Experience

Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC)

• Canada
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Technical Architect

  • Apr 2012 - Present

  Lacombe, Alberta, Canada

• IT Infrastructure Supervisor

  • Jun 2009 - Mar 2012

  Lacombe, Alberta, Canada

• Server Administrator

  • Apr 2007 - May 2009

  Lacombe, Alberta, Canada



Otter Rafting Adventures

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant/Web Designer

  • 1998 - 2013

  Sundre, Alberta, Canada Designed a dynamic, high impact web site. Successfully redirected customer calls to web site for on-demand information, increasing customer satisfaction and improving bookings. Launched a successful social networking initiative to increase company exposure and drive traffic to the web site. Consult and recommend on company technology decisions and purchases.



Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Systems Analyst

  • 2003 - Apr 2007

  Calgary, Alberta, Canada Design and implement server consolidation plan involving blade hardware and VMware ESX. Design, implement and maintain networked servers. Research, advise and plan infrastructure maintenance and expansion. Maintain enterprise class applications such as Oracle DB, Sendmail, BIND. Sit on relevant committees dedicated to defining technical standards and procedures for institution. Define, implement and maintain department-wide client protection including anti-virus and operating… Show more Design and implement server consolidation plan involving blade hardware and VMware ESX. Design, implement and maintain networked servers. Research, advise and plan infrastructure maintenance and expansion. Maintain enterprise class applications such as Oracle DB, Sendmail, BIND. Sit on relevant committees dedicated to defining technical standards and procedures for institution. Define, implement and maintain department-wide client protection including anti-virus and operating system updates. Designed and prototyped technical solution for Calgary's contribution to Industry Canada's Community Access Program.

• PC Support Specialist

  • 2001 - 2003

  Calgary, Alberta, Canada Diagnose, troubleshoot and fix hardware and software problems in response to client submitted problem reports. Recommend IT purchases based on client need, interoperability with current install base and future anticipated need and growth. Member of the 3-person design and architecture team created to migrate company infrastructure to Windows 2000 Active Directory, one of Western Canada's first complex network-tiered implementations.



The Barn Gift Shop

• Owner Operator

  • 2000 - 2001

  Innisfail, Alberta Established an e-commerce web site using PHP and mySQL for less than one thousand dollars (including merchandise, web hosting and e-commerce enabling technologies).



DETAC Corporation

• Canada
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technician

  • 1999 - 2000

  Innisfail, Alberta, Canada Administered a Windows NT domain and supported end-users running Windows 9x clients. Set up audio/visual devices and distance learning software, delivering content in HTML, streaming audio/video and interactive media across the clients’ intra/Internet. Installed and maintained BackOffice Server, Windows Media Services and LearnLinc Server. Migrated PDC from one system to another, eliminating need to purchase new system. Trained technical and non-technical students on LearnLinc… Show more Administered a Windows NT domain and supported end-users running Windows 9x clients. Set up audio/visual devices and distance learning software, delivering content in HTML, streaming audio/video and interactive media across the clients’ intra/Internet. Installed and maintained BackOffice Server, Windows Media Services and LearnLinc Server. Migrated PDC from one system to another, eliminating need to purchase new system. Trained technical and non-technical students on LearnLinc distance education software. Effectively troubleshot as sole LearnLinc technical support person for all of western Canada. Show less



Brainbench

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contractor

  • 1999 - 1999

  Innisfail, Alberta Contracted to provide technical validation of revised exam content.



Just Coats/Furs by Todd Ltd.

• Consultant/Technician

  • 1996 - 1998

  Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Troubleshot a point of sales program resulting in decreased down time. Integrated an electronic inventory system with the existing point of sales program, resulting in decreased inventory taking time. Upgraded both hardware and software to maximize system and employee effectiveness. Tutored store manager in more effective use of retail sales program.



Carleton University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • 1997 - 1997

  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Assisted students in digesting and expanding computer foundations built in their introductory computer class. Proctored exams and marked student assignments, reducing the work load for the instructor.

• Computer Technician

  • 1997 - 1997

  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Installed computers right from loading dock into labs. Attached computers to Windows NT network and ghosted NT Workstation image onto each. Troubleshot and repaired the existing computers being upgraded to NT.



Farfan

• Consultant and Web Designer

  • 1995 - 1997

  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Developed effective web sites for small to enterprise sized corporations. Devised and implemented a web site search engine using Perl.