Supervises SPAWAR staff ship wide information technology, weapon and sensor updates and new installations.

 Project Manager, Active Directory upgrade from 2000 mixed mode to 2008 R2 native. Project Manager, security suite for user authentication and automated password resets. Monitored and executed Budget across all IT business units, reporting variances and adjusting fund expenditures as needed to support IT and all business units. Performed corporate asset inventory, working with accounting to validate/remove both low and high value assets. Reduced county/state tax by approximately 30%. Part of a team that revolutionized our automated data processing with 3rd party software review/testing; AUTOMATE software allow team to eliminate manual http/ftp pull and various other manual human tasks; with built in alerts/notifications. Monitor network connectivity and software/hardware performance to all servers are maintained up to date with window security updates and associated firmware.  Resolve customer related technical software, hardware, (to include networking and security) issues; perform tier I, II & III troubleshooting and diagnostic (from answering the phone to touching the hardware at the clients location and or researching with hardware/software vendor). Track all incident utilizing home grown Lotus Notes program. Review and test new technologies (Virtual Servers & Machines) to integrate into and enhance or upgrade our LAN architecture. Create/update troubleshooting scripts, training/system documentation and incident reports. Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning architect lead within Operations. Conduct systems backups including recovery and testing processes to ensure the ability of the company to resume computer operations after system failures and natural disasters.  Monitor and validate the performance of all daily and nightly processing against various databases and applications to ensure that such are performed in a timely, error-free manner.

Continually transforming the Meteorology & Oceanography Reserve community through education to support the active duty components through direct support of the operational oceanography warfare directorates and through mobilization readiness.

 Deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan as executive officer, operations officer, security manager & information management officer. Supervising 40+ military personnel from all services that transport and protect distinguished visitors (Secretary of Defense, foreign presidents, etc) to the region that shapes the course for future military operations.

 Provides training in military drill, discipline and naval tradition; prepares cross-assigned personnel and members awaiting billet assignment to be mobilization assets, ready for full integration into the fleet. Ensures processing of awards, evaluation, physical fitness tests, training are completed as required. Provide career development and guidance to junior personnel both enlisted & officer.

 A business enterprise that performs installation of "Smart" technologies, to include networking, automation and creating a home theatre environment. Specializing in PC controlled home devices on Microsoft based software that can be accessed remotely. Also provides custom built Microsoft workstations and servers, and computer training. Developed and maintains flash page website (DeansSoundSolutions.com).

 High/low voltage electrical wiring, both commercial and residential structures to include phone/networking. Troubleshooting electrical/data wiring and training junior employees.

 Led the successful introduction of next generation anti-malicious code pro-active software suite, in a Microsoft Windows environment, on a customized Guided Missile Cruiser computer hardware platform named “Independent Host-based Intrusive Behavior Terminator (INHIBT)”. Authorized the expenditures and payroll of $15.2 million budget. Prepared and tested hardware/software configuration on Microsoft Server 2003 & IIS. Performed weekly briefing updates on status of project; utilized Microsoft Project & Visio. Coordinated with software/hardware vendors to negotiate purchases, solve interoperability issues and deliverable dates. Managed a multi-disciplined team of Information Technology (IT) security experts.

 Managed a staff, both personal and professional development, of 18 employees, a $16.5k budget and a $2 million equipment inventory. Installed and administered Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental Subsystems (NITES) computer suite to include associated hardware/software (Microsoft/Linux environment). Administered both classified and unclassified local area networks. Prepared disaster recovery procedures to include full and incremental tape back-ups, off-site data storage, RAID configurations and uninterrupted power supply testing.

 Managed a staff of 16 employees in a highly stressful environment while deployed overseas.  Maintained 24/7 operations to ensure the successful completion of air/land/sea missions. Designed and implemented a robust meteorological and oceanography intranet website on classified and unclassified networks.

 Responsible for the design, purchase, testing and implementation of the Microsoft Exchange Server (both classified and unclassified systems) hardware and software architecture for the migration from Lotus CCMAIL. Installed, configured and evaluated Microsoft Cluster Server for implementation. Created ghost images of workstations using Norton Ghost for system/data recovery.  Subject matter expert and superb operational manager and technician. Via the help desk, quickly resolved all customer support issues quickly and correctly. Rapidly assessed and prioritized efforts in all equipment outage and troubleshooting situations which ensured minimal disruption of Department of Defense (DoD) and NATO forces worldwide.