Jeff Greer

Current

Sr Systems Engineer at Reed Elsevier

Past

Coordinating Copy Editor at LexisNexis
Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Virginia
Interviewer at National Opinion Research Center

Sergeant at US Army
Staff Accountant at John E. Rich and Company

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Education

Piedmont Virginia Community College
University of Virginia
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Middlebury College
Defense Language Institute
Johnson and Wales University

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Jeff Greer’s Summary

Experienced satellite office data center engineer supporting several hundred end users in a rapidly changing environment.

Jeff Greer’s Specialties:

SOHO networking (wired/wireless) for local entities

Jeff Greer’s Experience

Sr Systems Engineer

Reed Elsevier

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RUK; Publishing industry)

May 1995 — Present (14 years 3 months)

Integration and consolidation
Active Directory design and implementation
Systems installation, monitoring and management
E-mail administration
Year 2000 compliance
Help desk supervision
Coordinating Copy Editor

LexisNexis

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1988 — May 1995 (6 years 9 months)

Supervised new projects for the preparation of statutory, federal regulatory, and annotation copy for inclusion in print, CD-ROM, and online formats.
Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of Virginia

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

September 1985 — December 1987 (2 years 4 months)

Planned and taught courses in developing Russian oral skills. Lectured on grammar, wrote and graded exams. As assistant director of the Russian House for the Summer Foreign Language Institute (1986), organized house activities.
Interviewer

National Opinion Research Center

(Research industry)

April 1983 — August 1983 (5 months)

Conducted interviews in Russian with recent Soviet emigres in New York, NY and Hartford, CT, to obtain statistical data on many aspects of life in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Interview Project, a study sponsored by the National Council for Soviet and East European Research.
Sergeant

US Army

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

June 1977 — June 1981 (4 years 1 month)

Voice Intercept Operator, Russian. Served domestically in Florida and Texas, overseas in Turkey and Germany. Held top secret security clearance with code word access. Performed intelligence collection, analysis and reporting. Supervised the training of an 85-man unit in all aspects of defense against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Staff Accountant

John E. Rich and Company

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Accounting industry)

June 1976 — May 1977 (1 year)

Prepared financial statements and tax returns for individuals, partnerships and corporations. Assisted in audits of several New Hampshire municipalities.

Jeff Greer’s Education

Piedmont Virginia Community College

1996 — 2006

Completed classes in Microsoft and UNIX operating systems, computer networking, Cisco Internetworking, wireless networking, network security, and financial management.
University of Virginia

MA , Slavic Langauges and Literatures , 1985 — 1988
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

BA , Russian Language and Literature , 1982 — 1984

Worked part-time providing personal care and transportation for physically disabled individuals.
Middlebury College

Russian 1981 — 1981

Third-year intensive Russian course, Middlebury College Language School. Students are pledged to communicate only in the language of study. No English allowed!
Defense Language Institute

Certificate , Russian , 1977 — 1978
Johnson and Wales University

Accounting 1975 — 1976

Completed introductory coursework in accounting, business law and finance.

Additional Information

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Jeff Greer’s Interests:

(1) Completed Neighborhood Leadership Institute, Spring 2009, a series of workshops aimed at increasing effective citizen participation with the City of Charlottesville (2) officer of election in Jefferson Park precinct, 2008 -- , (3) volunteer reader at Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (http://www.rfbd.org/RUVC/index.htm), sponsored by Reed Elsevier Cares, (4) completed Charlottesville Citizens Police Academy, Fall 2005 (http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=233)

Jeff Greer’s Groups:

(1) Rivanna Solid Waste Authority-Citizens Advisory Committee (http://www.charlottesville.org/Index.aspx?page=1858), 2006 -- , (2) Fry's Spring Neighborhood Association, (3) Fry's Spring Beach Club