Networks and Operating Systems:
Expert-level architect and administrator of Microsoft Windows 2008, 2003, 2000
and NT Server-based networks, including:
- Active Directory configuration and implementation
(multi-site, multi-domain)
- Firewall implementation and configuration (rules, DMZ, VPN)
- Customized intranet solutions (Microsoft Office Server
System/MOSS, SharePoint Portal Server, Windows SharePoint Services)
- Remote access solutions (RRAS, VPN, PKI)
- Virtualization
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- Network monitoring
- Disaster recovery
- Advanced network, malware, email protection
- Security audits and lock-downs
- Secure wireless (802.11b/g) implementations
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Applications / Tools:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, 2007, 2003 and 2000
- Microsoft Internet Information Services
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server
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- Ipswitch IMail Server
- Symantec Backup Exec
- Acronis Backup and Recovery
- VMWare vSphere/ESXi Server
- Virus scanning engines (mail gateways, file systems)
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Certifications, Awards and Memberships:
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP - Enterprise
Security)
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
- Microsoft IT Advisory Council
- Certified SonicWall Security Administrator (CSSA)
- Acronis Certified Engineer (ACE)
- FBI Infragard - Boston Division
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PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING AND EDUCATION |
- Client/Server Development Certificate, 1996
Clark University Computer Career Institute, Framingham, MA
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- Ph.D. and M.S. in physics, 1993
Boston College, Newton, MA
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- B.A. in physics, 1987
Connecticut College, New
London, CT
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DETAILS OF WORK AND
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
Fieldbrook Solutions, Ashland, MA, 2008 -> Present
Founder and President:
- Provide "the buck stops here" technical support and business-process
consulting for organizations in the metropolitan Boston area.
- Assess organizations' technological needs and develop business plans to maximize
their growth and productivity while focusing on budget and security.
- Generate proposals in response to bid solicitations or direct requests.
- Work with organizations to develop both short-term and long-term budgets.
- Set and document technical standards
- Investigate new technologies and how they improve work efficiency
- Conduct security audits and lockdowns
- Design, implement, maintain and monitor corporate and client network infrastructures, typically composed of servers running Windows 2008/2003/2000 and workstations running Windows Vista, XP and 2000
- Design and implement disaster recovery solutions
- Design and implement virtualization for consolidation and disaster recovery scenarios
MIS Alliance, Newton, MA, 2003 -> 2008
Vice President of Information Technology:
- Technical functions and responsibilities similar to
Fieldbrook Solutions (above), plus:
- Provided overall responsibility for the technical performance of a
six-member engineering department
- Provided technical support to the Sales department for both pre- and
post-sales clients
- Provided final level of support for the engineering team, both in-house
and at client sites
SilverSword Solutions, Newton, MA, 2001 -> 2003
Manager of Technical Operations: Consulted at customer sites, developed
real-time monitoring service, implemented corporate- and customer-based
technical standards and managed internal IT
- Technical functions and responsibilities similar to Fieldbrook Solutions
(above)
USDataCenters, Inc. Marlborough, MA 2000 -> 2001
Manager of MIS:
- Hired, supervised and mentored MIS staff (four-member team)
- Provided support to staff and customers for day-to-day activities
- Maintained and upgraded all internal systems
- Migrated NT 4 domain to Win2K Active Directory.
- Implemented front-end/back-end Exchange 2000 configuration for 80-user staff
- Managed Ipswitch IMail server for multiple Internet domains
- Investigated new technologies and how they will improve work efficiency
- Designed, specified, built, maintained and troubleshot servers and applications for Internet data center
- Developed corporate Internet applications using IIS, Active Server Pages and ADSI
Sea Change Systems, Inc. Peabody, MA 1998 -> 1999
IS Lead Technologist: Defined the direction of and methodology for
technology implementation for client and internal sites. Specific roles
included:
- Client Manager / Project Leader: Managed the day-to-day client contracts,
including meetings, software/hardware development and implementation, and
directions of future work
- Network Administrator: Maintained and configured corporate LAN and WAN,
which included 5 NT Servers, 40 workstations and three satellite offices
- Webmaster / Internet Applications Developer
New Technology Partners, Manchester, NH 1997 -> 1998
Internet Developer:
Designed and developed intranet applications
- Developed SQL Server driven, Active Server application deployed over large
corporate intranet for Human Resources access.
- Developed tool using Visual Basic 5.0 to convert in-house e-mail
distribution lists to Microsoft Exchange 5.0 format. Imported text data into
multi-dimensional array, accessed properties and methods of Active Messaging
Library, and exported array contents into Exchange Address Book as new
Distribution Lists.
Schwartz Electro-Optics (now Q-Peak), Bedford,
MA 1991 -> 1995
Senior Electro-Optics Associate:
- Managed multi-year, government-sponsored research programs
- Solicited, managed and distributed project funds
- Investigated solid-state laser materials and developed
rare-earth-doped solid-state lasers (concentration on Er3+-doped
crystals and glasses) for near-infrared and visible operation
- Constructed and operated Ti3+:sapphire, Cr3+:LiSAF,
and Co2+:MgF2 lasers; and specified, handled and operated
semiconductor-diode lasers (AlGaAs, InGaAs, InGaAlP)
- Specified directions of study and necessary hardware
- Traveled to client sites and trained client in system
operations
- Authored journal articles, business proposals and conference
presentations
- Accomplishments included:
- Demonstrated the first true-cw Er:GGG, Er:YSGG, and Er:YAG 3-mm
lasers via Ti:sapphire- or diode-laser-pumping; as well as the first operation
(unreported) of Er:YSO at 1.54-mm
- Developed and introduced to market the LAS-ER CW, a diode-laser-pumped cw 3-mm
erbium laser
- Demonstrated the first room-temperature, upconversion-laser operation of
Er:BYF at 550 nm (unreported)
NASA, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 1990
Contract Researcher: Participated as a graduate student in contract
between Boston College and NASA, Langley Research Center
- Identified upconversion pathways in Tm3+, Ho3+:YAG
via absorption and luminescence spectroscopy as a preliminary step toward the
design of an efficient, diode-laser-pumped cw 2.1-mm
laser
- Constructed a flashlamp-pumped, tunable Cr3+:GSAG laser
- National Information Security Group, Inc. (http://www.naisg.org)
Founder and President: Organize meetings, plan activities and act as
liaison between the group and security industry. Founded the organization as a
local user group and expanded it into a nonprofit organization with security
chapters in the US and around the world.
- Boston College, Department of Physics, Newton, MA 1988
-> 1991
Lecturer: Instructed undergraduate-level classes in physics. Subjects
included "Energy and the Environment," "Structures of the Universe" and "Ideas
of 20th Century Physics." Class sizes ranged from 25-90 students.
Responsibilities included selection of course materials, preparation of course
content, lecturing, student mentoring and all other responsibilities expected of
a collegiate-level instructor.
- Clark University, Computer Career Institute, Framingham, MA 2000
Instructor: Taught evening courses in the Client/Server Programming and
Web Development Program. Specific course modules included HTML, JavaScript and
Active Server Pages. Reinforced application development skills through weekly
projects and labs.
- Published author, including
Windows Server 2003 Networking Recipes, seven scientific articles and
multiple conference presentations.
- Regular contributor to SearchExchange, SearchWindowsSecurity and
SearchFinancialSecurity line of TechTarget publications.
- References available upon request.