IT Professional
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- Current
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- Consultant Programmer/Analyst at MRI Management, Inc.
- Owner at Cincinnatus Press
- Past
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- Director of Information Technology at Veterans for America
- Executive Director at Veterans for Common Sense
- Executive Director at Nuclear Policy Research Institute
- Microsoft Customer Support Engineer at Digital Island
- IT Operations Manager at Teligent
- Help Desk Team Leader at Unisys Corporation
- Abrams Tank Crewman at US Army
- Education
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- Georgia State University
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Charles Sheehan-Miles’s Summary
Creative, hands-on leader with 20 years of entrepreneurial and technology experience. Involved member of the community with demonstrated and effective leadership capability. Effective communicator with demonstrated ability to inspire others and get things done. My objective: rwork with a fantastic, motivated team that can move the earth and make things happen.
Charles Sheehan-Miles’s Specialties:
• Team leadership: Managing widely diverse global teams of staff and volunteers
• Technology: SQL, Exchange, Active Directory; Coldfusion; Mac OSX; WINE, Fink, VMWare, JIRA, Subversion, LSL, jQuery
• Mentor: Experienced mentor and technical trainer
• Certifications: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Adobe Certified Coldfusion Developer
Charles Sheehan-Miles’s Experience
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Consultant Programmer/Analyst
MRI Management, Inc.
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Programmer/analyst contractor: Coldfusion, Microsoft SQL Server and jQuery. Code, test, debug Coldfusion CFCs, SQL stored procedures and UI elements. Implement encrypted SSO; refactor old UI code from hardcoded HTML to XHTML/CSS.
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Owner
Cincinnatus Press
(Publishing industry)
January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)
Publishing, Nonprofit webhosting, Consulting
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Director of Information Technology
Veterans for America
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2006 — March 2009 (3 years 2 months)
Proposed and executed merger of Veterans for Common Sense with the Nobel Peace Prize winning Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation to create Veterans for America. Online outreach, website development, internal support for multinational organization. Executed IT refresh, including rollout of Windows Vista. Technology: Microsoft Exchange Server, Active Directory, SQL Server, Kintera Fundware. As a result of the economic downturn, completed orderly shutdown and sale and transfer of all IT assets for the shutdown of the organization, and spun off support for ongoing overseas programs.
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Executive Director
Veterans for Common Sense
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2002 — March 2006 (3 years 7 months)
Managed all aspects of the organization, including personnel, accounting, technical and communications. Developed database driven web site on Coldfusion and Microsoft SQL Server. Hired and managed staff of interns and part time employees. Planned and executed national media strategy. Media relations and public speaking throughout the United States.
Co-founder and member of Board of Directors (volunteer)
September 2002 to July 2004. Co-founded national organization focused on national security issues. Developed and managed website; national media engagements, speaking tours and fundraising. -
Executive Director
Nuclear Policy Research Institute
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2003 — July 2004 (1 year 6 months)
Recruited by new nonprofit organization to open Washington office. Strategic planning, fundraising, staff development, public speaking and operational manager. Installed and managed all IT systems. Hired and evaluated staff of five with additional seven interns. Led fundraising and communications strategy, including press briefings, routine radio and television interviews, editorial briefings for all major networks and newspapers, newsletters and member communications.
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Microsoft Customer Support Engineer
Digital Island
(Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 5 months)
Supported global managed hosting infrastructure for Cable & Wireless Managed Hosting Services. Interfaced with customers, service managers, product development and developers. Migration and customer handoff as Cable and Wireless pulled out of the US managed hosting market.
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IT Operations Manager
Teligent
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
March 1998 — November 2001 (3 years 9 months)
IT Operations Manager. August 1999 to November 2001.
Managed 18 direct reports. Led daily operations: system and database administration, backups, monitoring and performance analysis. Focused on automation, eliminating administrative overhead, and reducing costs. Established monitoring procedures, backups, and uptime and performance analysis. Developed documentation and security analysis, including a comprehensive risk assessment.
Maintained highly motivated team through the company’s growth stage; mentored and managed staff through eventual bankruptcy and through five separate layoffs. Accomplished key departmental missions as critical staff were laid off by cross-training staff and realigning critical systems.
Data Center Engineer/Messaging Team Leader. March 1998 to August 1999
Team leader for messaging and NT systems. Microsoft Exchange 5.5/Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000/SQL Server 6.5, 7 and 2000. Disaster recovery, backups, messaging system performance monitoring and tuning. -
Help Desk Team Leader
Unisys Corporation
(Public Company; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 6 months)
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Abrams Tank Crewman
US Army
(Government Agency; Military industry)
April 1990 — September 1992 (2 years 6 months)
Abrams tank crewman, A Company 4/64 Armor (Aug 90 to May 91)
S-3 Operations clerk, HHC 4/64 Armor (May 91 to September 91)
Served as Abrams tank crewman during combat operations in the Persian Gulf War.
Charles Sheehan-Miles’s Education
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Georgia State University
1992 — 1993
Additional Information
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Charles Sheehan-Miles’s Interests:
publishing, writing, podcasting, computer programming, coldfusion, parenting
Charles Sheehan-Miles’s Groups:
Veterans for Common Sense (board member, 2002-present)
National Gulf War Resource Center (board member, 1995-2006)
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Teligent Inc
Charles Sheehan-Miles’s Honors:
Army Commendation Medal for Valor, 1991
Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service, 1992 Army Achievement Medal, 1991
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Awarded by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), 1991
Teligent IT Operations Employee of the Month, August 1998
Unisys Excellence in Achievement Award, February 1998
Vietnam Veterans of America, President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement, 1997
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