Experience:

Executive Director, Bedford Main Street, Inc.

Bedford, VA 24523

August 2009 – Present

Responsibilities: Joint advertising and promotions for 150 retail and service merchant community. Planning, organization, and setup of small (500 people) and large (20,000+ people) festivals, including parades. Grant writing and government funding requests. Design, program, and implement a Cold Fusion database-enabled website.

Computer Consultant

Bedford, VA 24523

November 2006 – Present

Responsibilities: Independent computer consultant specializing in residential and small businesses. Software installation, training and support, hardware installation and repair, large and small network, data storage and backup, e-commerce, and database-driven websites.

Owner, Bedford General Store

Bedford, VA 24523

June 2010 – July 2011

Responsibilities:

Responsible for daily operations, staff management, customer service, and payroll.

3 month Renovation of a 100+ year old, 11,000 sq ft building into a retail sales business incubator environment. Project management and supervision of all phases of renovation. Responsible for all compliance of all city, county and state licensing requirements.

Owner, Manager, Bedford Social Club (Restaurant)

Bedford, VA 24523

March 2005 – 2008

Responsibilities:

9 month Renovation of a 100+ year old building into an eighty seat fine dining establishment. Project management and supervision of all phases of renovation. Responsible for all compliance of all city, county and state licensing requirements including alcoholic beverage control. Design web browser-based PC network for application in the food service environment to include reservations, wireless, touch screen product ordering, preparation and delivery. Maintenance of same. Responsible for all accounting, advertising, marketing and customer exchanges.

DBA/Senior Application Developer, SeatonCorp

Staffing Firm dealing mostly with large scale assembly line staffing requirements

Los Angeles, CA 90049 / Chicago, IL 60610

February 2001 – September 2006

Responsibilities:

Design, develop and deploy a password protected corporate Intranet to 600 employees across 13 states. Act as liaison to all company units. All HR form distribution, accounting, payroll processing and distribution of financial information moved to electronic form. Within 6 months all marketing and advertising materials were distributed companywide over the Internet. Within 12 months 30% of all new employee screening was performed via web-based forms and tests and then assigned an interview date and directed to the appropriate call center for interviews.

Design, develop and deploy a password protected Intranet application to create newspaper, radio and online advertisements. Finished ads were automatically emailed, faxed or shared online for collaboration and/or dynamically placed with single or multiple advertisers. Developed back end web-based accounting system to track client cost, advertising cost and multi-client billing. Management team for this application grew to 25 people.

Design, develop and deploy a PDA based website for all employee and office contact information.

Part of a team that managed new offices in India that managed screening, interviewing, hiring and training of all IT personnel. India offices ran 3 shifts daily, 7 days a week and employed over 50 people across all company functions.

Company based in Chicago. I worked for the first year and a half from my home office in Los Angeles, Ca., and the last 4 years from my home office in Bedford, VA.

Software applications and tools included: Windows XP, Oracle, RedBrick, MS SQL, MySQL, MS Access, Cold-Fusion MX, 7, 8, E-commerce, iMIS e-series, Studio, ASP, Photoshop, Flash, Shockwave, MS Office Suite, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Crystal Reports, Quickbooks, Peachtree.

Suissa Miller Advertising, Team Leader Internet Advertising

Los Angeles, CA 90049

January 2000 – September 2002

Responsibilities:

Supervise creation and distribution of all Internet Advertising, Copyright Infringement Management. Manage team of graphic designers to create multiple client websites and appropriate web presences. Responsible for the management of over 20 clients to determine needs and develop Internet strategies.

Event411.com, Cold Fusion Programmer/DBA, Team Leader, Application Security

Los Angeles, CA 90024

April 1999 – January 2000

Responsibilities:

Supervise management of multiple database-driven websites. Manage team of 5 coldfusion developers and 2 Oracle DBA’s. Design and develop a secure programming environment using Visual Source Safe. Design and develop prototype for wrapper based application to be used in the banking/mortgage industry. Responsible for all software installations and upgrades. Responsible for all software licensing requirements.

Webmaster, DBA, 360 Communications / ALLTEL Communications

Chicago, IL 60631

June 1997 – April 1999

Responsibilities:

Design and develop the infrastructure, and supervise

the management of an Internet and Intranet web site,

using listed programming languages. Create custom

images; 3D, animations, and image maps. Customization

of MS Internet Explorer and rollout of application,

allowing Internet and Intranet access to 4500 users in

15 states. Design and develop Internet/Intranet

training program. Third level support for Internet

browser and related software applications. Gathering

business requirements of multiple constituencies and

developing proposals for technology solutions that can

be leveraged across business units. Analyze needs of,

and develop computer-based training for associates.

Perform web usage statistical analysis and reporting.

Maintain internal DNS for the organization spanning

10,000+ page Intranet. Develop and maintain year 2000

compliance records for all Internet/Intranet related

hardware and software. Ongoing hardware and software

LAN/WAN troubleshooting in multi-platform environment.

Network Security Manager, Sprint Cellular / 360 Communications

Chicago, IL 60631

January 1997 - June 1997

Responsibilities:

Design and develop hardware and software protocols to manage a Network Security Process that was implemented company-wide across fifteen

states. Assist with capital budgeting process.

LAN Administrator, Sprint Cellular

Chicago, IL 60631

November 1995 - January 1997

Responsibilities:

Supervise telephone and local support of 700+ users at

corporate office. Installation, maintenance, and

support of network applications. Develop and implement

training program for associates. Maintain hardware and

software standards. Design, test, and implement

hardware, and software application changes and

updates. Assist with the maintenance and administration of CBIS villing system and RedBrick database applications.

Computer Sales, Jeffries Technologies

Los Angeles, CA 90064

December 1993 - November 1994

Responsibilities:

Hardware and software sales, developing solutions for specific client needs. Responsible for vendor comparisons, and relationships. Client hardware and software setup and support.

Skills:

Operating System Platforms: Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT Server 3.51/4.0, 98, 95, 3.1/WFW, DOS 6.2, OS/2, UNIX (Solaris), Novell 3.12/4.11, MAC System X

Programming Languages: HTML, Cold Fusion 8, DHTML, ASP, PHP, JavaScript, Java, VB, Perl, and CGI

Database Applications: MS Access, MS SQL, mySQL, Oracle, Filemaker Pro

Desktop Publishing: Adobe Acrobat Exchange, MS Publisher

Graphics Design: Corel Draw, Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoShop, Lview

Software Applications: IBM NetFinity, MS Office Suite (Access, Excel, Word, Power Point, Project), Visio, WordPerfect, Chameleon, Quicken, Peachtree

Internet Related Applications: Netscape Navigator 1-4.x, Internet Explorer 1-8, RealAudio, MS Exchange Server 5.0, MS Proxy 1.0/2.0, Cold Fusion Studio MX, Webtrends, MS IIS 3.0/4.0, Netscape Enterprise Server (NT/UNIX), Open Market TransAct and LiveCommerce E-Commerce application suite

Communication-type Applications: DNS, RAS, FTP, Telnet, WinFax, WinComm, Procomm Plus, MS Mail, cc:Mail, Outlook

Network Security Applications: Checkpoint Firewall-1, Gauntlet

Training:

Advanced Cisco Router Configuration

Cisco Router Network Design and Troubleshooting

Network Routing Protocols, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP

Network Security

Conducting Business on the Internet

E-Commerce on the Internet

Intranet/Internet Design and Implementation

Cold Fusion Web design, development, and implementation

TCP/IP Networking Protocols (IP/IPX)

Access Database Administration and Maintenance

SQL Database Administration and Maintenance

Certificate Programs/Training:

Checkpoint Firewall-1 3.0 (CCSA), TCP/IP-based Network Security Administration, Microsoft NT v4.0 Security Administrator, Certified Novell Administrator 4.11 (CNA).

Project Planning Experience:

Developed, implemented, and maintained an Internet presence for the organization. Responsibilities included: Domain Name acquisition, ISP selection, Circuit installation and management, and E-Mail addressing issues. Developed and implemented a six-month plan for redesign of 10,000+ page corporate Intranet.

Education:

University Of Arizona

BS Molecular and Cellular Biology - 1993

Military Experience:

U.S. Marine Corps

Communication Security / Crisis/Emergency Shipping Clerk

Security Clearance : Final Secret

Honorable Discharge, E-4, 1983-1989

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Daniel A. Plattus

Phone: 540-***-****

Email: ivjjmi@r.postjobfree.com

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