Matthew Payne-Funk

CELTA Instructor and Employment Volunteer

acxjwb@r.postjobfree.com - +1-406-***-****

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

CELTA Certification for English language teaching in Nov 2016. CompTIA A+ certified to June of 2018.

Various technical and management courses, U. S. Senate.

Coding experience with HTML, ColdFusion and application development spreadsheet application for financial

management.

B.A. in Sociology - University of Maryland, College Park.

Weapons Fire Control Technician School U. S. NAVY

EXPEREINCE:

Twenty-seven years of service with the U. S. Senate as an information technology technician and administrator,

a human resource manager for 40 employee offices, and six years in the Pacific Fleet as weapons systems

technician.

Three deployments and six years as a missiles and gun fire control systems in the United States Navy

Developed, deployed and administered many networks, websites, and database information systems for staff

and constituencies

Worked in a high-pressure, political and time-sensitive environment with little margin for error, including the

development of an annual budget of more than $3 million and personnel management for our team

Excellent management, interpersonal skills and a high aptitude for leveraging database and other information

systems for knowledge workers and office management

Active leader in U.S. Senate staff advocacy organizations and bicameral groups for civil society advocacy

in Africa

Trained and managed forty person offices.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employment Counselor Volunteer

Grassroots Crisis Center - Columbia - June 2016 to Present

Assist homeless men, women prepare for, and gain employment.

Administrative Director

UNITED STATES SENATE - January 2009 to January 2015

Office of Senator Mark Begich

Administrative Director for a new member of the U.S. Senate; managed 40 employees for an aggressive

freshman Senator and his staff; fostered rapid office growth, and good staff interrelations in a high-pressure

environment. Managed and mentored staff growth and benefits with various customized databases systems

for our Washington DC, and five state office operations.

Hired, oriented, and terminated support staff upon appropriate approval from Chief of Staff or Senator

Managed the deployment of an Oracle-based CRM of 376,000 records for our Alaskan constituencies

Maintained a U.S. Senate customized database of 300 personnel files on permanent staff, interns, volunteers

and applicants

Assumed responsibility for liaison with the U.S. Senate Legal Counsel, Rules and Administration Committee

and Ethics Committee, ensured our office's compliance with legal and ethical standards enforced for the U.S.

Senate

Prepared, managed and oversaw the $3 million office administrative budget, accounts and financial

obligations with the U. S. Senate, including financial operations and maintenance of the payroll

Directly supervised our front office, information systems and mail staff and operations staff

Systems Administrator

Offices of Six Senators - October 1991 to January 2009

the Judiciary Committee and Senate Sergeant At Arms (SAA)

Administered Microsoft Servers, Active Directory and Exchange Systems for eight different U.S. Senate offices;

used information technology proactively to keep member office staff well-informed and to communicate with

constituents via ColdFusion websites, Microsoft systems, Oracle and customized databases. Responsible

for Senator Patrick Leahy's 3 Congressional Management Foundation "Gold Mouse Awards, " and Senator

Jean Carnahan's Bronze Award, for public websites developed, deployed, and maintained in office. Helped to

develop, deploy and administer Senator Begich's platinum and silver award winning website.

Installed and maintained various servers for Senator Leahy in our own "Microsoft office forest network" as a

value adds to the functions supported by the standard configuration, including UNIX-based systems

Maintained and supported 4 or 5 Apple desktops and devices in a Microsoft network

Introduced information technology to two U.S. Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Offices when personal computers

became integral to office business processes. Designed, deployed and managed database systems for two

SAA offices to serve the U. S. Senate's population of 6,000 + staff

Managed the new office start-up of mail processing and information technology office operations for three

U.S. Senate offices

Elected President of the 150 member U.S. Senate Systems Administrators' Association twice, and active in

Senate-wide office information techno policy formulations among the U.S. Senate community

Coded a spreadsheet based accounting system for the U.S. Senate Post Office that was used 10 years

beyond my departure from the Sergeant At Arms' office.

EDUCATION

Certification in Sociology

University of Maryland - College Park, MD

June 2018

Weapons Fire Control Technician School

MILITARY SERVICE

Service Country: United States

Branch: NAVY

Rank: Petty Officer First Class

August 1980 to June 1986

Weapons control systems technician and shipboard manager. Including missile and gun fire control systems.

Radio frequency, analog and digital systems.

Commendations:

Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES

CELTA

November 2016 to Present

Certification to teach English language to adults. Cambridge University Press.

CompTIA A+

June 2015 to June 2018

Personal computer technician.

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