Personal details
| Name / Navn: | Evert Meulie |  |
| Address / Bosted: | N-1892 Degernes (Norway) | |
| Email: | emeulie@gmail.com | |
| Date of birth: | April 24th, 1972 | |
| Gender: | male | |
| Nationality: | Dutch | |
| Driver's license: | B kode 78 | |
| Languages: | Dutch and English: fluently. Norwegian: Reading/understanding: Fluently. Speaking/writing: basic knowledge. In an environment where English is understood, I have a habit of speaking/writing in English and receiving feedback in Norwegian. This has never been an issue in my employments to date. (This doesn't mean I'm unwilling to speak Norwegian. I just won't be as eloquent in Norwegian at the moment as I am in English) (I mars 2001 har jeg bestått sprakprøven i norsk for voksne innvandrere ('Bergens Test').) |
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Skills
(in the process of updating this list. Is a required skill missing, please contact me. I may possess the skill you're looking for anyway!)| Computer Literacy (general): | Firewall administration (RouterOS & SonicWALL Pro 100), HTML, some Progress, all parts of the Internet. Novell NetWare. Certified SMC networking specialist. Anti virus software (Trend Micro and others) |
| Computer Literacy (Microsoft OS): | client: Anything from 3.x up to and including Windows 10 server: Anything from NT4 up to Windows Server 2019. Microsoft Exchange server, some Microsoft SQL server. |
| Computer Literacy (Linux OS): | installing, configuring & daily use/administration of most major Linux distributions. Installing & configuring of VoIP (Asterisk, trixbox & some SER. MySQL DB server, Postfix email server, Squid proxy server, WordPress (hosting, SEO, tuning) & many others. Some FreeBSD & HP-ux experience. Also wide experience with installing, configuring & maintaining Mikrotik RouterOS systems. |
| Computer Literacy (hardware): | All common computer hardware of the last 30+ years. Also embedded systems from companies like PC Engines, Soekris & Routerboard. |
| Third Light | Digital media library administration |
| SEO | I have a moderate knowledge of SEO ('Getting as high in the Google listings as possible'), mostly self-taught and from years of experience. |
| Cloud computing | Long-term experience with Microsoft Azure when it comes to websites & databases. Basic experience with Google Cloud Platform & Amazon Web Services (AWS). |
| Inbound Marketing | A couple of years of experience, and Inbound-certified by HubSpot |
| Virtualization platforms | I've managed virtual machines for many years, both for employers (VMware, Proxmox) and as a hobby (VirtualBox, Proxmox). Basic knowledge about the various cloud-based solutions (DigitalOcean, Azure, Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine) |
| NAS-management | Many years of experience with Synology-based NAS, both at work and at home. |
| Web hosting | Many years of web hosting experience on both IIS & NGINX/Apache platforms. Basic experience with fine-tuning sites with mechanisms like YSlow & PageSpeed. |
| WordPress | 10+ years experience. Both from hosting my own WordPress sites, and maintaining WordPress sites for others. |
Certifications
 Google Academy for Ads - AdWords Fundamentals  Google Academy for Ads - Mobile Sites Certification |  Google Academy for Ads - Google Analytics Individual Qualification |
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 MCTS - Windows Server 2008, SQL server 2008 |
Work history
| Mar 2022 - | Arkiv Øst IKS | IKT-driftsmedarbeider |
| Sep 2008 - Jun 2017 | Omnicom AS | IT sjef (until Feb 2017), Test- og driftansvarlig (Feb-Jun 2017) |
| Jul 2004 - Aug 2008 | Witelcom AS | Chief engineer |
| Dec 2003 - Apr 2004 | Telio AS | Systems Engineer |
| Feb 2000 - Sep 2002 | Respond AS | Network Manager (employment terminated because of bankruptcy) |
| Jul 1999 - Feb 2000 | NoPapers Foundation | Editor of the Agenda of the Netherlands |
| Apr 1999 - Jun 1999 | Qvam Hageservice | assistant gardener |
| 1998 - | Freelance translator | Dutch - English, English - Dutch |
| Mar 1998 - May 1998 | Schlumberger Geco-Prakla (via Olsten Datavikar) | WWW / Database |
| 1998 - | Linux Counter Project | database maintenance. Board member since june 2003. |
| Feb 1996 - Dec 1997 | Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Amsterdam Polytechnic), Central Office | Library Automation |
| Feb 1995 - Jan 1996 | Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Amsterdam Polytechnic), Fac. of Healthcare | Library worker |
| Aug 1994 - Jan 1995 | Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Amsterdam Polytechnic), Fac. of Education | Library worker |
| Jan 1994 - Dec 1995 | Hogeschool van Amsterdam | Representative Advisory Council |
| Oct 1990 - Jun 1991 | Jac. P. Thijsse College | custodian |
| Aug 1990 - Dec '97 | Duin & Bosch hospital, Radio Station | Head of technical dept. (voluntary work) |
| summer '85, '86, '89 | ING Bank | administrative assistant (summer job) |
Interests
I have a passion for reading, books & retro computing. I also dabble a bit in photography. I like watching TV/movies & listening to ’80s-music. Read more about my interests on my blog.
Education
| 2009 | Microsoft | MCTS (70-432 & 70-643) |
| 2000 - 2001 | Næringsakademiet | MCSE Windows 2000 (taken all classes, but no exams.) |
| Aug 92 - Jun 97 | HvA (Amsterdam Polytechnic) | Library & Information Science (not graduated, mainly because of emigration) |
| Aug 91 - May 92 | HvA (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) | Bachelor of Education - English (not completed) |
| Aug 89 - Jun 90 | Shawnee Mission South high school, Overland Park, KS, USA | classes: Journalism, Computer Programming, Radio/TV Production and others |
| Aug 84 - Jun 89 | Jac. P. Thijsse College, Castricum, the Netherlands | classes: Dutch, English, math, physics, chemistry, economics & music |
Assignments
| Omnicom AS | Many IT-related tasks, among which the following: * Software/hardware purchasing. * IT support. Mainly for my colleagues at Omnicom AS, MarkedsPartner AS, Syzweb AS & Aveno AS, but occasionally also for customers. Mostly Windows, but in the last year a growing amount of macOS-related cases. * Webmaster: Keeping 100's of websites up and running. Mostly IIS-based, some Apache/NGINX-based. If one/more sites were down, determine the cause and either resolve the problem myself or notify a developer and/or designer. In the more recent years, a fair share of the sites was hosted on the Microsoft Azure service. * Postmaster: Administer/maintain an email hosting environment (first Qmail, later Postfix) which was used by several of our customers, but also internally. Administer the corporate email environment (first Exchange, later Office 365). * Proofreading of blog posts, mostly in Norwegian(!), some in English. * QA testing of websites and publishing them when they're up to spec. |
| Witelcom AS | Server management, both Linux-based & Windows-based. Includes (among others): mail server, VoIP server, database server. Various R&D, among which RADIUS-systems and embedded Linux systems & applications. Production of various Witelcom products |
| Telio AS | Installation & configuration (hardware/software) of Telio's main servers for WWW, SQL & SIP. Server monitoring. Second-line customer support. |
| Respond AS | Network management. Responsible for all servers, work stations & phone systems. Microsoft, Apple & Linux platforms. |
| Schlumberger Geco-Prakla | At Geco-Prakla I did revision work on the (internal) website and wrote maintenance programs for MFG-pro, a Progress application. |
| Hogeschool van Amsterdam | At the Faculty of Education I served as an all-round worker, but specialized myself in the software suite (ADLIB) used for the catalogue and all administration.At the Faculty of Healthcare I continued working on ADLIB, and made a Hogeschool-specific version of the software. Besides that I also specialized myself in information retrieval (over the Internet).When working at the central office as ADLIB applications manager I was fixing problems, finetuning parts & doing maintainance on the various versions used at the different locations of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Keeping the central (online) database up-to-date was also part of my job. And, last but not least, I was the helpdesk for the libraries of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, officially only for ADLIB but usually also for all kinds of other software and Internet matters.The Representative Advisory Council of the Hogeschool has to approve all the major decisions the School Board is taking. I participated 2 years in the Council as a student member. |
| Duin & Bosch hospital | At the Duin & Bosch psychiatric hospital I was running the technical dept. of the internal radio station and was as such a member of the board. I also had my own program. |
| Second Brain™ | Beta tester of Second Brain website. |
| Microsoft Corporation | Beta tester of Microsoft software. Windows XP service packs. Windows Server 2008. |
| Corel Corporation | Beta tester of Corel software. Corel WordPerfect suite. |
| Electronic Arts | Beta tester of game software - Earth and Beyond & The Sims Online. |
| Funcom | Beta tester of game software - Paradigm Shift. |
| the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Beta tester of genealogy data & software. |
| Jac.P.Thijsse | Various custodial work, including running the canteen, running the various copiers etc. Taking care of the (software) installation and maintenance of the Novell network. |
LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/meulie/
References available upon request.