Francis Peter Sainsbury

DOB 4/6/59. Married. Australian Citizen.

Contact Details

Telephone: 03 6229 9002
Mail: P.O. Box 263, Kingston 7051.
Email: itsoil@netspace.net.au

Work History

Last Updated 11 May 2009

>Employed by ITSOIL PTY LTD from 23 Nov 1996.

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Significant positions held under contract

Clinical School, University of Tasmania
Recover Tape backups, Patch systems, install and configure Open Source and commercial software. Port code to OS X, incuding rewrite in openGL. Patch and reorganise a group of Solaris and Linux systems since Aug 2004 PHP programming. and for Dr. Paul Turner from Information Systems/Computer Science. APEX programming May 2007 to present. Install and Database Administration on Oracle, Mysql and MS Access. Port databases from MS SQL Server to mysql and oracle.

Tasmanian Patnership of Advanced Computing
Implement Data Migration Facility (Heirachical Storage Managment) on Origin 3400 July 2004

Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC:
1 Jul 2003 to June 30 2004

IT Manager
I am IT manager at the Pathways to Lung Health group programming in ORACLE APEX, DBA/sysadmin on RHEL 4 and webmaster.

IT Manager
I was manager at the ACE CRC with administrative oversight of all IT, with budgeting responsibilities.

Antarctic CRC:
10 Aug 1999 to June 30 2003

Computer Manager

I was manager at the Antarctic CRC with administrative oversight of all IT, with budgeting responsibilities.

Specifically this includes management of the daily computing activities of the CRC and IASOS including oversight of hardware and network connections, fixing problems and provision of documentation; provision of a help desk during business hours; maintenance and upgrading of technology as required; management of system software and hardware for the University Supercomputer Facility; system management of the departmental Unix servers, PC and Macintosh networks; development of IT strategies for the department; investigate and advise on the application of new technology and computer systems; provide advice to staff on current packages and software systems; provide advice on the management of data sets; liaison with other computer support staff in the University.

The Facilities are described on the TPAC website and on the TPAC Machine.

Tasmania's Access Server:
26 Oct 1998 to 23 July 1999

Senior Systems Administrator/Programmer

I was responsible for a major diverse network at the largest locally owned ISP business in the state.

As the senior officer in the largest office at Tas Acccess, I was responsible for the overall supervision at the Office. I was the Head of the Technical Division for the company directly responsible for the two system administrator and two network administrator positions. I personally carried out much of the system administration and some network administration on the Unix systems (there are 11 servers running FreeBSD and Solaris), and I developed some ecommerce systems for the world wide web.

ANM Corporate Office, Hobart: 21 Nov 1996 to 27 Sept 1997

I was initially contracted as Helpdesk coordinator. I project managed the NT rollout to Hobart, Sydney and Melbourne.

Migrate, install and administer five Windows NT servers and Lotus Notes Domino. Administer Exchange, MS Mail. Automated distribution of virus scanning. Assets control and disposal. PC support (65 machines) in Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart.

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Positions before or apart from ITSOIL

Elizabeth College Hobart Tasmania:

23 Feb 1998 to 23 Oct 1998

Network Administrator.

Responsible for a major diverse network in a Matriculation College.

I was the sole technical staff member until I interviewed and employed two trainees. I was responsible for organizing formal training with TAFE and giving the in-house training. The network consisted of Sun Unix systems and an extensive 300+ windows network with 5 NT servers. I deployed email, majordomo, squid, file sharing, remote access. I put in place methodology for managing 70+ notebook computers running Windows 95.

Donor Plan 2000:

Software development in C on Macintosh Platform and in Visual Basic under Windows.

University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay:

9 Feb 1991 to 20 Nov 1996

HEO 6 (CSO 1 and 2).

Unix Administration on an internationally accessible bastion host running AIX. Macintosh and PC support. Administration on tcp/ip (200 user) and Novell (30 user system). Programmer and Database Administrator on Library system supporting 160 terminals on PICK and Universe. Perl, Script and C programming on UNIX, PC and Macintosh, markup and software. Helpdesk Coordinator.

Department of Education and the Arts (State Library):

1 Oct 1990 to 7 Feb 1991

CSO1.

C Programming on PC and Prime, Database Design, Programming and System Administration on PRIME.

Department of Education and the Arts (Elizabeth Computer Centre):

21 May 1990 to 30 September 1990

CSO1.

Database Programming, PC system support and System Administration on VMS.

Department of Mines, Hobart:

2 April 1990 to 4 May 1990

Consultant. ARC/INFO GIS.

Geology Department, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay:

7 May 1989 to 18 March 1990

Consultant. ARC/INFO GIS.

School of Surveying, University of Tasmania:

May 1988 to November 1990 (part time)

Data base designer and Digitiser. This included a complete GIS database for TELECOM Research Laboratories, Melbourne.

Peacock, Darcy and Anderson, Hobart:

Apr 1986 to Oct 1986

Surveyor

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

The following briefly outlines some major projects I have been responsible

for, both IT and other:

Kidznet

Coordinate, develop and implement systems for internet access for children to the internet. Provide systems administration on a diverse TCP/IP network particularly on UNIX servers.

MAS

Documentation and specification for the Acquisition System and Financial System interface for the Pick Library System.

Skeletal Records

The PICK based skeletal records system originated from an approach by the senior Circulation Librarian . I liaised with all of the Circulation Librarians across the state, especially those in Launceston, to create a specification. After approval, I used this specification to design and implement the extensions to the database and the numerous new subroutines needed. After further consultations and fine tuning, the system was made live. It was very well received, and was later cited as one example of the major advantage of inhouse development.

LIBNET

24 Hour access system for internet browsing built in 1991/2. This was built under UNIX and involved coordinating a number of IT and Library staff to provide content for the system I wrote.

Complaints Database

I subcontracted a Notes Programmer to code the specification of this system. This involved close liaison with several levels of ANM staff, IT and Sales and the subcontractor. I dotted the I's and crossed the T's to prepare the system for trial.

NT Rollout

The total budget for this was approximately $250,000 which included servers, network installation and clients. I was responsible for scoping, purchasing, installing and configuring 5 servers and numerous clients.

ERL

A 40 Gigabyte database server system which required coordination by me of the University Library staff, Database Administrator, the Unix administrator, Sun Computers and Silver Platter as the system was in a BETA stage and required extensive tweaking.

Library HELPDESK

I set up, coordinated and managed the University Library helpdesk, supervising two staff directly and liaising with most areas of the Infrastructure and Corporate IT teams of the Information Technology Service.

CD-ROM Network

I rolled out a Novell based CD-Rom server with 42 CD roms coordinating two programmers who built the interface under my supervision. I created the pilot project from which subsequent interfaces were built.

Construction

Project Managed the renovation of five inner city houses 1984 till 1992 and the construction of an indoor swimming pool. This included supervision of three employees at times, and the arrangement for subcontracting. The total value of the projects approached a million dollars.

Surveying

Managed teams of three in 1982 in Darwin, and on the west coast of Tasmania. Both of these are demanding environments.

Emergency Services Experience

Worked as a fire officer for Forestry commission. Engineer and Officer Cadet for the Army Reserve.

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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Surveying University of Tasmania Awarded 1986.
Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science University of Tasmania Awarded 1991.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Australian Computer Society: Member PCP. No 1078840.
Australian Unix Users Group: Member No 1422.
Now defunct User Services Group, ACS.
Retired 2008 from Rostrum Public Speaking Club, past President, past Treasurer, secretary.

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SHORT COURSES

IRIX System Administration 2002
IRIX Installation 2002
Lotus Notes Orientation, 1997.
Unix Summer School, 91- 03
Oracle Database Administration, University of Tasmania, May 1995.
People Managing People, Meredith Gilmore, 1995.
Writing at Work, Meredith Gilmore,1995.
Officer Cadet Army Reserve, June 1994 till June 1998.
Gene Spafford Security Tutorial, 1994.
ACS State Conference , Hobart 16/17th June 1994.
Networkshop 93, Melbourne. (4 days)
Letter Writing, Margaret Scott 1992.
Networkshop 91, Hobart. (4 days) (Presented a Tutorial "libnet, an internet access system")
Galitz on Screen Design, 1991.
Pick Basic 2, 1991.
Access 2, 1991.

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Presentations:

2004 Jun CSIRO presentation on OS X, experts panel.
2004 AUUG//SAGE presentation on OS X.
2003 SAGE_AU Tas Conference.

Skills Summary

Rating from 1 (Some exposure) to 5 (Very Good).

Skill	Year last used	Years of Exp	Rating	Skill	Year last used	Years of Exp	Rating
Administration - O/S				COMMS/ NETWORK
UNIX-AIX	96	6	5	T/Servers	04	13	5
Solaris	09	15	5	Switches	09	7	3
FREEBSD	04	7	5	NOS Novell	96	5	2
XP/NT4/W2K	04	8	5	NOS Windows	09	8	4
LINUX (Various)	09	5	5	DNS	3	3	3
Mac OS X	09	20	5
IRIX/UNICOS	07	5	5
LANGUAGES SOFTWARE				DATABASES
C++	04	7	3	PICK DBA	96	5	2
PICK	96	6	3	ORACLE	09	4	3
PERL	09	8	5	SQL PD	09	9	4
MS OFFICE	09	19	4	Filemaker	08	9	4
OTHER
Teaching	08	9	4