Tech Dir
Assist with planning and developing educational systems for students in grades k-12. Working with administration, professional staff, and support staff to provide technology systems that support learning activities and various school initiatives, functions and operations.Some significant accomplishments since employment are expanding local PC populations, server population, print services, and various applications for both instructional and operational initiatives. From a single server expanding to over twenty servers and most recently planning a migration to virtual systems. From an initial PC population of approximately 90 PCs to now over 3000 devices (PCs, MACs, laptops, iPads, etc. One of the most significant was planning and managing a district owned fiber implementation for all facilities in and around the high school campus then later planning and implementing connections to all outlying schools and building by leasing dark fibers. All school buildings are now connected with 10GB fiber connections. This infrastructure helps facilitate many initiatives and greatly improves implementation timelines. The strategies and methods employed have significantly reduced connectivity costs over time and costs incurred with implementation have long been recovered while continuing to pay dividends.Another area of emphasis has been to assist with outside funds procurement and efficient cost savings with funds expenditures with both internal funds and external funding received. Served as Erate coordinator since program inception. Erate is a federal program which provides funds to schools and libraries for specific technology items in acquisition, service, and maintenance. Erate planning requires analysis of existing systems, research and analysis of eligible products and services, preparing and posting requests for proposals, reviewing, evaluating and selecting proposals, purchasing, implementation, and funds reimbursement management for all approved applications.