Fun with my Nikon D90

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So, I’ve spent the last few days trying to learn more about photography.

There are so many times when I frame out what I know should be a great picture, only to realize that I have no idea how to actually capture what is visually stimulating rather than just snapping another boring picture.  How do you make a picture really reflect what was captivating about the subject?

This is my first attempt.

Updated Resume

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Bryan Wirth

4336 Angelico Ln

Cell: 775.219.7285

Round Rock, TX, 78681

Lead Technical Consultant

bryanwirth@gmail.com

       

 

A young and motivated Technical Consultant with a diverse background and 12 years experience in the field.  Results driven, goal oriented, and security minded with proven ability to implement standards, procedures and processes that improve business functionality.  Demonstrated success in management, capable of leading and motivating individuals to maximize productivity and effectiveness while forming a solid team structure.  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, focused on building strong client and coworker relationships.  Honorable discharge from the United States Air Force confirms hard work, dedication, and an understanding of a corporate mission statement.

 

QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS

 

  • Comptia IT Project+
  • Comptia Security+
  • Comptia Network+
  • Comptia A+
  • Microsoft MCP
  • CIW Web Developer
  • CIW Site Designer
  • Hyper-V
  • BPOS

 

  • Executive Management
  • Project Management
  • Military Experience
  • ISP Experience
  • Sales Experience
  • Help Desk Management
  • Remote Support
  • Security Focused
  • VPN
  • Terminal Services
  • Firewalls
  • Exchange
  • Wireless, LAN, WAN
  • T1, DSL, FDDI
  • Video Conferencing
  • Web Technologies
  • RDS
 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Onsite Computer Solutions, Austin, TX

Lead Technical Consultant

 

 

October 2008-Present

Onsite computer solutions is a Microsoft Gold Partner, a Services Integration Partner, and a BPOS accellerated partner.  We service a wide range of SMB as well as a few enterprise level clients.  I was given several accounts, and have been responsible for all aspects of IT for those accounts.  This did several things for me; First, it has really opened me up to direct sales, second, it has introduced me to an even wider range of hardware and software products, and third, it has  provided me with hands on experience with various network topologies and a diverse set of problems to add to my knowledge base and skillset.

  • Responsible for all aspects of IT for various clients with a wide range of integrated hardware and software
  • Migrated Onsite’s clients from Zenith NOC to Kaseya for client management and support saving Onsite 6k per month
  • Virtualized four mission critical internal servers which had previously been unreliable.  This increased uptime, which increased productivity and lowered maintenance costs.
  • Built test environment using windows server 2008 and hyper-v, windows server 2008 r2 and RDS, and SCVMM
  • Built a virtualized environment in our colocation facility to allow for rapid deployement and high availability of client servers
  • Aquired several new accounts through personal contacts which have all converted to managed services contracts
  • Migrated Onsite to BPOS and Exchange online, thus eliminating an internal mail server and with it another maintenance cost.

 

QM Corporation, Reno, NV

Director of Technology

 

 

September 2003 to August 2005

QM Corporation is a resort management company.  They operate 11 very large vacation resorts in the Reno/Tahoe area.  As the Director of Technology, I became accustomed to working in a very fast paced, high pressure sales environment.  In this business, time literally was money, and uptime was first priority.  I had a team of 3 consisting of a graphics design expert, a programmer, and myself.

  • Installation of Cisco routers.
  • Migration to Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange from a workgroup and sendmail.
  • Creation of several company websites, including a website designed to filter qualified leads and gather client information.
  • Assisted in installation of a 12 site motion activated video conferencing system designed to allow guests to check in to the resort 24 hours a day without the need for a receptionist at each resort.
  • Maintained 5 Windows Servers and 3 Unix Servers.

 

Abacus Technology Corp., Sheppard AFB, TX

Senior Network Analyst

 

 

March 2001 to December 2001

Abacus Technology Corp. is contracted by the US Government to manage IT operations, and provide level 3 support to personnel located at military installations.  I worked hand in hand with Abacus employees while enlisted and stationed in Texas.  Abacus was so impressed with my performance, I was offered a position almost 2 months prior to my being honorably discharged from the USAF.  Abacus ended up losing the contract due to lack of funding by the USAF.

  • Worked on a team of 4 to mentor and aid military IT personnel.
  • Responsible for conducting penetration tests regularly and reporting results to the Wing Commander.
  • Ensured Sheppard AFB met the requirements set forth by AFCERT, and remained up to date.
  • Provided support during migration from Microsoft Exchange 5.0 to Exchange 5.5.
 

United States Air Force, Sheppard AFB, TX

Computer Communications Journeyman (3C251)

 

 

June 1997 to March 2001

 

As a Computer Communication Systems Journeyman in the United States Air Force, I was part of a team of 4 responsible for supporting over 20,000 users, and a network of almost 13,000 computers.   Serving our military enforced the concepts of responsibility, dedication, and strong work ethic with a desire to succeed.

  • Awarded TOP SECRET security clearance.
  • Webmaster for Sheppard AFB for 2 years which entailed the redesign and maintenance of www.sheppard.af.mil website, and the ongoing training and support for 42 section specific webmasters.
  • Managed the Sheppard AFB help desk and trouble ticket team.
  • Assisted in the migration from NT 4.0 domains to Windows Server 2k Active Directory
  • Monitoring and management of Sidewinder firewall.

 

EDUCATION

 

-Bachelors Degree in IT Management, Western Governors University, Scheduled Completion 04/2010

-Many industry related certifications listed above.

 

 

Remote Desktop Services….finally!

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Ok, I just enabled RDS (remote desktop services) on a 2008 r2 standard box running as a VM, and I think i just wet myself.  Have you seen this yet?  You can serve up individual applications an make them appear as though they are installed on the users desktop.  It actually spits out an MSI file for you once the application is added.

 

remote desktop services

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How to reset the password on a Cisco PIX without losing the config

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Cisco PIX (500 Series) Password Recovery

If you are locked out of your PIX firewall then you will need to do some password recovery, this procedure will reset the enable password and remove any AAA username and password settings on the PIX.

Note: If you havea PIX 520 (This has a floppy drive, and the process is different) CLICK HERE

 

Before You Start !

 
1. You need to know the software version that is running on the PIX e.g 6.3(5) or 7.0(1)
2. You need a TFTP server set up and running CLICK HERE for instructions.
3. You need to be connected to the PIX via its console cable CLICK HERE for instructions.
4. You need to download the “PIX Password Lockout Utility” that’s appripriate for your PIX i.e if your running 6.3(5) download np63.bin, or version 7.0(1) download np70.bin etc, you get get them HERE Put the file in the root directory of your TFTP server.
 

Procedure

 
1. Connect to the Firewall via console cable, then power cycle the firewall, as the firewall reboots press BREAK or ESC to interrupt the boot sequence and get to the monitor prompt.
monitor>
2. Now the firewall has no config loaded, so you need to tell it everything it needs to know, firstly we need to set up the inside interface so we can load in the password reset utility. Use the interface command (PIX’s with only two interfaces it will default to the inside interface).
monitor> interface 1
0: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:17 irq:9 )
1: i8255X @ PCI(bus:0 dev:18 irq:10)

Using 1: i82557 @ PCI(bus:0 dev:18 irq:10), MAC: 0012.daf1.5185
monitor>

3. You need to tell it what its inside IP address is, use the address command.
monitor> address 192.168.1.1
address 192.168.1.1
4. Now you need to give it the IP address of the TFTP server you set up ealier, use the server command.
monitor> server 192.168.1.2
server 192.168.1.2
5. The last thing the PIX needs is the name of the password unlock file for this example I’ll use np63.bin, you will need to use the file command.
monitor> file np63.bin
file np63.bin
6. To start the process, issue the tftp command.
monitor> tftp
tftp np63.bin@192.168.1.2……………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………….
Received 92160 bytes

Cisco Secure PIX Firewall password tool (3.0) #0: Thu Jul 17 08:01:09 PDT 2003
Flash=E28F640J3 @ 0×3000000
BIOS Flash=E28F640J3 @ 0xD8000

7. Confirm by pressing y then {enter}.
Do you wish to erase the passwords? [yn]
8. Confirm by pressing y then {enter} again.
Do you want to remove the commands listed above from the configuration? [yn] y
Passwords and aaa commands have been erased.

Rebooting….

9. The Firewall will reboot and the passwords will be blanked.
Type help or ‘?’ for a list of available commands.
Firewall> en
Password:
firewall#

How to burn an ISO to a usb flash drive (bootable)

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This operation assumes your machine can boot from a USB enabled device. Check your BIOS to make sure. You also MUST have a DVD copy of Vista to install the source files from the DVD to a USB flash drive:
1. Insert your USB flash drive and enter the following commands:
(please note this list assumes that your USB flash drive will be seen as disk 1. To confirm that it is type “list disk” after you’ve entered the DISKPART command) Otherwise you may wipe a different drive (such as your hard disk drive!)
2. Type:

diskpart
select disk 1
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit
At this point your USB drive is formatted. DO NOT format the drive from within Windows. You MUST have a DVD copy of Vista to copy the source files from.

The final preparation step is to copy the installation files to your flash drive, this can be done by running the following command:
(Please note D: is the drive letter for the source files and E: is the drive letter for your flash drive, if they are different on your system you need to change them accordingly).
Exit DISKPART. Type:

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f/h/q e:\

Thats it, configure usb device as primary boot device in your bios and install.

Trip to Fredricksburg

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We went to fredricksburg this weekend and went wine tasting. Stayed in a little B&B in town, had a blast.

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