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, Linux, Unix)

Programming (ruby on rails)

System Integration

Employment Record:

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

I am a certified member of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN). 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.

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.

October 2008 - present Founded, ran, and generally the main presenter of the Golden Gate Computer Society Mac Special Interest Group (GGCS Mac Sig)

January 2004, January 2005, and January 2006 Answered 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

November 2009 North Bay Internet Sig, at O'Reilly's in Sebastopol, "Second Life"

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 Support Professional 10.6 November 2010 (Snow Leopard certification)
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 (Panther Server certification)
Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist 10.3 March 2004 (Panther certification)
SonicWall September 2001

Education:
University of Southern California, MS, June 1979
University of California, Berkeley, BS, June 1976

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 (Ubuntu, Centos, 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, that I presently participate in.
Apple Consultants Network (ACN)
East Bay Ruby (Rails) Meetup Group
Golden Gate Computer Society (GGCS) Mac OS X Special Interest Group, co-founder
North Bay Internet Society (NBIS)
North Bay Linux User Group (NBLUG)
North Coast Macs Users Group (NCMUG)
San Francisco Ruby (Rails) Meetup Group
Toast of Petaluma Toastmasters Club

Organizations that I previously participated in:
Novato Sunrise Rotary Club, 2004 Secretary, 2001-2004 Webmaster
Golden Gate Computer Society Linux Special Interest Group, founder