Information Technology Background:
AREAS OF COMPUTER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Procurement - specify requirements and conduct competitive acquisition for:
- microcomputer and minicomputer equipment for vocational and technical training institutions
- microcomputer equipment and software for office automation systems, including LAN systems
- computer system programming and development services
- consulting services to study school board administrative system requirements
- WAN network services and computer equipment to establish an Internet Service Provider
Director of:
- implementation of large scale LAN office automation systems
- implementation of an education and culture WAN with access to the Internet
- implementation of a school board centralized computer administration system
- procurement of computer systems and software for building high-technology public schools
- Year 2000 preparedness including: risk analysis, contingency planning, and establishing an emergency operations centre
IT ADMINISTRATIVE AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
- Personnel administration
- - human resource planning
- - preparation of position descriptions
- - competitive recruitment
- - human resource issue resolution
- Division financial administration and budgeting
- Operations business planning and reporting
- Project planning and implementation
- Contract negotiations and preparation of contracts for services, products, and software
