Summary of Qualifications: Highly successful 18-year career in Information Technology. Complete spectrum of knowledge from programmer analyst to management combined with outstanding listening, assimilating, and proven skills.
Professional Experience
February 1999 to April 2001Yale University
Implement the charter of the Advance Networking Group at Yale University as a Network Design Engineer
- Maintain all routers and networking equipment in a TCP/IP environment
- Installed and managed two Video-On-Demand servers. One server was Windows 2000 and the other an SGI Unix system. Manage a pilot program with the Film Studies department on implementing video-on-demand within the curriculum. I encoded the content for the department.
- Installed and managed multipoint Video Conferencing over an IP network. I evaluated and tested PC clients to interface with room based Video Conferencing systems on both Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 systems. Also participated in the Internet 2 Megaconference. This was over 60 institutions worldwide demonstrated the power of conferencing technology over on IP network.
- Evaluate and test network data collection systems and the utilities to analyst this information. I tested these collection systems on Windows 2000 and Unix servers.
January 1997 to February 1999Yale/New Haven Hospital
Implemented the Wide Area Network environment for the Hospital/Corporation
- Installed and managed 25 offices over SNET Frame Relay network.
- Planned and implemented standardizing on TCP/IP using DNS/DHCP servers
- Designed and installed ATM switches to increase performance on the Ethernet backbone on the Hospital networks. Also upgraded network infrastructure by replacing older equipment.
- Develop and implemented conversion of all documentation to HTML formats and created an Intranet server for documentation and Hospital applications.
- Develop and maintain all routers and networking equipment supporting the following major protocols: TCP/IP, Novell IPX, SNA, Appletalk.
- Installed and maintain Cisco Pix Firewall
August 1994 to January 1997Quinnipiac College Manager of Networking and Academic Computing
Manage and maintain the Academic Computing environment.
- Provided Faculty training on the new technology and how to use this technology within the classroom using presentation tools and the Internet to compliment their instruction.
- Developed and implemented a training program on the Internet for Faculty and Staff.
- Taught Adult Education classes computer technologies, Internet Concepts.
- Technology committee member and Distance Learning committee member.
- Manage 3 Information Technology Staff, 1 Graduate Student and responsible for 30 work-study students.
- Manage 16 Windows NT systems.
- Use DHCP to assign TCP/IP addresses for Student owned PCs for Internet access. .
Planned and implemented the PC LAN environment growth from 120 to over 4000 intelligent desktop devices
- Migrated from Digital’s Pathworks products to Microsoft Windows NT.
- Standardized on TCP/IP as the network protocol.
- Upgraded all Student Lab/Classroom PCs to Windows 95 and maintained 2 MAC labs using Appletalk protocol.
- Managed the installation and maintain Microsoft Mail system for on -campus and Internet mail for Faculty, Staff and Students.
September 1993 to August 1994Independent Consultant
Planned and implemented the PC LAN environment growth from 20 to over 350 intelligent desktop devices, integrating Digital’s Pathworks products, Microsoft Windows NT, and Workgroups for Windows. Implemented move from the current Digital proprietary network protocol DECnet to the open network protocol standard TCP/IP.
December 1987 to August 1993Digital Equipment CorporationTechnical Sales Consultant
Recommended solutions over the last 3 years, which resulted in sales of $13 million dollars. Clients have included The Gartner Group, Yale and University of Hartford, Quinnipiac College, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Bridgeport Hydraulic, and Southern New England Telephone
September 1986 to Potash Company of AmericaSystem Manager/Application Prg.
December 1987
Complete systems responsibility while developing and enhancing a packaged Financial, Inventory and Distribution System. Initiated EDI between Potash and its customers.
June 1985 toAMAX, Inc.Programmer Analyst
September 1986
Developed systems for Product Inventory, Product Line Analysis, and Financial Reporting. Instrumental in company's move toward relational database technology.
September 1981 toAmerican DynamicsSystem and Database Manager/
June 1985New Product Project Manager
Excelled in the roles of System , Database and New Product Line Project Management. Developed first company wide engineering databases while integrating it into a new CAD system, and performed training. Utilized Pert and Gant Chart methods to successfully manage projects to be on time and within budget.
July 1978 to July 1981United States ArmyFirst Lieutenant
Two assignments serving as Executive Office involving in the supervision of up to 400 enlisted personnel and 18 Second Lieutenants.
Proven Technical Experience
Operating Systems:Windows NT/2000, Novell, MS Windows 95/98, MS Windows, MS-DOS,
VMS, Macintosh, Unix
Networking:PC LANs (Windows NT, MS LAN Manager, Pathworks, Novell, Appletalk)
Local and Wide Area Networking Topology (Bridges, Routers, and other Networking Components) SNA Connectivity
Network Protocol (DECnet, TCP/IP, X.25, X.400)
Web/Multimedia Development:Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash 5.0, Frontpage, Adobe PDF Writer,
Java programming, Video encoding software and HyperStudio
Accomplishments:Written and published a book called “I Can Do This! A Teaching Faculty Guide to Technology in the Classroom”
Education:- Fairfield University, Master of Arts – Instructional Development 2001
- Mercy College, Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Science 1985
- St. Bonaventure University, Bachelor of Science in Education - ROTC Graduate 1978