Michael Burns [ michael AT mirwin.net ] is a web designer and computer geek working in the greater Portland, Oregon area. He has worked in networking and system administration for a number of years while attending college. Recently, he has co-founded a consulting company (Mirwin) and is providing custom web design and I.T. support to locally owned small businesses.

If you are interested in working with me, my full résumé is available upon request. The interesting bits are summarised below:

Education

Transferred into Computer Science program pursuing a Bachelors of Science degree from Oregon State University (go beavs!) with a focus in Information Systems.

Network Technologystudies at Chemeketa Community College

Work Experience

Free & Open Source Software Evangelist at Open Source Education Lab

Network-Security student at Oregon State University

Linux System Administrator Intern at Google, Inc. in Winter ‘08 in NYC, NY

Google Summer of Code Student for One Laptop Per Child project Summer ‘07 in Boston, MA

Related Experience

2007-08 network security research Snort Scholarship from Sourcefire, inc.
Member and former President, OSU Linux User Group
Completed Cisco Certified Networking Associates (CCNA) courses

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