Tom Russell

Current

Director of Technology at Cook County School District 130

Past

Director of Information Technology at Civitas Schools
Systems Administrator at Majestic Star Casino
Technical Operations Manager at Paluch & Associates

Information Technology Manager at Trump Casino
Network Administrator at Strack & Van Til Supermarkets, Inc
Programmer/Analyst at Trans-Apparel Group
Programmer/Analyst at INNOVA Consulting
Process Control Engineer at Davey International
Programmer/Analyst Intern at NIPSCO
Assistant Process Control Engineer at LTV Steel Company

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Education

Colorado Technical University
Current Technologies Computer Learning Center
Purdue University Calumet

Ball State University

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Tom Russell’s Summary

Management Experience

* Manage projects, operating budget, expense budget, purchasing, staffing and supply needs. Ensure that all activities adhere to set Architectural and Internal Controls Standards.
* Evaluate, communicate, champion and implement appropriate new and emerging technologies that support existing business strategies.
* Contract negotiation and manage relationships with multiple vendors and contractors.
* Manage, evaluate, mentor, and train staff on Information Technology asset configurations, tool utilization and troubleshooting.
* Provide direction by setting Information Technology Architecture Standards and planning for the implementation of new technologies and the retirement of outdated ones.
* Systems design and capacity planning.

Systems Experience

* Systems Security: Develop security policies, procedures, configuration standards, and guidelines.
* Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003. All Windows Desktop OS. AS/400
* Messaging Systems: MS Exchange Server 2007.
* Telephony: Cisco Call Manager, Cisco Unity, NEC 2000 and 2400 PBX, NeaxMail.
* Software: BackupExec. Microsoft Office. IBM Client Access. MS SQL Server.
* Hardware: IBM Compatible PCs and Servers; Cisco; IBM AS/400; Multi-function network copiers.
* Applications: Human Resources, Financial Operations, Financial Accounting, Risk Management, Marketing, Security, PowerSchool.

Tom Russell’s Specialties:

Windows Directory Services; Systems Security; Operating Systems: Windows Server 4.0, 2000, 2003. Windows Vista, XP, WINS, DHCP, DNS, WUS/SUS; AS/400; TCP/IP; MS Exchange Server 5.5-2007; Cisco Call Manager, Cisco Unity, NEC 2000/2400 PBX, NeaxMail, Nortel Option 11, Optivity Telephony Manager (OTM); T1, Cisco Routers, Cisco PIX, Cisco VPN Concentrator; IBM Compatible PCs and Servers; Macintosh; Ethernet; Token-Ring; switches, bridges, routers; IBM AS/400

Tom Russell’s Experience

Director of Technology

Cook County School District 130

(Primary/Secondary Education industry)

March 2009 — Present (5 months)

Direction, management, and oversight of Information Technology systems and staff.
Director of Information Technology

Civitas Schools

(Education Management industry)

December 2006 — March 2009 (2 years 4 months)

Direction, management, and oversight of Information Technology systems and staff.
o Powerschool Administrator
o Expanded use of the USAC E-Rate program.
o Consolidated and relocated systems to a central data center.
o Redesigned, upgraded and economized Wide Area Network serving four locations.
o Redesigned and installed new, centralized, VOIP telephone system for four locations.
o Substantially improved user confidence and satisfaction with Information Technology Department systems, personnel and abilities.
o Substantially improved response time to technical issues.
o Reduced trouble calls by over eighty-five percent through proactive systems management.
Systems Administrator

Majestic Star Casino

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

February 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 11 months)

o Support of Agilysys Lodging Management System and all related interfaced systems; Bally Systems ACSC Slot Management System; InfoGenesis and Micros Point of Sale systems.
o Support, adds, moves and changes of Nortel PBX Option 11, Optivity Telephony Manager (OTM), NEC NEAX2400 IMX (PBX), NEC NEAX2000 (PBX) and NEC Neaxmail.
o Data Analysis and Forensics; Development and maintenance of ad-hoc reports and queries; diverse applications utilizing MS Access.
o Developed Multi-user, network based Purchase Order System, Cash Box Tracking System using MS Access.
o Network, server, desktop and AS/400 administration and support.
Technical Operations Manager

Paluch & Associates

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2004 — February 2005 (8 months)

Responsible for technical consulting and management of internal technical operations at the data center.
Information Technology Manager

Trump Casino

(Gambling & Casinos industry)

August 1998 — July 2004 (6 years)

Direction, management and oversight of Information Technology systems and staff.

o Integration of Player Tracking, Slot Management, Lodging Management, Point of Sale, PBX, credit card processing, and call accounting systems.
o Support, adds, moves and changes of NEC NEAX2400 IMX (PBX), NEC NEAX2000 (PBX), NEC Neaxmail.
o Support and administration of InfoGenesis Point of Sale system.
o Upgraded corporate server/desktop infrastructure from Novell/Windows 3.1 to Windows NT 4.0 Server/Workstation with little disruption in services to end-users. Employed System Policy for ease of administration and maintenance.
o Migrated to Windows Server 2000 and Windows XP.
o Improved reliability of network systems and point of sale system from approximately 60 percent to almost 100 percent availability.
Network Administrator

Strack & Van Til Supermarkets, Inc

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Supermarkets industry)

April 1996 — August 1998 (2 years 5 months)

o Management, direction and oversight of Information Technology systems.
o Design and setup of Local Area Networks at thirteen locations.
o Design and setup of multi-state Wide Area Network linking thirteen locations.
o Manage and support payroll, purchasing, inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable, warehouse, remote-store-ordering, direct-store-delivery, credit card processing, check cashing, video rental, and scale-management systems.
o Extended availability of Warehouse and Retail Movement systems to all 11 stores.
o Improved reliability of systems from approximately 50 percent to almost 100 percent availability.
o Streamlined and improved Direct Store Delivery, Time & Attendance, Pharmacy, Check Cashing, Personnel, Maintenance, Retail Movement and Scale Management systems.
Programmer/Analyst

Trans-Apparel Group

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1995 — September 1996 (1 year 1 month)

o Development and support of Human Resources, Accounting, Sales and manufacturing systems
o Support and administration of user and system menu system.
o Development and support of system Command Language (CL) programs.
o SYNON, AS/400 Command Language (CL), RPG, IBM AS/400.
Programmer/Analyst

INNOVA Consulting

(Management Consulting industry)

April 1995 — September 1995 (6 months)

o Contractor for National Steel Company in Mishawaka, IN.
o Development of Steel Manufacturing Cost Analysis system.
o COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, MVS/JCL, IBM Mainframe.
Process Control Engineer

Davey International

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1995 — April 1995 (4 months)

o Contractor for Acme Steel Blast Furnace facility in Chicago, IL.
o Development of Level III process control system.
o Visual Basic, Microsoft Access and Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE).
Programmer/Analyst Intern

NIPSCO

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1993 — January 1995 (1 year 7 months)

o Development and support of Electric Production and Distribution system.
o Development and support of Gas Production and Distribution system.
o Maintenance and support of Finance and Human Resource systems.
o Conversion of legacy systems from flat-file to relational database platform.
o COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, MVS/JCL, IBM Mainframe.
Assistant Process Control Engineer

LTV Steel Company

(Mining & Metals industry)

March 1992 — July 1993 (1 year 5 months)

o Development, support and maintenance of system backups of all Level II process control systems.
o Maintain inventory of all Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) equipment.
o DEC Command Language (DCL), VMS, DEC VAX, DEC Alpha.

Tom Russell’s Education

Colorado Technical University

Master of Science , Information Systems Security , 2005 — 2006

Professional Certificates: Project Management; Information Systems Security Management; Security Certification and Accreditation; Information Systems Security.
Current Technologies Computer Learning Center

MCSE Training , Windows 2000 , 2003 — 2003
Purdue University Calumet

Bachelor of Science , Computer Information Systems , 1991 — 1995

Received Semester Honors for 5 semsters. Received "Best Project" in class for Senior Benchmark Project class.
Ball State University

N/A , Psychology , 1986 — 1987

Activities and Societies:

"The Statesmen" Men's Glee Club.