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Charlotte, NC

Experience

Confidential

Principal Consultant

  • Serve as anindependent consultant specializing in messaging and collaborative technologies, including Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint Servers.
  • Authored and taught four Exchange Server 2007, 2010, and 2013 courses.
  • Authored and taught twenty-onedifferent SharePoint training classes, covering the 2007, 2010, and 2013 versions that are still being taught today. Averaging 20-30 public sessions per month.
  • Contributed content for a book for aPress Publishing, entitled Pro Project Management for SharePoint Server 2010 .
  • Responsible for deploying several large Exchange and SharePoint deployments for healthcare, large university, and government organizations.
  • Maintain and manage a staff of nine consultants and trainers.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

  • Served as a senior consultant specializing in messaging and collaborative technologies, including Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint Servers.
  • Served as trainer for Microsoft Exchange 2003 and 2007 for Global Knowledge, Inc.
  • Served as co-course director for Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 course curriculum.
  • Assisted with several large deployments of Windows Networks, Active Directory and Exchange Server ranging from 25-15000 users.

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

  • Maintaining Linux and Solaris servers providing Internet services for an active customer base of over 750,000.
  • Assisted in the design and implementation of a high-performance, high-availability cluster for email services. Consisting of 46 dual-processor Xeon blade servers, the system currently handles the transfer of over 4 million email messages per day and provides spam and virus filtering, as well as a web-based email gateway for customers.
  • Maintaining Linux and Windows servers that facilitate the delivery of web services for customers. Current count of active web sites is exceeding 20,000.
  • Assisted in the merger of a similar-sized communications company. This merger is still ongoing and requires the migration of all business systems as well as Internet services such as email, web, and domain name service.
  • Maintaining network of Solaris systems that facilitate packet based long distance communications. Responsibilities include daily system monitoring as well as operating system and application upgrades in 24 remote markets.
  • Responsibilities include the creation of shell and Perl scripts to assist in the automation of system administration tasks.
  • Maintaining daily backup responsibilities with Vertias NetBackup Server with an ADIC 1000 robotic library.
  • Obtained Solaris OS Systems Administration certification.
  • Evaluating Sun's Java Enterprise products, including the Sun One communications system for use in current environment to possibly replace existing systems as customer requirements and business needs change.
  • Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP Professional, RedHat Enterprise Server 3.0, RedHat Satellite Server, Solaris 5.7 and 5.8, Internet Information Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Apache, Sendmail, Postfix, Spam Assassin, PureMessage, Veritas NetBackup.
  • Hardware utilized: IBM BladeCenter servers, Dell PowerEdge servers, Sun Enterprise and Netra servers, Network Appliance storage area networks, ADIC robotic tape library.

Confidential

Technology Manager Motor Yacht Tatoosh

  • Managed audio/visual and IT technology for a 93-meter private yacht.
  • Provided support for 34 live-aboard crewmembers.
  • Worked as a liaison to a 125-person software development and hardware engineering team.
  • Managed projects for hardware and software upgrades as well as for new installations.
  • Maintained satellite systems for telephone, television and high-speed Internet connectivity.
  • Maintained Avaya digital telephone system.
  • Maintained internal cable plant for audio and video distribution. Barco modulators were utilized for audio and video distribution.
  • Installed and maintained an audio and video-on-demand system that offered guests approximately 75,000 tracks of audio as well as over
  • 12,000 full-length movies and television programs.
  • Created remote content replication system that would keep onboard audio and video up-to-date on a daily basis.
  • Coordinated shipment of equipment, software and tools worldwide.
  • Maintained gyro-stabilized video camera mounted on a helicopter.
  • Installed and maintained an ROV remotely operated vehicle for underwater exploration. Video from ROV was modulated throughout the ship and was recorded for burning onto a DVD.
  • Installed and maintained Macintosh OS X based DVD authoring station.
  • Served as backup Technology Manager for 3 additional vessels.
  • Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000
  • Advanced Server, Windows XP Professional, Linux, Microsoft
  • Exchange Server, Internet Information Server, Microsoft Windows
  • Media Services, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, AMX Netlinx Studio, AMX Axcess, ASP, HTML, and DHTML.
  • Hardware utilized: Compaq Proliant servers, IBM Thinkpad laptops, AMX Axcent 2, AMX Axcent 3, AMX NetLinx, Autopatch A/V Routers, JRC Satcom B systems, SeaTel satellite systems, Orbit satellite systems, Wescam gyro-stabilized camera system, SeaEye ROV, Barco television modulators and demodulators, Cisco routers and switches, and miscellaneous consumer and professional A/V equipment.

Confidential

Senior Software Design Engineer, Streaming Media

  • Designed, developed and maintained CrummyTV , a web based streaming media application that allows the user to control audio and video sources remotely. Currently deployed in 7 locations worldwide.
  • Assisted deployment team in the initial installation of CrummyTV encoders and equipment in remote locations. Deployment consisted of building servers, installing all application software and utilities, the installation of AMX controllers and equipment wiring.
  • Designed, developed and maintain In-House TV , a web based streaming application that utilizes multicast protocols to broadcast television signals over the corporate network. Currently supports approximately 500 users with 3 channels of content.
  • Designed, developed, and maintained MiniServer , an array of off-the-shelf servers that facilitate the recording and archival of television programming from cable and satellite sources. Currently consists of 14 servers archiving approximately 20 hours of content daily.
  • Served as project manager and liaison to Silicon Graphics SGI hardware and software engineers to develop HDTV video streaming solution utilizing SGI UNIX systems.
  • Worked on high performance clustering solutions for the Linux and Windows operating systems to facilitate the high-speed transcoding of MPEG-2 video content.
  • Worked as a liaison between the Advanced Development and Studio groups to facilitate the cross-pollination of development efforts.
  • Worked with the Research Group for the evaluation of Microsoft's upcoming .NET infrastructure. Research includes .NET Server, Visual Basic .NET, C , and ASP.NET development languages.
  • Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP Professional, Linux, SGI Irix, Internet Information Server, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows Media Services, FrontPage 2000, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Adobe Photoshop, AMX Netlinx Studio, AMX Axcess, ASP, HTML, and DHTML.
  • Hardware utilized: Compaq Proliant servers, Compaq Proliant blade servers, AMX Axcent 2, AMX NetLinx, Autopatch A/V Routers, and miscellaneous consumer and professional A/V equipment.

Confidential

Senior Web Administrator

  • Maintained Internet, Intranet and Extranet server infrastructures.
  • Served as the web administration liaison to the web applications group.
  • Suggested and developed policies and procedures for application development.
  • Maintained data connections between web services and Oracle database systems running on Sun and Windows servers.
  • Served as team lead for Cox's change management group. Responsible for all server downtime and maintenance for the web applications and administration groups and was responsible for communicating such outages company wide.
  • Developed infrastructure for streaming media to remote locations throughout the United States.
  • Responsible for Windows 2000 deployment on production web servers. Involved detailed testing of over 650 web projects on internal and external networks.
  • Involved in the integration of an e-commerce system to allow customer bill payment, ordering of services and pay-per-view movies and detailed account information. Included gateway software for communications with AS-400 billing system.
  • Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Internet Information Server, Windows 98, Solaris, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Windows Media Services, FrontPage 98 2000, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, RadWare WSD load balancing hardware, Adobe Photoshop, ASP, HTML, and DHTML.
  • Hardware utilized: Dell Poweredge servers, HP NetServer servers, Compaq Proliant servers, Sun Servers, IBM AS/400, RADWare load balancing routers, Cisco routers.

Confidential

Web Applications Developer

  • Developed and maintained ASP-based web applications.
  • Developed and maintained COM and MTS objects.
  • Served as lead developer for Cox University, a web based training applications for Cox Employees.
  • Utilized Oracle, SQL Server and Access databases.
  • Represented Cox Communications at international CBT Systems conference in San Francisco, California. Presented demonstrations of our self-paced computer learning system developed in-house.
  • Assisted in the development of an e-commerce system to allow customer bill payment, ordering of services and pay-per-view movies and detailed account information. Included gateway software for communications with AS-400 billing system.
  • Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Oracle, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft FrontPage 98, ERWin, Adobe Photoshop, ASP, HTML, and DHTML.

Confidential

President

  • Designed and developed web solutions for the music industry.
  • Utilized streaming media technologies to broadcast live concerts over the Internet.
  • Designed, developed and maintained an electronic commerce solution written in Microsoft's Active Server Pages and Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Built working relationships with large record labels, e-commerce partners and music artists.
  • Served as visiting faculty at Musician's Institute in Hollywood, California. Spoke with students on the benefits of interactive technologies for the music industry.
  • Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Sun OS, Internet Information Server, Apache, Windows Media Services, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Microsoft FrontPage, ASP, HTML, DHTML, and Flash.
  • Hardware utilized: HP NetServer servers, Cobalt Linux server appliances, Miscellaneous laptop computers, Mackie mixing consoles, various professional recording equipment and broadcast gear.

1994 1996 Virtual Resources, Inc Atlanta, GA

Web Developer and Webmaster

  • Worked on contract with Intermedia Communications in Tampa, Florida as lead developer of IS department Intranet.
  • Assisted in the design, development and Webmaster roles of corporate web site.
  • Worked directly with clients as a consultant for developing web applications and support infrastructures.
  • Trained with Open Market, Inc. on new e-commerce software applications.
  • Trained with Microsoft on the development and deployment of Microsoft Commerce Server.
  • Trained with Edify, Inc. for the installation, development and support of their customer interaction systems, including telephone and web based interfaces.
  • Experience and Tools utilized: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, Linux, Sun OS, Solaris, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Internet Information Server, Apache, Microsoft Visual Interdev, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Commerce Server, ASP, HTML and DHTML.
  • Hardware utilized: Compaq Proliant servers, HP NetServer servers, various Linux servers, Cisco routers and switches, Bay Networks routers and switches.

Confidential

Chief Technical Officer

  • Built Atlanta's first commercial dial-up Internet Service Provider.
  • Assisted in the design and implementation of the original infrastructure.
  • Built all Internet related services including ftp, gopher, web, DNS, mail and news services.
  • Worked directly with customers with setup and provisioning of dial-up Internet connectivity and ISDN configuration.
  • Assisted with the installation and design of several other ISP's, including Mindspring and Internet CSRA in Augusta, Georgia.
  • Worked with major Internet carriers including Sprint, MCI and PSI.
  • Experience and Tools utilized: Sun OS, Solaris, Mandrake Linux, Mac OS 7, Microsoft Windows 3.11, NNTP, BIND, Apache, Sendmail.
  • Hardware utilized: Sun Sparcstations 1, 1 , 2, and 10, Cisco Routers, and miscellaneous dial-up and ISDN modems.

Development Experience

C, C , C BASH and C Shell Scripting UNIX Linux Windows PowerShell Python Perl PHP Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP.NET JavaScript Visual Basic and VB Script HTML and DHTML XML SQL

Operating System Experience

Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft NT 4.0 Workstation and Server Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 8, 8.1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Microsoft Windows 2003R2 Server Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Microsoft Windows 2008R2 Server Microsoft Windows 2012 Server Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Server Mac OS and Mac OS X Sun OS and Solaris HP Unix Silicon Graphics IRIX IBM AIX Linux including: RedHat, SUSE, Gentoo, Slackware, Debian, and others

Tools

Internet Information Server Apache Web Server Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Basic Microsoft Office Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft SharePoint Server Microsoft Operations Manager Microsoft Windows Media Services Macromedia Dreamweaver Macromedia Flash Oracle MySQL Apache 1.3 and 2.0 Sendmail Postfix Spam Assassin PureMessage ERWin Webtrends Enterprise Edition AMX Netlinx Studio

Other Activities and Interests

FAA licensed pilot Licensed Amateur Radio Operator NRA Certified Pistol Instructor NRA Certified Range Safety Officer

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