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 10/19/2011

Tony . Li . Chang
San Francisco, CA •

Profile
 Senior-level Systems Engineer specializing in the design, deployment, and on-going administration of highly available infrastructures. 15 years of production experience with a successful track record in 24x7x365 hosting environments.

Operating Systems
Linux, Windows, BSD, IOS/CatOS, ScreenOS, TrafficWorks, TMOS

Programming Languages
Batch, Bourne shell, C, C++, Expect, Perl, PHP, Python

Software
Apache, BIND, Ethereal, exim, Flash Media Server, IIS, iptables, LVS, SQL Server, mySQL, Nagios, PXE, sendmail, snort, SSH, tcpdump, WANSync DR/HA

Services
Akamai, Gomez, Keynote, LimeLight Networks

Recent Experience
 Senior Systems Operations Engineer
Akamai Technologies                                                                           03/2010 - Present
 NetOps liaison for Akamai streaming networks. Participant of 24x7 pager rotation in support of various infrastructure services.

  • Operational ownership of multiple Akamai edge networks.
  • Perform duties and tasks in support of core Akamai infrastructure.
  • Interface with engineering and network strategy for expansion and upgrades.

    • Director of Operations
    Yottaa                                                                                                   03/2009 - 03/2010
    Participated in due diligence as the sole operations resource in closing Series A funding. Created board-facing cost projections and departmental objective milestones.

  • Designed and built a software distribution service supporting hundreds of nodes.
  • Defined operational policies regarding production (access, backup, monitoring, etc).

    • Manager of Production Systems
    Adify                                                                                                    06/2006 - 08/2008
    Managed a team of production systems, network, and database administrators in support of an online advertising platform.

  • Designed an application acceleration framework for enhanced end user delivery.
  • Implemented various CDN services to ensure scalability and end user satisfaction.

    • Senior Engineer
    ServePath, LLC / ColoServe / UpStream Networks                              06/2004 - 06/2006
    Final-tier escalation for a high-density data center.


    Education
    University of South Carolina
    CIS - Computer Engineering, Class of 2002

    References
    Available upon request.