Chris Feist
                701-270 Somerset St W Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
                           (613) 277 3934 
                         <feist@lagparty.org>

Education:

    University of Alberta
    BSc Specialization Computing Science, April 1999
    	
    J.H Picard French Immersion High School
    Advanced High School Diploma, June 1994

    Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)
    Grade 10 Piano, June 1996

Work Experience:

    Date: August 1999 - Present
    Company: Nortel Networks
    Position: Verification Engineer
    Responsibilities:
        - Systems testing for Nortel's Universal Edge 9000 DSL product line
        - Hardware/Software installation/configuration
        - Test network design/configuration

    Date: September 1998 - April 1999
    Company: University of Alberta
    Position: Teaching Assistant
    Responsibilities:
        - Conducting lab sessions for various computing science courses
        - Correcting [lab|home]work
        - Exam proctoring

    Date: May 1997 - September 1998
    Company: Nortel Networks
    Position: Intern
    Responsibilities:
        - SS7 protocol verification for Nortel's DMS 100 product line
        - Switch administration/Maintenance (preparation, backup, scheduling)
        - Web development (CGI/Perl)

Skills:

    Hardware:
       - Experience with a wide array of hardware and architectures,
         Sparc, HPPA, x86, PPC, SCSI, IDE, RAID, ATM; I have no problems
         with building computers from the case up 
       - Always current on the latest hardware developments  
       - Basic wiring/soldering skills
       - Experience with Cisco/Bay Routers, Nortel Passport ATM switches,
         Nortel DMS switches, Cisco terminal servers
       - Experience with Netcom systems SmartBits network testing equipment

    Software:
       - Advanced level C
       - Functional level Java, Pascal, 680x0/x86 ASM, C++
       - Advanced Linux knowledge, system installation, configuration
         and administration/security (3+ years)
       - Basic Solaris/HP-UX configuration/administration skills
       - Advanced *NIX user skills (6+ years), shell scripting etc...
       - Average Windows 9x/NT/2K skills
       - HTML (6+ years), CGI/Perl (3+ years) experience 

    Networking:
       - Competent with Cisco routers/IOS
       - Good understanding of ATM including switch configuration 
       - Advanced protocol level knowledge of HTTP, DNS, SS7, FTP, TELNET 
       - Basic routing knowledge (BGP/RIP etc...)
       - Advanced TCP/IP knowledge (I own and have actually READ all three
         volumes of TCP/IP Illustrated) 
       - Large scale (128 physical modems) test network design/implementation/
         traffic generation for broadband systems (SDSL/ADSL/G.Lite)
       - Understanding of 802.* and related protocols  

    Non Technology:
       - Extremely fast learner
       - Fluent in French