Keith E. Pitcher


Tel: (269) 424-5255
Email: kpitcher@KeithPitcher.com
Personal Homepage: http://KeithPitcher.com
92500 CR 690
Dowagiac, MI 49047


Objective
Use my IT and management background to fill real world business needs.

Recent Projects

Experience
LocalLink
Dowagiac, MI 1998-
http://www.LocalLinkInc.net
President / Owner
  • Founded LocalLink to answer demand for Internet services for SouthWest Michigan.
  • Developed and rolled out Web based Customer Billing/Management/Authentication software for all LocalLink customers.
  • Was involved in the day to day activities of all technology assets of a regional ISP.
  • Was involved in the original setup and continued administration of all technology assets. Tasks included :
  • Setup and configured routers - wireless, core routers, Point to Point, Point to
  • Setup and configured LAN (switches, hubs) And WAN (routers, VPN)
  • Setup and configured Remote Access Servers
  • Setup and configured WISP, both propietary and open source solutions
  • Setup and configured servers and core technologies : DNS, SMTP, POP, HTTP, RADIUS, Gateways
  • Setup and configured domain wide spam and virus filtering
  • Developed Windows configuration and branding software used by thousands of clients
  • Deveoped many custom web applications to meet diverse business needs
ComAuction, Inc.
Dowagiac, MI 1998-2001
President / co-Founder
  • Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2000 Michigan Finalist for founding and continued growth of ComAuction.
  • Runner up for PC Computing Best of the Best for Business Auctions, year 1999
  • An Original Co-Founder of ComAuction, 1998.
  • Involved in setup and backed programming of the web based, database driven business auction.
  • Programmed XML data exchange with partners
  • Wrote business plans and financial projections
  • Did business presentations to national business organizations
TPI
Dowagiac, MI 1994-1998
Assistant Manager
  • Programmed and implemented computerized dispatching system
  • General retail responsibilities

Education
1993-1994 GMI Engineering & Management Flint, MI
General Engineering study.
Computer Skills
Operating Systems BSD Variants, DOS, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OSX, Solaris, SunOS, DOS, Windows 9x, Windows XP
Languages AJAX, Fortran 77, HTML, Java, Javascript (ECMAScript), LPC, Perl, PHP, RPG, Visual Basic, LPC, Xul
Hardware Cisco, Livingston/Lucent, Sun, x86 Intel

Organizational Involvement Sun Developer Network, Boy Scouts of America, Mensa, Lambda Chi Alpha
References available upon request.