Dean H. Sockman

**** ***** ***** . **** 304-***-**** . Cell 304-***-****

Elkview, WV 25071 . abk8ex@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

More than 25 years of experience in Information Technology performing

programming, testing, maintenance, and system administration in the Oil and

Gas industry including 12 years of experience as a GIS System Administrator

with both Intergraph FRAMME and ESRI ArcGIS. Effective system

administrator with record of success implementing and maintaining

multimillion-dollar projects and assuming full responsibility for technical

support, documentation, maintenance, and upgrading of the systems.

Geographic Information Desktop support PC software installation

Systems installation and Customer support and and support

support service Server software

CADD software Server support installation and support

installation and support Server migrations

Major system migrations Hardware installation

System development Backup administration and support

System Design testing Software/hardware Mainframe systems

and implementation purchasing Software Licensing

Citrix administration

Expertise

System Administration and support

. Provide system administration and support for the ArcGIS system.

. Member of a team that successfully migrated from the previous

Intergraph FRAMME GIS System to an ESRI ArcGIS 9.1 system.

. Served as System Manager for the PI Historian System.

. Perform data loading for Arc databases in Oracle 9i.

. Provide desktop support for Windows 2000/XP Professional users.

. Perform server installation, configuration, and maintenance of ESRI

ArcGIS 9.1 and 9.2 software.

. Responsible for the installation, upgrade, maintenance, and

troubleshooting of MicroStation (CADD) software and other CADD related

software (I/RAS B, I/RAS C, InterPlot, etc.).

. Provide for Software Licensing installation, maintenance, and support.

. Setup and installation of printer/plotter software and drivers.

. Perform system backup and restore administration.

. Perform server migration.

User support and training

. Write documentation for system procedures and flows.

. Provide training and technical support for CADD and GIS software users.

Mainframe and programming

. Reduced monthly run time of mainframe Appalachian Gas Systems from 40

hours to 25 hours by multi-tasking of procedures.

. Programming in mainframe systems using COBOL, DB2, and CICS.

. Provided Systems Analysis for various mainframe systems.

Dean H. Sockman

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Employment History

IBM Global Services (contractor for Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation - Charleston, WV

IT Architect/Specialist (07/2005 - Present)

GIS Systems Administrator, PI Systems Manager, Systems Administration.

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation - Charleston, WV

Sr. Programmer/Analyst (05/2000 - 06/2005)

GIS Systems Administrator, Systems Administration, Sr. Programmer,

Programmer.

Education

WEST VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Montgomery, WV

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

MARSHALL UNIVERSITY GRADUATE COLLEGE - South Charleston, WV

Master of Science, Information Systems

CONTINUING EDUCATION

. Windows systems

. System Architecture and Design for ArcGIS (ESRI)

. Performance and Scalability for ArcGIS (ESRI)

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