IT Leadership · UNIX & Linux Engineering
Bloomfield, NJ · edgar.chisholm@gmail.com · edgarchisholm.com
Engineering leader with more than twenty-five years in UNIX and Linux systems, spanning original development work at Bell Labs through two decades of infrastructure management at HBO and Time Warner. Experience runs from writing operating system support code to running the teams and platforms that kept a global media network on the air.
1996 – 2016 · 20+ years
Led the engineering function responsible for UNIX and Linux infrastructure supporting HBO's production and broadcast operations. Responsible for team leadership, platform architecture, and the operational reliability of systems underpinning prestige programming delivery.
1992 – 1996 · 4 years
Senior administration of UNIX systems in a regulated financial-services environment, where uptime and change control carry audit consequences.
c. 1982 – 1989 · ~7 years · Murray Hill
Software developer in the Development organization during the formative period of UNIX, working on error-handling and support code across UNIX System III through System V, alongside the Research organization's kernel work.
Theatre and film production company. Full operational responsibility: budgeting, vendor management, scheduling, and delivery.