PAUL DERBY DCS
Mansfield, Texas, ***** ************@*******.***
SUMMARY
A solid background as a Systems/Network Administrator, and Disaster Preparedness 17
years of hands on experience and education in processing principles, practices, configuring,
t roubleshooting, t roubleshooting of complex cross functional problems, optimizing and
managing hardware/software technologies & protocols. Implementation and migration of
new and emerging technologies. Excellent working knowledge of: Windows XP, Windows 7,
W indows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 -12, Microsoft Exchange. SCO Unix, Google Chrome
OS Apple OS X, and Netware. Knowledge of system testing and software quality assurance
best practices and methodologies. Migrating since Windows 2000 Server, Active Directory.
E xperience in OfficeMaster Gate is a family for Unified Communications applications.
E xceptional experience designing and maintaining secure networks. Preparedness business
continuity strategy development, emergency response and testing to protect data, software,
and hardware. Exceptional educational instructional, industrial, classroom, and online
teaching.
D isaster Preparedness business continuity strategy development, emergency response and
testing.
D issertation: "A new frontier for U.S. Small Businesses: The Future of e-Disaster Recovery
P lans and Cloud Computing" Education: Doctor of Computer Science - Emerging Media.
EXPERIENCE
1998 - 2014 Direct Computer Services, Carlsbad, NM
Owner
● Managed 150K of yearly sales
● Business development: Identifying equipment requirements. Analyzes business
requirements, procedures and problems to automate processes or to improve existing
systems
● provided direction for office hardware, network, and security solutions
● Disaster Preparedness business continuity strategy development, emergency
response and testing.
● Migrating since Windows 2000 Server, Active Directory
● Experience in OfficeMaster Gate is a family for Unified Communications
applications.
● Research and source equipment for improved performance
● Administer network, exceptional experience designing and maintaining secure
networks.
● Troubleshoot hardware and network problems
● Managed client data security (e.g., ISM, ITTLL v3 and IEC 20000)
● Train staff (Software solutions, backup procedures, operating systems)
● Serviced organizations within healthcare, law, state government, nuclear industry,
m unicipalities, mining, and technology. Onsite diagnose, t roubleshoot, and resolve
hardware, software issues.
● Developed photo archival, informational, and e-commerce websites
Contained SQL database, scheduling, photo galleries, etc.
Historical society website received 4-million views
Chamber of Commerce Web design - Boat scheduling & booking POS
2008 - 2010 New Mexico State University, Carlsbad, NM
Classroom Instructor
● Designed course curriculum
● Inst ructed online and classroom based courses (e.g., computer li teracy, A+
Certification Software and Hardware, Economics & Finance)
● Completed t raining for WebCT and Blackboard CMS
EDUCATION
2012 Doctor of Computer Science - Emerging Media.
Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO.
2009 M.S. Leadership - Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Management.
G rand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ.
2007 B.S. Walden University, Business Administration, Minneapolis, M N summa cum
l aude
SOFTWARE
Operating systems
Excellent working knowledge of: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008
R2 -12, Exchange Server. SCO UN IX, Google Chrome OS Apple OS X, and Netware.
Software:
NextGen Practice Management, Patterson Eaglesoft, Kodak Practiceworks medical
management System, Antivi rus & malware software Norton Security, AVG 2015, AVAST.
Computer animation applications (Blender, Flash Adobe, 3DS Max, Cinema 4D &
Sketchup).3D Animation and visual effects tools (Google Developers infographic generator
& Houdini) Image design software (Adobe I llustrator) Computer aided design (AutoCAD®),
V i r tual Worlds (Second Life *usability testing & export data to SQL database, Training &
3D creation), Simulation, & Statistical Analysis Software (IBM SPSS Statistics, SAS, &
SOCR Educational).
Network protocols:
DNS, DDNS, NDDNS, SDDNS (including DNSSec), OSI, LDAP, WINS, FTP, FTPS, HTTP,
H TTPS, SNMP, RDP, POP3, SMTP, IPv4, IPv6, DHCP, NAT, 802.1x, DFS, DHCP. TCP,
C IFS
D ISSERTATION
" A new frontier for U.S. Small Businesses: The Future of e-Disaster Recovery Plans and
C loud Computing"
M y dissertation analyzed U.S. Small Businesses (VSB) with less than 20 employees on their
current disaster and recover procedures, and cloud computing use. An online survey was
conducted to collect data. This online survey allowed for a greater demographic area which
i ncluded small businesses from all 50 states. The survey resulted in 460 U.S. Small
business participants, and provided a 95% confidence level with a of a 5% margin of error.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Certificate of Appreciation U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency
M anagement Agency. National Preparedness. September 2012
Certificate of Academic Excellence May 2009 Ken Blanchard. College of Business 3.90 GPA
Walden University Spring 2007. 3.91 GPA Summa Cum Laude
C ITI Collaborative Institutional Training Init iative - updated
Belmont Report and CITI course int roduction.
S tudents in research November
H istory and Ethical Principles
Defining Research with Human
I nformed Consent
P rivacy and Confidentiality
Conflict of Interest in Research Involving Human Subjects
Successful t raining from IB M: Advanced Connectivity I & I I
H P & Epson Printer t raining
A pple OS X t raining