UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York -  Bachelor of Fine Arts -                                                         1983

• Magna cum Laude 1980-1981
• Summa cum Laude 1981-1982
• Ford Motor Company Foundation Scholarships (I am the only student in the history of the grants to be awarded two years in a row.)                                                                                          1982 and 1983
• New York State Regents scholarships for Scholastic Excellence                                          1978 - 1983

Teradata Leadership MBA                                                                                                                      2009

Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management - Business Leadership Program (DHL)          2006

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified OSG MSP Programme Manager – highest level                                                                    05/2006

Certified OSG Risk Manager – highest level                                                                                       04/2006

Prince2 Project Management – highest level                                                                                      04/2006

Windows 2000 System and Networks Learningtree Certified Professional                                                 2001

Cisco Administrator                                                                                                                                2004

Trained Lotus Domino Administrator                                                                                                        1998

AUTOMATION TRAINING

INTERCONNECTING CISCO NETWORK DEVICES                                                                           DEC 2003

IBM LINUX & DB2 MINICOMPUTER TECHNICAL CONFERENCE                                                     SEPT 2003

INTRODUCTION TO CISCO NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES                                                          SEPT 2003

WINDOWS 2000 CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL                                                                                  JUL 2001

LOTUS NOTES SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION                                                                                    FEB 2002

MS SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SERVER                                                                                              SEP 99

CORPORATE ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS                                           SEPT 99

MS CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TRAINING                                                                      APR 99

NEWSWIRE / DEC VMS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION                                                                          AUG 98

WINDOWS NT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION                                                                                         MAR 98

LOTUS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION                                                                                                   MAR 98

LOTUS SYSTEM SUPPORT                                                                                                               FEB 98

NETWORK SECURITY & FIREWALLS                                                                                                 JUN 97

BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS                                                                                                 JUL 94

UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM & PROGRAMMING                                                                                  JAN 94

UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION                                                                                                      MAR 93

INTERMEDIATE UNIX O/S.                                                                                                                MAR 93

NOVELL OS LAN SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION                                                                                     FEB 93

TCP/IP ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS                                                                                             FEB 93

X.25 WIDE AREA NETWORK SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION                                                                    JAN 93

ADVANCED PC REPAIR                                                                                                                    SEP 92

ADVANCED UNIX LAN SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION                                                                              JUL 92

BASIC UNIX WORKSHOP                                                                                                                   JUL 92

INTRO TELECOMMUNICATIONS                                                                                                        SEP 91

PC MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR                                                                                                       SEP 91

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT                                                                                                          MAY 91

LANGUAGES

Native English Speaker - Excellent communications and briefing skills, experienced in communicating to a wide variety of stake holders to C - Level

German - Conversational, nine years living and working in Germany

Czech - Basic - “survival” level. 15 years living and working in Czech Republic