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T.I.
McLaughlin |
Experience: (Click here for 2006 Resume)
1999-2006 Instructor – Contract Trainer
- Instructing at various training centers including ATTA, Netcor, Infogem, and at Red Deer, NorQuest & Bow Valley Colleges
- Provide on-site training and seminars for up to 40 attendees – various topics
- Use "real life" scenarios while teaching, and see a decent rate for students passing their exams and finding work.
- Subjects taught are Microsoft Products like Word, Excel, PC Hardware A+, Net+, and Dreamweaver.
- Check Tom’s Profile for a detailed listing of subjects taught or preparing to teach.
1996-2006 Web Page Designer – Tomax7 Web Development (Calgary)
- Tools used: Dreamweaver4, MX, & Front Page 2000, XP.
- Desktop publishing with Adobe 5.5 PhotoShop, Paint Shop Pro 8, Fireworks, and Flash.
- Built from the “ground up” and maintain 19 award winning client websites
- Search Engine positioning techniques, can position site within the top 10 to 20 listings.
1999-2000 Senior Instructor - Netcor.com Inc. (Calgary)
- Instruct full MS Office 97 & 2000 suite applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
- Instruct NT4 Administration, TCP/IP, Network Essentials, and A+ Hardware courses.
- Instruct HTML and Web Design concepts and layouts as well as Front Page98 & 2000.
- Head instructor and office manager roles, received payments, computer & network maintenance
1999 NT 4.0 Teachers Assistant - Olds College (Olds, Alberta)
- Assisted in teaching, training and supervision of 18 students.
- Courses instructed were Windows NT4.0, A+ Hardware, DOS 6.22.
- Have maintained contact with students over the years
1995-1997 Data Base Operator – Schlumberger Oilfield Services (Calgary)
- Processed confidential oilfield data, worked with field engineers.
- Ensured prompt and secure delivery of information in a timely manner.
- Worked on VAX/VMS system, and Windows NT4.
Education:
2006: Microsoft Vista and Office 2007
2004: Windows 2003, Linux Red Hat 9 - CBT (Computer Based Training)
- Ongoing self taught course
2003 Cisco CCNA Administrator Course – Infogem
- A five day “boot camp” course on Cisco routers, switches and permissions
2000-2001 E-Commerce Wireless Programming Course - ATTA Training & Development - Certification
- The program involves leading edge training and hands-on project development in the E-Business environment
- Skills learned are: Visual Basic 6, Visual Interdev, SQL7, Oracle8, Wireless protocols (WAP), JavaScript, XML, UML internet languages, Citrix software and HTML web design implementations.
2000 Upgrade Studies – Boot Camp Microsoft Windows 2000 (NT5)- ATTA Training & Development
- Fast paced one week long "boot camp" training for upgrading from NT4 to Windows2000 to take advantage of the new properties of Windows2000, implementation and troubleshooting
1999 Graduate - Microsoft Certified Trainer Certification - Trab Training Inc.
- A Microsoft authorized education course designed to help instructors improve their communication skills and qualify to deliver Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) instructor-led courses to computer professionals.
1999 Graduate - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer & A+ Hardware - Drake International Training Centre
- Microsoft Official Curriculum course for Windows NT 4.0.
- Studied network application, Internet access and security.
- Hardware and Windows 95, DOS 6.22 software studies.
1995 Graduate - Alberta Securities and Commissions - Licence
- A licensed course requiring through knowledge in the financial fields of investing, and mutual funds. v Studies included determining client's financial needs analysis, risk factor, and future goals for retirement. Asset management.
1995 Graduate - Business Management - SAIT - Diploma
- Developed strong business skills through practical applications.
- Courses included skills developed in the areas of problem solving, organizational structuring, negotiating skills and human resource management.
- Public Relation matters were learned.
Community Activities:
- Volunteer work with Street Light bus (street youth ministry - Youth For Christ).
- Volunteer work with Calgary Police in the Radio Watch Program, Block Captain.
Testimonials:
To Whom It May Concern: Tom is an extremely knowledgeable instructor with a relaxing teaching style.
Although this course [NT4/Win2000/Novell 5.1] has a phenomenal amount of data to assimilate and understand in a very short time frame, all areas were completely covered and explained, even including reviews of A+ Hardware material pertinent to the course.
He provided
the best training, real workd instead of theoretical world experiences in
networking and NOS's [Network Operating Systems] I would personally highly
recommend to because of his knowldege, delivery and personality.
Brain Himmelreich Network +
To Whom It May Concern: I worked closely with Tom for just over three months: I was a student and he was the Instructional Assistant. The context was a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) program, February through May 1999.
The challenging nature of Tom's role as Instructional Assistant must first be emphasized: a classroom of students with a wide range of computer skills and background; a pilot program with its inherent problems; the unpredictable scenarios which can develop when man and machine interface; and the high stress levels that a fast-track training program is sure to create.
Tom in my
view met this most difficult
challenge successfully. I therefore offer this recommendation.
Douglas Goddard MCSE, MCP+I, A+
To whom it May Concern: Tom McLaughlin was my lab instructor at Olds College while taking my MCSE, A+ course there from February 1, 1999 through the end of April 1999. He was always easy to approach with questions and problems.
Tom knew
the material well and if there was a problem he would always find the answer, if
not right away, then the next day. He was always working hard to keep our
spirits up when the going was getting pretty rough, or calming us down before
the big exams, working extra hours with some students who needed the help.
Tony Bustin, MCSE, MCP +I, A+
To Whom
It May Concern:
I had Tom McLaughlin as an assistant teacher while I was taking my MCSE course
at Olds College. I found Tom to be a personable gentleman with a good
understanding of the material. He always had time to help figure out problems
from the easy fixes to the most difficult. I would recommend Tom to any company
that was considering hiring him.
Mike Peterson, MCSE, MCP+I, A+
Further Testimonials may be read at: http://www.tomax7.com/testimonials.html
[Environment: Windows 98, ME, Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, 2003, MS Office 2000, XP, 2003, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Front Page 2000, Front Page XP, 2003, HTML, XML, TCP/IP, JavaScript, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Adobe Photoshop CS, Paint Shop Pro 8, Web Design]