Rich
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Tunnel Runner
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Mentalist.
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Profile
Senior ICT Engineer at NEC Technologies
Information Technology and Services | Reading, United Kingdom, GB
Summary
• Over 7 years experience as an IT Professional
• Exposure to a huge range of IT working environments and processes
• Experience working on Windows and Linux systems
• Passion for learning new technologies
• Excellent troubleshooting and investigatory skills
• Excellent general communications and reporting skills
• Ability to self motivate and work pro-actively
• An awareness & interest in computer and network security
• Great customer relationship skills and ability to prioritise work in SLA driven environments
• Quick learner with the ability to research answers to own problems
• Experience working in a managed hosting and "cloud" environment
• Exposure to a huge range of IT working environments and processes
• Experience working on Windows and Linux systems
• Passion for learning new technologies
• Excellent troubleshooting and investigatory skills
• Excellent general communications and reporting skills
• Ability to self motivate and work pro-actively
• An awareness & interest in computer and network security
• Great customer relationship skills and ability to prioritise work in SLA driven environments
• Quick learner with the ability to research answers to own problems
• Experience working in a managed hosting and "cloud" environment
Specialties: Windows 2003-2008 servers, including Active Directory, exchange, Terminal Services, MS SQL, DNS, IIS and DHCP server.
Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat and Centos experience. LAMP managing apache web server, and mySQL services. Experience maintaining CMS web systems such as Wordpress and Drupal. Mail transfer services such as postfix and dovecot. File sharing; samba and FTP.
Linux Bash shell scripting, Windows batch file scripts, also with HTML/PHP/CSS exposure.
Hyper-V and VMware
Experience
- Dec 2010 - PresentSenior ICT Engineer / NEC Technologies
- Sept 2009 - PresentSystem Administrator / DediPower Managed HostingManaging and supporting clients hosted solutions with us. Supporting a variety of configurations on both Windows server system and RedHat linux.
- Feb 2007 - PresentTechnical Consultant / HP CDSProvided technical support and consultancy, reporting directly to Ericsson IT manager. Maintaining and implementing a variety of systems across their network and local IT support.
- Jan 2005 - PresentField Engineer / Computacenter
- Jan 2004 - PresentHardware Engineer / Centerprise International
Education
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2001 - 2003Basingstoke College of TechnologyBTEC in National Diploma for IT Practitioners
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Year Down In New Orleans by {u'mbid': u'b9ffd0e7-7f95-46db-bc1c-8094d459f084', u'#text': u'Nanci Griffith'}7 weeks ago
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Forrest by {u'mbid': u'26551a36-2a3b-42f5-a81d-bd55278caab8', u'#text': u'Ralf Illenberger'}7 weeks ago
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Instant Karma by {u'mbid': u'4d5447d7-c61c-4120-ba1b-d7f471d385b9', u'#text': u'John Lennon'}7 weeks ago
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Instant Karma by {u'mbid': u'4d5447d7-c61c-4120-ba1b-d7f471d385b9', u'#text': u'John Lennon'}7 weeks ago
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Even Flow by {u'mbid': u'83b9cbe7-9857-49e2-ab8e-b57b01038103', u'#text': u'Pearl Jam'}7 weeks ago
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Even Flow by {u'mbid': u'83b9cbe7-9857-49e2-ab8e-b57b01038103', u'#text': u'Pearl Jam'}7 weeks ago
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Evil Woman by {u'mbid': u'0c502791-4ee9-4c5f-9696-0602b721ff3b', u'#text': u'Electric Light Orchestra'}7 weeks ago
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Fool For Your Loving by {u'mbid': u'5dedf5cf-a598-4408-9556-3bf3f149f3ba', u'#text': u'Whitesnake'}7 weeks ago
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Rocket by {u'mbid': u'7249b899-8db8-43e7-9e6e-22f1e736024e', u'#text': u'Def Leppard'}7 weeks ago
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Subterranean Homesick Blues by {u'mbid': u'72c536dc-7137-4477-a521-567eeb840fa8', u'#text': u'Bob Dylan'}7 weeks ago
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May 25, 05:01 PM
April 21, 12:18 PM
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215bhp with exhaust and decat |
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Replacing headlight on S2000, and fitting new carbon bonnet |
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February 04, 07:25 PM
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It snowed. |
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September 15, 02:23 PM
May 19, 04:23 AM
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Trying out some of the effects in imovie |
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May 15, 11:57 AM
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Testing my new exhaust :) Doesn't really do it justice still - could of done with a camera man to get some fly bys! but gives you an idea of what it sounds like.
Check out http://www.jdmodified.com/contact.shtml for contact details |
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February 28, 01:59 PM
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Stock S2000 on dyno, 250bhp at the fly, 199 @ wheels. |
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February 13, 05:05 PM
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Basingstoke photo shoot |
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September 05, 01:58 PM
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A friend having some fun in the snow with his mx5 :] |
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February 21, 01:04 PM
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FTO chase car.. On the way home we spotted this unknown chap going somewhat insane and decide to follow! :O |
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April 05, 05:25 AM
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March 03, 05:04 PM
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Down pompey with the team |
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September 29, 07:07 AM
August 15, 09:30 PM
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Only got the first couple of tunnels due to hard to read directions :(
bit of a shame but was fun anyway.
Driver car is Evo VII GSR w/ magnex exhaust |
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