I’m aiming to use the site to let other admins know about some great utilities and websites to help in managing networks, primarily for schools, but hopefully relevant everywhere. As well as share some tips and ideas for managing computers.

Background

James Rudd, living in Sydney, Australia. I started working on the school network at high school and continued right through Uni. I am currently working full time as a Network Administrator at Sydney Boys High School.

Employment

• Network Administrator, Sydney Boys High School, NSW, Australia since 2001.
• Administrator of a ROCKS HPC cluster for the Centre of Excellence for Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics (UNSW), used to run the Gaussian 03 simulation package, since October 2005

Qualifications

• BEng Photovoltaics and Solar Energy (Hons.), University of New South Wales, 2007
• BSci Computer Science degrees, University of New South Wales, 2007
• Microsoft Certifications:
  
  
  
  • 70-680 TS: Windows 7, Configuring – May, 2010
  • 70-685 Pro: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician – Nov, 2009
  • 70-686 Pro: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Administrator – Nov, 2009
  • 70-646 Pro: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator – Jun, 2009
  • 70-648 TS: Upgrading your MCSA on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 – Jun, 2009
  • 70-620 TS: Configuring Microsoft Windows Vista Client – Jan, 2009
  • 70-270 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP – Jun, 2008
  • 70-291 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure – May, 2008
  • 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment – Jul, 2007
• D-Link Wireless Certified, 2007

Experience and Skills

• Moodle administration, bulk user and course management
• Novell Netware 6-6.5, OES 1, SLES 10, Zenworks 2-7, and Groupwise 6.5-7
• Microsoft XP, Server 2003, and Vista
• Rocks Cluster 4.2.3
• Scripting: Windows CMD, Bash and Perl
• PHP and MySQL