Benjamin Kamen
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Synopsis:
Highly adaptive self-taught Engineer/Analyst with over 25 years of
computer/electronics engineering experience. Knowledge covers a wide range of
concepts at levels of complexity ranging from circuit level electronics design
to computer systems to large scale networks enabling the ability to view
situations from a multitude of perspectives.
Culminating from all this previous experience, I've learned to architect, plan,
provision, implement and maintain complex systems which helped bring success to
the companies I've worked for through either the realization of substantial
savings in operating costs or through the systems requiring little maintenance
or repair.
As an excellent self starter typically needing no guidance/supervision, my
roles of employment since 1992 have been reporting directly to senior
management/staff.
Past employments included supervisory and instructional roles as I have also
managed project groups as well as trained employees through seminars, training
sessions and one-on-one assistance bringing better productivity through
employees which have a better understanding of the company's product, their
environment and the technology in it.
The roles that typically utilize this experience best are small companies or start-ups
where a single person must wear multiple hats. Because I come with most of my own
lab equipment obtained from my years of consulting or carrying on my hobbies at home,
I can now offer my services as a more complete solution than most others in the market.
Skills Summary
Inventions:
Scientific Papers/Publishings:
General Electronics: (Test & Measurement)
Specialty RF:
Computer Technologies:
- Operating Systems: (Alphabetical Order)
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- Hardware Platforms: Intel x86, Dec Alpha, Motorola
680x0 & PowerPC (Mac & IBM RS/6000), Sparc/Ultra-Sparc (Sun), 6502, 6800.
- Embedded MicroControllers: Microchip PIC 16/18/24/30-33/32 Series (Hardware and Firmware Design using CCS PIC-C and Microchip C18/C30/C32), Motorola 6805, Parallax Stamps I & II, ARM
- Languages: C, TCL/TK, Perl, VHDL, Verilog, Basic, Assembler (for 6502 & MicroChip), Unix Shells(ksh,bash)
- Networking:
- TCP/IP, IPX, PPP, NetBIOS/NetBeui, 10/Fast/Gigabit Ethernet using both Copper and
Single/Multi-mode Fiber (and some Token Ring), 802.11 (w/WEP, AUTH and more), IPsec,
VPN Tunnels
- Services: NFS, NIS, DNS, TFTP/FTP, HTTP/HTTPS, SMB, DHCP/BOOTP, NTP, RADIUS, RSYNC, SMTP w/AUTH & STARTTLS,
VoIP, Legato Networker, Veritas Products, WebSense and more.
- Hardware:
- Cisco Certifications: Cisco IP Telephony (Call Manager 3.x - VoIP)
- Email/Anti-SPAM: Norton SMTP Gateways, Sendmail (UNIX), SPAMassassin, MIMEdefang
- VPN, IPsec (Netscreen/Unix/Windows)
Telecommunications Technology:
- Resources: POTS, T1/E1 (ISDN-PRI/BRI, Robbed Bit
Signalling - E&M Wink/Immediate Start, FrameRelay, ETS300, DASS2 and more...),
T3
- Hardware:
- PBX's:
Other Skills of Interest:
- Aviation (Presently hold a current Private Pilot's License.)
- Electronics Hobbyist (Schematic/PCB Design, Layout, fabrication, etc...)
- Designing & Operating personal Internet Domain/WebServer/MailServer
Brief Employment History Summary
Consulting Engineer - Jun. 2005 to Present
Telezygology, Inc.- Feb. 2010 to Apr. 2010
Desc: Embedded Firmware Engineer
Theraputic Alliance - Feb. 2010 to Apr. 2010
Desc: PCB layout, Prototype
University of Illinois- Jun. 2006 to present
Desc: Hardware Design Engineer in various capacities to ECE and INHS departments
NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) - Mar. 2006 to Nov. 2009
Desc: Consulting Hardware/Embedded Firmware Engineer
Eclypse International- Jun. 2008 to Jan. 2009
Desc: Consulting Design Engineer
SPEC, Inc. - Nov. 2005 to Present
Desc: Consulting Embedded Hardware/Firmware Design Engineer
Bozsi Engineering, LLC. - Aug. 2005 to Jan. 2006
Desc: Consulting Hardware Design and IT Engineer
Innotech, Inc. - Nov. 2005 to Jan. 2006 and Jan. 2006 to Jul. 2006
Desc: Consulting Hardware Design Engineer
AZ Apps, Inc.- Jul. 2006 to Oct. 2007
Desc: Consulting Hardware/Embedded Systems Design Engineer
Park Ridge School District 64 - Feb. 2002 to Present
Desc: I.T./Networking Consultant
University of Illinois - INHS- Jun. 2003 to Oct. 2009
Job Desc: Hardware Design Engineer
Consultant- Mar. 2002 to Jun. 2003
Job Desc: Information Systems/Networking/Electronics/Telecommunications Consultant
Resource Communications, Inc.- Apr. 2001 to Mar. 2002
Job Desc: Technical Director and Networking/Telecommunications Consultant
Open Port Technology, Inc.- Feb. 1995 to Feb. 2001
Job Desc: Final Position: Technical Director
Previous Positions: Manager of LAN, Hardware R&D, In-House/On-Site Customer Support and Member of the
Advanced Technology Group.
Gordon Kapes, Inc. - Dec. 1992 to Feb. 1995
Job Desc: R&D Lab Technician,
Network Administrator and Computer Support Technician
Shure Brothers, Inc. - Aug. 1989 to Oct. 1992
Job Desc: Electronics Repair Technician
Post-Newsweek Cable - 1985 to Aug. 1989
Job Desc: Electronics Repair Technician / Lineman
Computerland of Northbrook - Apr. 1986 to Dec. 1987
Job Desc: Computer Service Technician / On-site Consultant
Video Technology, Inc. - Oct. 1985 to Mar. 1986
Job Desc: Electronics Repair Technician
For more information, visit http://www.benjammin.net
or email resume AT benjammin.net
- References available on request.