EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
CHIEF
INFORMATION OFFICER
JESUIT.NET
(2001-present)
As Chief
Information Officer, I:
- Manage
the combined resources of a core full-time JesuitNET staff and infrastructure,
a range of outsourced production and support services, and the active
instructional and administrative participation of Jesuit colleges and
universities.
- Maintain
multi-site (28 institutions) content management system.
- Plan
and manage the implementation of a Jesuit virtual campus service to
include a single-server/multi-institution course management system ,
backend student information system integration with the CMS, and student/faculty
help desk service.
- Develop,
update and manage the JesuitNET Web portal and searchable course/program
database in conjunction with participating Jesuit institutions.
- Maintain
production schedules and critical milestones for Jesuit-funded projects
and services, such as the Web portal, hosting/help desk service and
collaborative online curriculum development.
DIRECTOR
OF eLEARNING INITIATIVES
Wheeling Jesuit University
NASA's National Technology Transfer Center
(1998-2001)
As Director
of Distance Learning for the University, I:
- chaired
the national web portal committee for JesuitNET, a national consortium
of Jesuit colleges and universities. Also, the department managed the
portal development and catalog retrieval and search.
- provided
leadership for the development of graduate and undergraduate distance
learning courses.
- acquired
and allocated resources needed for technology-enhanced courses and distance
learning courses/conferences. The resources span from audio/video (streaming/satellite/interactive)
to multimedia development (Flash/Shockwave/Quicktime).
- coordinated
alliances with external funding sources for development of technology-enhanced
and distance courses nationally and internationally.
- managed
the site development of the Appalachian Entrepreneurship Studies web
site. The site was produced by a collaborative effort of six colleges
from the Appalachian College Association.
- recommended
strategic initiatives for new distance markets and provide consultation
to other higher education institutions.
- collaborated
in a think-tank and experiment with the Kettering Foundation on The
Impact of Technology on Public Deliberation. The resulting experiment
was a technology-enhanced National Issues Forum on Racial Relations.
The forum combined participants from Charleston, WV, Wheeling, WV, and
Dayton, OH and was streamed to the web. Participants on the web interacted
via email/chat.
- served
as a reviewer for the Department of Education Demonstration grants.
As Director
of Distance Learning for the National Technology Transfer Center, I:
- led the
development of distance-based NASA commercialization courses. This included
participating with NASA representatives on the NASA training sub-team
committee and providing strategic direction for commercialization training.
The awareness campaign currently underway spans all NASA centers, seventeen
thousand civil servants and 100,000 contractors
- scripted
and produced Commercialization from the Start, a video highlighting
successful commercialization strategies. The video was shown at every
NASA center and available streamed on the web.
- produced
a three-part satellite teleconference series called From Idea to Product:
Technology Transfer in Action. The series was broadcast via satellite
and streamed via the Internet to all NASA field centers and federal
labs across the nation.
DISTANCE EDUCATION COORDINATOR
West Virginia Northern Community College
(1995-1997)
As Coordinator
of Distance Education, I:
- developed
and implemented a Summer Institute to assist faculty in preparing courses
for distance education as well as a web site to accommodate faculty
who could not attend. (http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tech/summer/)
- coordinated
the Going the Distance Program implementation using the PBS Adult Learning
series.
- provided
professional development workshops in constructing web sites.
- led a
Technology Task Force identifying the history, status, and thrust of
technology at West Virginia Northern. Policies concerning the web-site
and uses of technology were drafted an submitted for review
- presented
the first virtual presentation at the American Association of the Advancement
of Science Annual Meeting in Seattle, February 1997 as part of a forum
on Virtual Education Platforms. Used innovative video-conferencing techniques
to provide audience with sense of 'state-of-the art' technology in web-based
conferencing.
COMPUTER TRAINING ADMINISTRATOR/PROJECT DIRECTOR
High Technology Project
U.S. Department Of Education/Weirton Steel/West Virginia Northern
Community College
(1990-1992)
Project Narrative:
The High Technology Project was a collaboration of industry, education,
and technology to provide training for a plant-wide information system
that radically changed the nature of steel producing by incorporating
technology directly onto the plant floor. Phase I dealt with Order Tracking
throughout the mill.
As Computer
Training Administrator/Project Director, I:
- developed
curriculum for trainers acclimating them to the steel-making environment.
The procedure took several weeks as they became familiar with the activities
of each line and became a critical checkpoint for the software, which
was still in development.
- developed
core curriculum for IMIS, an Integrated Management Information System.
This involved a detailed analysis of the mill climate, creating realistic
simulations of production utilizing the system, interfacing with the
Steelworker Union officials to ascertain procedures complied with union
standards, scheduling employees, and participating on the Technical
Review Board for software development.
- managed
a staff that consisted of a training team on-site (11 instructors/25
plant floor workers) as well as secretarial staff at the college and
on-site. The training team was responsible for training over 2000 Weirton
Steel employees.
- produced
the national teleconference, uplinked via SATNET, Bridging the Gap:
Education and Industry. The teleconference featured Dr. Louis Bender,
Educational Consultant, William Murphy, I.M.I.S. Transition manager,
Agi Seaton, Training Coordinator, Computer Sciences Corporation, Mike
Koon, Dean of Weirton campus and myself. Guests included Senator Jay
Rockefeller, Herb Elish, CEO-Weirton Steel, and Ron Hutkin, past president
of WVNCC. The teleconference focused on the highlights of the project
and lessons that were learned that led to the successful integration
of education and industry.
- co-developed
with my CSC counterpart the policy and procedure manual for the User
Support Group, a 24-hr support staff.
- Disseminated
project outcomes at a Florida State University conference, as well as
the CAEL International conference, focusing on the integration of education
and industry.
COMPUTER
COORDINATOR
Workplace 2000-Workplace Literacy Project
Weirton Steel/West Virginia Northern Community College/Union
Carbide
(1988-1990)
Project Narrative:
The Workplace Literacy Project was designed to elevate the educational
of the workforce by providing them with necessary computer and literacy
skills that would enable them to compete in today's market.
As Computer
Coordinator, I:
- managed/trained
a staff of part-time trainers and coordinated the training schedule
for over 3000 participants.
- conceptualized,
purchased and implemented a computer instruction lab that could support
all applications desired by our partners. The lab was in use for 12
hours a day for over 4 years.
- developed
a personal computer curriculum for Weirton Steel and Union Carbide employees
that would allow them to tailor their training needs for their particular
position.
- personally
trained over eight hundred Weirton Steel/Union Carbide Employees over
the duration of the project in various applications, such as: Lotus
1-2-3, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Introduction to DOS, dBase
IV, and Freelance.
PROFESSOR
- COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
West Virginia Northern Community College
(1984-1998)
As Tenured,
Full Professor, I:
- oversaw
curriculum for the program - meeting annually with our advisory board.
- advised
AITP student organization.
- taught
programming and web development courses.
- served
on faculty committees
- reviewed
textbooks for Boyd and Frasier
EDUCATION
West
Virginia University (1996-present)
Completing a Doctoral Degree in Technology Education
Courses completed Fall 2001
Major: Communications
Minor: Distance Education
West
Virginia University (1990)
Masters of Art
Major: Communication Studies - Instructional Communication
Concentration: Business Administration
Ohio
University (1983)
Bachelors of Science
Major: Computer Science: System Architecture and Data Communications
Concentration: International Studies - Latin America, History
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS/HONORS
2002-present
- Independent Film Producers
1999-present - Board Member, Diocese of Wheeling Charleston
1999-2000 - Chairperson, Technology Taskforce, Wheeling Catholic Diocese
1998-2000 - Advisory Board, JesuitNET
1998-2000 - President - T3 Organization
1998-99 - Civitans of Wheeling
1997 - President-elect -T3 Organization
1997 - Vice-President - Association of Information Technology Professionals
1997 - Outstanding Contributions - West Virginia Community College Association
1991, 1997 - Faculty Excellence Award Nominee
SKILLSET
- APPLICATIONS/SYSTEMS
Student
Information Systems
- Banner,
SCT Plus, Datatel, PeopleSoft
Course
Management Systems
- Blackboard,
WebCT, and Angel
Platform
- Mainframe
(IBM, VAX),UNIX, Personal Computers (PC/Macintosh)
Operating
Systems
- Windows
XP (and all preview Windows/DOS), Windows Advanced Server, UNIX, XENIX,
LINUX
Applications
- Macromedia
Development Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat Microsoft Office (Microsoft
Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint, Outlook), Microsoft Project, Cold
Fusion, Corel Draw & Corel Office Suite Applications
Programming/Scripting
Languages
- C++,
Visual Basic, JAVA, JAVAScript, COBOL, Pascal, HTML, XML
Databases
- Microsoft
SQL 7, Microsoft Access, Oracle
Film
and Photographic Production
- Screenwriting,
Camera, Directing, Producing, Casting
- Editing with Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere (+ After Effects), Avid
- Sound Editing and Composition
- Signal Compression and Streaming (Quicktime, Real, Flash, Windows
Media, MPEG (2/4), MPG 3)
- Film/Digital Photographic Compositions (Nikon F-series/ Nikon D100/Sony
707/717)
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