Actor and Assistant Director of Academic Computing at Sarah Lawrence College
Greater New York City Area
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- Assistant Director of Academic Computing at Sarah Lawrence College
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- Technical Support Lead at DSL.net
- Data Analyst (Consultant) at AT&T Global Network
- Systems Engineer (Intern) at HealthCare Systems Associates
- Customer Service Specialist at Bell Atlantic Mobile
- Assistant Language Teacher at JET Programme
- Education
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- Sarah Lawrence College
- Teikyo Post University
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Gary Ploski’s Summary
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Gary Ploski’s Specialties:
Application of web services and software to academic and professional projects Identity Management
Gary Ploski’s Experience
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Assistant Director of Academic Computing
Sarah Lawrence College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
October 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)
Instructional Technology Highlights
* Supported a student theatre production with the use of technology
* Presented for NITLE discussing Open-source Productivity and Collaboration Tools
* Presented at the NITLE 2008 Summit with Reference Staff on Campus Collaboration Services
* Taught workshops on various topics including: Excel, Greening, and MySLC (LMS)
* Collaborated with faculty and student Project Managers to enable US International keyboard access in language faculty offices and post how-to documentation online
* Worked with the Help Desk to install video conferencing software and equipment for a graduate student unable to visit campus due to health issues
* Presented NITLE MIV sessions on Identity Management
* Presented at NERCOMP on the topic Different Help Desks, Similar Goals
* Provided one-on-one assistance to students, faculty, and staff with hardware and software
* Initiated, co-developed, and marketed a Technology Survey
* Initiated Resident Assistant training and Orientation training for incoming and transfer students
* Editor in Chief of the Academic Computing website redesign in 2006
Administrative Highlights
* Managed the daily operations of Academic Computing and the Help Desk
* Assisted the Library Director with the management of five staff members
* Managed 50+ Academic Computing and Help Desk student employees
* Managed two student Project Managers
* Member of the Sustainability Committee since its inception in 2007
* Member of the Committee on Student Life since 2006
* Researched and co-implemented whentowork.com for student employees
* Collaborated with Student Employment and student project managers to standardize and migrate all student employee job descriptions onto MySLC
* Initiated and managed the migration of student email from Squirrel Mail to Google Apps -
Technical Support Lead
DSL.net
(Internet industry)
May 2000 — October 2002 (2 years 6 months)
* Project managed ISP and Backhaul migration switch overs
* Provided network support and configuration of Ethernet and AppleTalk configuration
* Implemented Cisco and Netopia router configurations and modifications
* Supported circuit switching (backhaul) for optimal network traffic utilization
* Administered and supported email, web hosting, and Domain Name Server (DNS) solutions
* Supported TCP/IP configuration
* Provided Firewall administration
* Acted as security coordinator on Abuse/Security team
* Provided DSL network configurations for PC and Macintosh based systems
* Provided technical customer support of DSL.net products and services
* Acted as executive-level escalation point for troubleshooting problems to resolution
* Analyzed network latency issues
* Configured network DSLAMs (DSL Access Multiplexers)
* Provided technical training to team members -
Data Analyst (Consultant)
AT&T Global Network
(Telecommunications industry)
February 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 4 months)
* Researched, verified, and completed high performance/broadband circuit orders
* Maintained and updated numerous CLLI and circuit source systems and databases -
Systems Engineer (Intern)
HealthCare Systems Associates
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1999 — November 1999 (2 months)
* Troubleshoot LAN problems and provided timely resolutions on-site and remotely
* Installed, configured, and backed-up configurations of NetWare and NT -
Customer Service Specialist
Bell Atlantic Mobile
(Public Company; VZ; Telecommunications industry)
November 1998 — May 1999 (7 months)
* Provided support to customers on cellular equipment use and inquiries concerning service
* Retained customers by implementation of special promotions
* Resolved escalated issues
* Completed special projects as requested by Management
* Assisted with the development of Intranet web sites -
Assistant Language Teacher
JET Programme
(Higher Education industry)
July 1997 — July 1998 (1 year 1 month)
* Prepared lesson plans and team-taught with 16 Japanese Language Teachers
* Provided support to students in and out of class
* Encouraged conversation between students, in English, to develop their conversational ability
* Reorganized visitation schedules to create more interaction with students at each school
Gary Ploski’s Education
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Sarah Lawrence College
MFA , Theatre (Acting) , 2003 — 2008
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Teikyo Post University
BS , MIS , 1993 — 1997
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Gary Ploski’s Interests:
Acting, technology, soccer, rock climbing, theatre, film, movies, online identity, personal branding, web 2.0
Gary Ploski’s Groups:
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Sarah Lawrence College Alumni
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