Benjamin L. Peal
52 Summer Street #301, Malden, MA 02148 - (781)321-6840 - fudjo@mindstorm.com


Summary of Skills 

Programming Languages:  C, Perl, Pascal, BASIC

Operating and Networking Systems:  Unix (OpenBSD, Solaris, Linux), DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows
95/98, Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000/ME, MacOS, NeXT, Novell Netware, DEC Pathworks

Software: Veritas NetBackup 3.4 (Solaris 8), Mailman, PHPNuke, Apache, Retrospect (MacOS),
Microsoft Exchange, TrackIt, IpFilter (OpenBSD), OpenLDAP (OpenBSD), MeetingMaker, Netscape Mail
Server


Summary of Work Experience
                    
November 2000 - July 2001
@stake, Cambridge, MA
Systems Engineer

Provided back-end systems administration and deployment of assorted projects, including web servers
(Apache), mailing list servers (Mailman), firewalls (IpFilter), and enterprise backup servers (Veritas
NetBackup 3.4).  Also, provided technical support for Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, and Macintosh
users.

August 1999 - September 2000
Public Interactive, Boston MA
Network Administrator

Provided sole technical support and systems administration for Windows 98, Windows NT4.0, Windows
NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000, and Macintosh systems and networking.  Responsible for hardware and
software purchase and contract maintainance.

April 1999 - June 1999
Tek Systems 
Contractor

Provided technical support for Windows 95, Windows NT4.0, and Macintosh systems at Bose Corporation
in Framingham, MA.

September 1998 - February 1999
Tech Specialists, Waltham, MA
Contractor

Provided technical support for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT4.0, and Macintosh systems at
Onward Technologies in Natick, MA and Northeastern University in Boston, MA.





July 1997 – July 1998
Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston, MA
Senior Technician

Worked on migration of 120 DOS/Windows 3.1 systems to Windows NT4.0 at the Construction Support
Building of the Deer Island Sewage Treatment Facility in Boston Harbor.  Provided technical support and
systems administration for DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT4.0, and Macintosh systems at
Deer Island and at the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority's office in Charlestown, MA.  Developed
a CDROM archival system for the Construction Support Building's backup tapes.

October 1996 - May 1997
Electronic Press Services Group, Cambridge, MA
Production Assistant

February 1996 - August 1996
Luce-McQuillan Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Computer Assistant, Telerama Local Internet

Fall 1995
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Computer Assistant, Office Systems Services

Summer 1994
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Office Assistant, Graduate School of Industrial Administration

Spring 1994
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Computer Assistant, Graduate School of Industrial Administration

Fall 1993
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Office Assistant, Graduate School of Industrial Administration

Summer 1993
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Computer Assistant, Data Communications

Spring 1991 - Fall 1991,  Spring 1993
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Computer Consultant

Fall 1989 - Summer 1990
Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, MA
Computer Assistant, Electronic Production

Summary of Education

1990-1994
Carnegie-Mellon University 
Majors:  Computer Science, Applied History