Zachary Buckholz

phone 602-377-8023
zbuckholz@hotmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/zbuckholz

Recent Honors and Awards

February 28, 2009 University of Phoenix, completed Associates of Arts in General Studies, GPA: 3.37

August 1, 2008 VMware Infrastructure 3: Deploy, Secure and Analyze V3.5

February 22, 2008 SUN Microsystems Solaris 10 Containers For Developers

September 27, 2007 Microsoft IIS 6.0 Critical Problem Management – Advanced

September 27, 2007 Microsoft IIS 6.0 Critical Problem Management – PLUS

July 19, 2007 Microsoft SQL Server 2005: For Administrators

March 22, 2007 7 Habits Business Applications (Part Two)

March 21, 2007 7 Habits Business Application Course (Part One)

October 20, 2006 Documentum System Administration I for Documentum 5 – Intermediate

October 18, 2006 Documentum Technical Fundamentals of Documentum – Introductory

Special skills, and areas of interest:

• High Performance Computing
• Ruby, Perl
• MySQL clustering and high-availability
• Automation through scripting
• Virtualization (VMWare, Solaris Containers, Xen, UML, KVM)
• Linux performance and troubleshooting
• Enterprise Linux concurrency and efficiency
• OpenSSI (Single System Image), Mosix
• iPhone Development
Prior Experience
Senior Systems Engineer
Apollo Group (University of Phoenix)

4/2006 - current
Provide system support, training, technology design, and implementation services.
Frequent interaction with development groups, business customers, and local staff.
Provided written proposal for technology, process, and efficiency improvements.
Unwavering commitment to improving quality, efficiency, communication and relationships.
Recent responsibilities:

• Initial proposal for Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) to achieve multi datacenter high-
availability (HA).
• Initial proposal for IT process improvements using Puppet, and Oracle Enterprise Manager for Grid
Control.
• Initial proposal, architecture and implementation of VMware environments.

• Initial proposal, architecture and implementation of Redhat Linux to Oracle Enterprise Linux
conversion.
• Architecture and implementation of Oracle Business Intelligence environment.

• Architecture and implementation of multiple Oracle RAC environments.

• Developed several enterprise SOX and PCI compliance programs that are now available as open-source
on Google Code.
• JBOSS clustering and multicast session, cache clustering for HA.


Enterprise Linux Engineer

GoDaddy.com Scottsdale, Arizona

5/2004 - 4/2006
Linux engineer and architect for company mail system handling over 20 million messages daily. In-depth
knowledge of Linux, MySQL, PHP, C, TCP/IP, and various HA and Clustering technologies. Responsible for
RightNow CRM system. Implementation of various HA hosting environments for Windows and Linux platforms
as well as management applications. Developed automated technologies for handling fraud, malicious activity,
and reporting.
 Systems and Network Administrator
Zencon Technologies Chandler Arizona

8/2000 – 5/2004
Responsible for Internet and Intranet, servers and network. Provide developers and other employees with a
secure and stable environment. Company created and hosted one of the top five Internet dating networks.
Company was also one of the largest free dial-up ISP providers in the country. Company required flexibility, out
of the box thinking, and advanced technological wisdom.



Director of Network Operations

RMI.Net (Rocky Mountain Internet) Tempe, Arizona

8/1998 - 7/2000
Regional Director of IT, responsible for strategic planning, and corporate partnerships.
Systems / Network Engineer, responsible for running IT operations for the South West region. Company
acquired many Internet Service Providers and I was responsible for integrating legacy systems into the new
corporate infrastructure. Directly responsible for administration of a national dial-up and DSL network.
Provided support and training to sales and marketing team. Provide technical support agents with software tools
and training. Required to build high-performance internet servers, design e-commerce
applications, provide 100% up-time on all network equipment and overall network security.

RMI received the following awards while I was Regional Director of IT:

January, 1999
Voted Best Internet Service Provider by Arizona Business Journal

March, 1999
PC World Magazine ranked RMI.Net as one of the top Internet Providers Next to America
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