Timothy Charles Pepper                                   tpepper at vato.org

14550 SW 120th PL, Tigard, OR 97224                             503.598.9660
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OBJECTIVE:  Permanent Linux Kernel Development Position

WORK EXPERIENCE:

   IBM (Beaverton, OR)  --  Advisory S/W Engineer, Linux Technology Center
   -Embedded linux development                               (12/10-present)
   -Linux base kernel development                               (7/05-11/10)
      o KVM cloud memory overcommit research
      o HPC system jitter analysis and mitigation for BlueWaters
      o Misc. memory management and NUMA dev/support tasks
   -SAN Filesystem linux client porting/maintenance              (5/04-7/05)
   -Ported SDD multipath block-IO driver to linux                (4/01-5/04)
   -Regular linux development activities include:
      o monitor and participate in open source development activities
        via mailing lists, git, IRC, bugzilla
      o diagnose and resolve critical customer issues with kernel
      o deliver features and bug fixes via upstream sources and linux
        distribution partner major releases and service packs
      o performance analysis and debugging using perf, oprofile, trace,
        kprobes and lockdep/lockstat/lockmeter
      o work with teams inside IBM and at partner organizations to define
        and deliver functionality in conjunction with community members
      o multiple hardware architectures (x86_64, PPC, s390, ia64, ARM)

   Zelerate, Inc. (San Mateo, CA)  --  System Administrator      (8/00-4/01)
    -Deployed and administered internal and external linux servers for
     DNS/DHCP, mailing lists, file/print serving, firewalls/gateways and
     two-tier web server systems running Zelerate AllCommerce applications

   IBM (San Jose, CA) -- Department IT Staff                     (8/99-8/00)
    -LAN administration and Notes/Domino database administration/development

   Internships
   IBM (San Jose, CA)
    -Developed custom Laboratory Information Management System  (6/98-12/98)
    -Migrate spectra DB from mainframe to client/server arch     (6/97-9/97)
    -Performed technical analysis on returned hard drives        (6/95-8/95)
   NASA (Edwards AFB, CA)
    -Test range radio equipment maintenance/operation            (6/93-9/93)
    -Aide airborne data acquisition system devevelopment/test    (6/92-8/92)

COMPUTER    Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows, C/C++, Bash, linux kernel debugging,
EXPERIENCE: TCP/IP, Apache, Samba/NFS, ssh, smtp/postfix, ftpd, DNS/DHCP,
            web/scripting languages, network routing and security, kvm/qemu

EDUCATION:  Portland State University, Portland, OR
             -M.S. Computer Science (Systems), June 2010, GPA: 3.7
            California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
             -B.S. Computer Engineering, June 1999, GPA: 3.5
             -Concentration and senior project in linux OS and drivers
             -Study Abroad 1995-1996 Universitaet Heidelberg, Germany

RELEVANT    Linux Kernel Internals, Linux Device Drivers, Operating Systems
COURSEWORK: Theory, UNIX System Administration, Computer Networks,
            Software Engineering, Digital System Design, Computer Arch.,
            Computer Algorithms, Theory of Computation, Prog. Languages,
            Computer/Network Security, Network Routing, Parallel Algorithms,
            Machine Learning, Quantum Computation, Cryptography

OTHER:      Board Member, Beaverton Farmers Market
            IBM IDEAS Award, IBM Inventor Third Plateau
            Active mentoring of peer and junior employees
            German language writing and speaking proficiency