Author name: lowelllan

DOGE

My guarantee: put me anywhere and I’ll improve the efficiency. I’ve done it everywhere I’ve been and am confident I can continue to do so. It’s who I am. I can use the popular canned claim of applying AI to improve efficiency, however, in the end it’s still “stupid in, stupid out” and lacks the […]

Data Philosophy

The largest asset in a company is no longer the employees, but rather their data. And, quite frankly, everywhere I’ve gone it’s mismanaged, misunderstood, or simply mistaken. Information Engineering Technologies (IETech) was envisioned to help companies gain control of their data to improve the efficiency of operations, development, and sales. Additionally ‘data’ can be quasi

Onboarding

Interestingly, corporations turn a blind eye to the number one escalating expense on their books: onboarding. As technology becomes more complex, so does the ramping up of new personnel, regardless of their experience. This problem is compounded by the ever-increasing demand to meet the edge of software and hardware development. I am looking for a

Computer and Information Research Scientist

  • Summary: It is my nature to see innovative and cost effective ways to improve. It’s both a blessing and a curse :).
  • Knowledge: Efficient, practical, visionary, very good communicator.
  • Highlights: Please peruse my my Career Profiles for examples.
  • Titles: Computer and Information Research Scientist

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Software Architect / Software Developer

  • Summary: Created several applications
  • Knowledge: Python, PHP, HTMLx, CSSx, AJAX, Jira, Bash, Perl, Eclipse
  • Highlights: Enterprise Monitoring application, 2 Integrated Splunk Applications, Several web-based applications
  • Titles: Software Architect, Software Developer

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Chief Technology Officer / IT Manager

  • Summary: As owner of IETech and the sole consultant representing all the technology needs of my small business client, I’ve acquired the skills of a CTO or IT Director.
  • Knowledge: Budgeting, research, design, recommendation, acquisition, implementation, documentation, training, policies, procedures, adherence to company and government guidelines.
  • Highlights: 15 years having same 2 clients and 5 years of another.
  • Titles: Chief Technology Officer, IT Director

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Senior Systems Architect

  • Summary: Nearly every job I’ve held, I’ve assumed this responsibility.
  • Knowledge: Diverse toolset for diverse applications
  • Highlights: All had very short ROIs.
  • Titles: Senior Systems Architect

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Senior Support Engineer

  • Summary: Held the senior support engineer position for 12+ years. while concurrently, building an open source enterprise software solution.
  • Knowledge: Salesforce, Jira (see ‘Monitoring 101’ post for knowledge on that.
  • Highlights: lead engineer, code level diagnosis.
  • Titles: Tier 4 Engineer, Senior Support Engineer.

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Home Projects

  • Summary: The full measure of a person should include all work. Over my 40 years of experience, this separated good from great hires. During Covid I built detached office, water filtration building and new well housing.
  • Knowledge: Architectural Design, Project Management, Cost Analysis, Structural Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Concrete, Carpentry, Roofing, Painting.
  • Highlights: Rigid foam on exterior to eliminate thermal bridging, custom truss design for easier sheathing and ceiling insulation, designed to have HVAC and computers in attic, radiant floor heating, mini-split conditioning, custom mullion to join windows (due to limited window inventory during Covid), vinyl plank flooring, Cat6, MC clad electrical, 3 circuit breaker panel. Designed for the Electromagnetic Hypersensitive.
  • Titles: Architect, Project Manager, Engineer, Trade.

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Splunk Add-Ons

  • Summary: Created Splunk module to enable maintenance scheduling. Augmented Splunk alert notification by creating HTML email templating engine.
  • Knowledge: Splunk, Python, Outlook, HTML.
  • Titles: Software Engineer, Senior Developer.
  • Highlights: Email alerts with links, graphics, and action response. Splunk interface to set monitoring maintenance.

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