Awesomeness Engineer of Supreme Versatility at Rails Machine
Sydney Area, Australia
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- Awesomeness Engineer of Supreme Versatility at Rails Machine, LLC
- Problem Solver at asymmetrics.net
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- Systems Administrator, Developer at Solutions First
- Committee Member at Sydney Linux Users Group
- Desktop Engineer at Stratech Consulting
- Education
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- Bradfield College
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Lindsay Holmwood’s Summary
I run my own small consultancy advising on and implementing simple solutions to difficult problems.
I have strong experience in turning business requirements into technical realities, and balancing cutting edge technologies with managed reliability through testing, monitoring, and performance analysis.
Lindsay Holmwood’s Specialties:
Web development + scalability, configuration management, monitoring + performance analysis, provisioning infrastructures, distributed + scalable systems.
Lindsay Holmwood’s Experience
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Awesomeness Engineer of Supreme Versatility
Rails Machine, LLC
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2010 — Present (2 months)
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Problem Solver
asymmetrics.net
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2005 — Present (5 years )
Operating as a contractor since 2005, contracting to several consultancies on areas ranging from desktop deployments, large-scale server administration, web development, and legacy system integration.
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Systems Administrator, Developer
Solutions First
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Jack-of-all trades, working with clients big and small.
Work has included:
- custom integration with legacy systems in Python and Ruby
- scripting + automation of large-scale deployments with Puppet
- large scale server deployment, support, and maintenance
- backup + recovery with rdiff-backup
- on-site support for small businesses
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Committee Member
Sydney Linux Users Group
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2005 — March 2008 (3 years 1 month)
Served as an ordinary committee member (1 year), and President (2 years)
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Desktop Engineer
Stratech Consulting
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 6 months)
Designed and built from scratch largest desktop Linux deployment in Australia, encompassing 100+ sites, and over 400 systems.
Was responsible for technical execution of project plan end-to-end, from selecting appropriate technologies, to integration, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Lindsay Holmwood’s Education
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Bradfield College
HSC , 2005 — 2006
Additional Information
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Lindsay Holmwood’s Interests:
Ruby web development, desktop Linux, automation with Puppet, monitoring, systems integration
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devopsdays
Lindsay Holmwood’s Contact Settings
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