BIOGRAPHY:

Adam Haeder is one of the nation’s foremost experts in UNIX and Linux technology.  A respected instructor and brilliant author, Adam is a Vice President at the prestigious Association for Information Management Institute in Omaha, Nebraska.  Expert in Intel hardware and UNIX internals, Adam possesses the rare combination of management and technical expertise that is critical to the outstanding IT consultant. Adam is a certified Linux administrator (LCA), A Cisco certified Networking Associate (CCNA) and a Cisco certified academic instructor (CCAI).

EDUCATION: 

University of South Dakota at Vermillion Bachelor of Science Degree - Dec 1996
        Major: Computer Science   Minor: Math

CERTIFICATIONS:

  ·        CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Associate)

  ·        CCAI (Cisco Certified Academic Instructor)

  ·        LCA (SAIR Linux Certified Administrator)

AWARDS:

  ·        1996 Computer Science Student of the Year

  ·        Recipient of the Presidential Scholarship

  ·        Inducted into the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honor Society

BOOK PUBLICATIONS:

• Conducting the UNIX Job Interview: IT Manager Guide for UNIX Job Interviews with UNIX Interview Questions, Rampant TechPress, 2003, ISBN 0-9744355-6-2
   
• Conducting the Network Administrator Job Interview: IT Manager Guide for Network Administrator Job Interviews with Cisco Job Interview Questions, Rampant TechPress, 2003, ISBN 0-9744355-7-0

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

Vice President, AIM Institute, Omaha, Nebraska

October 1997 – Present. My duties at AIM include the maintenance of our internal network, consisting of 50 Windows client workstations and 13 Windows, Linux and Solaris servers. I also manage our web server installations at two co location facilities in the Omaha metro area. My primary responsibilities are the security, monitoring, capacity planning, upgrades and maintenance of our computer and network infrastructure. I am also the main contact for support of 6 Windows-based computer labs in place around Omaha, and I have been the main instructor in our Cisco Regional Networking Academy since 1997, having taught over 100 high school and college instructors the Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) curriculum.

Systems Administrator, EPS Technologies Jefferson, South Dakota

June 1994 – October 1997. I held the positions of service department supervisor, motherboard and memory tester, systems administrator, web master and network administrator over the course of my employment with EPS. I was responsible for establishing their initial web presence in 1997 and for coordinating the move of the company to Omaha in 1997. I was responsible for managing approximately 100 client workstations, 10 Windows NT4 servers and 2 Linux servers.

PERSONAL BACKGROUND:

Adam has been the vice-president of the Omaha Linux User's Group (OLUG) since 2000 and is an active participant in the open-source community. He has given seminars and been the featured guest speaker at events held at Metropolitan Community College, the Association of Information Technology Professionals, the yearly Infotec conference, and the Nebraska chapter of the International Webmasters Association. He continues to teach the CCNA curriculum to high school and college teachers, and also teaches a two-week Linux certification course aimed at the SAIR Linux Certified Administrator certification.