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Member Profile

Contractor For Hire

Location:

Orem, Utah

Employment:

Working Full Time

Current Title:

Senior Linux System Administrator

Home Page:

http://www.ryansimpkins.com

IRC Nick:

rsimpkins

Tech Comfort Level:

Highly Experienced

Home Phone:

(801) 602-8661

Work Phone:

(801) 722-7000 x 361

Biography:

Ryan Simpkins began using GNU/Linux in critical production environments in 1998. He is currently a Principal Linux System Administrator and Team Lead working with 15,000+ production Linux servers, 6+ petabytes of storage, and a growing multi-site global datacenter infrastructure. Currently the system he administers receives more than 11 billion front-end transactions daily. Ryan also administers one of the ten largest MySQL installations in the world handling over 440 billion queries daily.

Taking an active role in his community, Ryan serves as president of the Provo Linux Users Group (serving over 400 members). He is also the System Administrator for the Foundation for Children and Youth with Diabetes, a cause he believes deeply in. Additionally, Ryan works as an open source business consultant donating his time to various start ups and small companies worldwide, ensuring the success of the Open Source ecosystem. Ryan also maintains several small GPLd projects, the Utah Radio & Scanner Group, six kids, a wife, and a home.

Please click on Ryan's profile for additional information, or visit his LinkedIn profile.

Additional Information:

Ryan is available for contract work. His rates are very competitive, and his depth of experience allows him to bring solutions to your business that you can count on. He is available for emergency and after-hours work. Please call day or night: (801) 602-8661

Technical Preferences

Primary Desktop OS:

Fedora

Primary Server OS:

CentOS

Favorite Editor:

vim

Prefered Window Manager:

Gnome

Favorite Browser:

Opera

Primary Database:

MySQL

Preferred Version Control System:

RCS

Programming Languages:

Perl, PHP, Bash, Python, Ruby, C, C++

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