David Newberger

Current

Systems Administrator at Minneapolis Convention + Visitors Association
Systems Administrator at Meet Minneapolis
Founder at Blackdot Ventures (Self-employed)

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Information Technology and Services

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David Newberger’s Summary

Enterprise-level systems and data center administration is where my interests lie. Large scale role outs, systems architecture, platform and hardware management, deep automation and enterprise scale alerting and management.

I am increasingly interested in IT policy, how to handle and deal with the challenges of small to mid sized IT organizations. Structuring knowledge sharing, collaboration, documentation, aspects of ITIL, best practices, etc.

I am also interested in IT security, and managing security in small to mid sized IT environments.

I like to think out of the box and ask the hard questions. I assume nothing and always try to build a sense of the big picture in everything I do. I enjoy extreme complexity and digging into, and making myself master of, complex IT systems. The devil is in the details. Because of the amount of importance I place on accuracy of information, context and detail, I will often be the go-to guy for understanding how something -actually- works. In my communications, I always provide context and prefer giving too much information, that too little.

I am a collaboration junkie. I love tools that make it easier to share information with people, and to connect to others. I am a great proponent of introducing social software into the enterprise, such as blogs, forums, wiki's etc. I am a fan of Microsoft's Sharepoint technology, and will often refer to it as a good starting point to achieve higher forms of collaboration and information dissemination.

David Newberger’s Specialties:

Emerging Technologies, Open Source Development, Multimedia Development, Web Development, Business Blogging, XML, RSS, Project Management, Hardware Maintenance & Support, Hardware Installation, Software Maintenance & Support, Software Installation, Network & Systems Administration, IT Development & Deployment, New Media, Social Media, Social Networking, entrepreneurship, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Technology Evangelist, Social Media Evangelist, Wiki, Enterprise web tools, Web Office

David Newberger’s Experience

Systems Administrator

Minneapolis Convention + Visitors Association

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )
Systems Administrator

Meet Minneapolis

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Hospitality industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Day-to-Day systems administration. Windows Xp, Windows 2003, OS X, OS X Server, Linux, Cisco VoIP, Wireless, Database Management, Backup Strategy, and Disaster Recovery
Founder
Blackdot Ventures (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1993 — Present (16 years 6 months)

As the founder of Blackdot Ventures I perform all business and technical tasks for the company.

Blackdot Ventures works with Web site development, IT Support, Network & System Administration, IT Infrastructure Design, Deployment, and Support. Blackdot Ventures also does Hardware & Software Installation and Support. Finally at Blackdot Ventures we have begun to work with Wired and Wireless IP video and audio surveillance.

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David Newberger’s Websites:

David Newberger’s Interests:

Emerging Technologies, Open Source Development, Multimedia Development, Website Development, Internet Cafe Development, Business Blogging, Business Podcasting, xml, RSS, Venture Capital, Water Programming, Project Management IT Consultant, Emerging Technology Specialist, Open Source Multimedia Developer, Hardware Maintenance & Support, Hardware Installation, Software Maintenance & Support, Software Installation, Network & Systems Administration, IT Security, IT Development & Deployment, New Media Consultant, Social Media, Social Networking, Innovation, entrepreneurship, CVA, CVB, Convention and Visitor Association, Enterprise 2.0, Web 2.0, Convention and Visitor bureau, New Media, Social anthropology, Technology Evangelist, Social Media Evangelist, Wiki, Enterprise web tools, eOffice, Web Office

David Newberger’s Groups:

NAJA, In The Trenches, Socrates Cafe

eOffice
Minnesota Networking Group
asterisk users group
LinkedMinnesota
Technology Outsourcing– Professionals/ Software Developers/ Freelancers/ Programmers/ Entrepreneurs
Semper Fi Network - United States Marine Veterans - USMC
Asterisk - A Digium Sponsored Project
Social Media Marketing
Asterisk Open Source Communications Platform
The Asterisk Group
DMAI Convention and Visitors Bureau Network
Tweeple
USMC IT Professionals
Jaiku Users.
Minnesota Public Relations
US Marine Corps- ONLY for those who served!
Rubyists
U.S. Marine Corps Alumni
twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
MySQL Conference & Expo
Social Media Breakfast - Minneapolis/St. Paul (SMBMSP)
Fans of Digsby
O'Reilly Velocity Conference
O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference
O'Reilly Open Source Convention OSCON
Official RailsConf Group
Solo Consultants Network
Passkey GroupMax for Meeting Planners
Passkey for CVBs