Not currently available
To work as an Information Systems Specialist in either a team or independent
work environment.
Imaginative, highly motivated Information Systems specialist with excellent
organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. Over fifteen years of
consultation and employment experience including administration and
maintenance of multiple operating system (Windows / Linux) local area
network (including printers, workstations, servers, and other network
peripherals), policy making, process development and implementation,
management (up to and including senior management (c-level)), project coordination, project
management, infrastructure security (server, network, physical), emergency operations planning,
disaster preparation planning and recovery operations, problem solving, troubleshooting,
budget management, web site development and publication, programming, reliability,
resourcefulness, training, procurement, customer service, and database
administration (MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server).
- Founder & Organizer of first ever software architecture summit for
C2JS of IEEE Northwest Florida Section (2010)
- Charter member of Mobile Sharepoint Users Group (2010)
- Charter member of Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD), Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (2010)
- Instrumental in establishing and coordinating KAMedData's Experiantial
Learning Program (2008 - present)
- Recognized as Platinum Lifetime member of Empire Who's Who (2006)
- Recognized by Madison Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals in
2005, 2006 (VIP Member), 2007 (VIP Member)
- Recognized by Empire Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals (Now Cambridge Who's Who)
in 2004-2005 (Honors Edition), 2005-2007,2009 (VIP Member), Nominated for Professional
of the Year (2009)
- Recognized in Pensacola News Journal's People on the Move column
- Implemented and maintained production and development environments of
DSET's ezLocal software and Micromuse Netcool / Cisco Information
Center
- Assisted and provided support of end-to-end testing and service
readiness testing of ezLocal, successfully completing e-bonding of
ezLocal to BellSouth Service Centers
- Founded Web Spinners at the University of West Florida
- Implemented a new backup system and password protected network sharing
for the main 35+ node local area network of University Commons and
Student Activities
- Designed and implemented dedicated client/server environment for the
University Commons and Student Activities Department Event Management
System software, resulting in an uptime increase of 80%
- Instrumental in planning for future network growth in key areas of
University Commons and Student Activities by procuring and placing
network equipment in heavy growth areas.
- Major contributor in developing a long term divisional solution for
inter-departmental network-based workstation and server backups.
- Increased overall store scanning efficiency by over 50% in 1998
and 1999, leading to recognition as one of WalMart's top Division 1
stores (of 900 total) in scanning efficiency with a corresponding
reduction in shrinkage.
- Author of Cashier Reference and Portable Register Troubleshooting Guides
for Wal-Mart which were instrumental in increasing the effectiveness of
the store's training practices by 50%.
- Organizing Committee Chair, 2012 Northwest Florida Software and Enteprise Architect Summit (Pensacola, FL: 2012)
- Event Chair, Founder, and Organizer; 2010 Northwest Florida Software Architecture Summit (Pensacola, FL: October 2010)
- Security in the Enterprise: Electronic, Physical, and Policy, Presented to University of West Florida Association of Information Technology Professionals Student Chapter (October 2010)
- Starting A Software Development Project, Presented to Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (September 2010)
- Practical Security: Security at Home, Presented to Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (June 2010)
- Fundamentals of Software Development: Version Control and IDEs, Presented to Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (March 2010)
- Fundamentals of Open Source Software Development, Presented to Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (February 2010)
- Fundamentals of Security: Incident Response In-Depth, Presented to Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (November 2009)
- Fundamentals of Security: Physical Security In-Depth, Presented to Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (October 2009)
- Fundamentals of Security: An In-Depth Overview, Presented to University of West Florida Association of Information Technology Professionals Student Chapter (October 2009)
- Fundamentals of Security: Network & Electronic Security In-Depth, Presented to Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (September 2009)
- Fundamentals of Security: An In-Depth Overview, Presented to Northwest Florida Section, IEEE Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (August 2009)
- Utilizing Open Source Technologies at Home, Presented to Northwest Florida Section, IEEE and Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (July 2009)
- Fundamentals of Disaster Planning & Recovery for Information Technology Operations, Presented to Pensacola LUG (July 2009)
- Fundamentals of Disaster Planning & Recovery for Information Technology Operations, Presented to Computer and Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (June 2009)
- Fundamentals of Computer and Network Security, Presented to Computer and Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (April 2009)
- Panelist, Alumni Panel, University of West Florida Career Center Senior Transition Workshop (April 2009)
- Utilizing Open Source Technologies in a Business Environment, Presented to Pensacola LUG and Computer and Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (March 2009)
- Security in the Enterprise: Electronic, Physical and Policy, Presented to Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (November 2008)
- Utilizing Open Source Technologies in a Business Environment, Presented to University of West Florida Association of Information Technology Professionals Student Chapter (October 2008)
- Chosen to participate in the Computerworld Inner Circle Research Panel (2008-present)
- Member of the CIO Peer2Peer Panel, CIO Magazine (2008-present)
- Member of the CIO Reader Research Panel (2008-present)
- Member of the CSO Reader Research Panel (2008-present)
- Member of the CIO Insight Research Panel (2007-present)
- Member of the Information Security Research Panel (2007-present)
- Member of the Network Computing Opinion Panels (2007 - 2009)
- Member of the Information Architects Reader Research Panel (2005 until publication ceased in 2006)
- Chosen by Ziff Davis Media to participate in the eWeek Reader Advisory Panel (2004-present)
- Invited to participate in the CIO Executive Council (2009,2011)
- Invited to participate in The CIO Summit (2005, 2007, 2009, 2010,2011)
- Organizing Committee Chair / Founder, Northwest Florida Software and Enteprise Architect Summit (2010 - present)
- Treasurer, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (2/2010 - 2/2011)
- Webmaster, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (2010 - present)
- Invited to participate in the Computerworld's Business Intelligence Perspectives Conference (2009)
- Invited to participate in the InformationWeek 500 Conference (2009)
- Chair of the Computer & Communications Joint Society, Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (2009 - present)
- Mentor, University of West Florida Alumni Mentor Program (2009 - present)
- Invited to Participate in the Premier 100 IT Leaders Conference (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Nominated for Treasurer of the Northwest Florida Section, IEEE (2008, 2009, 2010)
Operating Systems
- Windows (Client): 3.x, 9x, NT 4.x, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
- Windows (Server): NT 4.x, 2000, 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008 R2
- Unix: Solaris 2.5 - 8, FreeBSD 4.x
- Linux: Slackware, RedHat, Fedora Core, Mandriva, Gentoo, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian
- Other: Mac OS (Systems 6 - 8), Mac OSX, OS / 2, DOS 3.x - 6.x
Programming
- Web Development: HTML, XHTML, CSS, Cold Fusion - CFM, PHP, ASP, ASP.Net, C#
- Assembly: 68000, Intel
- Other: Python, Java
Applications
- Office Suites: Corel WordPerfect Suite, Microsoft Office, Lotus Smartsuite, Microsoft Works, OpenOffice.org, StarOffice
- Graphics Development: Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Fireworks, Flash, Captivate
- Web Development: Microsoft FrontPage, Dreamweaver,
Hotdog Professional Webmaster Suite
- Web Browsers: Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer
- Telecommunications: DSET's ezLocal, Netcool Omnibus 3.x,
Cisco Information Center 2.x
- Databases: MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL
- TCP/IP: HTTP, NIS, NFS, SMB, FTP, SSH, Telnet, POP3, Sendmail, Postfix, HTTPS
Manager of Information Technology Solutions, KAMedData, Inc. (and subsidiaries),
Pensacola, FL, March 2002 - present
Various Retail and Consulting Positions, Pensacola, FL, August 2001 - November 2003
Companies worked for during this period include McGill Law Offices (as a
freelance web consultant - 08/2001 - 12/2002), Follett Corporation (08/2001 -
09/2001), and Target Corporation (10/2001 - 11/2003)
Senior Systems and Administration Consultant,
Web Spinners, University of West Florida (Pensacola, FL), December 2000 -
February 2002
Coordinated the transition of all organizational responsibilities to the
new administration; Promoted to Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
in December 2000 after graduation (Sr. Systems Administrator
08/2000-12/2000, prior to graduation); Developed and implemented a secure
computing environment designed to maximize utilization of limited computing
resources; retired from active consulting and advisory role in February
2002 upon completion of Spring 2002 administrative transition.
Application Administrator (Working Title: Application Manager), Netcool / DSET,
Network Telephone,
Pensacola, FL, October 2000 - May 2001
Established production and development environments for both Micromuse
Netcool / Cisco Information Center and DSET's ezLocal; provided application
support for ezLocal and Micromuse Netcool / Cisco Information Center; and
provided assistance on other projects.
President, Academic Web Information Repository,
(Pensacola, FL), December 1999 - present
Develop organizational policies as a founding member; communicate with founding members
and sponsoring organizations; develop and implement a user-friendly website.
Project Coordinator, Web Development Team,
Linux Professional Institute, (Pensacola, FL), October 1999 - November 1999
Coordinated web development efforts with the Board of Directors and Database
Administrator
Computer Support Specialist / System Administrator,
University Commons and
Student Activities, University of West Florida, (Pensacola, FL),
1998 - October 2000
Hardware and software (both operating system and application) upgrades and
troubleshooting under Linux and Windows 3.x/95/98/98SE/2000/NT; System
administration of 35+ node departmental local area network (workstations,
servers, printers, and other network peripherals) provided computer and web
related training at all technical skill levels; determined requirements for
new departmental computing hardware and software; database administration
of 3 MySQL servers.
President, Web Spinners, University of
West Florida (Pensacola, FL), March 1997 - August 2000
Managed 50 volunteer web developers (including project assignments and tracking hours
worked); prepared annual budgets and reports; developed organizational policies as a
founding member; procured practical equipment via donations and purchase orders; provided
on-site system administration of 3 linux servers; and communicated with officers,
members, and external personnel
Project Manager (previously Project Coordinator & Administrator) / Primary Developer,
General Education Online,
(Pensacola, FL), December 1995 - present
Founded the project in December 1995; completed database conversion in first half
of 2001; coordinator of project developers; responsible for administrative tasks and
PHP / MySQL development
Floater (97), Cashier, and Trainer;
Wal-Mart Store #990,
(Milton, FL), June 1995 - October 1999
Provided reports in a variety of formats to upper-level store management (including
reports on productivity, scanning efficiency, and cashier training practices;
Handpicked as Leader of the store's Productivity and Scanning Efficiency
Improvement Project by the store manager, resulting in long and short term
increases in productivity, scanning efficiency, customer service, and
training effectiveness.
Computer Science / Computer Information Systems,
University of West Florida, (Pensacola, FL),
August 1995 - December 2000
Accomplishments
- Bachelor of Science, Fall 2000
- Student Leadership and Service Award Nominee, 1998, 1999, 2000 (1 of
40 nominees)
- Associate of Arts (A.A.), 1997
- Registered Volunteer, 1998 - 2000
University of West Florida Activities
Other Activities
- Linux Knowledge Base Organization, 04/1999 - 06/2000
- Administrative Staff, Simple End User Linux, 11/1998 - present
- International Webmasters Association / HTML Writers Guild, 1997 - present
- Internet Site Consultant, Phi Eta Sigma National Offices, 1998 - present
- Member, Pensacola Linux Users Group, 09/2002 - present (President 09/2002-09/2003)
- Project Manager / Primary Developer, International Education Resources, 12/2002 - present
- Member, Association for Computing Machinery, 05/2006 - present
- Member, Computer Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01/2004 - present
- Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 10/2009 - present
- Member, Network and Systems Professionals Association, 04/2007 - 01/2010
- Member, Pensacola SQL Server Users Group, 06/2009 - present
- Member, Professional Association for SQL Server, 06/2009 - present
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