Daryl Alford

Current

Legal Services Broker - Independent Associate at Prepaid Legal Services Inc.
Consultant, BlackBerry Enterprise Server (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

Leader, Helpdesk Operations at PMC-Sierra, Inc.
Charter Member at Chip Chat Toastmasters

Education

Capilano College

Recommended

22 people have recommended Daryl

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Legal Services

Websites

Daryl Alford’s Summary

Prepaid Legal offers services to enhance employee retention, at little or no cost to the employer, while offering excellent protection for the employee and their families.

Offering presentations to companies large and small, in BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and the United States.

- online details
www.prepaidlegal.com/biz/darylalford
www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/darylalford

- audio overview, toll free 866-887-1502

Daryl Alford’s Specialties:

Small Business Plans
Home Based Business Riders
Individual and Family Plans
Life Events Legal Plan
Legal Shield
Identity Theft Shield

Daryl Alford’s Experience

Legal Services Broker - Independent Associate

Prepaid Legal Services Inc.

(Legal Services industry)

December 2007 — Present (11 months)

Legal services Broker
Legal Plans for Individuals, Families, Small Business, Group Benefits,
Identity Theft Solutions,

www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/darylalford,
Consultant, BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Sole Proprietorship

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Administration, configuration, installation, deployment, troubleshooting.
Leader, Helpdesk Operations

PMC-Sierra, Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PMCS; Semiconductors industry)

December 1993 — March 2007 (13 years 4 months)

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada - Manage fulltime, co-op and contractor personnel in providing our local and international sites with in-depth pc hardware and software support; initial response to networking, Unix and NT-server requests; technical support of audio and video conferencing, internal and web-based; technical support for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and related handheld devices.

7+ years experience in BES Administration

Multisite, international, mixed-Exchange (5.5, 2003) multi-server environment, with MS SQL connectionBES 4.x, BES3.6.

Support of RIM models 8800, 8700, 8100, 7200, 7100, 6200, etc.

Extensive service provider support
- Rogers, Telus, Bell, Cingular / AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Orange, Vodaphone, DT, SingTel, etc.

- EDGE, GPRS, GSM, EVDO, 1X, CDMA, TDMA
Charter Member

Chip Chat Toastmasters

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

April 2005 — March 2007 (2 years)

Served in many positions, including Vice President / Public Relations, Sergeant-At-Arms, Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms, Chair, Table Topics Master, Grammarian, Timekeeper, etc.

Employees = members in the club.

Established at PMC-Sierra, Burnaby.

Strong interest shown by local employees, providing for an enthusiastic and energetic club.

A great learning environment, with strong support from our Toastmasters Executive team.

Daryl Alford’s Education

Capilano College

Diploma, Accelerated Computer Systems Management Program, ACSM, 1993 — 1993

A two-year program condensed into ten months.

An intense, focused curriculum designed to give real world experience and knowledge in high technology.

Every four weeks there was a mid-term or a final exam, which provided practical experience in long-term high-pressure situations.

Additional Information

Daryl Alford’s Websites:

Daryl Alford’s Interests:

Toastmasters, www.toastmasters.org, BlackBerry, www.blackberry.com, Wireless Enterprise Symposium, www.attendwes.com, Peace Summit Technologies, www.smartsettle.com,

Daryl Alford’s Groups:

LinkedIn Canada,
finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinCanada,

LinkedInBloggers,
finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinBloggers,

MyLinkedinPowerForum
finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum,

Coquitlam Strata Council, 9+ years,
Director, Treasurer, Vice-President, President,

CTCCA, Coquitlam Town Centre Community Association,
Director, 2+ years,

United Way,
PMC Organization Team for 2 years,