Raymond J. Smith Resume

Summary: I am a 61-year-old Webmaster, photographer, writer, PC and networking technician.

Author of Wi-Fi Home Networking, a book now on sale at Barnes&Noble and at other nationwide retailers. It includes 63 illustrations, 320 pages of text and a supplemental CD-ROM.
Web design and maintenance for the Ojai Rotary West, Ojai Wine Festival, Attitude Adjustment Shoppe, Ojai Big Chili Cookoff, Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association and others.
Installation and support of PCs, webcams, and networks for those sites.
Photography and other graphics work.

Daly Road Graphics Owner and operator since March, 2002.

Customers include Ojai Valley Financial Services, the Brooks Institute of Photography, the Ojai Music Festival (2004), the City of Oxnard (2003), Ojai Valley Museum, Ojai Valley News, Diane Steele Ceramics. Photography, image and document design, writing, web sites.

Data Network maintenance. Advanced Network Services, Alcatel Networks, Newbridge Networks, UB Networks (Ungermann-Bass)
1986 to 2002. Administered, configured and monitored 100 of Verizon' s western US routers, and attached hubs via HP Openview. Windows PC repair, networking, and application support. Coordinated network troubleshooting with Verizon National Operations Center. Designed and maintained online inventory and activity log databases. Winner, ACE award.

Computer Mainframe troubleshooting and maintenance. Pyramid Technology Mountain View, California, BTI Computer Systems Sunnyvale, California CL Systems Newtonville, Massachusetts: Trouble desk, Field Service Engineer, diagnostic programmer, software QA.

WMUB, WPVL, WOXR, WWKI, WMOH, WFAH, WOIO, Reporter and News Director. Managed News Departments, wrote and delivered on-air newscasts and editorials for Ohio and Indiana radio stations.

Publications:

Ojai Valley News. Photos and articles.
Ventura Life & Style magazine. Photos and articles.
WiFi Home Networking, a book for McGraw-Hill Technical Publications, January 2003
Satellite Times, August 1995. "The Bird's Eye View". Using a PC for live pickup of weather satellite and short wave radio FAX images
Publics Relations Director, Rotary Ojai-West Board of Directors.

Education:

Graduated Miami University, Oxford, Ohio B.S. Telecommunications. Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary Society.
Completed Intermediate Web Page Design Class at lynda.com
Completed South Coast College Office 2000 training class.
Completed classes in Router Configuration for Verizon, Net Director Configuration.

Licenses:

FCC amateur radio, General class. KI6VED.
GMRS radio license, WQIB537
FCC Third Class Engineer w/broadcast endorsement.
FAA licensed Sailplane Pilot.

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