David Alexander Ranch


E-Mail: dranch@trinnet.net

WWW: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch

Education:

BS in Computer Engineering, California State University, Chico : May, 1996

Accomplishments:

Operating System Experience:

¨ UNIX (Linux 2.0/2.1.x, Sun Solaris v2.x, and HP-UX 9/10.x) ¨ Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT v3.51 and 4.0 ¨ Novell NetWare 3/4.x ¨ Digital Corp DECNet ¨ Microsoft LAN Manager ¨ Artisoft LANtastic ¨ Macintosh LocalTalk and EtherTalk

Networking Hardware and Software Experience:

¨ Cisco IOS v700 & 10.2-11.2.x based routers (ETH, F-ETH, TR, FDDI, ATM, SMDS, ISDN BRI/PRI, ADSL, MODEMS, HSRP, OSPF, EIGRP, etc) ¨ Cisco Catalyst series of L2/L3 ETH/F-ETH/TR/ATM/FDDI switches ¨ Stratacomm 3800 ATM WAN routers ¨ CheckPoint Firewall-1 firewalls and VPNs ¨ Shiva AccessSwitches ¨ Lucent Portmasters ¨ Ascend MAX RAS servers ¨ Gandalf RLAN Xpressway servers ¨ Bay (LanCity) cablemodem bridges and headends¨ ISDN T/As and routers (3Com, Adtran, Ascend, Gandalf, Motorola, Shiva, USR, Zyxel, etc) ¨ Security Dynamics SecurID and Axent Defender token authentication ¨ Livingston, Shiva, Merit, and USR RADIUS¨ Telebit NetBlazer terminal servers ¨ Cabletron Spectrum IRIX network management software

Programming Experience:

¨ UNIX Borne, Ksh, Bash shell and Perl scripting ¨ Borland and GNU C/C++ ¨ Intel and Motorola Assembly ¨ Turbo Pascal ¨ Forth ¨ GW-Basic

Business Experience:

Proprietor : Trinity Designs (January, 1991 to present)

I own and manage a California State registered computer consulting and hardware reselling business that focuses on high-end computer system design, LAN integration, and support of both Microsoft and Linux-based operating systems.

Employment:


Please inquire about my BIO pages on specific client project task details and responsibilities


Networking Consultant: International Network Services (INS) (June 96’ to Present)

Completed major router, switching, and remote access installations. Lead projects such as corporate wide TCP/IP re-addressing and routing protocol conversion for clients such as Kaiser Permanente, Visa International, Bank of America, Cisco Corporation, E*trade, Federal Home Loan Bank, Encanto Networks, and HMSA

Networking Engineer : Computing Services, CSU Chico (February 95’ to June 96’)

Complete ISDN and Cablemodem network development, deployment, and administration; Was also directly involved in DS3 microwave and spread spectrum wireless data connectivity projects

Operations Support : Syntex Corporation (May-Aug 93’, Dec-Jan 94’, May-Aug 94’)

Maintained and supported several hundred productional networked computers of

various different platforms and operating systems running both TCP/IP and DecNet

Collegiate Sales Representative : IBM International Corporation (Aug 90’-Jan 93’)

PS/2 computer sales and technical support representative for the CSU, Chico campus.

Research and Development : Orchid Technology Corporation (May 90’-Sept 90’)

Worked with other engineers to test and evaluate new developing video application products