Ric Charlton

Current

Site Admin at EduGeek.net
Network Manager at Baines School

Past

ICT Technician at Longridge High School

Education

University of St. Andrews

Recommended

2 people have recommended Ric

Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Ric Charlton’s Summary

An educational IT specialist experienced in design, implementation and administration of systems within secondary education.

Ric Charlton’s Experience

Site Admin

EduGeek.net

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

Administration and promotion of the UK's largest community of educational IT specialists
Network Manager

Baines School

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

Maintenance and installation of IT hardware and software
Integrating new technologies (inc. migration from Windows NT and 9x to Windows 2003 with Active Directory and Citrix)
Introduction and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Introduction of Citrix Presentation Server and thin-client technologies
Introduction of BlueSocket managed secure wireless network
Introduction of Apple OS X (inc. integration with Active Directory)
Implementation on an online helpdesk system for logging and monitoring jobs
Implementation of proactive network monitoring tools
Advising on cross-curricular ICT development and production of the ICT Development Plan and 5-year budget forecast
Procurement of ICT (inc. management and projection of multiple budgets)
Production and maintenance of backup and disaster recovery policies
Maintaining anti-virus and security policies
Monitoring of computer use, Internet access and e-mail abuse
ICT Technician

Longridge High School

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2002 — May 2004 (1 year 9 months)

Maintenance and installation of IT hardware and software
Integrating new technologies (inc. migration from Windows NT and 9x to Windows 2000 with Active Directory)
Introduction and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000
Introduction of Citrix and thin-client technologies
Advising on ICT development and procurement
Maintaining anti-virus and security policies
Maintenance of backup and disaster recovery policies
Monitoring of computer use, Internet access and e-mail abuse