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www.accesslending.com   www.mortgage-advantage.com

Houston, Texas 

Complete development and deployment of Windows 2000 based solution for corporate "Digital Nervous System" DNS..   Created a Network Operations Center to manage a diverse array of users and needs from web based mortgage lending systems and underwriting, to remote access solutions for telesales and end user support.

 

www.tenzing.com

Seattle, Washington

Complete deployment of Siebel 2000 call center in a Microsoft Windows 2000 server environment, using Oracle 7.34 for Windows NT.  Deployment included integration with UNIX based end user activation system and billings.  Areas of responsibility were server deployment, Siebel .COM web integration for e-sales, e-channel, and e-service.

 

GoHastings.com

Amarillo, Texas

Project management and analysis of turnkey e-commerce site for Hastings Entertainment, a 500 million dollar a year supplier of Book, Music and Videos.  Hastings Entertainment is expanding their distribution channel to on-line users with a feature rich web site, providing personalization and state of the art streaming media.

 

 

 

HDVest, Inc.

Irving, Texas

 

Created and developed a 24x7 email support solution for HDVest’s online federal tax preparation web site. www.hdvestonline.com  Email support solution designed to  support 3,000 requests per day, and was coded tested and in production within two weeks.  Solution also provided real-time reporting, and quality assurance of support interactions.

 

Temple-Inland Forest Products

Diboll, Texas

www.templeinland.com 

Temple-Inland is a fortune 300-forest products company based out of Diboll, Texas.  During a three-month contract on site, I was tasked with review and documentation of existing Intranet, and Internet practices.  The goal of this review was to create standards on which the future deployment standards for web servers would be based on. The review and documentation of corporate web standards included: Review of application standards, change control, and server configuration.  Optimization of Internet Information Servers, and corporate security standards within business units.  The final result of the analysis provided Temple-Inland with application development, load balancing and capacity planning, and security policies for all web based applications.

 

Renderings, Inc.

Dallas, Texas

www.renderings.net

Developed a turn key e-commerce solution for Renderings.net's digital imaging area.  The site allows users all over the world to access Renderings, product offerings including postscript negative output for offset printing.  The site also allows Renderings clients to place express orders via secure FTP connection for imaging.  With this system, Renderings has reduced it's operating overhead and time to turn client orders by 50%.

 

 

Chappelle & Associates

Dallas, Texas

 

Design, budget and deploy a complete Microsoft Backoffice 4.5 solution for a rapidly expanding legal and real estate title office.  Deployment included multi-site Windows NT 4.0 network using VPN links from DSL Internet connections.  Exchange 5.5 and Outlook 2000 used for messaging, IIS 4 and Site Server 3.0 used for corporate intranet for title closing and forms management.   MS SQL 7.0 user for client information management using Siebel Systems, Siebel99 CRM package.

 

 

 

 

 

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Hotel Reservations Network

Dallas, Texas

 

Perform security analysis, of existing e-commerce site.  Work with internal IS staff to troubleshoot bottleneck between AS400, and three Silicon Graphics Web Servers.  Services included Y2K desktop and NT server review, Network baseline, and turnkey methodology of Windows NT network administration best practices.

 

 

University West of England

Bristol, UK

www.uwe.ac.uk

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to mixed Novell 3.x and 4.x environment with Windows 95 and 3.x clients.

 

 

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON 

Southampton Institute

Southampton, UK

 

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to mixed Novell 3.x and 4.x environment with Windows 95 and 3.x clients.

 

BBC Monitoring

BBC Monitoring Facility

Reeding, UK

http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk/intro.htm

BBC Monitoring is a diverse environment serving as a collection point for worldwide print, radio, and television communication from all over the world.  Various divisions focus on geo-political areas and current regional news trends and analysis.

I was sent to examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Novell Netware 4.11 (NDS) environment with Windows 95 and 3.x clients, on mixed Ethernet and Token Ring topology.

 

Ambac Assurance Company

New York, NY

 

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Windows NT 4.0 environment with Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.  Deployment objectives included metering of local and server based applications, and software distribution of various software applications.

 

Citibank

 

CitiBank Development Center

Marina Del Ray, CA

 

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Windows NT 4.0 environment with Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.  Deployment objectives included asset inventory for server and client workstations of hardware and software items. 

 

BFI, Inc.

Houston, Texas

www.bfi.com 

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Windows NT 4.0 & 3.51 Server environment with Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.  Consulting objectives included client software and hardware inventory, server and local application metering, and software package creation and deployment.

 

 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maine

Portland, Maine

 

Examine and develop recommendations for optimization of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Currently deployed in a Novell Netware 4.11 (NDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.  Review included analysis of existing server infrastructure and load balancing, as well as psychical topology.

 

Chase Manhattan

New York, NY

www.chase.com

Consulting recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Chase used the asset tracking features to identify Non-Y2K compliant desktop BIOS revisions. Deployment worldwide to Novell Netware 4.11 & 3.x (NDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.

 

 

Defense Information Strategy Agency (D.I.S.A.)

Arlington, VA

 

Consulting recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  DISA wanted to review feasibility of using ZAC to deploy Anti-Virus updates to 1.5 million nodes, and 5000 remote sites worldwide. 

 

 

Gilford County Information Services

Greensboro, NC

 

Examine and develop recommendations for optimization of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Currently deployed in a Novell Netware 4.11 (NDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.  Review included analysis of existing server infrastructure and load balancing, as well as physical topology.

 

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www.oxy.com 

Oxy Inc.

Dallas, Texas

 

Examine and develop recommendations for optimization of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Currently deployed in a Novell Netware 4.11 (NDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.  Review included analysis of existing server infrastructure and load balancing, as well as physical topology.

 

Steelcase

Steelcase, Inc.

Grand Rapids, MI

www.steelcase.com 

Examine and develop recommendations for optimization of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Currently deployed in a Windows NT 4.0 Master Domain environment with Windows 95.  Review included analysis of existing server infrastructure and load balancing, as well as physical topology. Steelcase’s focus was on the local and server based metering of the Microsoft Office Suite.

 

 

Aurora Health Care Systems

Milwaukee, WI

 

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Novell Netware 4.11 (Bindery) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.  Aurora to use Metering, Asset Inventory, and Software Distribution across 69 Novell server at 26 remote sites.

 

 

Brookdale Medical Center

Brooklyn, NY

 

Review and make deployment recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Novell Netware 4.11 (EDS) & Windows NT 4.0 Server environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.  Assignment to evaluate and make recommendations on existing infrastructure and server deployments.

 

 

Vetrotex Certain-Teed

Witchita Falls, Texas

http://www.vetrotexamerica.com/overview/overview.html 

Analysis of database connectivity from production (PLC) data sources, to Windows NT 4.0 Alpha SQL 6.5 Server.  Analysis included review of existing hardware and software configuration, and trace file analysis of Sniffer network segment decodes.  Analysis of the network traffic between clients and server, showed physical layer errors creating corrupted data base updates.

 

 

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City of Seattle

Seattle, WA

http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/ 

Examine and develop recommendations for optimization of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Currently deployed in a Windows NT 4.0 Master Domain environment with Windows 95.  Review included analysis of existing server infrastructure and load balancing, as well as physical topology. Steelcase’s focus was on the local and server based metering of the Microsoft Office Suite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coors Brewing Company

Golden, CO

www.coors.com

To implement the design of a production rollout of Saber LAN Workstation (SLW) to the Coors Windows NT based network.  Saber will be configured to collect inventory data from Coors 16 and 32bit clients.  Saber will also be configured to distribute software using its Site Express module.  This module allows software packages to be distributed on a machine, group, or user basis.

 

Austin City Connection: Official Website for the City of Austin

City of Austin

Austin, Texas

 http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/

Examine and develop recommendations for optimization of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Currently deployed in a Windows NT 4.0 Master Domain environment with Windows 95.  Review included analysis of existing server infrastructure and load balancing, as well as physical topology. Steelcase’s focus was on the local and server based metering of the Microsoft Office Suite.

 

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

http://www.frbsf.org/home.html

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Novell Netware 4.11 (EDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.

 

Inspire Insurance Solutions, Inc.

Fort Worth, Texas

www.nspr.com 

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Performed load analysis of existing networking infrastructure, and capacity planning for purposed software distributions across slow WAN, and LAN links.  Analysis of Sniffer trace files, and report of findings allowed client to proactively avoid deployment issues.

 

Jones

Jones, Day, Revis & Pogue

Cleveland, OH

http://www.jonesday.com/

To document a project plan for the deployment of Network Associates, Zero Administration Client (ZAC) suite.  The firm used three of ZAC’s four core Network Management modules.  Site Express (Software Distribution), Metering (Both local and server based), and ZAC’s Software and Hardware Inventory module.  Jones, Day network consisted of  Novell 4.1 NDS environment, with Windows 95 OSR2 2.5 workstations.  Jones, Day was in the course of a major infrastructure upgrade. 

 

 

Legacy Bank and Trust

Plano, Texas

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Novell Netware 4.11 (EDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.

 

 

M & T Bank Holding

Buffalo, NY

To create deployment plan for Network Associates Zero Administration Client product on M&T’s Novell NetWare 4.11 network.  Consulting time included analysis of  M&T’s  PACE 3270 program. Sniffer decodes were taken and analysis to determine why clients were getting slower response time when running the ZAC Metering Agent on NT 4.0 Workstations.

 

 

Graphic Controls

Buffalo, NY

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Novell Netware 4.11 (EDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.

 

 

Marketing Specialist

Irving, Texas

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Novell Netware 4.11 (EDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.

 

 

ICG / Netcom

San Jose, CA

ICG \ Netcom is a major Internet and telecommunications company in San Jose, CA and Denver, CO.  At both sites I worked with internal staff to develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Novell Netware 4.11 (EDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients with the data repository on Oracle 7.3 for NT.  Consulting was also performed with software delivery and quality assurance for Office 97, and Internet Explorer 4.0.

 

 

Queen Elizabeth II Hospital

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to mixed Novell Netware 4.11 (EDS) and Windows NT 4.0 environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.

 

 

Stamford Health Care

Stamford, CN

Troubleshoot and examine deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Environment to Windows NT 4.0 Servers, and NT 4.0 Workstations.

 

 

Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC)

Austin, Texas

Examine and develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment to Novell Netware 4.11 (EDS) environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.  Core objectives to provide controlled client environment via Saber Menus, and Windows 95 polices.  Deployment across TNRCC’s 18 remote sites, and 5000 nodes.

 

 

Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TXMHMR)

Austin, Texas

 

Work with internal staff, and Microsoft consulting services to develop recommendations for deployment of Network Associates, Inc. Zero Administration Client.  Deployment of 7500 Windows NT 4.0 client workstations, across 23 remote state hospitals in a Windows NT 4.0 Server environment.  Deployment of ZAC inside TXMHMR was the centerpiece of their Phoenix project for management and update of the TXMHMR enterprise. 

 

 

Southern Westchester (BOCES)

Board of Cooperative Educational Services

Elmsford, NY

Manage deployment project of Network Associates Total Service Desk.  Responsibilities include deployment team creation, (Team of 11 Total Consultants) management and budgeting.  Ensuring project milestones and clients expectations met.    Deployment to Novell Netware 3.x, 4.11 (EDS), Microsoft  Windows NT environment with Windows 95, and 3.x clients.  BOCES supports and manages 65 school districts, with 213 remote sites, and over 15000 end nodes.  ZAC project was in conjunction with McAfee Helpdesk product upgrade.