Jim Ockers, P.E., P.Eng.

650-274-4156

4501 Snell Ave #2604
San Jose, CA 95136

 

OBJECTIVE

It should be noted that I am very pleased to be working for LinkedIn and I'm not seeking other employment at this time.

Senior Technical Employment with a company that can leverage my skills and abilities to help grow the business and be as efficient as possible. I'm most familiar with the Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux environment, including Linux/Unix systems design, systems programming, and systems administration.

I'm equally comfortable in the research lab, the datacenter/server room, and the boardroom/conference room. I excel at researching new information technologies, creating roadmaps, strategy, infrastructure designs, and more, to deliver competitive, world-class infrastructure that is stable and cost effective with respect to the scale of each client, with ongoing systems support and maintainability considerations factored in. I require very little supervision in initiating, implementing, and managing new projects.

I'd like to help business leaders/managers solve the key business problems with IT, which are 1) to characterize how "good" they should be and how well it all needs to work such that it's cost effective both in the short term and long term, so over time your IT systems stay aligned with business goals and budgets; and 2) to find the right mix of in-house talent and external capabilities to maximize value to the business.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

I hold two Professional Engineering licenses; my Colorado P.E. is for Computer Engineering. I possess breadth and technical depth across platforms (Linux, OS X and Windows) and knowledge across a wide range of technical disciplines including Virtualization, Systems Security, LAN/WAN and Communications Engineering, Storage/SANs, Databases, Messaging, and more.

Some specific areas of technical expertise include:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

July 2013-present

LinkedIn

Mountain View, CA

LinkedIn is a social networking site for business professionals worldwide

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

 

January-June 2013

Ockers Consulting

San Diego, CA

IT consulting - CentOS/Unix Systems Administration/Programming; Oil & Gas Industry Instrumentation/CentOS Linux Systems Engineering - Industrial Computer Linux Systems Design/Programming; Communications and Systems Integration Development/Design; Integration of Linux Embedded Systems with Back-End Linux Datacenter Server Processing

Principal Engineer

 

2011-2012

Mudlogging Systems Inc.

Grand Junction, CO

Digital gas detection systems; oilfield geology systems & software

Director of Engineering

 

2001-2011

Pason Systems Corp.

Calgary, AB

Global provider of specialized data management systems for land-based and offshore oil & gas drilling rigs

Senior Systems Engineer

 

Systems Engineer

 

1997-2001

Pason Systems USA Corp.

Golden, CO

Global provider of specialized data management systems for land-based and offshore oil & gas drilling rigs

Systems Engineer

 

1995-2005

Jim Ockers DBA Ockers Consulting

Grand Junction, CO

Commercial computer and internet consulting services

Principal

 

EDUCATION

1992-1995

Missouri University of Science & Technology (was: UMR)

Rolla, MO

M.S. Candidate - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Aerospace Engineering graduate student

 

1988-1992

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Terre Haute, IN

Department of Mechanical Engineering

B.S. (Honors) Mechanical Engineering

 

CIVIC LEADERSHIP

2009-2011

Wedgewoods Condominium Corporation

Calgary, AB

Condominium corporation in southwest Calgary

President & Chairman of the Board

 

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

RESEARCH INTERESTS & NON-TECHNICAL INTERESTS

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