What this business offers you
  General computing experience
  Detailed Skill Set

 My consulting has included

• Designing, installing and maintaining, and trouble shooting Microsoft Small Business Server networks (4.5, 2000, 2003), to a high level of security. This includes experience with Internet Information Server, ISA Server 2000, 2004, Exchange 5.5, 2000, 2003, Microsoft mobile technologies

• Installation and maintenance of Widows Server NT4, 2000, 2003

• Installation and maintenance of remote web servers, both shared and co-located in data centres

• Installation and Maintenance of SQL server (2000, 2005)

• Rescue of degraded networks. I am skilled at “hastening slowly” and getting serious situations resolved

• Recovery of lost data/databases

• Building of workstations and custom server hardware

• Custom backup solutions and security

• Installation of Pocket PCs and Pocket PC Phones + Exchange Push Technology

• I am familiar with Windows NT Workstation, Windows 98, Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP, and Ubuntu Linux desktops

• I have some static web design experience, and some MsAcess design and coding experience, and a little streaming media experience

• UCare Gawler uses an emergency assistance database designed by me for use by less computer literate volunteers

• 17 years constant use of PCs, 10 years commercial experience

Teaching and training

A good deal of my work has revolved around teaching people to be at ease and efficient with computers, and to fit them appropriately into office procedures. This has included

• introducing people to computers from scratch

• teaching on-site IT staff how to do routine maintenance e.g. backups, Office installations, making and saving Word and Excel templates and Access reports, and introducing and teaching new software packages.

• Also teaching people to use remote and mobile email, Terminal Server and other remote access connections including RWW,

• and the setting up of home offices for Corporate Staff who are working from home, and training them to do this

Research and Development

Both my parish and computing work has involved extensive research of new methodologies and technologies, becoming rapidly proficient in them, and then adapting them to the expressed needs of clients or parishes. I am very good at summarising needs which have been expressed, finding and developing workable, and affordable solutions, and communicating them to a client. I pay close attention to client feedback, and work to leave future options for development open. I am a project oriented person, excellent at setting up systems for others to use.