I am a 31 year IT professional with a background in business management, international trade and information sciences specializing in business development, database and telecommunications systems.  I also have over 40 yrs experience as a musician  
As a business analyst and enterprise system developer I am adept at solving problems and integrating technology into current business practices in a cost effective and reliable way including a  25-year emphasis in database design, modeling and migration, network security architectures, intrusion detection systems,  telecommunications, disaster recovery and application development.

I am also a resourceful and dedicated professional with a strong knowledge of database hierarchies; network architectures; and telecommunications systems and extensive record of designing, deploying and managing projects that require installation, operations and maintenance infrastructures to maximize system integrity, efficiency and reliability.  The business environments I have worked in include banking, real estate, mortgage banking, international trade, construction, public utilities and education. I enjoy solving both business and technical challenges along with troubleshooting the problems and integration issues when developing IT based solutions

My core expertise includes:
-network design & administration
-database design & migration
-business modeling & financial forecasting
-CRM, SLA, ERP, E-Commerce, CMS systems & applications
-network security architectures & disaster recover
-telecommunications architectures & systems
-application development & project management
-core level O/S design & programming
-process control & embedded systems
-Microsoft-based servers and desktop products
-UNIX / Linux based servers  

I am currently involved in several projects related to grid computing, cloud computing and parallel processing.