Experience

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  Simply Stem, LLC

  • Wauchula, FL

  • Associate Founder

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • Wauchula, FL

    Simply Stem is an online educational platform focused on offering Technology courses to public, private, and alternative education students. Our platform offers courses that will expose K-5 learners to essential areas of technology and prepare middle and high school aged students for college and the work force. We offer courses in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, Digital Photography and Videography, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, AfterEffects, Premiere, basic computing, programming, and electronics. In addition, we offer a complete line of programming courses including JavaScript, Java, HTML5, CSS, and Python.We offer all of our courses online via our website @ www.simplystem.com. In addition, we offer many of our courses via Amazon. Look us up under Simply Coding, our Amazon brand. Thank you Lord for continuing to lead and bless us! Visit our website @: http://www.simplystem.com

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  Utilitech - I.T. and Software

  • Wauchula, FL

  • COO

    • Jul 2007 - Present
    • Wauchula, FL

    Utilitech has a primary focus of assisting electric distribution and generation facilities with I.T. support and process improvements via a suite of customizable software solutions. Our Utilisoft Suite of products has been developed to assist utility service companies that have received U.S. Army base utility privatization contracts. The Utilisoft Software Suite consists of:Metering and Billing System (MBS)Generator Management System (GMS)Demand Maintenance Order Management System (DMOMS)Job Estimation System (JES)Substation Management System (SMS)Vehicle Management System (VMS)Utiliview Executive DashboardThe Utilisoft Suite continues to grow via our strategic partnership with Sandhills Utility Services, located at Fort Bragg, NC. In addition, Utilitech offers a full suite of IT services to the the electric generation and distribution industry. We currently offer IT maintenance and support programs to electric generation plants, including full corporate (domain/dns/file servers/exchange/sharepoint/IIS) and controls network and systems support, including Balance of Plant packages. In addition, we offer software design services to electric generation plants and electric cooperatives across the country. We also specialize in technical training with a specific focus on the electric generation and distribution business models (with a focus on rural electric cooperatives).To say that we've been blessed in this endeavor would be an epic understatement. God continues to lead us through the many ups-and-downs of running a business but always leads us in the direction best for us. Thank you father for all that you do for our company!

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  Peace River Electric Cooperative

  • Manager of Information Services

    • Jan 2002 - Jun 2007

    Managed I.T. Department including a Sr. Network Engineer and Computer Repair and Maintenance technician. Supported all user desktops, servers, networks, and VoIP phone systems.

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  Verizon

  • Brandon, FL / Temple Terrace, FL

  • MTS - SYSTEMS ENGINEER

    • Feb 1994 - Dec 2001
    • Brandon, FL / Temple Terrace, FL

    Programmer/Developer on the CBSS billing system for GTE and VERIZON (after the merger). Primarily focused on database validation programs written in COBOL, JCL, and BAL in the CBSS Reference Table Group.