Michael MacIsaac
Phone: 845-665-0513 (cell)
e-mail: mmacisaac@sinenomine.net
Home: 1632 Old Kings Highway, Saugerties, NY 12477
Work Experience
Sine Nomine Associates: Feb 2024 – present:
Updated z/VM and zLinux 5-day course
Writing R&D z/VM and Linux Modern Architecture FOSS solution
Prototype: https://github.com/mike99mac/zlma
ADP: August 2015 – 2023:
Team member of “Linux-bake” – a Private Cloud solution providing automated installation, upgrades, and life cycle management of Intel and Arm servers utilizing packer, Jenkins, OpenShift and other modern tools.
Lead developer, team leader, of Private Cloud solution providing automated installation, upgrades, and life cycle management of zLinux servers
Systems programmer working with team to maintain thousands of zLinux systems on tens of z/Vms
Writing code primarily in bash, Python and REXX
Innovation Data Processing: January 2014 - July 2015:
Led team delivering new product FDRPASVM that allows live migration of z/VM
Present solutions to customers and at trade shows
IBM: June 1987 - December 2013:
Deliver on engagements requiring z/VM and Linux skills
Worked on Oracle solution at customer to migrate servers from distributed to zLinux
Worked with an IBM Oracle team to develop optimum availability and performance
Completed writing failover/failback bash script that brings together minidisks, LVM, multipathing and PPRC under Oracle CRS
Continue to present to customers at conferences and meetings
Managed team that delivers SMAPI on z/VM
Formed and managed team that develops systems management code for System z
Led design and coding of systems management skunkworks package named zoom
Wrote another popular "Virtualization Cookbook" series. See: http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/mikemac/
Completed Leading@IBM Web training and Leader Readiness Course in Armonk
z/VM and Linux on zSeries specialist
Presented to customers on zSeries Linux, z/VM, IBM Middleware, architecture
Main author of redbook z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES9
Presented at SHARE on Samba, LDAP and CUPS
Wrote paper Migrating Windows Servers to Samba
Worked on team of three to roll out zSeries Linux Bootcamp to field Technical Sales Specialists
Led team to produce redbook Linux for S/390 and zSeries: ISP/ASP Solutions
Led team to produce redbook Linux for S/390 and zSeries: Distributions
Prepared and delivered one day workshop Linux on zSeries in Canada, Europe and SA (6 cities)
Led team to update redbook Open Source Software on OS/390 UNIX
Led team to produce redbook XPLink: OS/390 High Performance Linkage
Led team to produce redbook C/C++ Applications on OS/390 UNIX
Delivered one day workshop Linux for S/390 in Canada, Asia, and Brazil
Led team of 6 to produce redbook Open Source Software on OS/390 UNIX
Co-led team of 11 to produce redbook Linux for S/390
Led team of 7 to produce redbook S/390 File and Print Serving
S/390 New Technology Center - Technical sales support
SP2 Software Development - Application and Web programmer
GIS Software Development - Application programmer
Sippican Ocean Systems – 1984 – 1986:
Coded in Datatrieve and VAX/DCL scripting
U.S. Marine Corps – 1979 – 1983:
Repaired high-powered radios and prepared for the defense of the U.S.A.
Education
1983-87 B.S. in Comp Sci, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 3.6/4.0
1981-83 A.A. in EE Tech, Saddleback Comm, Mission Viejo CA, 3.9/4.0
1974-78 High School Diploma, Stamford Catholic High, Stamford, CT
Publications, FOSS code
Certifications
Novell Certified Linux Professional (NCLP) – 2009
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) - 2004