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A Community's Response to Free-Nets: Implications for the Community-Based Telecomputing

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Daryle Niedermayer, I.S.P., ITCP, PMP

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Accomplishments

Managed a $1.3M USD project to Disaster Recovery enable 47 applications for a large U.S.-

based financial investment firm. The project involved replicating and recovering terabytes

of data for enterprise-wide applications as well as ensuring the recovery of data and

applications used by a dozen different business units.

Managed a complex, $4 billion pension conversion project involving three other

organizations including the conversion of financial history and the development of an

automated reconciliation system to ensure the quality of the conversion.

Supervised and mentored a wide range of successful student projects with industry

partners including: a steel inventory and forecasting system for Edwards Group, a

paperless document and case management system for Horizon School District s counseling

department, a driver assessment system for Weatherford International, an inventory

management system for Southland Trailers, a xeriscaping design database, a residential

room reservation and resident tracking system for Lethbridge College, and a lab exam

scheduler for, Lethbridge College.

Managed and coordinated the migration of Microsoft SQL 7.0, 2000, and 2003 production

databases to a Microsoft Clustered SQL environment for a large U.S. financial investment

firm. This migration involved over 220 databases used by 50 applications and containing

over 1 terabytes of data.

Education

M.Ed. (Information Technology), Memorial University, St. John s, NF

B.Sc. (Computer Science) with Great Distinction, University of Regina, Regina, SK

B.A. (Sociology) with Distinction, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

Professional Certifications

ITCP (Information Technology Certified Professional), Canadian Information Processing

Society

PMP (Project Management Professional), Project Management Institute

I.S.P. (Information Systems Professional of Canada), Canadian Information Processing

Society

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, TAA40104, Holmesglen Institute, Melbourne

Australia

Certified as a PRINCE2 Practitioner

Certified by the Government of Canada as having a security level of Reliability Status.

Certificate #95369329.

Skills

Databases:

Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL (MS-SQL), DB2, Microsoft Access

Languages:

Java (including JSPs, EJBs, Servlets and Android development), PERL, PHP, C++, C, UNIX

Shell, bash, tcsh, ksh, awk, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Visual Basic, UML, XML

Development:

IBM VisualAge Java, NetBeans, Rational Rose, WebSphere Studio, Macromedia Dreamweaver,

ArgoUML, Eclipse, Microsoft Developers' Studio and Visual Studio, Telelogic System

Architect, Metrowerks CodeWarrior (C, C++, Java), Bloodshed

Operating Systems:

Linux (releases RedHat, Fedora, Ubuntu), Redhat Linux Enterprise Server (ES), Windows

XP/2000/2003/7, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Macintosh, SCO UNIX OpenServer, Android OS

Web-Servers:

Apache, WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft IIS, OpenSSL, Netscape Enterprise, IBM

HTTPServer, Tomcat Jakarta, Squid

UNIX Services:

Sendmail, BIND, AMANDA, dhcpd, Proftpd, wu-ftpd, samba, IPX, ipfw, IPCHAINS, iptables,

Berkeley db, PAM

Applications:

IBM SecureWay, IBM WebSphere Voice Response (DirectTalk), MQSeries

User Applications

Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Moodle, Drupal

Experience

Instructor, Information Technology

2009 - 2012

Lethbridge College, Lethbridge, Alberta

Designed, developed and delivered instructional courses in System Design and Project

Management; Introduction to Programming (using C); Databases (Oracle, MS Access, and

MySQL); HTML, JavaScript and CSS; Computer Hardware; and Professionalism.

Assisted the College in delivering projects as part of its applied research commitments

with industry partners.

Supervised and mentored student teams to design and develop, test, and implement

customized software solutions satisfying the needs and expectations of local industry

sponsors.

Instructor, Information Technology

2007 - 2009

College of the North Atlantic Qatar, Doha, Qatar

Designed, developed, and delivered Project Management and Information Technology courses

appropriate to a middle-eastern context for Arabic post-secondary students. Areas of

instruction included: project management, system analysis and design, database design, web

application development, Java, and database design.

Project Manager/Business Process Consultant/Senior Consultant20042006CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants, Regina, Saskatchewan

Client: Public Employee Benefit Agency,

Regina SK June 2006November 2006

Used management consulting best practices to identify process disconnects and

inefficiencies in supporting a client that is increasing its number of investment

portfolios under management from 2 to 18.

Recommended viable options and process alternatives to improve efficiency and help the

organization to achieve its aggressive plans for service level and growth objectives.

Client:

Russell Investments, Tacoma WA January 2006May 2006

Planned and managed the design, infrastructure implementation and process definitions to

backup and recover data and executables for 47 applications. Strategies included:

implementing Network Attached Storage, real time replication of Microsoft SQL and Storage

Area Networks over large geographic distances, clustering of UNIX and Microsoft Servers

into High Availability clusters.

Surveyed, analyzed, and documented the client s needs and expectations with respect to

the costs, benefits and implications of various Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

enablement options for each application. Assisted the client in choosing the best option

for their needs.

Managed a geographically remote team of 24 IT professionals from various service delivery

areas to implement and document the approved DR enablement option for each application.

Managed capital, labor and other expenses for a project valued in excess of $1.3M USD.

Client:

Russell Investments, Tacoma WA September 2005January 2006

Planned to implement a new Sterling Commerce Gentran Integration Suite system to replace

a complex set of FTP servers, application servers and proprietary encryption and file

transfer technologies to manage Business-to-Business (B2B) data transfers.

Planned designed, and documented the migration of 75 existing data feeds to the new

solution.

Managed complex business relationships

Managed project budget

Managed the risks, issues, changes, personnel, scope and configuration of the project.

Formalized documentation for migrating new and existing data feeds using BPML/BPMN.

Client:

CPAS Systems, Toronto, ON January 2004October 2005

Managed the conversion of two pension systems with over 65,000 members and $4 billion

dollars under management from a JEA Penfax to a CPAS system. Conversion of financial

history was also included in the project.

Managed a team of up to 7 professionals in performing the conversion on-time, under

budget with no errors.

Managed a complex relationship with the vendor of the new system and two clients who were

converting their systems concurrently.

Facilitated the development of specifications and documentation for the existing system

(Penfax) as well as the transformation rules for data conversion.

Facilitated the development of an automated reconciliation system to test the quality and

reliability of the converted data.

Managed the budget, risks, issues, changes, personnel, scope and configuration of the

project

Client:

Russell Investments, Tacoma WA, USA May 2005June 2005

Managed a fast-tracked implementation of Microsoft Outlook Web Access using Microsoft

Network Load Balancing, SSL, and RSA security for a global financial investment firm.

Planned, design, and document the approach to implementing the project.

Managed the relationship between the client and the implementation team.

Managed project budget

Manage the risks, issues, changes, personnel, scope and configuration of the project.

Managed client expectations remotely to deliver the project on-scope and schedule.

Client:

Russell Investments, Tacoma WA, USA January 2005May 2005

Coordinated the migration of all existing Microsoft SQL 7.0, SQL 2000 and SQL 2003

databases to one of two 3-node Microsoft Server Clusters running Microsoft SQL 2003 for

Russell Investments.

Identified business owners, connecting applications, and other parameters for each

database.

Met with business owners to define migration plans, schedules, and checklists to ensure

successful migration with minimal impact to business processes.

Scheduled resources including DBA, Business Analyst, User Acceptance, and Helpdesk

resources to successfully perform each migration.

Client:

InternalJuly 2004January 2005

Performed a gap analysis between the Regina Data Center s reporting standards and the

requirements of ISACA s ITAF standard, section 2600.

Developed an action plan and schedule to address identified compliance gaps.

Assessed CGI s Regina Data in its pandemic preparedness and redundancy of personnel

resources.

Recommended appropriate changes to mitigate risk and ensure minimal disruption of service

in the event of a pandemic incident.

Systems Administrator19992003CUETS (Credit Union Electronic Transaction Services), Regina, Saskatchewan

Administered a farm of RS/6000 AIX servers to process e-commerce transactions and provide

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) services for multiple call centres.

Planned and implemented system migrations and upgrades in a risk averse environment.

Designed and implemented programs for system monitoring, management, and enhancement.

Installed and planned corporate firewalls.

Analyzed and made recommendations regarding other aspects of CUETS corporate Intranet,

Extranet, and Internet architecture.

Programmed applications using PERL, Java (JSP, Servlet, and EJB development), and C and

C++, and analyzed TCP/IP networking and routing, and Internet related-security issues.

Consultant19981999GDS & Associates Systems Ltd., Regina, Saskatchewan

Client:

Sask GeomaticsApril 1999 - July 1999

Designed and implemented a Geomatic Information System subscription update system using

PERL, HTML, JavaScript and Oracle on a Solaris UNIX platform with a Netscape Enterprise

Web Server for Sask Geomatics

Client:

InternalJuly 1999-October 1999

Served as Webmaster, Security Auditor and DBA for GDS new Human Resource System. The

system was developed in Microsoft Visual Interdev and implemented on NT with Microsoft IIS

and SQL Server 6.5

Implemented High Speed Internet to all internal workstations using a Redhat Linux

Router/Firewall with 10 Mbps, HP 100 Mbps and AppleTalk protocols and a DHCP server.

Client:

SaskCultureNovember 1998-February 1999

Prepared response to Request for Proposal (RFP) from SaskCulture and was awarded the

contract.

Clarified expectations with the client. Implementation involved a three-tier solution

utilizing existing workstations with Microsoft Access, while incorporating a new backend

database (MySQL) and middle-tier web/application server (Apache with C)

Client:

Saskatchewan LabourMarch 1998-May 1998

Coded database-stored procedures for Saskatchewan Labour Sponsored Venture Capital

Corporation s system redevelopment using Microsoft SQL Server 6.5

System Administrator19962003Great Plains Free-Net Inc., Regina, Saskatchewan

Using Joint Application Development (JAD) skills and an interative SDLC, designed a new

User Management System for GPFN to automate the workflow in processing, approving and

upgrading account applications and reconciling accounts receivable. The general and

detailed design for this application is available here.

Led and directed a team of system administrators, migrated the Free-Net's services from a

Solaris server to a network of 6 Linux servers

Tested and managed DNS, smtp, and httpd servers, responded to security issues, researched

and planned new services such as SSL, upgraded software, installed patches and diagnosed

and resolved system problems, designed and taught community classes on using the Internet,

web page design and CGI programming

Publications

ISBN: 978-0-969-38932-3.

Niedermayer, D. (1995). A community response to free-nets: Implications for the community-

based telecomputing movement in Regina. Regina: Great Plains Free-Net.

Presentations

Caveat Mercator: Issues and Risks in Entering the On-line Marketplace, a presentation

at the Queen City CIPS Spring Seminar, Regina, 2003.

Using the Internet to Share Your Organization s Message with the Community,

Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association Annual Convention, 1999.

The Future of the Internet and how it will Transform How Library Patrons Access Data,

Saskatchewan Library Association Conference, 1997.

Using Technology to Empower Senior Citizens to Enrich their Lives and Advocate for their

Needs, University of Regina's Coming of Age Conference on Older Adults and Learning

Technologies, 1997.

Findings from the Great Plains Free-Net in what the Community wants from Internet

Access, Telecommunities Canada Conference `96, Edmonton, Alberta, 1996.

The Future of the Internet and how it will Transform How Library Patrons Access Data,

Saskatchewan Library Association, Special Library Group, 1996.

Awards

Pronounced a Graduate Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2011.

I.S.P. of the Year, CIPS Saskatchewan, 2005.

Member, Golden Key International Honour Society, 2001.

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