Christopher G. Cox
5620 36th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN  55417
email: chrisc@chris.org

Career History 
     I have wide experience in the data systems and networking arena, including the following specific
     platforms and media:-
        Ethernet: (10/100Base-2/5/T/F), Local & Remote Bridges, Switches, Repeaters, Concentrators;
        Routers: cisco 7000, 4000 & 2500 series, Wellfleet/Bay Networks, Retix;
        Internet firewalls: Checkpoint Firewall-1, Raptor Eagle + VPN, TIS,  SIDEWINDER
        RS232C (Sync & Async); DS0 (56k), DS1 (T1), FT1 (384k), SLIP, PPP,  Frame Relay;
        TCP/IP: Network Design, NFS/NIS, DNS, BOOTP, Routing, RIP, OSPF, IGRP, SMB
        IBM: RS-6000, AIX3.2.5, AIX4.1, AIX4.2, AIX4.3, SSA Disk Storage, HACMP;
        Sun Microsystems: SPARCserver, SPARCstation; ULTRA SPARC, SunOS 4.1.x, Solaris 2.x;
        Novell: NetWare 4.x,3.x,2.x, NFS, Flex/IP, Macintosh, GroupWise 4.1 (Windows, UNIX, Mac);
        Silicon Graphics: IRIS, Indigo, Indigo 2, Personal IRIS; IRIX 5.x, 4.x
        Hewlett Packard: 9000 Series servers (K/G/E), 700 Series workstations
        Microsoft: Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 3.1
        Apple Macintosh: LocalTalk, EtherTalk, System 6 & 7; 
        DEC: VAX-6400, Alpha, DECServer VMS; TGV MultiNet;
        NCR Tower series: UNIX V5.3
        CDC: CYBER 17x, 18x, 6000, NOS, NOS/BE, NOS/VE
        Republic voice/data MUX;

    November 1996 - Present
      United Health Group, Golden Valley, MN
       Lead Technical System Administrator
       Responsibilities include:
       · Design, Installation, and Administration of 150 AIX, Solaris, HP/UX, & Linux UNIX servers
       · Administration of multiple Internet firewall's (dual SIDEWINDER's, and Firewall-1)
       · Redesign of Internet email strategy including SPAM counter measures
       · Implementation of  QIP domain name service corporatewide replacement
       · Design, Installation, and Administration of division-wide LAN/MAN/WAN 

    May 1995 - November 1996
      CAMAX Manufacturing Technologies, Bloomington, MN
      Network Architect
      Responsibilities include:
       · Redesign & Maintenance of international multi-platform WAN..
       · Novell NetWare, TCP/IP, and UNIX (Solaris, SunOS, IRIX, HPUX, AIX) administration.
       · Internet firewall administration and integration, including encrypted Virtual Private Networking.
       · Establishment of network/system administration procedures.
       · Custom programming of Novell & UNIX administration utilities.

Career History (continued)

    February 1993 - May 1995.
      North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale, MN
      Network Analyst
      Responsibilities include:
       · Network management by SNMP (Sun Net Manager) of multi-protocol NFS/NCP WAN.
       · Custom programming of Novell administration utilities.
       · Novell NetWare, TCP/IP, and UNIX administration.
       · Internet border gateway administration and integration.
       · Establishment of network/system administration procedures.

    May 1991 - February 1993.
      LaserMaster Technologies  Eden Prairie, MN
      Network Supervisor

     January - May 1991.
      LaserMaster Technologies  Eden Prairie, MN
      Network Specialist

    February 1987 - October 1990. 
      SelecTronics, Inc.  Minneapolis, MN 
      Product Compliance and MIS/Network Manager
      Responsibilities included:
       · Compliance engineering of new products to FCC Part 15 Rules.
       · Local and Wide Area corporate networking utilizing Novell's NetWare product line.
       · Purchasing/leasing of personal computer systems and software. 
       · Custom in-house programming in C, DataFlex, and BASIC. 
       · Writing and editing of product documentation. 
      
      Accomplishments:
       · Designed and installed nationwide multi-server Novell NetWare WAN.
       · Recommended changes to two product families to reduce defect rate from 2% to 0.4%.
       · Redesigned three products to ensure compliance with FCC Part 15 regulations.
       · Designed and coded multi-user service department database application.

   August 1982 - September 1986.
      Control Data Ltd.  London, England
      Senior Customer Engineer

    September 1980 - August 1982.
      Control Data Ltd.  London, England
      Apprentice Customer Engineer
    
Education
    September 1980 - April 1982.
      Kingston College, Surrey, England.
       ·Graduated with TEC III Electronic Engineering Diploma