Daniel J Fitzgibbons
11 Beverly Street
Dartmouth, NS
B2X 2K4
(902) 426-1480 (W)            (902) 434-2667 (H)

Objective
To attain a position within your company that allows me to further develop my skills in the fields of Network Administration and Project Management.

Work experience

1990 -
present
Government of Canada (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
Halifax, NS

Manager corporate LANs and Helpdesk 90+servers/2500+workstations Coordinate large-scale system implementation projects over $1 million in size. Supervise support staff, contract employees and workterm students. Establish software and hardware criteria for all purchases. Define regional department network standards and naming conventions. Setup pilot client/server applications linking regional client workstations to national database servers. Coordinate workstations and user's access. Troubleshooting network server and system problems. Setup and configuration of server hardware and software. Plan Banyan Vines to NT migration project.

Skills background:
Operating Environment
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
MS Exchange Server 4&5, Citrix Winframe NT3.51
Windows 95, Windows for Workgroups, DOS, Mac OS
Microsoft Office 4.3,95&97, Microsoft SMS Server
Netscape, FAXresource, Remedy Action Request system
SQLnet, PCTCP, Oracle, Reflection, Gupta, Impromptu
Banyan Vines, BeyondMail, Lightspeed

Activities NT & Vines LAN/WAN manager, Helpdesk manager
Plan, install, configure, & support NT, SMS, Exchange servers
Interface communication servers with above such as:
       SNA & FAX gateways, RAS servers, DHCP and WINS servers
Setup and Backup of RAID storage systems

1989 -
1993
DMR Group Inc.
Halifax, NS

Technology Consultant
As a telecommunication analyst, worked as part of a team on a Wide area Voice and Data integration project. Initiated and implemented a remote software development center allowing in house system development for our clients which significantly reduced company travel costs while increasing competitiveness (received award). Setup, configuration and troubleshooting of hardware, software and system difficulties. User training and support. Procurement support for the DMR Halifax office. Planned use of technology for office automation within DMR Halifax. Facilities management of in-house systems. Explored emerging technologies, evaluated benefits and recommended future procurement decisions.

Skills background:
Operating Environment -
MVS, JCL, IDMS, TSO/ISPF, ADS/O, COBOL, OLM
Novell, Token Ring , IBM3090, MAC OS

1986 -
1988
Department of Communications Government Telecommunications Agency
Halifax, NS

Technical Support Analyst
Developed, implemented and provided training for a variety of office automation systems. Managed OCTEL Aspen voice messaging system during field trial with Maritime Tel & Tel. Technology evaluation and analysis of various trial and existing systems. Maintained usage reports of I.V.M.S. Analyzed data collected during field trial and made recommendations on effectiveness and feasibility of government-wide voice messaging system.

Education:
Level Instutution Area of Study Certification
University
Halifax, NS

St. Marys University
GPA 3.5 - 3.8

Computer Science &
Business Administration


Bachelor degree


Technical
Dartmouth, NS

NS Comm College
2nd in Class

Electronics


C.E.T.
Technologist

High School
Dartmouth, NS

Dartmouth High
Honors

Acedemic


Graduated
Grade XII

Professional Development:
Citrix Corporation:
Microsoft Corp. ATEC
Winframe (certified)
Course #687 - Microsoft NT4.0 Core Technologies
Course #732 - Supporting System Management Server SMS
Course #771 - Core Technologies of MS Exchange Server 5.0
Course #472 - Internetworking with TCP/IP
Course #540 - Supporting Windows 95
Course #632 - Core Technologies of MS Exchange Server 4.0
Course #803 - Administering Mocrosoft NT 4.0
Sigma Computer Training: Web Page design & HTML, MS Project, Advanced Internet
Priority Management Ltd: The Priority Manager
Banyan Systems Inc.: Vines Advanced Administration, Banyan Problem Solving
Ameridata: BeyondMail System Administration, BeyondMail Rules
Hewlett Packard: Advanced LAN Analysis Training, Advanced EGS (C.A.D.)
LearningTree Intl.: Internetworking Bridges Routers & Gateways, Data Communications & Networks
Telco Research Ltd.: Voice Traffic Engineering (NYNEX)
DMR Group Inc.:


Conceptual Process Modelling, Conceptual Data Modelling


References available on request.