Sterling Anderson
IT Manager at UW-Madison College of Letters & Science
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSterling Anderson is an IT manager and systems engineer with 11+ years of experience supporting higher education technology across UW–Madison, managing labs, research systems, and campus facilities. He combines deep hands‑on skills in server and Linux administration, macOS and Macintosh hardware, endpoint management and MDM, and MySQL with a track record of designing and deploying custom applications and production servers. Sterling has led facility-level operations, applied for grants to modernize technology, and supported research and instructional goals by consulting directly with faculty and staff. His background includes rebuilding billing and invoicing systems, migrating legacy databases, and architecting web and streaming solutions for academic audiences. Based in Madison, WI, he pairs practical sysadmin expertise with a BS in Computer Information Systems and a reputation for turning institutional requirements into reliable, auditable systems. An often-overlooked strength is his sustained history of bridging development and operations to keep both research and teaching environments running smoothly.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Information Systems at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Github Skills (27)
installer9
script8
applescript8
setuptools8
pkg7
dmg7
shell6
macos6
packaging6
python6
zsh5
ansible5
on-demand5
headphones4
homekit3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
strlng/zabbix-apt
Oct 2018 - Apr 2023
APT updates monitoring plugin for Zabbix
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
updatesmonitoringaptmonitoring-pluginzabbix
strlng/justinrummel-recipes
Oct 2017 - Jun 2025
Contributions:2 pushes in 7 years 9 months
jssrecipespkgautopkg
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