesk regarding user Clearcase UCM issues & bugs. I would then analyze the problem and assist the user to resolve the issue.

• I also wrote two Perl scripts to automate daily tasks.

  November, 2004 – March, 2005 – Release Control Engineer

  Contract Position – Symantec, Springfield, Oregon

  Main tasks include:

• Performing migrations from Development to QA and Production.

• Writing Bash scripts through SSH (secured shell) to automate daily tasks.

  June – Sept, 2004– Clearcase Administrator/Tools Developer

  Contract Position - Alcatel, N. Chelmsford, MA

  Main tasks include:

• Performing builds

• Performing merges between branches

• Writing Perl scripts to automate daily tasks.

  May, 2004 – Completed a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from
  Framingham State College.

  March, 2004 – Release Engineer

  Contract Position - Kewill Solutions, Marlboro, MA

  Main tasks include:

• Performing builds

• Restructuring and deletion of files and directories within a PVCS environment.

  April, 2001 – Sept, 2001 – Tools Developer

  Contract position - Fidelity Investments, Marlboro, MA

  Main task included execution of a regular bi-weekly build process.

  Other responsibilities included but were not limited to the following:

• Automation of the bi-weekly builds process.

• Labeling, creating, deleting, and renaming archives in PVCS.

• Creating new folders and projects in PVCS.

• Setting up PVCS access permissions for users.

• Handling common user issues and PACE requests.

  Nov, 2000 – Feb, 2001 – Tools Developer

  Full time – GenRad, Westford, MA

  Main tasks included but were not limited to scripting various tools (in Perl) for code control systems as needed.

  April – October, 2000 – Tools Developer

  Full time - Applied Protocol Engines, Maynard, MA

  Main task included automation of a graph displayed on a web page generated dynamically on a nightly basis that shows changes in multiple lines of code.

  Other responsibilities included but were not limited to the following:

• Writing scripts to automate builds

• Create CDs of the results of nightly builds

Jan – Dec, 1999 – Tools Developer

Contract position - EMC Corporation, Milford, MA

Main task included overseeing the organization of files within the Clearcase configuration management system.

Other responsibilities included but were not limited to the following:

• Writing monitoring tools.

• Designing intranet web sites.

Education

Framingham State College, Framingham, MA

- Bachelors of Science (BS) degree. (Spring, 2004)

- Major: Computer Science.

American Red Cross, Worcester, MA

- CNA Program for the American Red Cross. (May, 2006)

- Acute Care Program for the American Red Cross. (June, 2006)

Technology Learning Center, LLC., Worcester, MA

- 2^nd Class Fireman License - (March 2007)

- 1^st Class Fireman/3^rd Engineer License - (October 2008)

- Boiler Operator and maintenance.