Rick Hardy Resume

Rick Hardy Resume _{Rick L. Hardy
941 Autumnwood Drive
Gambrills, MD 21054}

Employee History

Network Engineer, _{Signal Corporation}

_{January 1997 - Present}

Resident at the _{Defense Logistics Agency}_{, Ft. Belvoir, VA as a FORE SE (January 11, 1999 - present)}

_{As a principal network engineer, primary responsibilities include the design, engineering, deployment, and management of a 6000 node ethernet network. Environment includes FORE Systems ATM equipment, Cisco routing equipment, Compaq enterprise-class servers running Novell and NT, and SUN servers.}

Resident at the _{Patent and Trademark Office}_{, Crystal City, VA}

_{Dynamically assigned to varying network engineering R&D tasks submitted by the Patent and Trademark Office.
Integrated Network Task
Part of an 8-person Engineering team responsible for planning, designing and integrating an ATM backbone subsystem into USPTO's network.
Trademark Work at Home Task
Design and deployment of USPTO's TW@H system used by 18 Trademark Attorneys to access PTOnet and the USPTO Integrated Network from home. The TW@H system design includes Cisco 766 routers, B-ISDN connectivity, ShivaRemote, and SecurID.}

Systems Engineer, Decision Systems Technologies, Inc.

_{May 1996 - January 1997}

Resident at _ONRHQ_{, Ballston, VA (}_{Office of Naval Research HQ}₎

_{Network Administration/Engineering and PC Support (Hardware and Software) for the Office of Naval Research Headquarters (ONRHQ) Help Desk. Creating Intranet site for users to access as a second line of information to access regarding our LAN. Working on builds for deploying many machines across the network in the least amount of time. Network community consists of about 1,000 internal users with remote users located in at least 20 major cities throughout the world. ONRHQ is mostly a Microsoft shop.
_{May 1994 - May 1996}}

Resident at _NAVAIR_{, Crystal City, VA. (}_{U.S. Naval Air Systems Command HQ}₎

_{Network Administration/Engineering and PC/Macintosh Support (Hardware and Software) for the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Technologies Support Desk (AIR-7.2.4). Testing of new systems and software before deployment. Creation of HTML code for various projects. Training customers in the use of NAVAIR software suites. Network community consists of about 3,600 internal users.
Secondary Responsibilities and Special Projects include:
_{Sharing of management position (Operations Duty Officer) with other team leaders of the various support coordinating and assigning work orders to technicians. Testing full Internet access schemes and deploying these to all personnel in PC environments. Assisted in evaluating network operating systems upgrades and developing deployment plans. Performed initial test installations of Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation and currently provide full support for desktop and laptop systems.}}

IS Consultant, _{National Organization on Disability}_,16th and K Street, Washington, D.C

_{Sept. 1995 - Present
_{All aspects of small office computer network, from workstations to servers. IS automation consists of 1 WindowsNT applications server, 1 WindowsNT Internet gateway, 10 workstations running Windows 3.1 and Windows95, and 2 laptops (for Alan Reich and James Brady) running Windows95. NOD's application suite consists of Microsoft Office Professional and Netscape Navigator. Created and manage web pages for NOD.}}

Teaching Assistant, _{University of Maryland at College Park, College of Business and Management}

Dec. 1992- July 1994

_{Teaching Assistant for Professor William Chaires for BMGT301, Introduction to Management Information Systems. Independently lectured to a group of 50+ undergraduate students about the use and integration of information systems into business environments. Conducted lab instruction of the following: DOS, Unix (Ultrix 4.3a), Windows3.1, WordPerfect, QuattroPro, MiniTab, and Paradox. First undergraduate Teaching Assistant hired in the College of Business and Management}

Lead Technical Assistant, _{State of Maryland, Office of Computing Services}

_{Aug. 1993 - June1994
_{Led a team of technical assistants in helping students and professors with network applications and business-related projects. Aided in maintaining the working order of 200 IBM PS/s 77s and 14 multi-media machines linked to various servers using Netware 3.11. Installed new workstations in offices, which included full-blown hardware and software installations. Also provided audiovisual support for professors using state-of-the-art networked teleconferencing component systems for communicating with people all over the world.}
Certification and Training
Microsoft Certified Product Specialist (MCP ID 391604)}

_{FORE LAN Certified Engineer}

_{FORE WAN Certified Engineer}

NAI ATM Network Analysis and Troubleshooting - March 99

Cisco IMCR, April 99

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Maryland, College Park May 1994.

_{College Internship Experience}

College Agent, Northwestern Mutual

_{Intern, Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (New York), 103rd Congress}References Available Upon Request