Summary
Tod Detre is a seasoned system administrator with over a decade of experience managing diverse Unix and Linux environments across academic and enterprise settings. Based in China, Maine, he has supported everything from Solaris, AIX and OpenBSD to modern Debian and Ubuntu deployments, bringing deep cross-platform expertise to the University of Maine System and University of Maine at Augusta. His toolset spans Perl, Java, Ruby and shell automation, and he’s familiar with mail and collaboration stacks like Zimbra—skills honed through long-term operational roles and earlier engineering positions. Tod’s background includes hands-on project engineering and network support, giving him a practical blend of infrastructure troubleshooting and systems design. He’s the kind of operator who excels at maintaining stability across heterogeneous estates while quietly modernizing them with scripting and automation. His longevity in higher education IT suggests a strong focus on reliability, institutional knowledge transfer, and supporting research and teaching needs.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Case Western Reserve University
Youngstown State University
Lordstown High School