Experience

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  New York State Assembly

  • United States
  • Legislative Offices
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Chief Information Officer

    • Apr 2017 - Present

    Donald directs all aspects of delivering and managing information technology (IT), applications, office automation, web development, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), telecommunications and network services to all Assembly employees in Albany, New York City and 162 remote offices.Donald is responsible for all IT, networking and telecommunications planning, procurement, support and management. He also develops and manages budgets for IT, telecommunications, network services and office automation.Donald's recent projects include the design, development and deployment of a tablet driven paperless Assembly Chamber Legislative Information System. Since real time bill data and legislative information is Constitutionally required to be available 7x24x365, a fully redundant wired and wireless network and redundant real-time servers and database was designed and implemented. Additional projects completed by Donald and his team over the past 12 months included (1) the design and installation of a statewide Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, including the deployment of a 3500 instrument Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony system in Albany, New York City and 162 remote offices throughout the State of New York and (2) the design and installation of an integrated sound, video and voting system in the New York State Assembly Chamber. Current projects include the re-design and migration of all IBM DB2 legacy mainframe application to C/CGI Web programs running in Linux. Finally, as a result of Covid19, Donald and staff designed and implemented a virtual Public Hearing, Committee Meeting and Assembly Session environment. This virtual environment allows members and staff to attend legislative activities either in person or virtual, with individual attendance integrated, votes taken and events broadcasted via the Internet and on live TV. The New York State Assembly was one of the first Legislatures to create such an environment .

  • Director, Office Automation and Data Processing

    • Jul 1989 - Apr 2017

    As the Director of Office Automation and Data Processing, Donald managed all data processing, telecommunications and technical support for the New York State Assembly. Donald was responsible for overseeing the design, development, implementation and support of administrative, legislative and WEB applications, GIS systems, PC systems, Chamber automation, high speed data networks, telecommunications systems, and office automation software.

  • Director Of Computer Services

    • Jan 1983 - Jul 1989

    As the Director of Computer Services, Donald was responsible for the design, implementation and support of a statewide constituent communication and geographic/demographic analysis system.

  • Associate Economist

    • Jan 1980 - Jan 1983

    As an Associate Economist, Donald was responsible for the conduct of all pertinent research, the formulation of policy options, and the drafting of economic memorandum and reports. Major projects included the development of a computer based econometric simulation model to analyze policy options in the area of property taxation and the design and implementation of a school finance data base.

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  The College of Saint Rose

  • Department of Political Science

  • Adjunct Professor

    • Sep 1983 - May 1984
    • Department of Political Science

    Donald taught a 2 semester undergraduate course in Survey Research Design and Methods of Analysis in Quantitative Research utilizing SAS and SPSS

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  University at Albany, SUNY

  • Department of Public Administration

  • Adjunct Professor

    • Sep 1980 - May 1984
    • Department of Public Administration

    Donald taught an undergraduate course in Methods of Analysis and Research. Also assisted in the teaching of a graduate course in SPSS, SAS, System Dynamics modeling and Basic programming.

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  Seton Hall University

  • East Orange, New Jersey

  • Lecturer

    • Jan 1980 - Jan 1982
    • East Orange, New Jersey

    Donald lectured at weekend Graduate Seminars on the use of technology and statistics in making public sector decisions. The lectures focused on Cost Benefit Analysis, Linear Programming, Markov Chains, Queuing Theory and Computer Simulation Modeling

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  The Sage Colleges

  • Albany, New York Area

  • Lecturer

    • Jan 1980 - Jan 1982
    • Albany, New York Area

    Donald lectured at weekend Graduate Public Policy Seminars on the use of statistics, economic analyses and management science in making public sector decisions.

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  University at Albany, SUNY

  • Instsitue on Governmental Research, Rockefeller College

  • Consultant

    • Jan 1978 - Jan 1980
    • Instsitue on Governmental Research, Rockefeller College

    Working with a research team from the Institute on Governmental Research at the Rockefeller College of the State University of New York at Albany, Donald co-authored a report entitled Fiscal and Administrative Implications of School Based Support Teams for Special Education in New York City.