Curriculum Vitae



Matthew Adie
370 St. Viateur, Apt. 2
Montreal, QC
H2V 1Y2
Phone: 514-773-5705
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Employment:

Aug. 2005 – Present
Systems Consultant
Concordia University
Office Of Research
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. GM 1000
Montreal, QC, Canada
H3G 1M8
T: (514) 848-2424 ext 7320
http://oor.concordia.ca/

Feb. 2001 – June 2005
Technical Director
Mile-End Media (was Montreal Media)
5369 St. Laurent, Suite 450
Montreal, QC, Canada
H2T 1S5
T: (514) 274-5787 ext 111
http://www.mile-end-media.com/
http://www.montrealmedia.com/

Sept. 2000 – Feb. 2001
Sub Contractor
Consultant

(General IT)
Radicaux
Yves Berthiaume
845 Wolfe Apt. 102
Montreal, QC, Canada
H2L 5G1
T: (514) 527-9364

Oct. 1999 – Sept. 2000
System Administrator
Senior programmer
Iron Horse Multimedia
1178 Place Phillips
Montreal, QC, Canada
H3B 3C8
T: (514) 866-5115
F: (514) 879-4618

Feb. 1999 - April 1999
Freelance Consultant
(Web and DB)
The World Bank
Rural Development Sector
1818 H Street NW.
Washington, DC. 20433
T: (202) 477-6391
F: (202) 522-7025
http://www.worldbank.org/
Education:
1996-1998 Concordia University
Philosophy

1989-1993 The University of Western Ontario
BA (Honors English Language and Literature conferred 1993)
Experience:
  • Systems Consultant: as systems consultant for the Office of Research at Concordia University I developed and maintained MS SQL and Oracle databases. I developed a grants and contracts reporting system using PHP and MS SQL. I built and maintained a Server 2003 file, print, and Active Directory server. I maintained the offices website, fulfilled data requests, and oversaw the daily technical operations of the office.
  • Technical Director: as Technical Director for Montreal Media (a small multimedia company developing dynamic database driven websites) I have built, maintained, and monitored the company's internal network, internal servers, and collocated hosting servers. I have been responsible for providing DNS, email, web, and database services to upwards of 20 client companies. In addition, I have developed database drive websites, I have written maintenance scripts using Perl and Bash, developed backup strategies, set network usage policies, trained staff, and managed employees.
  • Consultant: as a consultant my two most notable clients have been the World Bank, and Discreet Logic. For the World Bank (Rural Development Sector) I developed the Producer Organizations intranet web presence and updated the Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems database. For Discreet Logic I refined their web log statistics, and rebuilt their video card compatibility database. As a subcontractor for Radicaux I've built custom firewalls, setup file servers and implemented network infrastructures for several small businesses. As a subcontractor for the Spider Web Collective I've developed web based solutions for several DC based companies.
  • System Administrator / Senior Programmer: as the System Administrator of Iron Horse Multimedia I've implemented and maintained a hybrid internal network. I've built and administered Iron Horse's firewall, file servers, development server, web server, and mail server. As senior programmer for Iron Horse Multimedia I've supervised the development staff, trained individuals in the use of various production tools, and facilitated the roll out of our various products.
Specializations and Competencies:
  • Management: experience in managing staff, managing projects, writing proposals, and hiring staff.
  • System Administration: proficient in the installation, operation, and maintenance of Linux (multiple distributions), Unix (*BSD), OS X, and Microsoft Server 2003 based servers.
  • Network Administration: skilled in the implementation of Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD based firewalls. Skilled at maintaining seamless TCP/IP hybrid networks of Microsoft XP, OS X, and Linux clients and servers. Proficient at designing, implementing, and monitoring network infrastructures.
  • Server Administration: Apache (Web Server), IIS (Web Server), Bind (DNS), Active Directory, Qmail (Mail Server), Sendmail (Mail Server), FTP, SSH, CVS, MySQL (Database), Postresql (Database), MS SQL, and Samba (Windows File Server).
  • Development: proficient in PHP, HTML, XML, XHTML, CSS, and DHTML. Familiar with Ruby on Rails, JavaScipt, ASP, Perl, and Bash. Proficient with MySQL, Microsoft Access, MS SQL, Postgresql, and Oracle. Familiar with the use of Adobe Photoshop and the Gimp.
  • Hardware: proficient at building stable cost efficient Servers and Workstations
  • Other: skilled at the organization and presentation of ideas, arguments, and critiques. Effective at researching and logically evaluating information.
References:

Available upon request.