Thomas J. Sinclair
2895 W. Riverwalk Cir. #208
Littleton, CO 80123
303-734-1488 (home)
303-206-0035 (pager)
tomsinclair@earthlink.net
Career Summary
Thirteen years continuous employment with one employer; AT&T
spun off Lucent Technologies in 1996 and I retained the same job and title.
In 1997, I went to work for KPMG LLP as a senior technical architecture
consultant. In January of 2000, I left KPMG to take up independent consulting
and in March of that year was offered and accepted a position as a full-time
computer networking instructor at Westwood College. Less than a year later,
I was made lead instructor for the networking program and then within
three months was put in charge of the computer programming department.
I am currently pursuing my Ph.D in Computer Science at Colorado School
of Mines.
Technical Instructor 3/2000 to present
Teaching computer networking, programming and technical management
at both the associate's and bachelor's level. Courses taught include:
I.T. Project Management, Enterprise Network Design and Analysis, Electronic
Media Law and Policy, Emerging Technologies, Implementing Directory Services
and Enterprise Network Management.
- Designed a completely new course for the Bachelor's program,
focussing on the emergence of Open Source and its relevance to business
IT
- Became the first instructor to place my course material
online, including notes, presentations, labs and software.
- Created complete documentation for setting up classroom
infrastructure, including e-mail, DNS, Kerberos and LDAP directory services
and made the documents available organization-wide.
- As lead instructor:
- Provided academic advising for students
- Participated in course and faculty evaluation
- Interviewed and made recommendations regarding new faculty
hires
- Performed program and curriculum development
- Assisted in admissions and recruitment efforts as needed
Technical Architect 8/1997- 1/2000
As a technical architect for KPMG LLP, was involved in and responsible
for a wide range of consulting assignments, including I.T evaluation,
strategic planning and computer and data network design/implementation.
- As I.T. assessment team lead, evaluated the I.T. architecture
for U S West’s Human Resources and Payroll systems
- Implemented a pilot Data Warehouse in the KPMG Brookriver
data center, while coordinating the efforts of three separate KPMG
practices.
- Migrated a Solaris-based Data Warehouse to an HP-UX-based
server platform
- As team lead, delivered an Operational Readiness Assessment,
evaluating a mixed UNIX/NT/Novell/mainframe environment, for a PeopleSoft
HRMS implementation.
- Did requirements, process analysis and implementation
design work for Platinum tools on NT for the Traction project management
framework as part of the architecture team
- As lead of Functional QA team, delivered and executed
a complete test plan for Version 2 of a firmwide project/process
management framework.
- As part of the Technical Architecture planning team
for a project with a major telecommunications company, delivered
sizing requirements and software package cost analysis.
Client/Server developer 1995-1997
As member of the World Class Service Center platform team, design
and implement rearchitecture of a business-critical 7x24 national customer
care center handling 225,000 calls/month.
- Delivered network server architecture from initial
design to production in two months, under budget.
- Tested, documented, and delivered file system backup/server
failover platform on time and $50,000 under budget.
- Redesigned PC system/application software upgrade
process which cut time required to service 600 desktops from four
days to one, while eliminating need for desktop visits.
- Redesigned network printing to cut required administration
procedures from six to two, while adding redundancy and load distribution.
- Led General Protection Fault (GPF) resolution team
which successfully eliminated Windows for Workgroups desktop errors,
including GPFs, network faults, and application errors.
- Delivered simple solution to problem of correctly
mapping home directories for users working at remote campus.
- Produced and implemented strategy for migrating Novell
client/server architecture for 1000 users from AT&T network
to Lucent network, with no downtime.
System Administrator 1993-1995
Managing core data systems for 1600 users at national customer care
center.
- Created on-line hypertext electronic documentation
system for MIS support team.
- Developed utility to automatically generate trouble
resolution codes, eliminating lengthy searches through paper-based
tables.
Advanced Education 1991 to 1993
Completed combined B.S./M.S degree program in Computer Science at
Loyola University of Chicago.
System Administrator 1990-1991
Supported internal data systems for 300 users in Facility Engineering
organization.
System Administrator/Developer 1988-1990
Responsible for administering four 3b2/400 minicomputers which supported
a multi-user facility records database and e-mail for four workgroups.
- With no budget ,and using spare and obsolete equipment,
built UNIX server-based LAN supporting four workgroups.
- Without budget, and using spare and obsolete equipment,
designed and implemented client/server office productivity platform
for five District Managers and their combined staff of fifty.
- Ported PC-based facility records system to UNIX.
- Based on detailed customer requirements analysis,
added additional automation, report-generating, and self-help functionality
to facility records system.
- Delivered training and documentation on records system.
Database Developer/Administrator 1986-1988
- Designed and developed a database management system
for 5000 digital facility records, personally verifying and then
entering all 5000.
- Reduced order write-up times by 80% (from ten minutes
to ninety seconds).
- Delivered training and documentation on new records
system
Computer Experience
Software: Windows NT 4.0, Solaris, SunOS, System V
UNIX, MacOS, Mac OS X, Linux, Novell NetWare 4/5 (CNE), C, C++, Java.
Hardware: UNIX workstations and servers, x86-based PCs, PowerPC
workstations
Network - LAN, WAN, 10/100 Mbit Ethernet, DHCP, SMTP, IPX/SPX,
TCP/IP
Education
B.S./M.S., Computer Science (magna cum laude), Loyola
University of Chicago - 1993
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Certified Novell Engineer, (NetWare 5.1)
Solaris 2.6 Certified
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