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Name: Saxon Holbrook
Title: Network Systems Analyst
Phone: 406-243-4239
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Saxon Holbrook is the Networks Systems Analyst at Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana..

Education
Master's Degree Computer Science, University of Montana, 5/31/96           
BA Physics Honors, Minor German & Math, University of Montana, 6/5/92
           
Fire Assignments
    Tolo WFU, THSP                                        {August 2007}
    Region 1 Fire Support, GISS                    {July-August 2007}
    Middlefork Complex, THSP                       {August-September 2006}
    Selway-Salmon WFU Complex, THSP   {August-September 2005}
    Freezeout Complex, THSP                        {August 2004}

Related Training
S-271 Helicopter Crewmember                 {2007}
S-270 Basic Air Operations                         {2007}
ICS-200 Basic ICS                                         {April 9-10, 2007}
CTSP Computer Technical Specialist       {April 2-6, 2007}
ICS-100 Intro to ICS                                       {February 26, 2007}
S-390 Fire Behavior Calculations               {February 12-16, 2007}
AERIE Wilderness First Responder            {May 2005}
S-290 Intermediate Wildland Fire Behavior     {March 21-25, 2005}
S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior    {2004}
ESRI Introduction to ArcSDE                        {August 2003}
ESRI ArcGIS I & II                                            {August 2002}
Windows NT Server                                       {August 1997}
Cisco CLSC                                                    {January 1999}
Cisco ACRC                                                    {March 1998}
Cisco ATM Solutions                                     {October 1997}
Cisco ICRC                                                     {September 1997}

Publications
FireWxNet: A Multi-Tiered Portable Wireless System for Monitoring Weather Conditions in Wildland Fire Environments, Hartung, C., R. Han, C. Seielstad and S. Holbrook, MobiSys 2006 - June 2006

Conference Presentations
Identifying Western Montana Climate Trends using 50 years of Temperature and Precipitation records for applications in ecosystem process models such as Biome-BGC, Poster, AGU Joint Assembly April 2007

Professional Affiliations & Association Memberships
AGU, ACM IEEE, SAGE, USENIX

Professional Experience
UM College of Forestry. NTSG    243-6311                    Supervisor: LLoyd Queen
Position: System & Network Administrator                (8/2000-present)

UM College of Forestry. NTSG    243-6311                    Supervisor: Steve Running
Position: System & Network Administrator                (5/1995-present)

Multi-Taskers (Self Contracting)    258-6416                  Supervisor: Self
Position: Computer & Network Analyst                        (3/1997-present)

UM Integrated Technology Resource Center                 Supervisor: Lynn Churchill
Position: Multi-Media Digital Video Expert                   (11/1994-8/1995)

UM Forestry Dept. NTSG Lab    243-6311                      Supervisor: Steve Running
Position: Visualization Expert                                         (9/1994-5/1995)

UM Computer Science Dept.    243-2883                       Supervisor: Ray Ford
Position: Visualization Expert, Sys Admin                    (1/1993-8/1995)

UM Biological Sciences          243-5648                          Supervisor: Jerry Bromenshenk
Position: Computer Specialist, Modeler                       (2/93-8/93)

Related Skills & Expertise

• Network Administration: LAN/WAN Network Design/Upgrade, Installation, Maintenance, Performance Monitoring and Tuning, Problem Solving
• Applications/Services: apache, BOOTP, DHCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP, ICMP, NetBIOS, NIS, NFS, NTP, samba, sendmail, SMTP, SNMP, ssh, WinNT Domain, Active Directory
• Protocols & Data Link Layers: TCP/IP, Ethernet 10-1000T/1000FX, Wireless 802.11b/g/a, Bluetooth, Broadband Wireless Networks
• Hardware/Media: Routers (Series: 2500, 4000, 7500), Switches (Cisco Catalyst Series: 2900, 3500, 4000, 5000/5500 & 8500 Series), Hubs (Asante, D-Link, Hewlet Packard, Linksys), NICs, Cat V Wiring & Patch Panels, Wireless APs, Broadband Wireless Backhauls, Links & APs
• Software Tools: Cisco IOS, Cisco COS, MRTG, HP OpenView, IPERF, NetXray (SnifferPro), SNMPc

Systems Administration: Software and Hardware Installation, Maintenance and Upgrades, Problem Solving and Diagnostics, License Management, User Account Services, Backups/Restores, Scripting, Performance Monitoring and Tuning, Project Management, FTP & HTTP Site Management
Operating Systems:, Linux, UNIX (AIX, DEC, IRIX, Solaris), WinNT/2000/2003/XP
Hardware: 8mm, AIT, DLT, IBM RS6000, Tape Jukeboxes (Exabyte, Qualstar), Sun Sparc/Ultra, SGI Octane, PC Workstations/Servers, RAID, SCSI/IDE Controllers, SCSI/IDE Disks

Programming:

• Languages: C/C++, Java, FORTRAN, scripting (bsh, csh, ksh, Perl, PHP, Tcl), web (HTML, Javascript, PHP, cgi)

GIS Analyst and Image Processing:

• Software::,ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcIMS, Imagine, IDL/ENVI

Hobbies & Interests
Snowmobiling, archery, choral music, hunting, global warming, energy efficiency, water skiing, river rafting & kayaking, German