JAMES I. WARD, JR.                                      CIS 71214,1450
P. O. Box 2002                                          (713) 992-5958
Friendswood, TX 77546


OBJECTIVE
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Information Systems Management, Consulting or Computer Engineering 
position in network integration, hardware/software development, or 
information resource management.


EDUCATION
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B.S. Electrical Engineering, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 1985.
Graduate studies in Computer Engineering and Business Administration.


EXPERIENCE
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1991-Present
The MITRE Corporation
Houston, Texas

NETWORK ENGINEER (MTS).  Consultant to NASA/Johnson Space Center in local
and wide area networks, electronic mail, and workgroup applications.

* Designed prototype for migrating electronic mail and group calendar 
  systems from mainframe to LAN-based systems.

* Designed prototype for remote dial-in access to NetWare LAN services.

* Developed a distributed project management system, using Microsoft 
  Project, Excel, MS Mail, and Lotus cc:Mail on a Novell NetWare LAN.

* Developed custom applications with Microsoft Access, Project & Excel.

* Performed growth projections on IPX, TCP/IP, DECnet, and SNA networks.

* Evaluated products for LAN applications:  Backup, application metering,
  automatic inventory, CD-ROM, facsimile services.

* Conducted network operating system comparison studies.

* Performed security analyses on Novell NetWare servers.


1989-1991
Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Quantico, Virginia

MANAGER, SYSTEMS INTEGRATION BRANCH.  Management oversight of all 
electronic data and voice systems for a 7000-person military base.

* Managed a fiber optic token ring network connecting 45 Banyan VINES 
  servers, four IBM AS/400 and two DEC VAX minicomputers.

* Coordinated acquisition of microcomputers, software & office equipment.

* Established policies and procedures for information resources.


1985-1989
Marine Air Control Squadron 5
Beaufort, South Carolina

AIR DEFENSE CONTROL OFFICER.  Held various crew leadership positions in 
the operation of deployable air control systems.  Directed the Personnel 
Department for a 300-person Squadron.


TECHNICAL
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NETWORKS:  Novell NetWare, Banyan VINES, Windows for Workgroups, NFS, 
TCP/IP, DEC PathWorks, SNA; Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI.

OPERATING SYSTEMS/GUIs:  DOS, MS Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, VMS.

PROGRAMMING:  C/C++, Pascal; Microsoft Project, Excel & Access macro 
languages.

E-MAIL SYSTEMS:  Microsoft Mail, Lotus cc:Mail, IBM PROFS/Office Vision, 
DEC ALL-IN-1, Banyan Mail; Retix OpenServer400, AlisaMail, Soft*Switch; 
X.400, X.500; MAPI, VIM.


OTHER
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* Achieved grade of Captain, U. S. Marine Corps.  Six years active duty.
* Willing to relocate, especially in the Southeast U.S.
* EIT, Maryland, 1985.
* Member, IEEE.