Curriculum Vitae - Silvan T. Kok


Personals:

full name: Silvan Tjacco Kok
e-mail: silvan@xs4all.nl
date of birth: 22 January 1973, Amsterdam (the Netherlands)
nationality: Dutch
gender: male
marital status: single, no children
driver's license: yes
languages (written and verbal): native: Dutch
fluent: English
novice: Spanish, German, French

Profile and objectives:

- System Engineer with more than 14 years relevant ICT experience. Has a strong focus on open-source & Linux/Unix system implementation and administration. Also has broad experience with Microsoft platforms. Currently developing in Perl.
- Enthusiastic and flexible young man, with good social- and communication skills. Is a team-player and also able to work independently. Has good abstract thinking capabilities and logical insight, thinks pro-actively, and is a quick learner.
- Hobbies: Travel, dance Salsa +Tango, photography.
- Likes to work in an international, innovative environment, achieve fluency in more languages, and experience new cultures. Is well-travelled, willing to relocate, and is looking to realize his dream to live and work in (south-) east Asia.


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Career history:

February 2007 - current: Perl Developer at Booking.com (part of Priceline.com)
- Maintaining and expanding the business-critical Messaging Engine system for the world's leading Online Hotel Reservations company; A queuing system, which handles high volumes of email-/print-/fax messages for booking-confirmations, credit-slips, invoices, review-invitations, newsletters, PDF generation, URL-pushes (communication with web-services), and other outbound communication to hotels, affiliates and customers.
- Scrum Master for the XML system migration to new framework (supply- and distribution XML).
- Creating new tools and functionality on the intranet/extranet for Business Development and Hotel Innovation.
IT infrastructure:
Linux, Apache, mod_perl, Perl, Mason, JavaScript, Jquery, MySQL, Hylafax, Git

December 2003 - January 2007: Online Application Administrator at Mirabeau
- Online Application- and System Administration, advising about, implementing and maintaining high-end, mission-critical Web Application architectures, Inter- , Intra- and Extranet environments for multiple clients, like the Dutch Association of Real-Estate Brokers (NVM/Funda), the national Public Transport ChipCard system, and large Insurance + Financial companies.
IT infrastructure:
Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows Advanced Server, Apache, Tomcat JSP servlet containers, mod_jk, mod_rewrite, Squid proxy server, bind (DNS), perl- and bash scripting, iPlanet, Internet Information Server, Microsoft ASP, MS Cluster Service, MS Message Queuing, MS BizTalk Server, XML, Nagios, Cacti, WebInject, MS Content Management Server, Mediasurface CMS + Morello, Tridion Content Management System, MS CMS, Stellent Content Server, MS SQL Server + DTS, VBS, Oracle 8i/9i Databases + DataGuard, VMware, Cisco Pix firewalls, Cisco GSS/CSS Load Balancers, MS Active Directory and Open-LDAP

May 2003 - November 2003: Regional IT Manager at Framfab Holland (contract based)
- System- and Network Administration, responsible for the IT-infrastructure (planning, implementation) of the 2 Dutch offices, connection with the Swedish offices, and hosting environments of multiple customers, like large TeleCom-, News- and Advertising companies.
IT infrastructure:
RedHat Enterprise Linux, Windows NT4.0/2000/XP, MS Exchange Server, Postfix + Courier-IMAP mailserver, Majordomo mailing-lists, bash scripting, Apache, Tomcat, MS Internet Information Server, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Active Directory, bind (DNS), LDAP, VPN, Samba, VNC-server, VMware, Tridion, Nagios, Cisco routers and switches, hardware- (Nokia) and software firewalls (IPchains/IPtables), hardware- and software-RAID

May 2000 - May 2003: System Administrator at MagicMinds
- Development and Server Administration (June 2002 - May 2003):
Project: Development of MasterMind (predecessor of the KISS Machine ®); a fully automated installation (using a RedHat Kickstart script) of a complete Linux server for small- and medium sized companies, which is configurable by a Perl web-interface. Included functionalities: masquerading firewall, webserver, mailserver (SMTP/POP/IMAP), nameserver (DNS), DHCP server, open-LDAP directory server, SFTP server, Cups printserver, VPN, SpamAssassin, Clamav and Amavis open-source virus scanner and Samba fileserver.
Development of a Perl news scanner for a web portal and data parsing tool.
Responsible for the Network and Server Administration for one of Holland's fastest growing Multi-Media companies.
- Configuration Management at Siennax Hosting Services, Application Service Provider (outplaced by MagicMinds, March 2002 - June 2002):
Project: Technical migration of the Intranet/Extranet Suite's Document Management system (used by large customers like insurance companies); Intradoc (on SunOS) to Stellent Content Server (on RedHat Linux) with Windows 2000 Rendition-servers (PDF conversion), plus the standardization of creating new instances in a Virtual Server (Linux vserver).
Implementing backup/restore solutions for various platforms, 3rd-line support for the Delivery department.
- System Administrator at MagicMinds (May 2000 - February 2002):
Project: implementing a complete new Linux server-farm for the office infrastructure, including a development, staging and production environment, backup/restore solution, and setting up the hosting environment.
Automating daily administration tasks with Bash and Perl scripts, building user front-ends with PHP and Perl web-interfaces, improving internal network structure, training and guiding new System Administrators.
IT infrastructure:
RedHat Linux, IPchains/IPtables firewall, bind nameserver, Sendmail, Postfix, Cyrus-IMAP, Samba SMB file server, NetAtalk (file server for Apple Macintosh clients), NFS, Trustees kernel ACLs, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, NIS, LDAP, VPN, VMWare, Netsaint/Nagios, Big Brother, Cisco routers and switches, RAID unit, backup tape-Library

November 1997 - May 2000: LAN Administrator at ABN AMRO Bank (later acquired by the consortium of Fortis, RBS and Santander)
- Problem Manager / Team Leader (March 2000 - May 2000): responsible for the Problem process (ITIL) in the backoffice IT department.
- Senior LAN Administrator (February 1999 - February 2000): Integration department (changes).
- LAN Administrator (June 1998 - February 1999): Delivery department (incidents, problems).
- LAN migration project (March 1998 - May 1998): migrating WfW clients, OS/2 Warp Servers and various 3rd-party and in-house applications to new Windows NT 4.0 domain, educating users about the new environment (standardized Windows NT 4.0 LISA platform), creating and maintaining the standard PC image (automating unattended client-installation), installing development Domain.
- 2nd line Support for the Netherlands' largest Bank (November 1997 - February 1998)
IT infrastructure:
Windows NT 4.0 domain (Workstation and Server), Active Directory, MS Systems Management Server, Seagate WinInstall, MS IIS, MS SNA Server, MS SQL Server, Sybase, Bloomberg, Legato Systems Networker Backup, Remedy Action Request System, Magic Solutions Support Magic, Rumba 3270 Mainframe terminal emulation, Hummingbird Exceed X Window Server, Lotus Notes, MS Office 97 Professional, MS Project, KiXtart 95 scripting language

April 1997 - November 1997: ServiceDesk (1st) and 2nd line Support at Debis IT Services Benelux
- on-site Support for various clients, like KLM: The Royal Dutch Airline.
IT infrastructure:
MS Windows 3.x/95/NT 3.5, MS-DOS, IBM mainframe, Novell NetWare, OS/2 Warp, MS Office 95 Professional, Compuserve, Lotus Notes

1994 - 1997: University + extracurricular activities: Bartender and Marshall (game-leader) at The Force LaserGames / Waiter at Settler's SteakHouse

September 1993 - May 1994: Interviewer at the Dutch Institute for Society- and Market Research (NIMMO/TelePanel) of the University of Amsterdam
- calling potential subjects and taking care of the newsletter-mailing.