Larry Nicolas Ridge

Objective
A challenging position in the field of Information Systems and/or Data Communications Management
Education
California State University, San Bernardino, CA (AACSB Accredited)
Master of Business Administration, with Honors Beta Gamma Sigma, 1995
Major: Information Management

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Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Graduate Studies Certificate, 1988
Major: Computer Systems Teleprocessing Program

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United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Bachelor of Science, 1987
Major: Mathematics (within an Electrical Engineering curriculum)

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Experience
 

County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
12/98 to present Programmer Analyst, Information Services Department
Responsible for the maintenance and development of San Bernardino County's Juvenile Network client-server juvenile justice case management system. The client software is developed in Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0, and the server is an IBM DB2 database management system. Juvenile Network interfaces with several state and local systems including Department of Justice, Sheriffs Supername search, Department of Social Services case management and Juvenile Hall Information Tracking systems.
11/96 to 12/98
Automated Systems Analyst, Department of Public Heatlh
Responsible for the support of several federal, state, local, and privately funded public health programs. Provides technical support, system analysis and maintenance, and training for over 100 Windows 95 & Windows 3.11 users on 10 Ethernet and three Token-Ring network segments, three Windows NT 4.0 Servers, three Windows NT 3.51 Servers and one OS/2 2.0 Server connected via wide-area network and remote access. Administers user network and email accounts. Maintains one MS SQL Server 4.21 and one MS SQL Server 6.5 database. Recommends and requests procurement of new computer equipment.
Chaparral Treatment Center, Colton, CA
1/95 to 11/96
Assistant Office Manager
Assisted the Office Manager in office management. Responsible for agency computer systems and related special projects. Secondary responsibilities included maintenance management for a fleet of 15 vehicles, nutrition program coordination for 48 children, and payroll processing for over 80 employees. Special projects have included the installation of computer networks (three), building 11 computers in house, development and implementation of a corporate-wide fixed-assets inventory database system.
4/92 to 1/95 Bookkeeper
Managed accounts payable for eight treatment facilities and a school with over $600,000 in annual expenses paid. Audited and distributed weekly operating budgets for each facility. Processed payroll for over 100 employees . Managed the maintenance for a fleet of nine vehicles. Developed and implemented personnel database.
United States Army, Signal Corps, First Lieutenant
10/89 to 9/91
Communications-Electronics Staff Officer -- 34th Engineer Battalion, Fort Riley, KS.
Responsible for all areas involving communications and computer equipment for a heavy construction engineering unit. Supervised 11 personnel. Managed the communications assets of a multi-service engineer task force on a five month mission to South America. Received two Army Commendation Medals and an Army Achievement Medal.
10/88 to 10/89 Forward Area Signal Center Platoon Leader -- B Company, 121 Signal Battalion, Fort Riley, KS
Supervised 35 soldiers responsible for installation, operation, and maintenance of radio and telephone communications between a brigade level command post and its higher headquarters and supporting units..
6/88 to 10/88 Assistant Operations Officer -- 121 Signal Battalion, Fort Riley, KS
Managed (on a shift basis) a radio-telecommunications network consisting of three switching centers, and eleven terminal sites. Coordinated and troubleshot all movement, frequency and channel assignments, and switchboard programming for the network in a continuously changing and mobile environment.
Computer Skills
Software Development MS Visual Basic 5.0, MS Visual Basic for Applications, ActiveX controls, MS SourceSafe &
Wise Installation System
Operating Systems Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0 Server, Windows95/8, Windows 3.1x, OS/2 2.0 Lan Server & MS-DOS 3.1-6.22
Networking Ethernet, Token-Ring, IEEE 802.3 protocols, TCP/IP, WINS, Microsoft Mail Server
Database Applications MS SQL Server 4.21 & 6.5, Microsoft Access, R:Base 4.5++ and Borland Paradox
Word Processing MS Word 3.0-97, and WordPerfect 5.1-6.1
Spreadsheet Apps Microsoft Excel 4.0-97, and Quattro Pro 5.0
PC Maintenance and Troubleshooting Install, Troubleshoot and Replace: peripheral cards, motherboards, disk drives, multimedia components, network cards, power supplies, RAM, & CPU chips.
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