08/16/07

Two Years as Senior System Analyst

 I worked for SSI Consulting Group for two years as a Senior Systems Analyst doing commercial and custom programming in Visual Basic, technical support, system design and installation, web site authoring including ecommerce, and system maintenance, repair, and upgrades.

A+ Certification Earned

 In December of 2002, on my first attempt, I passed both parts of the  A+ Certification. covering a broad base of knowledge and competency in core hardware and operating system technologies including installation, configuration, diagnosing, preventive maintenance and basic networking. (from the web site) After the exam, I sent 3 pages of corrections to the text I used, highlighting 25 errors in the thousand page text. The author thanked me for my work.

Recent Projects

While I was working as a pastor, I've worked on my web design skills, working on non-profit web sites and church sites without charge and commercial sites that I design and host for pay. I've included JavaScript, flash animation, a web based interface to a resource database, CGI and ASP programming in those projects. My most recent project is found at the web site of the church I currently serve as pastor: Goodyear Heights Presbyterian Church in Akron, Ohio.

Most Recent Computer Position

For 18 months in 2004 & 2005 I was a salesperson at Computer Connections making technology into cost-effective solutions for business and individuals providing system design, training, and custom built hardware.