Wilkinson Consulting Group, Inc

David Wilkinson, President
Wilkinson Consulting Group, Inc.
200 Douglas Lane
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
(925) 944-7062 (Office)
(925) 351-9809 (Cell/vm)

BIO:

An information systems professional with over thirty years of experience in the computer industry, experienced in all aspects of analysis, design, development, implementation, and project management. Areas of expertise include Internet and Web technologies; Windows 2003, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SMS, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft Transaction Server, Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server, UNIX/Linux (including OpenSource software), Systems Administration, Client/Server technology; relational database management systems (MS SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, Sybase, MySql); programming (C, C++, C#, VB, Java, Visual Studio 2003 and 2005 .NET, DreamweaverMX, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Ruby on Rails, etc.), image processing; PC and server platform technologies; Systems Security and Administration; and Project Management.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

May 1, 1997 to Present:
President, Wilkinson Consulting Group, Inc.

Recent skills and knowledge added in 2006 and 2007:

MOSS 2007 (Sharepoint)
MOSS 2007 Search (Sharepoint)
MOSS 2007 Forms (Sharepoint
Sharepoint Designer Development
Windows Workflow Development
RSS
OPML
Syndication
Ruby on Rails
Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio 2005 Team System evaluation, installation and configuration.
MS SQL Express
MS SQL 2005
MS SQL Reporting Services

Recent Projects include:

During the past two years I have provided solutions as Lead System Architect and Lead System Administrator with AbetterProcess.com and Naramore Technology Systems. I have designed, installed, and configured Hosted Sharepoint Portal Server solutions for over 35 clients. Solutions included Client Branded Web-based Portals, Workflow Design and Implmentation, Business Process Re-Design, .NET Development (C#) applications and web-parts, Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS 2.0 and WSS 3.0) development, admin and support of Windows 2003 Server and SQL Database, SQL Reporting Services, etc.

September 2005 - May 2006
Project Management and Technical Consulting with Allin Consulting Services, on assignment with Dolby Labs, Inc., Robert Half International, Synaptics, Inc., and Mervyn’s, implementing MOSS 2007, MOSS 2007 Search Portals, .NET Development (C#) console applications and web-parts, Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS 2.0 and WSS 3.0) development, admin and support of Sharepoint 2003 Portal Server environments, SQL Reporting Services, Log Parser, etc.

April 2005 – August 2005
Project Management with EMC Microsoft Consulting Services, on assignment to Align Technologies, Inc for an Employee Portal implementation and rollout on Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server 2003.

2004 - 2005
Project Management and Technical Leadership at PMI Mortgage Insurance Company for a Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server implementation. Currently providing Technical Support and developing SharePoint applications using FrontPage, Infopath, and .NET programming (Web Parts and Web Services).

Project Management for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., for a Disaster Recovery Project. Provided technical assistance and Project Management services to assist with the development of a Disaster Recovery Program at PMI.

Project Management for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., for a rollout of a Server and Desktop Management System and an upgrade to their HelpDesk System (TouchPaper). Led a team of 3 engineers and a documentation specialist to rollout a LanDesk Server and Desktop Management System.

Sr. Infrastructure Consultant for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., consulting on various aspects of the migration of 1200 users to a Windows 2000 environment, including Domain Model Architecture and Implementation, Active Directory, Clustered Exchange 2000 servers, Clustered File Sharing and Print services, Clustered SQL Server 2000 services, and Software Distribution.

Software Architect for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., for a distributed web-based contract underwriting application written in Java and ASP, and based on a mix of Unix and Intel servers.

Senior DBA for PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., supporting two large distributed MS Sql Server applications (ver 6.5, 7.0, 2000 in clustered configurations), utilizing SQL, MS Transaction Server, VB 5.0 and 6.0, and Stored Procedures.

Project Management and development for a website for Pratt and Associates (www.fraudadvisor.net) NOTE: This website is shutdown.

Project Management for a Java Web-based Investor application at Charles Schwab, Inc.,

Security review of web-based applications and NT network including web server tuning and implementation of web and network security controls for The Contra Costa County

Year 2000 assessment engagement at Longs Drug Stores

Technical audit of the network infrastructure and Human Resources system at American President Lines

Website development for Stebbins Consulting Group, (www.goscg.com)

Infrastructure, applications and sql database consulting for MPR Health Systems.

MS SMS 2.0 implementation planning for The Clorox Company.

Windows NT infrastructure design and deployment for The Clorx Company 8,000 users, local corporate and national locations.

Project Management for a $22 Million corporate infrastructure rollout at The Clorox Company. NOTE: Completed the project 3 months early and $8 Million under budget.

Notes Mail rollout project management for The Clorox Company 8,000 users. NOTE: Completed the project on time and under budget.

October 18, 1996 to 1998:
Gateway Group, Lafayette, CA

As Project Manager, I managed a Windows 95 rollout for 500 workstations at the office of The City and County of San Francisco.

As Sr. Network Consultant, Developed a 32-bit application for United Airlines, Maintenance Operations Center, using Visual Basic 5.0. The application used Oracle SQL and Jet database queries to present hardware/software/network information to United Airlines technical staff. Involves creation/implementation of Netwizard database for data repository in a mixed Novell/NT/Unix environment.

As Sr. BackOffice Consultant, I participated in a system-wide conversion of approximately 1500 users at Pacific Telesis from Windows 3.11 to Windows NT Server/Workstation 4.0. Involved in architecture/design/implementation of NT Servers, SMS Systems, and Exchange systems. Conducted migration from various mail platforms including Lotus cc:Mail, Novell GroupWise to MS Exchange for all users.

April 18, 1996 to October 15, 1996:
Chamberlain Associates, Inc., San Mateo, CA

As Consultant, I performed quality assurance testing for the major release of a network management software package at Novell, Inc. Configured, installed and administered a multi-server NT Server-based network used in testing the package. Conducted interoperability, usability, reliability and performance testing in a heterogeneous LAN/WAN environment. Platforms included Windows for WorkGroups, Windows95, Windows NT Server 3.51, Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT Workstation, MS Internet Information Server, MS Sql Server, MS Exchange, MS SMS, MS WINS, and MS DHCP, Novell Netware 3.12 and 4.11. Network topology included shared and switched Ethernet, Token-Ring and FDDI. Network protocols were IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, Netbeui.

March 18, 1996 to April 5, 1996:
Avery Group, Palo Alto, CA

As Consultant, worked on implementing a Windows NT Server test lab for Microsoft Consulting Services at Wells Fargo Bank. Installed, configured, and tested core services desktop software for conversion of a large 1000+ Novell server environment to Windows NT Server. This includes installation of DHCP and WINS servers for TCP/IP.

April 1994 to March 15, 1996:
Summit Integration Group, Foster City, CA

As Manager/Sr. Consultant, worked on Client/Server applications using Informix on HP Unix, MS SQL Server on Windows NT, and Novell Networks at Wells Fargo Bank. C, C++, MS Access and Visual Basic were used for the client applications at Wells Fargo Bank. Developed a mail agent component for mail enabled applications using MS Mail on Novell, ODBC, OLE 2.0, MAPI, and BLOB technology at Wells Fargo Bank. Highly proficient in Microsoft BackOffice Products and the NT Server Platform including SMS at Wells Fargo Bank. Also participated in Network Administration and design of network architecture solutions at Wells Fargo Bank and American Express Life Assurance Company.

Familiar with Windows 95 and Microsoft Exchange. Project Manager/Architect for a multi-million dollar project of a Sales Performance System for Wells Fargo Bank involving three-tiered client/server technology. Deployment is complete with 10,000+ users on-line.

1992 to 1994:
CG Computer Services, Inc., Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA

As Sr. Project Consultant, has worked on various projects including SyBase/MS SQL Server Client/Server applications at Charles Schwab, application development in Clipper, C and C++ at Columbia Pictures and Bank of America, Novell integration and management, Project Management for application development and software implementation projects at Bank of America, and Client/Server hardware/software selection and implementation for the Legal Department at Charles Schwab.

1991 to 1992:
Litton Industries, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA

As Senior Programmer Analyst/Project Leader, has developed a full scale Electronic Mail System for DOS in Clipper 5.01, and C. The system utilizes data encryption and compression, background communications, customized data input and collection, transport of business forms and data, budgeting, planning, faxing and gateways to various communications networks.

1983 to 1991:
Security Pacific Automation Company, Los Angeles, CA

As Application Consultant, implemented a new image-based check processing system using OS/2. First of its kind in the country, this system involved application program-to-program communication. Developed a pilot project utilizing image processing, artificial intelligence and workflow management in a local area network environment.

Functioned as Project Leader and Lead Technical Programmer in the development of multi-user applications on Novell Networks using Clipper.

Designed, coded and implemented a security module for a transaction intensive application using C. Major aspects included user-id and password management; security administrator functions; electronic signature blocks of data; verification and authentication of data; compliance with stringent encryption requirements.

Analyzed, designed, developed, coded, tested and supported financial applications for a variety of bank operations including a financial analysis reporting system for the retail banking division, and a batch credit inquiry system for the commercial loan department. Trained all users.

Automated and streamlined the return mail process, resulting in a $300,000 per year savings in postage and labor costs.

As Assistant Vice President, conducted physical and data security reviews for various types of computers. Determined the sensitivity of the data and the applications process. Identified exposures, recommended cost-effective improvements and implemented procedures. Developed several information systems security publications and a security presentation aimed at raising employee awareness.

1982 to 1983:
Home Savings of America, Los Angeles, CA

As Senior EDP Auditor, conducted audits of the Data Center and related development and system areas. Performed general controls review in conjunction with the external auditors' year-end audit.

1980 to 1982:
Lloyd's Bank California, Los Angeles, CA

As Senior Inspector of the Audit Department, supervised operational, application and systems audits for up to six staff auditors. Participated in the design and development of computer assisted audit techniques.

1979 to 1980:
Bell and Howell, CA

As Program Aide, assisted planners with the Material Requirements Planning System.

1974 to 1979:
Automatic Data Processing

Held several positions in operations and post-sales support.

ASSOCIATIONS:

International Who’s Who in Information Technology

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Achieved a 3.5 GPA while attending California State University at Los Angeles, and working full-time at the same time.

INTERESTS:

Other than the sports, I exhibit a typically ‘Geek’ profile. Of course, number one is that I am interested in anything to do with new computer technology, startups, and business development. I am fully fluent in “Geek speak”. However, I have many interests in other areas including, but not limited to: martial arts, chess, astronomy, baseball (I play hardball), tennis, running, hiking, bicycling, skiing, quantum physics, philosophy, science fiction, education, training, brain theory, health, etc.

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