James H. Oser (Jim)
113 Santa Maria Drive
Novato, CA. 94947-3726
Home: 415-892-8020
Work: 415-892-0860
Cell: 415-710-1329
Email: oserj@OserConsulting.com
Web site: http://www.OserConsulting.com

Skill set:

System Administration (Mac OS X Server and Mac OS X Desktop, Microsoft Server, Microsoft Workstations, Microsoft Small Business Server 2003, Linux, Unix)

Programming (Cocoa for Mac OS X (Objective C), C++, C, shell programming, perl, AppleScript, ruby, and python)

System Integration

Employment Record:

April 1999 to present
Owner
Oser Computer Solutions (aka Oser Consulting)
113 Santa Maria Dr.
Novato, CA. 94947

I do system administration for companies who need part-time but not a full-time system administrator. I also rescue companies when the full-time system administrator makes a mistake.

Business clients include dentists, real estate agents, and accountants. Have worked for the North Marin Water District(NMWD) and the Novato Chamber of Commerce.

A Comcast technician, until he transferred to another part of the Bay Area, recommended me to home owners that needed multiple computers, both Macs and PCs connected to the Internet. I have installed wireless, ethernet over powerline, and wired networks.

Have created VPNs using SonicWall equipment.

Have used Microsoft Remote Desktop to log into XP machines from a Mac or from a PC. Also used other remote software such as VNC, Timbuktu, ssh, ftp, Apple Remote Desktop (ARD).

Since 1999 I have serviced over 250 different clients.

January 2004, January 2005, and January 2006 Chosen by Apple to answer questions at the Apple Consultants booth at the San Francisco MacWorld conference.

January 2000 - March 2001 Founded, organized and ran the Golden Gate Computer Linux Sig. Usually I was also the main speaker of these monthly meetings.

March 2000 - June 2000. Taught one class for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors, Tuesday thru Friday in C Programming at Marin Catholic High School. Initially, the class used the Symantec Mac compiler. I then installed the Mac Code Warrior compiler. Later, I installed a Linux server on their network. The students then telneted into the server from Macs and ran gcc. The final assignment was to work in a team and create a game.

Presentations

December 2000 Novato Chamber of Commerce, Networking Alliance, "Common Computer Problems" Discussed computer problems found in small and medium size businesses.

November 2000 Novato Sunrise Rotary "Common Computer Problems"

January 2000 Golden Gate Computer Society Wednesday SIG, "Introduction to Linux" Presentation was for Windows PC users.

September 4, 1998 to April 9, 1999
TrineCom (aka San Rafael MicroAge)
1099 D Street, Suite 205
San Rafael, CA. 94901

Sr. Systems Engineer

TrineCom does system administration for small businesses who use Southware Accounting System on a SCO UNIX or WinIntel platform. Hired
for my SCO UNIX expertise, but spend more time solving Windows 95, 98 and NT problems. Supported customers remotely via modem connections or went on-site.

Many problems involved Windows machines seeing UNIX and vice-versa. Customers had SCO Vision, SCO Advance File and Print Sharing, or NFS. Configured local printers and remote printers.

April 20, 1998 to July 15, 1998 (Contract)
Presage Software Development Company
901 E. Street
San Rafael, CA. 94901
Wrote C code for a 1st and 2nd grade girls' reading game for Macintosh and Windows platform using an in house API.


December 15, 1997 to April 6, 1998
Avirnex Communications Group
101 Rowland Way, Third Floor
Novato, CA. 94945
Telecom start-up. Went belly up right away.
Programmer

Siemens Business Communications Inc. (Formerly ROLM and IBM.)
Santa Clara, CA.
Development Staff Engineer
UNIX C Programmer
Worked for ROLM/IBM/Siemens for 12 years (10 years in Silicon Valley and 2 years in Munich, Germany).

Certifications:
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator 10.4 July 2006 (Tiger Server certification)
Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist 10.4 June 2006 (Tiger certification)
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator 10.3 July 2005 (Tiger Server certification)
Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist 10.3 March 2004 (Tiger certification)
SonicWall September 2001

Education:
M.S.E.E. Computers and Controls, June 1979
University of Southern California
Courses in software design, control theory, digital signal processing, communication theory, and stochastic processes.

B.S. Engineering Mathematics and Statistics, June 1976
University of California, Berkeley
Honors program with courses in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, and physics.

Credential

California Community College, Subject Matter: Engineering, Valid for Life, Issued: January 15, 1986, Credential No. 61 OSE 001 No. 304086

Teaching Experience

Marin Catholic High School, see above.

Electronic Math, ET 122A, January 1986 - March 1986, Engineering
Department, San Jose City College

January 2000 - March 2000 Ran once a week chess club/class for 1st and 2nd grade children at Pleasant Valley Elementary School in Novato.
(Volunteer position).

January 2001 - March 2001 Coached and managed 4th grade girls basketball team. (Volunteer position).


Operating Systems:

Mac OS X and older Mac versions.

Microsoft Desktop: 9X - XP, Vista, Windows 7

Microsoft Server: NT - 2003 including SBS 2003

UNIX: Linux (Fedora, Red Hat, Suse, Knoppix, Caldera), SCO, Sun Solaris, BSD

Amateur Radio Operator since age 13: WB6YAY

Languages:
Read, write and speak German.
Worked for 2+ years for Siemens in Germany.

Organizations:
East Bay Ruby (Rails) Meetup Group
Golden Gate Computer Society Mac OS X Special Interest Group, co-founder
Golden Gate Computer Society Linux Special Interest Group, founder
North Coast Macs Users Group (NCMUG)
Novato Sunrise Rotary Club, 2004 Secretary, 2001-2004 Webmaster
North Bay Linux User Group (NBLUG)