Vernon Lewis

Current

Technology Educator & Music Instructor at City of Chino, Upland Music School, & Rancho Academy of Music

Past

Special Projects Manager at Los Angeles County Fair Association
Systems Analyst at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Director of Admistrative Computing at Scripps College - Claremont, CA

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Education

Claremont Graduate University
Pomona College

Connections

40 connections

Industry

Computer Networking

Websites

Vernon Lewis’s Summary

I have applied my tech skills as a Spaceflight Operations Analyst at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL ) for NASA in Pasadena for over 10 years. This work was primarily in the telecommunications division for the Deep Space Network where I worked on Voyager 1 & 2, Pioneer, Helios, Magellan, Viking, & Topex Poseidon, & Galileo projects. Also as Director of Administrative Computing at Scripps College in Claremont, CA, and as MIS Director for Fairplex in Pomona, Ca. I have also worked as a systems manager for Science Application International, Corp. at the National Training Center - Fort Irwin, CA, and for a number of independent contracts including General Dynamics, Kodak, Bell & Howell, Honeywell, & Singer corporations. I have been a liason and special projects manager with the Los Angeles County Fair, City of Pomona, JPL, Pomona Unified School District, San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, the Inland Empire Economic Council and several other organizations. Recently I have taught at Chaffey College and the City of Chino in addition to Upland Music School & Rancho Academy of Music.

Vernon Lewis’s Specialties:

Designing, configuring, and managing systems of different sizes and applications. Developing and instructing with operations and training materials. Assisting with needs requirements and configuration control. Integrated circuit design & manufacturing, and some network engineering.

Vernon Lewis’s Experience

Technology Educator & Music Instructor

City of Chino, Upland Music School, & Rancho Academy of Music

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2003 — Present (6 years 5 months)

I currently provide 16 class sessions per week in computer instruction focusing on 6 classes for the City of Chino Senior Center. I have recently completed 5 courses for Cisco Certified Network Associate ( CCNA ) and am in the Cisco Networking Academy for CCNP classes. I am trained in classical, medieval, renainssance, and baroque music & teach music in Upland & Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Special Projects Manager

Los Angeles County Fair Association

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

September 1996 — June 2002 (5 years 10 months)

I wore a number of hats and accomplished several achievements in multiple departments at Fairplex over several years including Events management & production, webmaster, marketing coordinator, Fairplex Trade & Convention Center Development manager, Box Office Mamager, Guest Services Supervisor, and MIS Director. The venue is known worldwide for hosting over 350 events annually and in excess of 3.1 million visitors per year.
Systems Analyst

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

March 1980 — June 1997 (17 years 4 months)

I worked as an analyst in the Space Flight Operations Facility for the Deep Space Network ( owned by NASA ) which is headquarted in Pasadena, CA with complexes in Goldstone, Ca, Canberra, Australia, and Madrid, Spain. Real-time ops engineering and data processing for the Division 33 Section 371 group on multiple projects including but not limited to Voyager 1 & 2 at Saturn, Neptune, & Uranus, Viking landers & orbiters, Pioneer, Helios, Galileo, Magellan, Topex-Poseidon, and multi-mission SFOC development. I have used a variety of platforms including IBM, Sun, DEC, HP and multiple operating systems for several applications such as telemetry, command, spacecraft performance monitoring, and data archiving.
Director of Admistrative Computing

Scripps College - Claremont, CA

(Higher Education industry)

March 1984 — 1986 (2 years)

Designed & implemented a VAX/VMS System for 60 users with several specialized modules. Taught the various offices how to use the software - Registration, admissions, student billing, development, dean of faculty, via POISE ( People Oriented Information Systems for Education ). Converted data from EBCIDIC to ASCII, managed the overall hardware & software processes.

Vernon Lewis’s Education

Claremont Graduate University

1990 — 1995
Pomona College

B.A. Prgm , International Relations , 1978 — 1982

Additional Information

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Vernon Lewis’s Interests:

Management training, new technology, organizational development, strategic planning, professional networking, education, arts, music, for profit & not-for-profit orgs, social assistance, online community groups www.myspace.com/vernonlewis