Don Watkins

Current

• Owner at DGW Enterprises LLC
• Technology Director at Franklinville Central School

Past

• Partner at Catco PCs
• Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class at United States Navy

Education

• Saint Bonaventure University
• Genesee Community College
• State University of New York at Buffalo

• Excelsior College
• Excelsior College
• U.S. Navy Hospital Corps School
• State University of New York College at Oswego

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• Twitter
• Delicious

Don Watkins’s Summary

Twenty-three years providing visionary technology direction and leadership in information technology management and deployment. Cisco Certified Network Administrator, Linux system administrator on a variety of distributions including Red Hat Enterprise, Centos, Fedora and Ubuntu. Experienced with Drupal and Moodle deployment. Working as the administrator of Google Apps and Mail using Postini for a small school district. Master of Arts in Educational Psychology from State University of New York at Buffalo (1993). Currently enrolled in Master of Science in Educational Leadership at St. Bonaventure University.

Don Watkins’s Specialties:

Purchasing, server architecture, Linux management, Web development, Windows management, media editing, teaching, writing, Google Documents and Google Mail administrator.VMWare deployment and planning. Moodle trainer.

Don Watkins’s Experience

• Owner

  DGW Enterprises LLC

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1999 — Present (11 years )

  Technology consultant emphasizing solutions for individuals, small and medium businesses and non-profits. Particular expertise in designing interactive websites that utilize open source software including Drupal, Wordpress, MySQL and PHP. A member of the Ubuntu Linux Marketplace.

• Technology Director

  Franklinville Central School

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 1987 — Present (22 years 3 months)

  System Administrator for Windows 2000 and 2003, Active Directory, Linux System Administrator with Red Hat, Fedora, Suse, and Ubuntu experience. K12 Linux terminal server admiistrator, Lotus Notes Administrator. M.A. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis on Learning and Technology. Trained VMWare ESX Administrator. Experience with VMWare, Xen, and VirtualBox. Cisco Networking Academy Instructor.

• Partner

  Catco PCs

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1992 — December 2000 (9 years )

  Value added resale of personal computers, peripherals including TCP/IP network, Lantastic, Novell, and Appletalk. Technology planning and consulting. Sold office equipment and printers.

• Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class

  United States Navy

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USN; Military industry)

  June 1972 — June 1978 (6 years 1 month)

  Attended Boot Camp at Great Lakes, IL. Attended Navy Hospital Corps School at Great Lakes and graduated 8th in a class of 68 students. Stationed at Naval Air Station Albany, GA and worked in both the newborn nursery and ob-gyn wards. Stationed at Naval Submarine Medical Center in New London, CT. Worked in the Surgical Clinic. Named Command Sailor of the Quarter in July 1974. Left active duty in January 1975 and remained active in the United States Naval Reserve until June 1978.

Don Watkins’s Education

• Saint Bonaventure University

  M.S. , Educational Leadership , 2009 — 2011 (expected)

• Genesee Community College

  CCNA , Cisco Certified Network Associate , 2002 — 2003

• State University of New York at Buffalo

  M.A. , Educational Psychology with emphasis on technology and learning , 1988 — 1992

  I was a HyperCard programmer. I developed hyper-linked materials that provided an instructional platform that featured National Geographic video disks that were used to teach students about the Erie Canal. The results of the my instructional software and my interaction with this select group of fourth grade students is recorded in my thesis, "The Impact of Cognitive Flexibility Theory and Hypermedia on the Social Studies Achievement of Fourth Grade Students" which is published and available at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

• Excelsior College

  B.S. , Liberal Studies , 1987 — 1988

• Excelsior College

  A.S. , Liberal Studies , 1987 — 1987

• U.S. Navy Hospital Corps School

  Hospital Corpsman A School 1972 — 1973

• State University of New York College at Oswego

  Anthropology 1971 — 1972

Additional Information

Don Watkins’s Websites:

• My Company
• Twitter
• Delicious

Don Watkins’s Interests:

Technology consulting, web design using Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla CMS, open source software, Ubuntu Linux, general aviation,entrepreneur, K12 Linux and open source software, system design, open source evangelist,MySQL, PHP, wikimedia, digital video, Google Apps.

Don Watkins’s Groups:

Ubuntu Affiliate, CCNA, LPI 101, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Franklinville Area Chamber of Commerce, Secular Franciscan Order, New York State Computer and Technology Educators, Western New York Regional Information Center Standards Committee.

•    Ubuntu Users ( 10.000+ members ) Official Group
•    Google APPS users
•    US Navy Veteran Group
•    US NAVY Corpsman
•    Friends of Mt. Irenaeus

Don Watkins’s Honors:

Voice of Democracy Winner, Honorable Discharge United States Navy, Sailor of the Quarter Submarine Medical Center 1974, Fellowship of Christian Athletes Impacting Youth Award, Fellowship of Christian Athletes Board Member, Minister St.Irenaeus Secular Franciscan Fraternity, Mt. Irenaeus Partner in Ministry.

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• new ventures
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