GREG FOOTE
(609) 661-2420 greg_foote@yahoo.com
EXPERIENCE:
Information Technology and Telecommunications Manager Network and Systems Engineer in complex, high availability, Internet connected environments Systems Administrator for small business, financial organization, local government, and information technology companies Desktop Support and Team Support Lead Technician Microsoft Windows systems high proficiency with Unix/Linux systems experience Server and network systems infrastructure design and implementation Familiarity with common application, web, and database development A+, Network+, and MCSE certification
WORK HISTORY:
OCEAN CITY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Ocean City, NJ ( oceancitylibrary.org ) 11/2003 – Present - Information Technology and Telecommunications Manager Accountability for library information technology and telecommunications systems, departmental manager for a 4 person technical team, and organizational supervisor creating and implementing library policies LAN & WAN systems administrator of 2 Internet connected networks managing routers, firewalls, and switches providing single site connectivity for 60 workstation clients, 10 servers, 3 websites, and a public wireless hotspot Design, implement, and maintain system services (Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, IIS, Sharepoint, Exchange, Live Communications, Terminal Server, and ISA server technologies), physical infrastructure (server cabinets, racks, patch panels, network drop boxes, and power), and network systems (managed switches, firewalls, routers, & wireless access points) Lead support for a government facility serving over 10,000 patrons annually and a public access computer center Plan and provide instruction for general computer skills training classes and presentations Implement various training programs, web services, wireless hotspot initiatives, and telecommunications upgrade projects in coordination with city government, local schools, non-profit organizations, and other regional libraries Web site design and development in a multi-developer IIS environment providing a variety of web services NETCIVICS INC., Toms River, NJ ( netcivics.com offline ) 09/2001– 06/2003 - Systems Technician Responsibility for company and selected partners information technology and telecommunications systems Internet connected LAN and Internet connection (cable, SDSL, & T1) network administrator, managing routers, firewalls, VPN, and switches Systems administrator for .Net commercial Internet web hosting and application development environment, design, implementation, and maintenance of Active Directory, IIS (network load balancing), and Exchange Server Systems Web site and application development, digital photography and graphics editing HEARTLAND SECURITIES CORP, New York City, NY 04/2000 – 08/2001 - Lead Help Desk Support Specialist ( hrld.com offline )
Supervisor of technical operations for 3 sites with over 120 computers Lead technician for a 3 person technical team, which assisted local and remote users with computer issues Desktop Support Specialist and Systems Administrator for LAN & WAN systems over multiple sites Designed and deployed simple Internet and Intranet web sites on IIS INDEPENDANT CONSULTANT, Central & Southern, NJ 04/2000 – Present - Information Technology Professional ( gregfoote.com )
Consultant for small businesses performing common business technical services such as cable installation, Internet/LAN connectivity issue resolution, disaster recovery, systems installation, repairs, maintenance & upgrades, wireless access points setup, web design and development, email client/server systems support, network engineering & support, user instruction and training.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
HARDWARE: Computers Server - Compaq Proliant 800, Dell PowerEdge 350, 600SC, 700, SC 1430 & 1550, Dimension XPS T550, Gateway ALR 7200, E9220T, HP NetServer LPr. Desktop - Compaq DeskPro, AST Bravo, Digital DEC, Dell OptiPlex G1, GX1, GX100, GX110, & GX150, Gateway E-1200, E-1400, E-3400, M1000, Gateway GP6-300. Laptop - Dell Dimension 8200, Acer TravelMate 730, Dell Inspiron 8100, Dell Latitude D500, IBM ThinkPad. PDA / Pocket PC - HP Jornada 540, Dell Axim X5 Computer Peripherals Printers – Canon, Epson, HP, Lexmark, & Toshiba laser and ink jet Scanners – Acer, Canon, HP, & Umax CD/DVD Burners – Creative, Dell, & HP Web Cams – Creative. Logitech Digital Cameras – Kodak, Sony Removable Drives – Iomega, CRUDataPort & StarTech hard drive enclosures, USB & flash card storage, hot swappable drive arrays Tape backup – Dell, Seagate Tape libraries – Ecrix VXA AutoPak KVM switches – Belkin, Black Box, IOGear & Raritan UPS – APC 400, 700, 1400, 1400rm, RPM Minuteman 1609 Sound, Video, TV Tuner, and various other serial/parallel/pci/usb/firewire/SCSI devices Network Equipment Physical Infrastructure – Network racks (MilesTek), server cabinets (Dell PowerEdge 4210), LAN desks, Ethernet EIA/TIA 568 category 5 data cabling, patch panels, and punch down blocks (General Cable, Ortronics, Belkin, Hubbell). Tone generators, cable tester, and wire mapping (Fluke, BlackBox, Ideal) Connectors – Cabled & wireless Ethernet NIC cards (3Com, Intel, NetGear), hubs (3Com FMS II, D-Link DE-816TP, NetGear DS108), unmanaged switches (3Com 2016, 2024, 3300, 16470, & 16471) Allied Telesyn CentreCOM AT-FS708E, Dell PowerConnect 2024, NetGear FS105, FS108, FS526T& JFS524), managed switches (Cisco Catalyst 2940, Dell PowerConnect 3348 & 3448), routers (Cisco Soho 91, 1600, & 2600, Netopia R7100 SDSL). NetGear WGT624 Wireless Firewall Router. Wireless Access Point (Netgear WG302, Proxim Ornico AP-2500 & AP-4000), DSL, Cable, & Analog to Digital Modems (Westel, Motorola, US Robotics) Security Devices – Cisco Pix 515E and CheckPoint FW-1 Telecommunications – Comdial, Nortel Meridian, and Panasonic Phone Systems SOFTWARE Operating Systems Microsoft – DOS, Windows 3.11, 95, 98, NT4, ME, 2K, XP, 2K3, & Vista. Other – Novell NetWare, RedHat/Fedora, Suse/OpenSuse, Xandros, Linspire/Freespire, Ubuntu, Solaris/OpenSolaris, DesktopBSD, & Apple Macintosh OS X. Servers NT4, 2K, & 2K3 DC. MS SQL 7.0 & 2K, 2K5, MS IIS 4, 5, & 6. MS Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003, & 2007, ArGoSoft Mail Server. MS Proxy 2, ISA 2K, 2K3, Checkpoint FW-1. MS Implementations of ICS, NAT, VPN, DHCP, DNS, WINS, RRAS, RIS, IAS, NLB, & AD. IT Operations Systems Performance Monitors, Network Traffic Analyzers, Systems Uptime Monitors, Visio, Systems Stress Testing, and. Enterprise Utilities - MS Backup, Novastor NovaNet, Veritas Backup Executive. Anzio Lite, HyperTerminal, Telnet, & WS_FTP. WebTrends Web Server Log Analysis. Symantec Norton System Utilities, Anti-Virus, and Ghost Desktop & Corporate Editions, and Executive Software Diskeeper. Symantec PC AnyWhere, DameWare NT Utilities, VNC, Connectix Virtual PC, VMWare Workstation & Server, MMC, TS, RDC. Vulnerability assessment, FoundStone Vision, ShoWin, Hijack This, SysInternal Utilities, Winternals Administrative Tools. Computers by Design CybraryN. Faronics WinSelect5 and Deep Freeze Enterprise Edition. Innovative Interfaces Millennium. Various Utilities – Computer, disk, & file recovery, spyware, malware, trojan, & virus investigation, desktop firewalls, process analysis, file and disk encryption using PGP and TrueCrypt, disk sanitization, Development and Graphics Microsoft Visual Studio 6, .NET & .NET 2003 and Visual Source Safe 6. MS SQL Server Manager, Query Analyzer, & Access. MS FrontPage, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Adobe GoLIve. Ehelp RoboHelp X3, Xara Menu Maker & Webstyle, Macromedia Flash & Fireworks. Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, ImageReady, FontFolio, & Photoshop. Other Application Proficiencies MS Office Suite Applications – Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Project, Visio, InfoPath, OneNote. Sun Microsystems StarOffice, OpenOffice.org OpenOffice, Symantec ACT, HotSync, ActiveSync, Quicken Deluxe, Quick Books, Vue Testing System. Compression utilities, computer faxing, Instant Messaging Clients, Email Clients, and Web Browsers.
EDUCATION:
The Chubb Institute, North Brunswick, NJ Diploma in Network Engineering and Data Communications Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ U.S. History Major Ocean County Community College, Toms River, NJ Associates Degree in History Norfolk Technical Vocational School, Norfolk, VA Certification in Computer Concepts and Applications 1999-2000 1996-1999 1993-1995 1992-1993