University at Buffalo

Problem Solver, Strategist, Creative Thinker, Author, Artist, Existential Outfitter, Husband, Father, Child of God.

Working on technology answers to small and mid-sized business issues.

CMIT Solutions of Monroe

Solutions Architect

Author and Publisher for "The LinkedIn Personal Trainer - Using LinkedIn to find, get found, and network your way to success!"

"The LinkedIn Personal Trainer” provides just that – a personal training approach for the number one professional online networking tool – LinkedIn.com. Packed with advice, insightful questions, and exercises, you learn what to do – and why you should be doing it. When completed, you’ll be prepared to find, get found, and network your way to success with LinkedIn.

The book is available at http://linkedinpersonaltrainer.org/book.htm, lulu.com and online retailers everywhere.

The LinkedIn Personal Trainer

Author

You know how some companies bring in a new CEO to turn things around - I'm like that except for IT.  When you don't have a good understanding of what you have, why you have it, what it's doing (or not doing) and how much it's costing you - that's when I'm invaluable.

I evaluate the existing environment - to get a firm understanding of what's there - and why.  Taking that, together with your needs and desires, I come up with a design and plan to get you back on track.  Then it's a matter of staffing, execution, and managing the plan to make it all happen.  Turning around Information Technology.

Tylock and Company, LLC

Turnaround IT Consultant

http://www.timelyinsights.net

Timely Insights is a site devoted to exploring the nature of human life in our times. We hope you will visit our site and enjoy the articles and discussion threads for what they bring to the table, and we also hope that in exploring these topics you find yourself taking a few more steps along the path of life  steps that you appreciate taking.

TimelyInsights

Digital Rochester is the Upstate NY area's pre-eminent technology business community.  Hosting events ranging from Networking and Career Fairs through Education and Rising Stars to assisting Angel Investing.

The Board works to make DR's vision a reality - to create, schedule, plan, and drive all of these events – kind of like the Apprentice without the cameras or competition for a job with Donald…

Board members find sponsors, manage budgets, arrange event details, and greet guests – all in the name of expanding the success of Digital Rochester in bringing people together.

The board works for the more than 4500 "employees" of the organization - the members.

Digital Rochester

Board Member

Providing proactive system administration services and managed security services to small and mid sized companies in the Western New York area.

Kriterium

Manager of Technical Services

Providing specialized data storage technologies - online (NAS & SAN), nearline, offline, and archive.

Lynx Technologies

Sales Architect

I managed the complete IT environment - equipment, personnel, vendor relationships, budgets, strategy and implementation.  Questra's offices spread across four states with consultants in the field as well as project based client engagements that took place in-house.

During this time, my team managed phases of both growth and decline in the the user base - balancing cost against the continuing demands of users and projects.  We re-vitalized an aging infrastructure, and worked to establish common expectations.

Questra Corporation

Director of Desktop and Network Services

Consulting on VPN deployment, application stress testing / performance improvement, web security and infrastructure work.

Senior Systems Architect

1996-1998 Systems Manager
Managed Manufacturing, Engineering, and Office systems for optics organization.  Recruited, Trained, and Managed staff of 5.  Administered MRP, Quality, Intranet, NT, Novell, MVS, and UNIX systems.  Implemented desktop, server and network improvement programs.

1992-1996 Systems Administrator / Team Leader
Lead team of 5 sysadmins; managed and evaluated team's performance.  Delivered helpdesk / trouble ticket system and put in place a metrics program for the sysadmin staff.

1991-1992 Software Engineer
Conceived, Designed, Implemented, Documented and Tested software / hardware component of the Optistar Microfilmer line.

1990-1991 Systems Administrator
Performed sysadmin duties for a network of 70 UNIX / Sun Microsystems computers.  Initiated program and mentored new sysadmins and technicians based on the "Unix System Administrators Handbook", by Nemeth, Seebass, Snider, & Hein.  Fielded OS and kernel questions from software engineers.

Eastman Kodak Company

Systems Administrator / Manager

Managed a network of Sun based computers for research staff working on United States Postal Service address location and character recognition applications - hardware, software, installations, 3rd party products, developing custom programs.  Mentored undergraduate assistant. Consulted with researchers and doctoral candidates.
http://www.cedar.buffalo.edu/

Steve Tylock