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<title>L. Bradley LaBoon</title>
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<h1 id="page-title">About Me</h1>
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<h3 class="segment-title">Employment</h3>
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Site Reliability Engineer, <del><a target="_blank" href="//www.linode.com">Linode, LLC</a></del> <a target="_blank" href="//www.akamai.com/">Akamai Technologies, Inc.</a> (October 2017 - Present)
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<li>Responsible for the creation of public-facing distro images and kernels</li>
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<li>Automate system configurations using tools such as Salt and Terraform</li>
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<li>Maintain the system software that powers Linode's global fleet of hypervisors</li>
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<li>Maintain internal documentation and code platforms</li>
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<li>Provide training for new employees</li>
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Engineer - System Administration and Automation, <a target="_blank" href="//www.qvc.com/">QVC, Inc.</a> (June 2013 - September 2017)
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<li>Build and maintain Linux and Unix systems, both physical and virtual</li>
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<li>Manage over 1000 systems using tools such as Puppet</li>
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<li>Automate the server build and application deployment processes</li>
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<li>Provide 24x7 on-call support for mission-critical ecommerce systems</li>
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<li>Work in a global environment, with teams in many countries</li>
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IT Admin, <a target="_blank" href="//www.metpersnl.com/">Metropolitan Personnel, Inc.</a> (June 2006 - March 2016)
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<li>Maintained company networking and server infrastructure</li>
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<li>Deployed workstations and managed users and group-policy through Active Directory</li>
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<li>Provided office technical support and assistance</li>
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Unix/Linux Administration Intern, <a target="_blank" href="//www.qvc.com/">QVC, Inc.</a> (May 2012 - August 2012)
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<li>Wrote an application to automate the process of comparing server metrics (such as CPU, RAM utilization) to business metrics (such as pageviews/hour) in order to create correlation models that can be used to forecast server load</li>
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<li>Helped maintain and replace server equipment in the data centers</li>
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Web Development Intern, <a target="_blank" href="//www.dataforma.com/">Dataforma, Inc.</a> (May 2011 - August 2011)
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<li>Developed an interactive online drawing tool for roof modeling using HTML5 and JS</li>
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<li>Worked in a small team doing task-focused, agile development</li>
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Founder, BITS (July 2008 - August 2010)
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<li>Founded BITS to provide on-site computer service to local clients</li>
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<li>Diagnosed and troubleshooted computer issues, and installed/repaired equipment</li>
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<li>BITS = Brad's IT Services</li>
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<h3 class="segment-title">Education</h3>
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I went to college at <a target="_blank" href="//www.ycp.edu/">York College of Pennsylvania</a>.
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<li>Degree: BS, Computer Science</li>
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<li>Years Attended: 2009-2013</li>
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<li>Cumulative GPA: 3.20</li>
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<li>Departmental Recognition Award</li>
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<li>Dean's List (Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013)</li>
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<li>Activities: ACM (President), Anime Club (President), CES, WVYC</li>
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I went to high school at <a target="_blank" href="//www.devonprep.com/">Devon Preparatory School</a>.
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<li>Years Attended: 2005-2009</li>
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<li>National Honor Society</li>
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<li>Spanish National Honor Society</li>
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<li>Activities: Computer Club (President), Digital Electronics Club (President), Jazz Band, Stage Crew, Ballroom Dance Club</li>
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<h3 class="segment-title">Experience/Skills</h3>
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I have experience in the following areas:<br />
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Programming and Scripting
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<li>C</li>
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<li>Java</li>
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<li>Python</li>
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<li>Bash</li>
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<li>Javascript</li>
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<li>HTML5 and CSS3</li>
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<li>MPI and pthreads</li>
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<li>Perl</li>
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<li>CUDA</li>
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<li>OpenGL</li>
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<li>Assembly (various architectures)</li>
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<li>Verilog</li>
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<li>Visual Basic and VB.NET</li>
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Operating Systems
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<li>All Linux distros (yes, even that one)</li>
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<li>Arch Linux (listed separately because it's the best)</li>
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<li>AIX</li>
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<li>Windows Server</li>
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Software
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<li>Apache</li>
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<li>Tomcat</li>
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<li>MySQL/MariaDB</li>
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<li>Puppet</li>
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<li>Salt</li>
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<li>Active Directory</li>
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<li>Subversion</li>
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<li>Git</li>
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<li>MS Office/LibreOffice (does this even count as a skill anymore?)</li>
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<li>SolidWorks</li>
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<li>Blender</li>
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<li>Eclipse</li>
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<li>Photoshop</li>
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Hardware
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<li>PC hardware (I enjoy building custom machines)</li>
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<li>Cisco UCS</li>
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<li>Networking equipment</li>
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<li>FPGAs and microcontrollers</li>
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Other Stuff
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<li>Circuit design/breadboarding</li>
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<li>Basic machining skills</li>
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<h3 class="segment-title">Interests</h3>
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Aside from school, work, and wishing I had magical powers, there are many things I enjoy, including...<br />
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<li>Anything computer- or electronics-related</li>
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<li>Video games (particularly platformer, RPG, racing, and rhythm games)</li>
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<li>Also, video game design</li>
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<li>Artificial intelligence</li>
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<li>Anime</li>
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<li>Japanese culture</li>
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<li>Motorcycles</li>
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<li>Skiing</li>
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<li>Model trains</li>
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<li>Roller coasters</li>
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<li>Theoretical physics</li>
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<li>Astronomy</li>
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<li>Voice acting (though I've never done anything professionally)</li>
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<li>Photography</li>
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<li>DJing</li>
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<li>Instruments (I play saxophone, piano, and drums)</li>
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<li>Learning new languages (I currently speak Spanish, Japanese, and a little German)</li>
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<li>Making long, unordered lists of things</li>
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