Information Technology Network

Work Experience

Pittsburgh Technical College **/2023 – Present

Oakdale, Pennsylvania

Assitant Professor – Full Time

• Taught in the Information Systems Technology, Information Technology Network Administration, and the Information Security and Forensics programs.

• Chaired the Faculty Advisory Board

• Member of Flexible Work Schedule Committee

• Member of ESOP Employee Education Committee

• Introduced new technologies into the classroom

• Maintained School of Information Technology Network.

Firewater Response 7/2023 – 10/2023

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Director of Information Technology

• Managed on-premise network including Hyper-V VMs, Sonicwall Firewall, Windows Servers, and Windows Laptops.

• Managed Microsoft 365 Environment.

• Manage Assets.

• Managed Security Environment.

• Provided Project Planning and Management.

• Provided end user support.

• Implemented Asset Management system

• Implemented Training program for user IT security and HR policy issues.

• Negotiated contracts for new projects and services.

• Researched new products and services.

• Implemented new products and services.

Anatomy IT 1/2023 – 7/2023

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dedicated Infrastructure Systems Engineer

• Managed on-premise network that included VMWare VCenter Clusters, Datto Switches, Equalogic Storage Area Networks, Meraki Wireless Access Points.

• Managed Microsoft 365 Environment.

• Managed Azure Tennant.

• Managed 4 AWS VPCs.

• Provided Project Planning and Management.

• Provided end user support.

Pittsburgh Technical College 1/2023 – 10/2023

Oakdale, Pennsylvania

Instructor – Adjunct

Pittsburgh Technical College 8/2010 – 1/2023

Oakdale, Pennsylvania

Instructor – Full Time

• Taught in the Information Systems Technology, Information Technology Network Administration, and the Information Security and Forensics programs.

• Chaired the Faculty Advisory Board

• Member of Flexible Work Schedule Committee

• Member of ESOP Employee Education Committee

• Introduced new technologies into the classroom

• Maintained School of Information Technology network.

7/2009 – 12/2010

Adventis Technology Solutions, LLC

Moon Township, Pennsylvania

Owner

• Provided Linux and Windows support and installation to Small to Medium size organizations including law firms, service organizations and manufacturing.

• Provided Information Technology services including Server and Network Administration, VOIP installation, voice circuit installation,

• Point of sale system support and installation, Network Design, email support, firewalling, router and switch installation

• Provided help desk services.

• Provided hosted email solutions to small organizations.

• Provided backup and disaster recovery solutions and documentation for clients.

• Managed IT assets, warranties and licensing for clients.

• Created VPN tunnels for clients to allow secure remote access.

• Performed file recovery as needed for clients

7/2009 – 8/2010

Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

General Education Faculty – Adjunct

• Taught Economics and Computer Literacy.

5/2009 – 7/2009

Techsperts LLC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Consultant

• Provided Linux and Windows support and installation to Small to Medium size organizations ranging from start-ups to large school districts.

• Wrote custom BASH scripts to automate backups to remote servers.

• Wrote static websites and performed custom PHP coding to MYSql driven websites. Wrote registration forms in PHP using MySql as the backend database for ecommerce application while providing webhosting for those sites.

• Provided security system installation and maintenance.

2/2009 – 5/2009

ITT Technical Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Acting Dean of Academic Affairs

• Directly managed 3 program chairs and thirty faculty. Managed student attrition, attendance and retention. While being responsible for day to day management of academic affairs. .

• Maintained corporate, state and acics compliance in all areas of academic affairs. Interviewed and hired adjunct faculty.

9/2006 – 2/2009

ITT Technical Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

• Directly managed three program chairs and thirty instructors. Maintained compliance with ACICS, state and federal education regulations. Responsible for audit preparation for the education department.

• Developed and maintained faculty training and professional development programs. Conducted regular performance reviews of faculty. Performed attrition analysis and supervised the retention program. Assisted in the recruiting and selection of educational faculty. Guided faculty to ensure compliance with company policies, governmental standards and accrediting organizations. Advised students regarding academic objectives.

9/2001 –9/2006

ITT Technical Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Senior Instructor

• Responsible for educating a group ranging from 5 to 30 students per quarter in courses ranging from Introduction to Personal Computers up to Network Management Systems.

• Advised students regarding their career goals and objectives.

11/1998 –9/2004

US Airways

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Engineering Analyst

• Wrote applications that automated business processes, workflows that provided substantial cost savings and regulatory compliance.

• Project Manager for several data-driven workflow applications.

• Chaired the Engineering Computer Users Group.

• Wrote and supported over 20 Lotus Notes Databases.

• Developed business requirements for new software and hardware within the Engineering department.

• Wrote Engineering Information System Specification.

• Performed Windows and Sun Solaris administration.

• System administrator for CAD/CAE system.

Guardian Internet Solutions, Incorporated 1/2000 – 9/2002

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

President

• Administered RedHat Linux servers including Apache, Bind, DHCP and RADIUS servers.

• Responsible for Profit and Loss issues within the organization

• Responsible for all technology decisions.

• Negotiated Contracts for co-location and WAN links.

• Developed Product Bundles and Marketing Plans.

7/1998 – 11/1998

Computer Associates International

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Escalation Support Technician

• Assisted in starting Pittsburgh Technical Support Center for Remotely Possible and Inoculan Software Packages.

• Primary support technician for Remotely Possible/ControlIT remote access software.

• Secondary support for Inoculan/InoculateIT Antivirus software.

Education

University of the Cumberlands 2019 – Present Williamsburg, KY

Ph.D. in Information Technology

Western Governors University 2016 - 2018

Salt Lake City, UT

Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Awareness

California University of Pennsylvania 2004 - 2006

California, Pennsylvania

Master of Science in Business Administration

1996 - 1998

Robert Morris College

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

B.S. Information Science--Network Administration Track

Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

1995 - 1996

Community College of Allegheny County

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Computer Science

Dean’s List

1989- 1992

Penn State University

University Park, Pennsylvania

Applied Mathematics

Other Education/Certifications

Certified Hacking Foreniscs Invesitgator 2018

Certified Ethical Hacker 2017

Microsoft Certified Professional 2012

Publications

Teaching the Cloud: Security Remains a Concern 2016

For Information Technology Students

Issues in Information Systems Volume 17, Issue II, pp. 135-141

Influence of data-driven methods in predicting 2021

U.S. presidential elections for a specific age ranging

using social media

Issues in Information Systems Volume 22, Issue IV, pp. 321-331.

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