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Bishop, California, United States

• Implement the Inyo-Mono Broadband Consortium Activities as part of the CPUC Consortia Grant.• Coordinate regional broadband-related grant applications and activities.• California Broadband Cooperative Board Member for the County of Inyo, Chair of the Board of Directors.

• Responsible for all information technology services and support for 29 geographically dispersed departments.• Manage a $2.2M annual budget that includes internal service fund billing and cost-plan billing.• Salvaged and completed a stalled Property Tax Management System project that was initially started in 2012.• Developed a 5-year strategic initiative plan: 8 of 10 completed, 2 in progress.Managed the implementation of a new Board Streaming Service and paperless Automated Agenda system.• Managed the Website Redesign Project, allowing Departments to easily update content and better inform the public.• Coordinated upgrades for the Financial Management System, Elections System, DA Case Management System.• California Broadband Cooperative Board Member for the County, current Chair of the Board of Directors.• Replaced the 15-year-old network switch and firewall infrastructure to support the VoIP Phone System and Wi-Fi projects.• Migrated to Microsoft 365, replaced network firewalls, virtualized 13 aging servers.• In response to the pandemic, rapidly established secure, remote-work solution, adjusted strategic initiatives timeline.• Created a new datacenter in the County’s new consolidated office building, moved and connected all end-user IT equipment for 200 people from 7 rented office locations into our new consolidated office building in 12 days.• Directly Supervised an impressive team of 11 professionals, supporting the same number of systems as much larger counties.

Novato, Ca

• Responsible for Infrastructure Services supporting networking, server infrastructure and data storage for the County.• Responsible for Business Services, planning and managing a $20 million annual budget, managing and operating the Project Management Office, and managing and operating the HR processes and activities in the department.• Responsible for Service Agreements supporting unique needs of departments with embedded IT specialists.• Directly supervised 5 employees and indirectly responsible for 45 employees.• Increased collaboration between the regional constituents of the Marin Information Data Access System network by reviving regular collaboration and planning meetings, improving transparency and openness regarding services and costs, and establishing a more formal approach to shared governance of the network.• Managed broadband expansion interests and activities of the Marin Broadband Task Force, part of the 4-county North Bay / North Coast Broadband Consortium.• Salvaged a stalled project to develop an implementation plan for an ADA Section 508 Compliance Program.• Revised 15-year-old acceptable use policy to support current organizational and technology needs.• Worked with our team to develop a business case and detailed migration plan for Office 365 for 2000 employees.• As part of the department’s Executive Team, developed the final draft of the department’s Strategic Plan, and participated in several presentations to share our plan with several of the other County departments.• Selected to participate in a pilot coaching program Performance Coaching in Organizations.Part of a great team of about 100 people in the Department.

• Responsible for transformational change in the IT services supporting the College’s mission within planned budgets.• Successful project leader for the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation resulting in the College’s first-ever, secure Web-based access to services for over 5000 students and about 700 employees.• Improved reliability and uptime by standardizing computer configuration processes, streamlining system delivery processes and automating system account creation and access processes, resulting in increased customer satisfaction.• Correctly anticipated technology shifts and made sound strategic decisions saving hundreds of thousands of dollars.• Direct the management, use, support and purchase of all technology for the College with 1200 computer workstations, 35 physical servers, 120 virtual servers, four storage area networks and redundant security appliances.• Plan and manage a $1.2 million annual budget, consistently reducing consumable and annual maintenance costs.

Paw Paw, Il

• Quickly brought stability and usability to the District’s systems without prior transitional support or documentation.• Secured 3 separate networks, each with mail and file servers, supported 800 user accounts and 254 workstations.• Improved system reliability and uptime, enhanced services and support, and increased end-user satisfaction.• Trained faculty, developed and implemented the District technology plan, developed IT policies and practices.

Sterling, Il

• Designed, proposed and installed networks and computer systems with excellent customer satisfaction.• Assembled, installed, secured and maintained servers and workstations, diagnosed and resolved system issues.• Purchased components, software and systems, maintained equipment inventory, proposed plans for new IT services.

Defense Language Institute, Monterey, Ca

• Managed and directed all aspects of the Russian Arms Control Speaking Proficiency Course at the Defense Language Institute for the Arms Control Division of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.• Designed, purchased, integrated and maintained an innovative wireless language training classroom that was used as the model for portable language training classrooms to support Operation Enduring Freedom.• Converted training and reference materials into digital textbooks, developed Web-based DTRA language training resource, providing current, easily updated resources to students and military linguists around the world.• Supervised 11 instructors and up to 30 military students, planned and managed $750,000 annual budget.

U.S. Embassy, Moscow, Russia

• Coordinated U.S. arms control treaty negotiations and activities with various Russian Ministries.• U.S. Diplomatic Representative, Russian interpreter, escorted U.S. aircraft operating over Russian airspace.• Developed system requirements, designed, installed and maintained a secure 17-workstation computer network.• Coordinated networking security requirements for new construction with multiple U.S. agencies on two continents.• Planned and managed $1.4 million annual budget.

On-Site Inspection Agency, Washington, Dc

• Directed and supported the initial phases of the Chemical Weapons Convention activities in the U.S.• Established On-Site Inspection Agency (OSIA) office automation systems, procedures and training plans on Johnston Island, for initial monitoring operations at Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Destruction facility.• Coordinated the development of IT systems in support of chemical weapons destruction in Russia.

North Yorkshire, Uk

• Formulated operating policies with multinational requirements to direct national assets worth billions of dollars.• Conceptualized, developed and implemented new multinational collection and processing initiatives and tasking requirements with mission planners, operations management and technical support leadership.• System Manager for Sun Microsystems workstations, automated and streamlined application upgrades for 50 users.• Developed user applications to automate classified files audits; standardized station-wide networking procedures.

West Berlin, Germany

• Analyzed adversary air combat tactics, collaborated with U.S. and foreign fighter pilots at the European Tactics Analysis Team conferences, and directly contributed to the multi-service manual for combat tactics.• Senior German Analyst, developed and administered standardization evaluations and training programs.• Configured and managed a network of five Silicon Graphics 4D-series workstations and a DEC MicroVAX.• Created three-dimensional, multi-media digital and video presentations depicting aerial combat engagements.

Mcs, Computer Science

B.S., Computer And Information Science

B.A., Russian

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Tau