Mark Aaron Silverberg

PO Box 27914
Austin, TX 78755

EXPERIENCE

Ongoing

Austin, TX

Freelance Hardware and Software Consultant

Work performed at customer's location includes setting up new computers and components, printers, and wireless/wired networks.
Provide remote and on-site support for numerous pieces of software including Windows, the MS Office Suite, Adobe Products, Quickbooks, iLife, and more.
Clients have included a dress shop, lawyer's office, management/accounting firm, home office, and recreational users.

08/2008 - Present

Austin, TX

Information Services Intern

Acad. Year '06/'07,
Summer 2007,
Acad. Year '07/'08

Austin, TX

Senior Student Network Administrator at AISD's Liberal Arts and Science Academy

Front-line support for school administrators and faculty on literally all aspects of technology on campus
In charge of installation and up-keep of three Dell PowerEdge servers and one Apple XServe
Organized team meetings, agendas, and priorities while planning for the future

Summer 2006

Austin, TX

HR (Learning Technology) Intern - recommendation letter

PostgreSQL database management and integration with friendly, functional, and efficient web based interfaces.
Added several features including a fully dynamic waiting list to Seton's existent online self-service library and deployed new features in a production environment.
Wrote PHP script to present database of classes and events in a concise and cohesive manner.

Summer 2006

Austin, TX

Information Technology Volunteer

Upkeep of multiple Windows computers on the small wired and wireless office network.
Consultation, planning, and production of a new dynamic bilingual website which conforms to XHTML, CSS, and several website accessibility standards.
Miscellaneous clerical work relating to technology as well as office upkeep and organization.

Summer 2006

Remote

Back-end Programmer and Database Administrator

Sole back-end programmer of website which generates phone calls using TTV (Text To Voice) and Asterisk
Facilitated initial setup of Web, Database, and VoIP (Voice over IP) server; perform routine maintenance

Summers of 2004 and 2005; Spring Breaks of 2005, 2006, and 2007

Austin, TX

Clerical work in an established IT business environment.
Assistant in organizing events including Accessible Internet Rallies (AIR) Austin ('04 and '05) and AIR Interactive ('05 and '06).
Booth attendant and accessible Internet demonstrator at AIR Interactive on the trade show floor during SXSW '05, '06, and '07.
Performed some web scripting as well as data entry into databases.

Summer 2008: Attended PreCollege at New York University. I received college credit for both courses: Macroeconomics and Reporting 1.
Fall 2005 to Spring 2009: Liberal Arts and Science Academy (Magnet): AP English 3 and 4, AP US History, Pre-AP Japanese, AP Computer Science, Advanced Networking A & B, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, and AP Government.
Fall 2004 to Spring 2005: Magnet student at AISD's Kealing (Magnet) Junior High School: Business Ventures, Keyboarding, and Introduction to CS: Java/
Invited to be part of the National Young Leaders Conference (cylc.org) on multiple occasions while in middle school and high school; attended week long program in Washington, DC during seventh grade.
Student Council president at Austin Jewish Academy 7th grade
Member of Duke University's TIP (Talent Identification Program) based on middle school test scores

Digital Photography
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows (2000, XP Home/Professional, and 2003 Server), GNU/Linux (Debian/Ubuntu, Gentoo, and CentOS), and Mac OS X (Panther, Tiger, and Leopard client and server)
Notable Mac Applications: iWork Suite (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers), iLife suite, Adobe CS 2 & 3: Design Premium (mainly Photoshop, inDesign, and Illustrator), some xCode experience;
OS X Server: administration/management as a web, database, file, remote desktop, and client/lab workstation imaging server. In progress: Apple's OpenDirectory coinciding with Microsoft's Active Directory.
Notable *nix Apps: Apache, Asterisk, LigHTTPD, Linux-VServer, and MySQL.
Notable Web Apps: CPanel/WHM, Mediawiki, PHPMyAdmin, Wordpress, and more.
Notable Windows Apps: Deepfreeze (client seed and console), Microsoft Office Suite 1997-2003, Microsoft's Deployment tools (sysprep), Norton Ghost (Enterprise Edition: including client seed and server), Novell ZenWorks (Desktop Management v7), and more.
Programming and Scripting Languages: [X]HTML, CSS, PHP, RubyOnRails, BaSH.
In progress / near future: Ruby ⇔ Objective C ⇔ Cocoa(Touch).