Tom Russell

Hobart, IN

currently: Job hunting

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Work history

Civitas Schools December 2006 to the present
Director of Information Technology

How would you describe your time at Civitas Schools?

Direction, management, and oversight of Information Technology systems and staff.
o Expanded use of the USAC E-Rate program.
o Consolidated and relocated systems to a central data center.
o Redesigned, upgraded and economized Wide Area Network serving four locations.
o Redesigned and
installed new, centralized, VOIP telephone system for four locations.
o Redesigned Active Directory Forest to consolidate four separate domains.
o Substantially improved user confidence and satisfaction with Information Technology Department systems, personnel and abilities.
o Substantially improved response time to technical issues.
o Reduced trouble calls by over seventy percent through proactive systems management.
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majestic star casino February 2005 to December 2006
Systems Administrator

How would you describe your time at majestic star casino?

o Support of Agilysys Lodging Management System and all related interfaced systems.
o Support of Bally Systems ACSC Slot Management System.
o Support and administration of InfoGenesis and Micros Point of Sale systems.
o Support, adds, moves and changes of Nortel PBX Option 11, Optivity
Telephony Manager (OTM), NEC NEAX2400 IMX (PBX), NEC NEAX2000 (PBX) and NEC Neaxmail.
o Data Analysis and Forensics.
o Development and maintenance of ad-hoc reports and queries; diverse applications utilizing MS Access.
o Developed Multi-user, network based Purchase Order System, Cash Box Tracking System using MS Access.
o AS/400 administration and support.
o Network, server and desktop computer administration and support.
o Support of all Information Technology systems.
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Paluch & Associates July 2004 to February 2005
Technical Operations Manager

How would you describe your time at Paluch & Associates?

Technical consulting and management of internal technical operations at the data center.
Trump Indiana August 1998 to July 2004
Information Technology Manager

How would you describe your time at Trump Indiana?

Management, direction and oversight of Information Technology systems and staff. Disaster Recovery Planning and testing.
o Integration of Player Tracking, Slot Management, Lodging Management, Point of Sale, PBX, credit card processing, and call accounting systems.
o Support, adds, moves and
changes of NEC NEAX2400 IMX (PBX), NEC NEAX2000 (PBX), NEC Neaxmail.
o Support and administration of InfoGenesis Point of Sale system.
o Upgraded corporate server/desktop infrastructure from Novell/Windows 3.1 to Windows NT 4.0 Server/Workstation with little disruption in services to end-users. Employed System Policy for ease of administration and maintenance.
o Migrated to Windows Server 2000 and Windows XP. Deployed a single domain Active Directory model with several sites and appropriate site management. Employed Group Policy for ease of administration and maintenance.
o Improved reliability of network systems and point of sale system from approximately 60 percent to almost 100 percent availability.
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Education

Colorado Technical Unversity September 2005 to December 2006
Master of Science in Management of Information Systems Security

How would you describe your time at Colorado Technical Unversity?

Major: Infomation Systems Security.
Minor: Project Management.
Professional Certificates: Project Management; Information Systems Security Management; Security Certification and Accreditation; Information Systems Security.
Purdue University January 1991 to May 1995
Bachelor of Science of Computer Technology

How would you describe your time at Purdue University?

Received Semester Honors for 5 semsters. Received "Best Project" in class for Senior Benchmark Project class.

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