Nate MethenyBIOGRAPHY
Nate Metheny was trained in classical violoncello performance and attended Indiana University for solo performance studies. Nate has been using computers since the age of 5 and has held full-time positions in Information Technology since the age of 16 after his early graduation from high school at age 15. Nate has worked on the computing infrastructure at the Santa Fe Institute since 2004 and prior to that worked for several start-up companies in and around the Santa Fe area since his move back to New Mexico in 1998.
Nate has 15+ years experience in the Information Technology arena. During that time, his interests have spanned multiple areas, including gaming, networking, security, the evolution of the Internet and especially gadgets.
OBJECTIVE
Managerial or senior-level technician position with an exciting, motivated team of IT staff and an organization interested in new and innovative ideas.
EDUCATION
American High School
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Graduate, 1995, 3.2GPA
Indiana University @ South Bend
Solo Performance / Cello
Attended 1994-1997, 4.0GPA
EMPLOYMENT
o Santa Fe Institute
o IT Group Leader
o 11-2004 to present
o Santa Fe, NM
Director of Information Technology at a non-profit 501-c-(3) scientific research institution focusing on multidisciplinary approaches to natural and artificial complex systems.
Managed a signifcant annual budget, technological needs analysis, senior-level systems administration (Gentoo Linux, RedHat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Win*, OS X 10.2+) and technical support for both staff and reserachers on and off-site.
Supervisory responsibilities and task assignment/management for full-time staff members.
Handled purchasing of new equipment, as well as overseeing installation of new printing, copying and scanning facilities on-site. Handled upgrades and new installation of networking hardware, implemented network security and improved overall network infrastructure. Scheduled LAN/WAN upgrades and downtime according to research and operational schedules.
Managed 24x7x365 system monitoring and notification tools, as well as a full fiber backbone network with 100+ workstations, laptops, servers, and network-capable equipment.
o One World Media, LLC
o Network Administrator
o 04-2002 to 11-2004
o Santa Fe, NM
I was responsible for Network and Systems Administration (Linux, Windows) for both local office workstations as well as co-located server farms in Toronto, CA and Chicago, IL.
The proficiencies learned during this experience expanded already comprehensive knowledge of TCP/IP networking, Linux Systems Administration (BIND, Sendmail, POP/IMAP, Apache, TCP Wrappers, IP Tables, INETD, NTPD, etc.) HTML, PHP, MySQL administration, Windows 2000 and 2003 Server Administration, Flash MX Server administration, and customer services and support for both development (in-house) personnel and paying customers.
Handled equipment purchases, installations, maintenance and upgrades. 24x7x365 on call support was also among the responsibilities.
o Bionic Arts, LLC
o Operations Manager
o 02-1999 to 03-2002
o Santa Fe, NM
Responsibilities included project management, LAN/WAN / UNIX / NT administration, network installation, PC computer construction and support, graphic design (Adobe Photoshop, Pagemaker), web design (Allaire Homesite, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand / Fireworks / Dreamweaver), inventory management, and equipment purchasing and support.
o Studio X
o Support Technician
o 06-1998 to 09-1998
o Santa Fe, NM
Primary contact for on and off-site technical support for dialup ISP connections on multiple platforms, including Win* and MacOS 9+. Elementary systems administration and management of email (incoming and outgoing) services on the Solaris platform.
o Michiana NetworkLANd
o Computer Technician
o 06-1996 to 06-1998
o Elkhart, IN
PC Computer and network support for both consumer-level and corporate-level accounts at a retail computer store. Windows 3.11, 95, 98, MS-DOS 6.11 support. Handled training sessions for customers. Assisted with large installations of computer labs for corporate and educational clients. Handled repair and software/hardware troubleshooting for PC workstations.
REFERENCES
References are available upon request.