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Hello, I’m David Polanco and I have a background in Linux System Administration and over 17 years of full-time professional experience scripting, maintaining, and troubleshooting existing web applications.

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ABOUT ME

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DAVID O. POLANCO

LINUX PROFESSIONAL

Hi, my name is David Polanco I am from Del Rio, Texas of approx. 40,000 in pop. I moved to San Antonio in 1998 where I started my love in technology. Since then I now maintain, troubleshoot & administer high traffic servers, solve problems through internet/intranet technology and address employer's & customers requirements with multiple skills and a continually expanding knowledge base.

In a nut shell, I'm an individual who loves his family, loves where he works and greatly appreciate open source community.

  • Skype: davidpolanco.com
  • Address: ATTN: David Polanco | 110 E Houston St, | Suite 202 | San Antonio, TX 78205
  • Website: https://davidpolanco.com

WHAT I'M DOING

Web Development
Linux
Security

Blog

EDUCATIONAL VALUE

CERTIFICATION

CompTIA Linux+

2014
CERTIFICATION

DC Tech Spec by Novell

2014
CERTIFICATION

Linux Professional LPI

2014
UTSA

B.A.A. in Info. Tech.

2015-PENDING

HOBBIES & INTEREST

WEB DEVELOPMENT
Linux Administration
GEOCACHING
NETWORKING
Music

17 YEARS EXPERIENCE

2018 - CURRENT Self Education
Information Security Enthusiast
A pupil utilizing his personal labs to defend and analysis security centric inbound requests from malicious traffic. Utilizing honeypot to further learn on trends and protect from attacks.
2019 - CURRENT WP Engine
Technical Project Manager II (remote)
The primary driver of project technical success for Enterprise Clients.  Working & collaborating with many decision making departments at WP Engine.
2018 - 2019 WP Engine
Sr. Level 2 Technical Support
Handling Enterprise and Customer Escalations, in addition addressing technical  support screenings and mentoring sessions along with another duties as requested by Support Management.
2015 - 2018 WP Engine
Level 2 Technical Support
Passion for open source technologies and providing stellar support to customers. From the technical side having in-depth experience installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as DNS, Apache, MySQL, and NGINX, and experience building websites, in WordPress or another Content Management Systems.
2003 - Current Aeonity
Partner, Creative Development
  • Collaborating with Programming Team on New Features based on User Trends
  • Front End Web Developer for a High Traffic Blogging Website
  • Responsible for UI/UX Design
  • Responsible for finding User Trends using Analytic Tools
2010 - 2015 Virtual Builders Exchange
Information Systems Supervisor
  • Responsible for the Local IT & Satellite Infrastructure
  • Linux System Administrator for Corporate Website
  • Front End Web Developer for Corporate Website
  • Responsible for Outsourced Talent & Consultant Projects
2008- 2010 Virtual Builders Exchange
Technical Support
  • Assisting Membership with Various Technical Support Issues
  • Assisting Production Team with Various Technical Support Issues
  • Maintaining Computer Systems & BYOD in 0-50 Production Environment
2002- 2008 Emocium, LLC
Partnership
  • Provided Web Development, Programming & Hosting solutions to small to midsize companies in the South Texas & Northern Colorado regions.

MY SKILLS

TECHNICAL SKILLS

KNOWLEDGE

85%
65%
75%
55%
  • WORDPRESS
  • CONTENT MGMT SYSTEMS
  • LINUX SYSTEMS
  • WEB DEVELOPMENT
  • CLOUD COMPUTING
  • WEB SERVERS
  • VIRTUALIZATION
  • TEAM WORK
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE
  • MANAGEMENT
  • SUPPORT COACHING
  • TROUBLESHOOTING
  • PROBLEM SOLVING
  • COLLABORATION

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Data

Weather - In San Antonio

I really enjoy the weather so much so that I like taking a look at the data that I pull. All of this data is pulled from The Weather Underground via their API. Zip code in this case is from 78240 in San Antonio Texas.

Today's Weather:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSXM5ZrNvHI9pJYVmegH676pby3ciPIpcXsFGoRhOmDmUMFSTL8Odv4C9uTXFvKuZPBVjc1BXBTMICC/pubhtml?widget=true&headers=false

Rain Fall in San Antonio:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wJ2X4JGO5poKZZZYkxgJcIwUBIn6oyVWmTUbr1m4crw/pubhtml?widget=true&headers=false

Sunset & Sunrise in San Antonio:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1X5hrtfDc5ivP4E3jIRxwMra6FU82gQUJMfl5WJADKaY/edit?usp=sharing

High winds in San Antonio (25 MPH+):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTZrJ3ji8CJQIbOuKsm8lyeAbWOvuJsysgTZG_uKFdiu2xErIWtP-CrDUzop5-dInoidrk4hJ0aHenB/pubhtml

Tools

Fun things that I think of that may be useful to others.

PHP Scripting:

cURL Scripting:

Coming in the new future. Just wrapping a few things up here.

Security One-liners:

Coming in the new future. Just wrapping a few things up here.

GET IN TOUCH WITH ME

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  • ATTN: David Polanco | 110 E Houston | Suite 202 | San Antonio, TX 78205
  • Website: https://davidpolanco.com

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