John R. Lane
Current Address
1430 H Spartan Village
East Lansing, MI 48823 		Permanent Address
15155 Boom Road
Spring Lake, MI 49456
e-mail: lanejohn@cse.msu.edu
Education
Objective
    To obtain a challenging position that allows me to combine my skills in the fields of Computer Science and Japanese language in a company which believes it is making a difference.
Experience
    May 1996 to Present,
    Department of Computer Science, Michigan State University.
    System Manager
      Planning and deployment of all Computer Science department instructional computer systems (approximately 150 workstations/servers), with a strong knowledge of printing, system integration (eg. Windows/Unix), system programming and security.

    September 1995 to May 1996,
    Department of Computer Science, Michigan State University.
    Student Unix Consultant
      Entailed providing answers to user questions on topics ranging from programming to Unix, and support to graduate student managers and full time staff in the administration of the department's facilities; including hardware and software from Sun, SGI, and HP.

    January 1995 to May 1995,
    Department of Engineering Computing Services, Michigan State University.
    Student Systems Consultant
      Entailed assisting College of Engineering students, faculty, and staff in the use of various computing platforms including, Unix, Windows, and VMS.

Technical Experience & Strengths
  • Operating Systems
      Setup and maintenance of clients and infrastructure in a large-scale heterogeneous, networked environment. Including, but not limited to, the setup of automated installation systems for Windows and Solaris, full system integration (password synchronization, file sharing, etc.) between Unix and Windows systems, and setup and maintenance of all department printing facilities.

  • Programming
      Comfortable with C/C++, Java, Perl, etc. Experienced in system and network programming -- both starting from scratch and working with legacy code. Some of the tools I have written can be seen on my hacks page.

  • Languages
      English (native), 3 years college Japanese

  • Communication
      Proven ability (as a systems manager) to convey knowledge on a subject to people who do not have a prior familiarity with it.
References available upon request.