A little more detail on who I am and where I am in the tech world.
Technology is a second career for me, by choice. Before learning how to pull DRAM or edit files with vi, I spent 12 years as a trial lawyer both in government and private practice. That experience taught me the importance of paying attention to detail, and how to learn most of what I need to know from self-study. Although I did pretty well at the bar, the work became all-consuming for me. As one of my mentors used to say, "the law is a jealous mistress". The search for a more balanced existence put me on the road that eventually led to Microsoft school, where I began learning how to be a tech professional.
For the last 7 years I've concentrated on directory services and identity management. Prior to that I worked mostly in desktop support and engineering. I have a technical blog on things LDAP at eldapo.blogspot.com, where I try to share some of what I've learned in my efforts to master the business of directory systems administration. I hope some people find it a useful resource.
In addition to some vendor certifications and my law degree, I've also done graduate work in history -- for the non-digital side of my brain.
Education
B.A., Humanities. State University of New York (1979)
J.D., Law. Rutgers University School of Law (1982)
M.A., History. Long Island University (1989)
Current Assignments
Information Systems Engineer, a Fortune 500 Company.
Morrisville, N.C.
Technical Lead on:
* Global Directory Architecture
* Web Applications Hosting
* Desktop Engineering
Associate engineer on:
* Oracle ERP
* Netegrity SiteMinder
Areas of Interest:
* Directory services design and maintenance
* Enterprise applications for Open Source software
* UNIX/Windows Integration and Interoperability
Certifications:
* Red Hat Certified Technician
* Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Expired)
