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      Paul M. Lambert&rsquo;s r&eacute;sum&eacute;
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      Paul M. Lambert<br />
      2876 Addison Place<br />
      Santa Clara, CA 95051<br />
      +1&ndash;408&ndash;398&ndash;0612<br />
      plambert@plambert.net<br />
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    <h3>
      Summary
    </h3>
    <p>
      I am a UNIX Systems Architect who has built web server platforms at Yahoo to handle
      loads that make 5,000 requests per second into background noise, beaten untested, 
      consumer-focused operating systems into high-performance enterprise servers, and
      automated entire network operations centers.
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      Every day, I bring talented web software developers face to face with the laws of physics,
      and show them how to plan and embrace the chaos that hundreds of millions of users bring.
    </p>
    <p>
      I basically want to work with amazing people who teach me, and challenge me to make my own job unnecessary.
    </p>
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    <h3>
      Experience
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    <dl>
      <dt>
        May 2007 to Present
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Senior Systems Engineer, Yahoo! Incorporated, Sunnyvale, California
        </h4>
        <p>
          Global Media SE Architect
        </p>
        <p>
          Driving the operational side of the modernization of Yahoo's entire
          Media empire. Redesigning and rebuilding News, Finance, Sports, Movies, TV, and dozens of the world's
          busiest websites, used every day by hundreds of millions of people around the world.
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        <p>
          Designing highly scalable, highly resiliant infrastructures for getting the
          right requests to the right servers every time.
          Working with dozens of teams of developers to ensure caching, logging, and a "trust but verify" approach are used everywhere.
          Building end-to-end release processes that embrace modern approaches to quality assurance, testing and verification, and source and release management.
          Improving the performance of legacy technologies like Apache httpd, proprietary C++ web-service frameworks, and PHP code to an acceptable level.
          Embracing new technologies like server-side javascript (node.js), user fibers, hash-based large-scale HTTP caching.
          Evolving a company where new websites took 18 months to launch, into a self-service model that can sustain thousands of unique sites with unique features, and launch them in a day.
          Deep performance reviews of one of the world's largest live editorial and publishing systems, allowing Yahoo editors to modify most aspects of a site's presentation, and every aspect of its content, with changes appearing locally in 60 seconds, and globally in under 15 minutes.
        </p>
      </dd>
      <dt>
        December 2006 to May 2007
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Site Reliability Engineer, Google, Mountain View, California
        </h4>
        <p>
          Supported internal human resources applications for 10,000+
          employee company experiencing exponential growth.
        </p>
      </dd>
      <dt>
        August 2003 to November 2006
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Mac OS X Architect, Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA
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        <p>
          Systems Architect for more than 700 Mac OS X Server installations
          in five locations. Responsibilities included architectural reviews
          of business applications, design and architecture of server
          infrastructure, and technical leadership for Systems Engineering
          and Network Operations teams. Oversaw data center growth of over
          100%. Architected application deployments to sustain transaction
          growth of over 30% monthly, and seasonal peaks approaching 1,500%.
        </p>
        <p>
          Decided which business application components can and should move
          to Mac OS X, resulting in large-scale hardware and capital savings.
          In one case, moving an application from over $4 million in IBM
          hardware to less than $400,000 of Xserve G5 hardware. Achievements
          include the development of an internal web-based asset and software
          management platform, Xcentral; the development of an automated,
          sustainable systems installation procedure usable without a
          network; a leading role in Apple&rsquo;s adoption of Oracle Database 10g,
          and a close working relationship with both management and engineers
          in Core OS, Server Software, Hardware Engineering, and other Apple
          teams. Presented at WWDC 2005 and Oracle World 2005.
        </p>
      </dd>
      <dt>
        September 2001 to June 2003
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Principal Unix Administrator, Symantec, Cupertino, CA
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        <p>
          Responsibilities included specification, configuration, and
          management of more than 200 Solaris systems providing
          high-availability web interfaces to our customer base, and internal
          financial, human resources, and other services within one of the
          largest software companies in the world. Directly responsible for
          LiveSubscribe high-availability support, maintenance, and
          troubleshooting. Received recognition for solution which increased
          order processing responsiveness and efficiency by 40%, and resulted
          in an immediate 15% increase in revenue from the LiveSubscribe
          servers.
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        June 2001 to August 2001
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Senior Unix Systems Administrator, Mediaplex, San Jose, CA
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        <p>
          Responsibilities included configuration and management of more than
          200 Solaris systems, F5 BigIP and 3DNS load balancing solutions,
          and Apache and thttpd web servers. Led team to install HP OpenView
          VantagePoint Operations software and configure for sitewide
          monitoring and integration into 24/7 notifications.
        </p>
      </dd>
      <dt>
        August 1999 to May 2001
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Unix Systems Administrator, Digital Island, San Francisco, CA
        </h4>
        <p>
          Administered internal and customer systems for fast-growing global
          business hosting company. Developed methods and techniques for
          change control among 300 customer and internal Solaris systems.
          Assisted in development of jumpstart platform for new customer
          systems. Performed remote installations via cd-rom and via
          jumpstart servers. Performed security audit of systems installed
          before jumpstart and newer security procedures. Responsible for
          interviewing and training new staff. Installed and configured
          apache, iPlanet Enterprise, oracle, mysql, and other software to
          customer specifications. Redesigned log rotation mechanisms to meet
          both internal and customer needs. Developed tools for the
          automation of internal and customer processes and monitoring, with
          a focus on account management.
        </p>
      </dd>
      <dt>
        April 1999 to August 1999
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Web Server Administrator, Sterling Software, Numerical Aerospace
          Simulations, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
        </h4>
        <p>
          Administered three SGI systems running Apache, as well as another
          SGI system for web development. Provided technical and security
          guidance for content development and redesign. Developed
          mailing-list archiving solutions, feedback solutions, and other
          typically perl-based software to meet customer needs in an
          exceptionally security-aware environment.
        </p>
      </dd>
      <dt>
        December 1997 to April 1999
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Operations Supervisor, Sterling Software, Numerical Aerospace
          Simulations, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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        <p>
          Managed team of 15 analysts in a 24/7 operations center at a
          national supercomputing center. Set goals and evaluated performance
          for staff. Assisted staff in technical and career growth. Developed
          perl-based software solutions for high-reliability paging and
          integration of paging with our trouble-ticket tracking system, and
          coordinated a working- group to revamp paging policies for system
          points of contact.
        </p>
      </dd>
      <dt>
        May 1997 to December 1997
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Lead Control Room Analyst, Sterling Software, Numerical Aerospace
          Simulations, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
        </h4>
        <p>
          Responsible for team of six analysts at a national supercomputing
          center. Began development of training programs, assisted in the
          monitoring of goal acheivement and performance, and organized
          projects among available analysts. Also developed software and
          tools for 24/7 operations center. Assisted in the implementation of
          a site-wide support request ticket tracking system, including the
          coding of &ldquo;glue&rdquo; routines to tie the system with user-generated
          email and legacy monitoring tools.
        </p>
      </dd>
      <dt>
        June 1996 to May 1997
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      <dd>
        <h4>
          Control Room Analyst, Sterling Software, Numerical Aerospace
          Simulations, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
        </h4>
        <p>
          Responsible for administration and monitoring of a national
          supercomputing center. Developed software and tools for 24/7
          operations center. Provided support for commercial and educational
          users. Maintained site-wide account management system, and ported
          tools to various new architectures and operating systems.
        </p>
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    <h3>
      Relevant Skills
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      <dt>
        Server Operating Systems
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      <dd>
        Mac OS X Server, FreeBSD, Solaris
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        Programming/Scripting Languages
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      <dd>
        Perl, Ruby, shell (Bourne, bash, et al), C, C++, Pascal
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    <h3>
      Education
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      <dt>
        August 1991 to June 1996
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      <dd>
        Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Science candidate,
        Computer Science.
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    <h3>
      References available upon request.
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