Overview of work experience 1995 to present
Summer 2005 Special project for Town of St. Johnsbury
Developed proposal for wireless network for town of St. Johnsbury;
installed wireless node to interface with DSL service and provide access to tourists and visitors to welcome center (SSID WelcomeCenter1) ;
See proposal for project at http://www.michaeltaney.com/hotzoneSTJ/
2002 - 2005 The Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, VT
Network Administrator & Systems Support
Windows 2000 Server, 2000 Pro, NT Server, Windows XP
File Maker Pro 5 Server, Microsoft SQL Server,
Apple OS 9.x, Apple OS 10.x, Eudora Internet Mail Server
· mac/win cross-platform support in complex pre-press environment
· all types of user support for hardware, networking, IP routing
· data backup, various automated workarounds for backup
· evaluate telecommunications, install/configure routers
· design and manage FileMakerPro client/server database
· data conversion, MS SQL administration
2001 - 2004 North Country Broadband (aka North Country Wireless)
A small broadband ISP in St. Johnsbury & Bradford, VT
See archive of website: http://michaeltaney.com/northcountrybroadband/
Responsible for all tech/network admin in St.Johnsbury and Bradford, including installation, and management of various routers, switches, 2.4 Ghz wireless devices (Breeznet), antennas, and DSL wireline services.
2000 - 2005 Karme Choling Shambhala Center, Barnet, VT
Assisted in developing the LAN and WLAN; support for Win2K network workstations and servers; designed wide area network using home-brew DSL and dry copper. Installed and managed various, switches, modems, and routers.
2000 - 2005 Website development and support
1998 - 2003 Sales engineer and agent for Verizon data services
- Went through the Verizon sales engineer training program
- In an effort to sell Frame Relay (a new service at the time) I provided tech support for the ordering and installation of Frame Relay to high schools and various businesses throughout the Northeast Kindgdom.
- Provided watch-dog and onsite support for FCG Networks POP in St. Johnsbury for several years.
1995 - 1997 Network Admin ~ Northern Community Investment Corporation
• Migrated LAN of about 20 computers from DOS to Windows environment with NT SERVER (version 3.1, as I recall)
• Converted loan tracking datbase from Nortridge to MS Access (as of August 2005 database is still in use with very few changes)
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