Experience

Associate Director of Network Infrastructure

Accountable for designing and managing campus network infrastructure including firewalls, routers, circuits, switches, IDS, IPS, and wireless networks. Responsible for daily operations and security of approximately thirty servers running Exchange, SQL, SharePoint Portal, Group Policy, Scripting, Performance Monitoring, Vulnerability Assessments and Active Directory Administration for 1200 nodes across three remote campuses. Active faculty member for CIS courses in Networking Fundamentals.

John A. Logan College - Carterville, Illinois 2000-Current.

Entrepreneur

Business owner of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) business. Responsibilities included daily business operations, technical implementation, and security of WAN/LAN network operations for 800 active user accounts through frame-relay and fixed wireless broadband connectivity. Managed employees and developed standards, guidelines and procedures for business operations. Planned business continuity and disaster recovery plans for service redundancy.

OneCliq Internet Services - Du Quoin, Illinois 1996-2000.

Manager of Information Systems

Manager of Information Systems. Managed IT environment for Schutt Sports manufacturing in Southern Illinois. Schutt Sports manufactures football, hockey and baseball helmets. Contractually employed for one year in absence of the previous manager of information systems.

Schutt Sports - Salem, Illinois, 1999-2000.

Faculty

Instructed students on how to prepare and pass the A+ Certification and MCP networking certification exams. Instruction on Microsoft Office applications.

John A. Logan College - Carterville, Illinois 1998-1999.

 Instructor

Organized learning materials and instructed high school teachers in seminar based night classes on Microsoft® Windows 95, Word 97, Excel 97, PowerPoint 97 and the Internet.

Terasys Inc - Du Quoin, Illinois 1997-1998.

Computer Technician

On site computer troubleshooting and repair technician for IBM compatible systems. Replaced internal components such as motherboards, hard drives, modems, sound cards, display adapters, power supplies and network cards.

WANG Laboratories - Des Plaines, Illinois 1996-1998.

Computer Technician

Computer technician for IBM compatible systems.

Blue Chip Micro - Carbondale, Illinois 1996-1997.

BBS Operator

Established “Electronic Bulletin Board Service” with nineteen 28.8bps modems allowing users to connect and download files, local email, post messages and play games. First service to offer Internet e-mail in 20 mile area around Du Quoin via satellite downlink.

Cybalink - Du Quoin, Illinois 1992-1996.

Computer Lab Assistant

Assisted students with computer related questions. Enforced acceptable use policies and maintained a clean work environment for students and staff.

John A. Logan College - Carterville, Illinois 1992-1993.