Ruben I Safir
1600 East 17th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11230
1-718-382-0585
ruben@mrbrklyn.com
Skills |
UNIX, Database Administration, Apache Web Server Administration, Networking Administration, C programming, Perl and Perl DBI, SQL, UNIX Script Language, HTML. PHP, Introduction to Java and C++.
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Operating Systems |
Unix, Linux, BSDI, DOS, Windows, NT, Desktop Support
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Related Skills |
Art
Skills, hardware troubleshooting, PC Installation, Scanning
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Experience |
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February 2000 - Present |
Brooklyn Linux Solutions - Consulting IT services and Computer Education · Networking - VPN, Routing, DNS, Sendmail, SAMBA · SysAdmin - Custom design web based programs to automate Apache configurations and virtual hosting, BIND configurations, and backups. · Education - Adult computer training at CUNY, the FSCC and other venues. · Internet Development with Apache and Perl for small businesses. · GNU/Linux based networking infrastructure for secretarial pools · DNS, MYSQL, email, NFS, and SAMBA setup for small businesses · Specialized Internet database reporting for educational facilities · Document tracking development for medical facilities
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September 2000 - November 2000 |
Scalable Technologies - Senior Web Designer and Project Manager. · Oversee the set-up of newly formed technical infrastructure. · Lead back end and front end tools development written in PHP, on Apache. · Installed system network, DNS and pack forwarding. · Wrote user administration tools and Human Resource modules for clients.
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March 1999 – June 2000 |
The New School - Teach Perl and Web Technologies in the continuing education program
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May 1998 - September 2000 |
New York University - Manager of Intranet and Software Development and Project Manager. · Wrote numerous database driven Web programs using DBI, ModPerl and Perl. · Installed and imported the clinical database to Oracle On Red Hat Linux. · Ported an Intranet Site from a Windows95 environment to Unix, fixing links using SED and Perl. · Ported a DOS medical database from a flat binary Database to MYSQL RDMS using Perl. As the old database is still being used live, the port has to be repeated on a daily basis. · Fixed large amounts of bad data. · Combined it's 5 directories of data because it originally had a maximum of 32,000 patients. All five database binaries had to be combined into one MYSQL Database. · Designed the new schema and built a front end for the over 3,000,000 transactions using CGI techniques , modperl, embperl, javascript and Perl. · Installed Apache on Linux while building modules and perl extensions. · Instructed co-workers in the basics of Unix administration, while creating a secure web server. · Automated the data import to be pooled daily using CRON over IPX from production servers.
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Dec 1994 – Jun 2002 |
Jewish Billboard and Brooklyn on Line - Web Site Administrator and Page Creator. · Performed webpage creation skills including CGI writing in C and Perl. · Currently developing a Shopping Cart with client side administration, and accounting tools.
· Extensive
use of Perl and MYSQL on a BSDI OS.
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July 1997 - December 1997 |
Maramont Corporation: · Establish an Intranet with the Apache Webserver · Supported about 25 machines on an intranet with Windows Clients and a UNIX Server. · Designed and replaced various windows based document management programs which were constraining the corporations ability for web based technology. · Wrote several Perl CGI's to parse our production label database into CGI - Netscape output. This eased label design. It permitted the use of Pagemaker to work with the specialized Zebra Bar-code printers over the UNIX print server. · Worked with Fox Pro 2.6a and a Database product called TRO to support and helped develop a Purchasing database on Windows 3.11 and Novel. · Installed and supported all cooperate software, Photo Shop, Pagemaker, Scanning techniques, Word, Lotus, ect.
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June 1995 - June 1997 |
Medical Arts - Part-time Pharmacist |
Sept 1995 - Feb 1996 |
Graduate Student Professor at LIU College of Pharmacy in compounding labs. |
Sept 1984 - 1996 |
Karson Pharmacy - Full and Part-time Pharmacist. |
1981 - 1987 |
US ARMY - Honorable discharge |
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Education: |
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June 1999 |
Oracle
University |
Sept - Jan 1998 |
NYU: C++ and Unix Programming |
April - Oct 1996 |
Cope
Institute: Programming course in UNIX Programming, |
Sep 1995 - Feb 1996 |
LIU: Fellowship and Ph.D. candidate for Pharmaceutics. |
Jan 1983 - Sept 1988 |
LIU Brooklyn Campus: Graduate of Pharmacy |
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Interests and Hobbies |
Birds and Parrots, Art History, Local History, Jazz, NYC, Writing, Teaching Perl and HTML |