Mark J. Plimley                Email:  mark 'at' plimley.biz
President,        Plimley Consulting, Inc.        San Jose, CA                        3/2000 - present
Support mechanical engineering customers with UNIX & Windows hardware and software support of Pro Engineer
Computer Aided Design workstations, Intralink database servers and Windchill collaboration systems. Converted
Pro/PDM database to Intralink. Upgrade and install PTC products on workstations and servers. Resolve Pro/Engineer
and Intralink problems and provide liaison with PTC tech support. Provide additional hardware and software support
to increase user productivity and provide solutions to business issues. Install a wide variety of scientific software.
Configure and manage system backups (Windows and Linux).

Accomplishments: Fully automated the verification of part models in an Intralink database. Reconfigured engineering
database in order to eliminate configuration management errors. Created a system for automatic electronic
publication of Engineering drawings in PDF format. Wrote Intralink User Guide to aid users migrating from PDM to
Intralink, incorporating company-specific engineering procedures.

UNIX Systems Administrator       Staffing Network Personnel        Sunnyvale, CA        6/1998 - 6/2000
Provide custom programming,troubleshooting, system maintenance, software installation and updates and UNIX-NT
interoperability for a mechanical engineering design firm. (SGI IRIX 6.5, Pro/Engineer, Medusa, PDM, CFDRC, Linux,
NT).

Engineering Services Manager        Intevac, Inc.        Santa Clara, CA        4/1998 - 4/1999
Manage personnel in engineering change control,document control, drafting and technical publication functions.
Responsible for converting from a paper-based to an electronic ECO system. (Pro/Engineer, Intralink and Agile)

CAD Systems Administrator        Genus, Inc.        Sunnyvale, CA                4/1996 - 4/1998
Plan and implement computer software systems and Intranet technology. Install and update 3-rd party software on
SGI platforms (Pro/E, PDM, CFDRC). Resolve system problems. Provide support for WFW clients and Win NT
servers. Maintain 10 Base-T network, NFS, NIS, DNS.

Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator        I-NET, Inc.        Bethesda, MD                7/1995 - 4/1996
Provide configuration and implementation support for the Tivoli client-server system management/file distribution
software at the LSI LOGIC customer site. Identify customer and end-user requirements; troubleshoot and optimize
software configurations on IBM PC computers in support of the Desktop Services group.

UNIX Systems Administrator        Westinghouse Electric Corp.        Sunnyvale, CA        9/1992 - 7/1995
Maintain 50 DEC, Sun, HP and SGI UNIX workstations + X-window terminals. Install public domain and 3rd party
software (ANSYS, AutoCAD, Interleaf, I-DEAS, NASTRAN, Pro/E etc.); troubleshoot systems; maintain NIS, NFS, ftp
and UUCP. Oversee operator tasks. Reconfigure hardware and install peripherals; coordinate maintenance services
and S/W vendors.

Supervisor, Software Engineering        Westinghouse Electric Corp.        Sunnyvale, CA        2/1991 - 9/1992
Conduct resource and project planning; manage multiple projects. Coordinate requirements with QA and customers.
Review Software Specifications.

Supervisor, Engineering Computer Services  Westinghouse        Sunnyvale, CA        10/1988 - 1/1991
Manage a staff of 10 running a multi-million dollar computer center, providing computing support services to 150+
engineering personnel. Direct daily operations; provide technical guidance; establish policy, plan system upgrades.

Additional background


EDUCATION:
12/1972        UC Davis        Davis, California
Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering Design

3/1970         UC Davis        Davis, California
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering


SKILLS:        


Skill Name
Skill Level
Last Used / Experience
Perl
Intermediate
Current / 5 years
Java Script
Beginner
Current / 1 year
System Administration
Advanced
Current / 12 years
UNIX/Linux
Expert
Current / 15 years
Shell Script
Expert
Current / 15 years
Pro/INTRALINK
Advanced
Current / 5 years
Pro/ENGINEER
Beginner
Current / 1 year