Resume of Dana French
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  Dana French                   Primary Phone: 615.556.0456
  117 B 5th Avenue North   Email Address: dfrench@mtxia.com
  Franklin, TN  37064             URL: http://www.mtxia.com


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SUMMARY
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 * IT Industry leader focused on Business Continuity and Data Center
   Automation.

 * Published dozens of articles on Business Continuity and related
   topics. 

 * Recognized as an industry expert in several fields related to 
   AIX Administration and Korn Shell Programming. 

 * Seventeen (17) years of AIX administration experience for the worlds
   largest organizations in data centers all over the world. 

 * Developer and instructor of six (6) different training courses on AIX
   administration and related topics. 

 * Developer of the Business Continuity Methodology for AIX
   Administration and Data Center Automation. 

 * Founder and Sponsor of the "AIX Administration Methodology: Global 
   Consolidation Project".


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EXPERIENCE
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  * 07/2007 - Present, Principal
    TriParadigm, LLC - Dallas, TX
TriParadigm is a partnership of high tech companies specializing in high
availability, disaster recovery, business continuity and virtualization.
This company was formed to provide an international platform on which to
market an automated build and deployment appliance for high availability
and disaster recovery environments. I am the principal engineer in the
development of this appliance product called "vLPAR" and it is the
culmination of several decades of work and experience with large AIX and
Linux (SUSe and Redhat) data center operators.  This appliance
automatically builds, deploys, configures and provisions entire
multi-system, multi-frame, multi-datacenter environments for high
availability and disaster recovery.  Automation is achieved through the
advanced usage of IBM Power5 virtualization (VIO) servers, AIX tools
such as NIM, and HMC, and Linux tools such as YAST (SUSe) .  These
automation capabilities are the resulting implementation of a business
continuity methodology developed over many years of experience in a wide
variety of industries with very large clients such as IBM, Capgemini,
Wal-Mart, Fleming (Nations largest Grocery wholesaler at the time),
Liberty Mutual Insurance, HCA Healthcare, USMC, and many others.

  * 9/2000 - Present, Principal
    Mt Xia, Inc., Nationwide, USA
Primary focus is Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, High
Availability and integration of new systems into existing
infrastructures.  I provide enterprise wide management and technical
leadership to national and international clients for developing and
implementing business continuity strategies, and in developing
automated disaster recovery solutions.  These services are performed in
support of increasing or safeguarding revenue streams, datacenter
consolidation, outsourcing, and other projects.
To achieve this focus, I create architecture designs for implementation
of IBM's Advanced POWER Virtualization providing Logical Partitioning
(LPAR), Dynamic LPAR (DLPAR), Automated DLPAR using Partition Load
Manager (PLM),  Micropartitioning, and Virtual I/O (VIO) enabling 
on-demand computing and server consolidation. 

  * 4/2002 - 9/2002, Consulting Analyst,
    Fleming Co's, Oklahoma City, OK
Lead the Unix team for the nations largest grocery wholesaler which
designed, implemented, supported, and  managed over 150 servers on a
nationwide network.  These servers included 137 AIX RS/6000's, 15 Sun 
Solaris, and 3 AS/400's. Supported the day-to-day operations of the
nationwide enterprise as well as the design, implementation and support
of all new systems in support of Fleming's goal of becomming a $35B/year
Co.

  * 4/1993 - 8/2000, Senior Technical Consultant,
    The Netplex Group, Edmond, OK
Responsible for development of E-Business, E-Services,  and E-Management
strategies.

  * 9/1989 - 9/1993, President,
    French Consulting Services, Norman, OK
Specialized in software development, maintenance, documentation and
systems conversions.

  * 4/1981 - 9/1989, Senior Systems Analyst,
    Energy Analysts Inc, Norman, OK
Responsible for hazards analysis and risk assessment studies.


Please see http://www.mtxia.com/Resume for additional information,
certifications, publications, books, articles, etc.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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  * PUBLICATIONS
    * AIX Update Journal   2005 - 2008  Numerous articles on BC, DR, HA
    * IBM Developer Works  2007 - 2010  Numerous articles on BC, DR, ksh
    * Wikipedia  2008  Author of article on Business Continuity
    * Wikipedia  2008  Author of article on Data Center Automation
    * Wikipedia  2008  Author of article on Shell Curses

  * EDUCATION
    * University of Oklahoma, Norman - B.S. Zoology 
    * University of Oklahoma, Norman - Studies toward M.S. Chemical Engineering 

  *AFFILIATIONS*
    * 07/2006 - Present  www.mtknox.com    Principle Engineer/Designer/Architect
    * 01/2004 - Present  www.ridmail.com   Principle Engineer/Designer/Architect
    * 01/2000 - 12/2001  Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering
    * 01/2000 - 12/2001  Marquis Who's Who in the World
    * 01/1999 - 12/2000  Marquis Who's Who in the Southwest

  * COPYRIGHTS
    * AIX::ODM - AIX ODM Perl module
    * Shell Curses - Shell implementation of "curses" library
    * French Menus - menuing system using "shell curses"
    * kshEvents - Dynamic, Web Based Events Calendar
    * kshSchedule - Web based reservation/scheduling system
    * kshLink - Web Based Communications Control System
    * kshMenus - Web based GUI menuing system
    * kshNoSpam - SPAM filtering and reflection system
    * kshContact - Personnel directory and paging system
    * kshList - Mailing List system
    * kshBackup - Automated Backup scheduling system
    * kshSQL - SQL DBMS with Ingres-like interface
    * kshInstall - Generic Installation utility
    * eStorLink - Network Communication tool
    * KshIndex - Web site generator based on Apache fancyIndex
    * DBIforms - Web based form generator and database interface
    * Orwell - Automated disaster recovery solution
    * BigB - System integrity authentication
    * AutoContent - Automated documentation generator 
    * MenuGen - Automated web site generator
    * OpenCMDB - Open Configuration Management DataBase
    * AMMS - Automated Microcode Management System
    * vLPAR - Data Center Automation Toolset
    * wikiAutoLoad - Automated tools for uploading Wiki Pages
    * visualSelect - Menuing System Tool for Shell Scripting

  * CERTIFICATIONS
    * IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert
    * IBM Certified Specialist - AIX System Support
    * Certificate of Proficiency - AIX Performance and System Tuning
    * Certificate of Proficiency - AIX Installation, Backup and System Recovery
    * Certificate of Proficiency - AIX Communications
    * Emergency Management Institute - Professional Development Series
    * Linux Administration
    * Network Security
    * HTML

  * TEACHING AND MENTORING
    * Disaster Recovery Planning for the Enterprise: Course Instructor
    * Korn Shell Programming: Course Instructor
    * IBM AIX Operating System: Course Instructor
    * IBM HACMP (High Availability): Course Instructor
    * Introduction to Unix/Linux: Course Instructor
    * IBM Network Installation Manager (NIM): Course Instructor

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SKILLS INVENTORY
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Skill Name            | Skill Level  | Last Used    | Experience |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Business Continuity   | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Disaster Recovery     | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Data Center Automation| Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Project Management    | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Config Management     | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Audit Compliance      | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Regulatory Compliance | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| SOX / SAS70 / ITIL    | Expert       | Current      |    5 years |
+-----------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+

------------------
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Skill Name          | Skill Level  | Last Used    | Experience |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| IBM RS/6000 pSeries | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Sun                 | Intermediate | Current      |    6 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Hewlett Packard     | Intermediate | +4 years ago |    4 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| DG Aviion           | Intermediate | +4 years ago |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| DG Clariion         | Intermediate | +4 years ago |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| NCR3400,3500        | Expert       | +4 years ago |    5 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| NCR 9400            | Intermediate | +4 years ago |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| DEC/VAX             | Intermediate | +4 years ago |    9 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Cisco               | Expert       | Current      |    5 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| EMC Symmetrics      | Intermediate | Current      |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| EMC Celerra         | Intermediate | Current      |    1 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| EMC Clariion        | Intermediate | Current      |    1 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
|     EMC Powerpath   | Expert       | Current      |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Hitachi Data Systems| Intermediate | Current      |    4 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
|     HDS HDLM        | Expert       | Current      |    4 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Hewlett Packard SAN | Intermediate | Current      |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+



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OPERATING SYSTEMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Skill Name          | Skill Level  | Last Used    | Experience |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX                 | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX HMC             | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX LPAR            | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX DLPAR           | Expert       | Current      |    6 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX PLM             | Expert       | Current      |    6 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX Micropartition  | Expert       | Current      |    6 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX VIO Server      | Expert       | Current      |    6 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX GPFS            | Expert       | Current      |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| SunOS/Solaris       | Expert       | Current      |    6 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| WinNT, W2K          | Expert       | Current      |    7 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Cisco IOS           | Intermediate | Current      |    5 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Citrix              | Intermediate | Current      |    1 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Linux-Redhat        | Expert       | Current      |    8 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Linux-SuSE          | Expert       | Current      |    5 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Linux-Slackware     | Expert       |  2 years ago |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Linux-Caldera       | Expert       |  2 years ago |    1 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Win Term Server     | Intermediate |  2 years ago |    1 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| SCO Unix            | Expert       | +4 years ago |   10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| BSD Unix            | Expert       | +4 years ago |   10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| NCR SVR4            | Expert       | +4 years ago |    5 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| HP:UX               | Expert       | +4 years ago |    3 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| DG:UX               | Expert       | +4 years ago |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Linux-Yggrasil      | Expert       | +4 years ago |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Sinix               | Expert       | +4 years ago |    1 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+

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DATABASES
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+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Skill Name          | Skill Level  | Last Used    | Experience |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Informix            | Intermediate | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Oracle              | Intermediate | Current      |    8 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| MySQL               | Intermediate | Current      |    6 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Sybase              | Beginner     | Current      |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| DB2                 | Beginner     | Current      |    3 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Postgres            | Intermediate | Current      |    3 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Ingres              | Intermediate | +4 years ago |    4 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Troll / Use         | Intermediate | +4 years ago |    1 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Adabase             | Beginner     | +4 years ago |    1 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+

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PROGRAMMING
~~~~~~~~~~~
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Skill Name          | Skill Level  | Last Used    | Experience |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Korn Shell          | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Perl                | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Perl DBI            | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| HTML                | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Bourne Shell        | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| SQL                 | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Javascript          | Intermediate | Current      |    7 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| C                   | Intermediate | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Make                | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| MS Batch            | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Fortran             | Expert       | +4 years ago |    8 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Visual Basic        | Beginner     | +4 years ago |    3 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+

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NETWORKING
~~~~~~~~~~
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Skill Name          | Skill Level  | Last Used    | Experience |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| TCP/IP              | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| HDS Tru-Copy        | Intermediate | Current      |    3 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Serial              | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Dial-up             | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| UUCP                | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| NFS                 | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| SLIP / PPP          | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Dial-on-demand      | Expert       | Current      |    7 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Frame Relay         | Intermediate | Current      |    5 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| SNA                 | Beginner     | Current      |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+

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APPLICATIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Skill Name          | Skill Level  | Last Used    | Experience |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX HACMP           | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX TCB             | Expert       | Current      |    8 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX NIM             | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| AIX GPFS            | Expert       | Current      |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| SUSe Linux YAST     | Expert       | Current      |    5 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| ECS/CONTROL-M       | Expert       | Current      |    3 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| MQSeries            | Intermediate | Current      |    3 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Mercator            | Intermediate | Current      |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Samba               | Expert       | Current      |    5 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| NIS/NIS+            | Intermediate | +4 years ago |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Kerberos            | Beginner     | +4 years ago |    1 year  |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| LDAP                | Intermediate | +4 years ago |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Tivoli TSM Server   | Expert       | Current      |    8 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Webmin              | Expert       | Current      |    2 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
| Method/1            | Expert       | Current      |  >10 years |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------+------------+
