
I.S. Manager at Vickrey & Associates, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas Area

I.S. Manager at Vickrey & Associates, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas Area
I.T. Consultant/Technician/Manager with 15 years experience supporting computers and everything that makes them useful. Focused on helping business use technology to improve business processes. Special interest in small business computing; assisting small businesses in getting big business results from their information systems without the required big business budgets.
Particular interest in the information that the technology creates, manipulates, and stores. Database experience including Oracle, MS SQL, My SQL, DB2, and Access (MS Jet). Many small businesses benefit from custom solutions to manage the data that is particular to their business processes.
Data conversion, small business application design, accounting data transfer and conversion.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Civil Engineering industry)
December 2005 — Present (4 years )
Manage all Information Systems; Servers, workstations, network, printing, and phone. Always looking for ways to do things more efficiently. Working to maintain a high performance environment for demanding CAD users.
Technologies we use: Windows Server, Linux Server, Windows XP Pro, Exchange 2003, SQL 2005, AutoDesk Land Desktop and Civil3D, Bentley Microstation, Microsoft Office 2003, SharePoint, ASP.NET, Google Earth, Wildfire, Squid, Cisco Firewall and Routers, just to name a few.
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Civil Engineering industry)
March 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 10 months)
Speciallized in IT consulting for small business. Worked with small companies to find or create technical sollutions for their business problems. Improved business process with technology.
Windows server, network, and workstation support. Custom database application development using SQL, Access, VBA, Visual Basic, and ASP.NET
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years )
Human Resources System Support.
PeopleSoft HR
Oracle Database
Data Exchange with DB2, IMS, SQL, and flat files
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Insurance industry)
1996 — 2001 (5 years )
Level 2 Help Desk Technician- Supported Windows, OS2, DOS, and Dumb Terminal Workstations.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years )
I worked at Viewpoint long before they were purchased by CA. It was a small and very dynamic company in Orem, UT. I was the Sales Account Executive for the Eastern United States, and for the Medical Illustrator market. We did not have a tech support department, so as sales people we often were forced to be the end user support.
BS in Human Development , Family Sciences, Human Development, Biology, Pyschology, Physics , 1988 — 1995
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, Alamo Area Council, 1988