Matthew Davis
3009 Dorner Circle Apt J
Raleigh NC 27606
919.341.2759
matthew .at. familycampground donut org

Education

1994 - 1998	Anson High School	Wadesboro, NC
High School Diploma
	* Honor Graduate

1998 - 2000	South Piedmont Community College	Wadesboro, NC
Associates in Arts
	* Deans List - Spring 2000 Semester
	* 3.80 GPA

2002		South Piedmont Community College	Wadesboro, NC
Associates in Arts
	* Presidents List - Fall 2002 Semester
	* 4.0 GPA

2003-2004	University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Software and Information Systems
        * Junior Status
        * 3.308 GPA


Awards received
	Eagle Scout - August 1998
	LDS Religious Studies Graduate - 1994 - 1998
	High School Honor Graduate - June 1998
	Credit card collector awards from First Union National Bank

Interests and activities
Linux
	* Home computer is serving as a gateway to the Internet with a 3 computer LAN
	* Use NAT to allow Internet access to several Windows (98/ME/XP) machines networked to my Linux machine through a 100-megabit network
	* Resolved all Linux and Windows problems encountered
	* Sendmail, Apache+SSL, perl, TCL, MySQL, and ssh experience

Computer Maintenance
	* Hardware and software troubleshooting
	* Technical Support

Operating Systems Experience
	* Different variants of Unix (Linux, SunOS)
	* Windows (98, 98se, ME, 2000, and XP)

Programming Experience
	* C++, java, Visual Basic, and PHP

Typing Speed
* Average 60-80 WPM

Work experience
Aug 1997 - Feb 2000	Ansonville Elementary School	Ansonville, NC
Computer Repair Technician
	* Provided web-based email support with IMP (http://www.horde.org/imp)

Aug 1998 - July 1999	First Union Collections	N. Wilkesboro, NC
Credit Card Collector (Adjustor)
	* Part-time employee (20-30 hours a week)
	* On-call availability

July 2000 - June 2002	Washington Everett Mission	Everett, WA
Information Systems Specialist
	* Served 2 year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (http://www.lds.org/)
	* Setup new mission office with 7 Window 2000 machines on a LAN
	* Administering and troubleshooting responsibilities - 8 months
District / Zone Leader
	* Supervised and organized missionary work of 6-18 missionaries

August 2002 - May 2004 Wadesboro Primary School	Wadesboro, NC
Computer Repair Tech
	* General Computer Technician
	* Substituted in grades 1-3
	* Taught workshops to students' parents

June 2004 - Current	Red Hat, Inc.		Raleigh, NC
Technical Support Engineer II
	* Supported the Red Hat Network Product
	* Experienced with PXE/DHCP/RPM/oracle/python

Volunteer experience
	Service projects in Boy Scouts and missionary service
	Assist whomever I can with computer problems
	NoWonder (http://www.nowonder.com) troubleshooting Linux and Windows problems

References
	References available upon request

Last Updated: 10 January 2006 01:10:54