System Administrator at Bay Pines VA
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
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- System Administrator at Patriot Technologies
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- Server Administrator at Saint Leo University
- ZENWorks Implementation Consultant at Eckerd College
- Technical Project Manager at Tampa Electric
- IT Manager at Netwolves
- Senior Technology Officer at JPMOrganCHASE & Co
- Analyst at Chase
- Technical Lead at Visitor Services International
- Education
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- University of Central Florida
- Florida Institute of Technology
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Bernard Deschanes’s Summary
I ran my own small consulting company for a few years after college, working in a call-center to pay the rent. In 1998 I joined the IT staff at CHASE in Tampa and worked my way to the Architecture group. I specialized in requirements gathering, product comparison and selection, and proofs of concept. JPMorganCHASE's merger with Bank One led to my being on the market.
I have done term-work since the merger in IT Management and Project Management.
I'm happy to say that I found a position with potential for growth with a company I can be proud to work for. I plan to make it and the people I work with my home until I retire in forty or so years. It's an ideal position with lots of variety and room to change and grow over time.
Bernard Deschanes’s Specialties:
Project Management, Six Sigma, Human Factors, Enterprise Architecture, RFP, Vendor Relations, Negotiation, E-Provisioning, Identity management, Automation, Disaster Recovery & Backups, Network Design and Routing, Security, HelpDesk Management, Oracle, Weblogic, Solaris, Linux, Microsoft Servers, Exchange, Postscript, Novell ZENWorks, Web-Services, Firewalls, SOA
Bernard Deschanes’s Experience
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System Administrator
Patriot Technologies
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
I wrangle Linux & AIX boxes for the VA. More to follow . . . !
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Server Administrator
Saint Leo University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
November 2006 — February 2009 (2 years 4 months)
One of a small team of administrators who do everything IT related around a small college campus with remote classrooms (video-links...the works!) all over the country and outside. we cater to continuing education for deployed troops as well as stateside bases. I'm very excited to be in academia again!
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ZENWorks Implementation Consultant
Eckerd College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
October 2006 — October 2006 (1 month)
I've been hired to guide an implementation of Novell's ZEN product, already in progress, and to help overcome some obstacles the college staff has encountered. The position entails problem-solving, knowlege transfer, and business-analysis. This is a short-term contract with the possibility of extension.
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Technical Project Manager
Tampa Electric
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Utilities industry)
January 2006 — May 2006 (5 months)
I was contracted to provide a detailed project-plan for implementing a managed-desktop solution within a single business. The plan included time-forecasting, resource-planning, technology design, compliance, communication, advocacy, and research. My responsibility ended when the project progressed from Planning to Implementation.
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IT Manager
Netwolves
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2005 — October 2005 (4 months)
I had direct hands-on responsibility for all the internal IT infrastructure in the company. In addition I had staff-supervisory responsibilities, and provided technology-planning for migration and disaster-recovery. There was a strong emphasis on data-retention and backup automation, as well as enterprise security. In addition, some vendor-management and warranty-service management was required. Finally, day-to-day breakl-fix and user-support made up the balance of the role.
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Senior Technology Officer
JPMOrganCHASE & Co
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)
February 1998 — March 2005 (7 years 2 months)
I worked in a range of IT positions from direct User-Support through Enterprise Architecture over a period of 7 years. My specialties would be technology advocacy, compliance, business analysis, project management, human factors analysis, and technology. I have formal training in Six Sigma methodology as well as in many specific technologies relating to global enterprises, automation, financial services, communications, and call-centers.
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Analyst
Chase
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CMB; Banking industry)
February 1998 — February 2005 (7 years 1 month)
This was the name of the company under which I was hired, for the purpose of locating former co-workers from before the JPMorgan Merger
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Technical Lead
Visitor Services International
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
November 1996 — February 1998 (1 year 4 months)
I managed a team of 20 agents acting as a satelite reservation-center for Frontier Airlines. Responsibilities included travel-related terminal operations, billing, data-analysis, and forecasting.
Bernard Deschanes’s Education
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University of Central Florida
Computer Engineering & Materials Science 1989 — 1991
I left school after 2 years, a few credits shy of a double-major BS to pursue a career opportunity. I have always intended to complete my degree(s), but have not found time so far with work & home obligations.
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Florida Institute of Technology
Computer Engineering 1985 — 1989
I studied undergrad Computer Engineering for a BS, and transferred to UCF when catalog-drift began to make graduation difficult, as well as to save money.
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Bernard Deschanes’s Interests:
I have interests in Music, Historic Re-Enactment, Movies (Home-Theater), IT, Gardening, Robotics, Chemistry, and Motorcycling.
Bernard Deschanes’s Groups:
Project Management Institute
Novell Users Institute
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ProBull Breeding
Bernard Deschanes’s Honors:
CNA
RHCT
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