Nick Gough

Current

Partner at The Kennedy Seminars Group, LLC

Past

IT Project Mgr at Reed Elsevier Technology Services
WebSphere Acceptance Manager at LexisNexis
Sr. Systems Engineer at LexisNexis

IT Support Lead at LexisNexis
Sr. Systems Engineer at LexisNexis
DBA Consultant at Computer Horizons
Manager at Total Control Inc.
Sr. Analyst/Programmer at SW Ohio companies

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Education

Antioch University McGregor
Wright State University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Nick Gough’s Summary

Experience in varying roles of responsibility in the computer industry, from programming to management. Involved in new product development for: custom label preparation systems; accounting development; parking fee computers; cardio-pulmonary metabolic carts for sports teams and burn centers; customized, turn-key computer systems for a variety of industries; DBMS support of all the major DBMS packages including Ingres, Sybase, Oracle and OODBMS packages; project liaison for IT and as project manager for ScienceDirect and lexis.com; WebSphere Acceptance Mgr (J2EE environmental administrator/architect for WebSphere implementation); and as IT Project Mgr. for a variety of critical efforts.

Strive to achieve the best approach in successfully implementing the assigned task.

Nick Gough’s Specialties:

IT environmental/foundation architecture, IT project management, VAR negotiation and setup, management, purchasing, pre-sales tech support, and engineering lead for product development. Have specialized in the architecture and project management of WebSphere/J2EE-based environments into the IT structure of a data center. Team-focused with PMI principles.

Nick Gough’s Experience

Partner

The Kennedy Seminars Group, LLC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year )

Assisted on setting up & assisting in managing a small company which performs parenting seminars for various schools and community groups.
This position is voluntary at this time and requires very little work.
IT Project Mgr

Reed Elsevier Technology Services

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Managed & led a number of projects to successful conclusions, ranging from the March-2007 time change weekend activities to a Sybase to Oracle migration effort for a critical database, retiring Sybase, to the setup of a secure environment for PCI efforts, to a new WebSphere environment for global user ids, to a number of LN hosted client setups in the LN data center.
WebSphere Acceptance Manager

LexisNexis

(Public Company; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2000 — 2007 (7 years )

Effectively and functionally acted as a Program Manager, with an average team of 10+ internal and external resources working in a matrix environment on the enterprise architecture, use, implementation and support strategy for WebSphere. Setup & managed the WebSphere Lab, participated in the architecture of the environment for using WebSphere, set the strategy for support with IBM, the establishment of a specific environment for using WebSphere and the strategy for when to use which J2EE solution with regards to the cost, utilization and support of each J2EE package in the mix. Assisted in the establishment of WebSphere application approval procedures to meet RAP (Reliability, Availability & Performance) goals and standards. Also participated in working with the development and support teams in the tuning and configuration of the applications and environment for optimal performance.
Sr. Systems Engineer

LexisNexis

(Public Company; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Worked on special projects in CPM, such as shared services and investigated pre-production checkout env.
Also was assigned to team for the Proof of Tech. for WebSphere, which took place in 2000.
IT Support Lead

LexisNexis

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

1996 — 1999 (3 years )

As an ITSL, I was able to act as liaison/coordinator/project manager for the following applications and projects:
- Lexis.com (Oracle implementation)
- ScienceDirect (as one of a team of Proj Mgrs, this instantly became the largest scientific db on the Internet)
- Many others, including the establishment of the first Internet firewall env, which was used by a number of products, including ScienceDirect.
Sr. Systems Engineer

LexisNexis

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

October 1993 — February 1996 (2 years 5 months)

Began at LN (Mead Data Central) as an employee by continuing my role as Lead DBA for the ENP group (now called Unix Sys Eng). Managed Ingres, Sybase, Oracle and later worked in the OODBMS area with Objectivity and Objectstore.
Eventually helped establish first DBA group.
DBA Consultant

Computer Horizons

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CHRZ; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1991 — October 1993 (2 years 7 months)

Began this role at Mead Data Central, as a contractor, being the lead DBA in the ENP group. This eventually led to being hired by MDC in Oct, 1993.
Responsible for Ingres, Sybase and then Oracle DBMS systems within the Dev & Cert environments (which was ENP's responsibility).
Manager

Total Control Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

1989 — 1991 (2 years )

Managed and led DBA efforts for a turn-key computer consulting company.
Led & managed a team of 10+ internal and external resources in a matrix environment for Ingres-based applications as well as establish co. as a VAR for DEC, Data General & Ingres
Sr. Analyst/Programmer

SW Ohio companies

(Computer Software industry)

April 1977 — October 1989 (12 years 7 months)

Different roles at different companies, including 4+ years at Std Register Co. in the Label Preparation Systems group producing customer-based systems and payroll systems for Std. Register.
Developed a variety of other systems including parking fee computer systems for Cincinnati Time Recorder, conveyor control systems for Buschman Conveyor and a cardio-pulmonary metabolic cart used in the sporting industry and in hospitals for burn victims for Gould Medical-Sensormedics-Spectramed. A variety of languages were used from Assembly, Basic, compiled Basic, and C to Cobol.
Also held a pre-sales role for Hamilton-Avnet.

Nick Gough’s Education

Antioch University McGregor

M.A. , Management , 1996 — 1997

Participated in and graduated with class GMP 9.
Wright State University

BS , Business Economics , 1974 — 1976

Additional Information

Nick Gough’s Interests:

Enjoy walking & hiking, traveling, Arts & Crafts architecture and collectibles, Formula One racing, sports cars, golf and especially being with family and friends. Involved in church as a deacon. Co-founded a preservation group, Oakwood Preservation Trust, which saved the Oakwood city building from complete destruction. Enjoy politics and have participated in the process, working for a number of candidates and promoting fair elections and access to voting via a local support group. Participate in discussions by defending the liberties, freedoms and rights of all people, especially those who cannot defend or represent themselves.