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Born in New York. Made in California.

I was born and raised in upstate New York. That means good pizza and miserable weather. After graduating from Binghamton University in 1991, I left the green pastures of upstate NY for the "Greener Pastures" of Northern California. The rest, I guess you can say, is History. Peruse the Social Icons above to find out more.

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John C. Zizak

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John Zizak

Locale: 38.4383° N, 121.3819° W
Phone number: 9!6.3S9.9494
Website: www.zizak.com
E-mail: john@zizak.com

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Employment

  • 2006-future

    Security Compliance Engineer @ Planview

    Built and deployed worldwide infrastructure for Innotas' SaaS PPM solution. Migrated worldwide presence from physical infrastructure to 100% AWS Cloud-based infrastructure with zero downtime. Created and Managed internal controls to support successful SOC2 attestations for 6 consecutive audit periods. Certified ISO-27001 Internal Auditor

  • 2000-2006

    Sr. Unix Administrator @ First American

    Built and supported systems for FirstAmerican's highly successful Metroscan and Metrolist products. Streamlined operations and implemented several cost cutting measures. So much so, I was asked to be successful elsewhere.

  • 1995-2000

    Lead Unix Administrator @MCIWorldCom

    Supported the CampusMCI product serving Internet services to colleges and universities across the country. Moved to State Gov't group and supported 100s of UNIX systems for various products ranging from SMOG Check II to California Firearm Licensee Background check system.

  • 1991-1995

    Systems Matter Expert @ GTE Data Services

    Cut teeth learning Operations supporting IBM 390 Mainframes. Provided application support for GTE employees Nationwide. Promoted to Systems Matter Expert supporting all Infrastructure components and online applications. Introduced to UNIX, never looked back.

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photo info: Portland, Maine
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Dotcoms Founded
Music Maniac
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I can Juggle
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1 wife 3 kids 2 dogs 2 cats

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

New Pro-pain Tour Dates...

New Pro-pain Tour Dates...


From the pro-pain.com website...

We are proud to announce the following tour in celebration of "15 YEARS OF PRO-PAIN"!


07.04.2007 Sarasota, Fl. (USA) Gallery Billiards Music Venue

12.04.2007 WACHENROTH (D) Toxicity
13.04.2007 BISCHOFSWERDA (D) East Club
14.04.2007 BERLIN (D) K17
15.04.2007 STAVENHAGEN (D) Tankhaus
16.04.2007 HALLE (D) Rockstation
17.04.2007 OSTRAVA (CZ) Underground Arena
18.04.2007 BRNO (CZ) Faval
19.04.2007 PRAHA (CZ) Futurum
20.04.2007 BRATISLAVA (SK) Randal
21.04.2007 AIGEN (AT) Kikas
22.04.2007 BUDAPEST (HU) Kultiplex
23.04.2007 WIEN (AT) Planet Music
24.04.2007 ZAGREB (CRO) Boogaloo
25.04.2007 MUENCHEN (D) Metropolis
26.04.2007 AARAU (CH) Kiff
27.04.2007 ERSTFELD (CH) Transylvania LIve
28.04.2007 DUDINGEN (CH) Bad Bonn
29.04.2007 SAARBRUECKEN (D) Roxy
30.04.2007 FREIBURG (D) Cafe Atlantik
01.05.2007 STUTTGART (D) Rohre
02.05.2007 KOBLENZ (D) Suppkultur
03.05.2007 ESSEN (D) Turock
04.05.2007 SNEEK (NL) Bolwerk
05.05.2007 AMERSFOORT (NL) De Kelder
06.05.2007 VOSSELAAR (BE) Biebob

Supports 12.04 - 24.04 - SILENT OVERDRIVE (DE), HEMLOCK (USA).
Supports 25.04 - 06.05 - GURD (CH), DAYS OF BETRAYAL (BE).
X-CORE (CZ) and JUNKHEAD (DE) on select dates.

Look for the new PRO-PAIN album "Age Of Tyranny / The Tenth Crusade"in stores throughout Europe on March 30th!! US and Japanese release dates will be announced shortly!! Thanks to our fans for their loyal support over the past 15 years!! We can't thank you enough!! See you on tour in Europe this April/May, and in the US later this year (tba). Stay tuned!

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Shinkansen, Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan

Shinkansen, Mt. Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan

I recorded this on our Sony DSC-T1. What an amazing sight!

I waited to catch the first one pass by while we waiting for our Tokyo connection.
I got as close as possible and was able to catch it scream by!!
awesome!

Off in the distance, I thought I heard another one so I turned around to just catch another Shinkansen flying in the opposite direction!!!

The funny part of this video is the little 'Obachan' walking in front of the second one.
The kickass part is Fuji-san looming in its majesty... keeping watch...

I just regret I didnt shoot this with the Sony mini-DV.

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Twenty Five plus years in the Hi-Tech Trenches.

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Locale

38.4383° N, 121.3819° W

Phone number

9!6.3S9.9494

Website

zizakdotcom