David McComb

Relevant Skills
Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003/2000, Windows NT, Linux, SunOS, Solaris, HP-UX, FreeBSD, Windows 9x/Me/XP
Networking: TCP/IP, VPN, firewalls, remote access, PPTP, encryption, wireless, Checkpoint, Cisco, Bay Networks, Ascend, 3Com, SonicWALL
Microsoft: IIS, Exchange Server, Small Business Server, DNS, WINS, Active Directory, security
Windows Solutions: Blackberry Enterprise Server, Backup software (Veritas Backup Exec, ArcServe), anti-virus software (McAfee, Norton, Inoculan), security
Unix Services: Apache, sendmail, qmail, MySQL, Tomcat, bind, security, firewalls, ftp servers
Programming: ASP, Perl, PHP, shell, C, C++, HTML, JavaScript
Coursework: Software engineering, cryptography, data structures, algorithmics, O/S design, compiler design, computer architecture

Related Experience
President
McComb, Inc.
New York, New York
January 2001 to present.
 
  • Founded McComb, Inc. in January 2001 to provide innovative technological solutions to business problems faced by small to medium sized businesses at fair prices.
CTO &
Founder
Clubplanet
New York, New York
June 1998 to present.
 
  • Founded and manage all technology aspects for Clubplanet, a nightlife and entertainment guide which provides consumers with updated nightlife information and provides venue owners with an easy-to-use template based web site. Clubplanet closed nearly $1 million in first-round financing from Alpine Spectrum Investors LLC, Carlin Ventures, and PW-CP LLC. Clubplanet has developed the technological backbone to the nightlife space, aggregating nightlife information and syndicating that information through an expansive distribution channel. Partners have included IBM, Showtime, Panasonic, Finlandia, Sony Music, Bacardi, Perrier, UPOC, and Vindigo, among others.
CTO
Way Communications
New York, New York
June 1998 to March 2000.
 
  • Managed all technology aspects for Way Communications, a mid-size ISP with dial-up, consulting, DSL, and leased line customers. Some of my duties included:
    - Network design, capacity planning, line procurement, consulting, out-sourcing
    - Management, staffing, accounting, customer relations, marketing, sales, planning, forecasting
  • Co-ordinated sale to Frontline Communications Corp. in March 2000.
Manager,
Internal Technology
InterWorld Corporation
New York, New York
March 1996 to June 1998.
 
  • Managed a team of system and network administrators responsible for all internal technology aspects of the company.
  • Helped to build a technology infrastruture that brought a company of 20 people working in one office to a company of over 180 people working around the world.
  • Researched, evaluated, recommended, and approved corporate-wide software and hardware standards. Managed corporate software licensing issues. Oversaw all aspects of technology purchasing for the company.
  • Wrote corporate hardware, software, help desk, and security policies.
  • Developed the Internal Technology intranet site.
  • Employee of the Year, 1996.
Information
Security
Goldman Sachs
New York, New York
June 1994 to March 1996
 
  • Served as 'Webmaster' for the corporate and private web sites.
  • Responsible for the infrastructure design, reliability requirements, installation, administration, security, user authentication scheme, and maintenance of corporate servers.
  • Developed WWW applications, pages, and services:
    - Wrote CGI scripts in Perl, C, and shell.
    - Designed and programmed several NSAPI routines to allow for different authentication mechanisms, including Kerberos and SecurID authentication.
  • Explored new methods of securely doing business on the Internet.
  • Evaluated, recommended, and/or maintained cryptographic hardware and software, network scanning software, smart cards, firewalls, and various Internet utilities.
  • Administered the Internet firewall machines and actively tracked security problems.
  • Developed C code, Perl scripts, and shell scripts for various administrative, logging, and security functions.
System
Administrator
Bell Northern Research,
The R&D Subsidiary of Northern Telecom, Ltd.
Research Triangle Park, NC
May 1993 to August 1993.
May 1992 to December 1992.
 
  • Initiated, researched, and implemented the porting and modification of HP UNIX to a new hardware platform, and developed C and proprietary language code for this environment.
  • Served as UNIX system administrator and was actively involved in UNIX system security issues, including: examining privacy enhanced mail; developing encrypted software releases; protecting proprietary sources; and working on dial-up modem security issues.
  • Served as President of the "Co-op Activity Board."
Programmer
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
September 1991 to April 1992.
 
  • Involved in extensive software engineering project work, including awk programming, C and C++ programming, and debugging on various government contracts.
 
MCD Corporation
Detroit, MI
July 1991 to September 1991.
May 1990 to September 1990.
 
  • Network design and client project work.
 
Information Technologies and Networking
University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
January 1993 to April 1993.
 
Computer Aided Engineering Network
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
January 1991 to June 1991.

Academic Summary

Education University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
  B.S.E. in Computer Engineering, April 1994.
Extracurricular Vice-Chair, University of Michigan Chapter of ACM; Secretary, University of Michigan Chapter of ACM; Vice-President, Theta Delta Chi Fraternity; Member of SWE, IEEE CS, and USENIX.