St. Johns River State College - Computer Science
Adjunct Instructor at Florida State College--Jacksonville
Computer Networking
James
Adams
Jacksonville, Florida Area
Performance Driven Six Sigma IT Instructor with over twenty years of experience in multi-environment network administration and telecommunications experience. Delivers cost-cutting and productivity improvement solutions in network infrastructure, security, and maintenance across a broad range of industries such as the United States Government and $40+ Million-dollar health enterprises.
Senior Network Engineer
Managed and supported over $5M in IT systems under contract the Bureau of Customs Patrol.
Oversaw the day to day operations of 4 primary sites, and 9 alternate sites including, system installations, server maintenance, system upgrades, remote connectivity.
Served as the technical lead, converting of LAN with over 100 users from ICE to CBP standards.
Chosen as the project lead for command center communications systems upgrades at multiple aviation sites.
Routinely ran multiple network reports to check and assure status and availability of servers. Planned, designed and implemented data connectivity processes for LAN/WAN systems.
Through meticulous measurement and our continual improvement program was able to achieve 99.98% availability across all sites.
Adjunct Instructor
Perform duties as an Adjunct Instructor
Communicating with students
Real-world experience to enhance teaching and presentations
Technology adept with many different skills
Experienced with the Blackboard Learning Management System
Passionate about technology and education in general
Owner
Oversees and delivers technical training/documentation for a diverse scope of enterprise level IT projects including hardware/software installations, Python, data migrations, troubleshooting, configuration and maintenance of physical and virtual networks.
Executed several complete migrations of antiquated Electronic Medical Records systems. Designed and seamlessly implemented SQL Server databases so that there was zero downtime and no impact to customer service or business systems.
Recommended and executed multiple cost-cutting infrastructure, business applications, and equipment decisions that saved multiple organizations over 300K+ in cost avoidance.
Adjunct Instructor
Provided quality instruction to students by ensuring student learning through classroom and laboratory setting in a variety of courses in the Bachelors level Cyber Security program.
Computer Faculty
Instructed networking certifications across multiple platforms including, Linux, Cisco, and Microsoft Server 2008/2012.
Facilitated hands-on training in IT Security, Active Directory, and Network Standards & Protocols, IIS, Microsoft Exchange, Desktop Operating Systems, LAN/WAN Networking and Security for over 1000+ workforce ready candidates.
Masters
Computer Information Systems
Bachelor's degree
Computer Information Systems
Bachelor's degree
Business Administration and Management, General
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