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Kevin Hughes

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The life and times of Kevin Hughes - MCT, SharePoint Architect, SQL DBA, Systems Admin, Master Mason, philosopher, and low-budget philanthropist.

Kevin is a technical architect, database administrator, network engineer and trainer with over 30 years of experience in all aspects of Information Technology. Beginning in the late 1970s writing applications in FORTRAN and COBOL, Kevin has been in and out of academia multiple times and has worked for small businesses and large companies such as Texas Instruments and Raytheon.

Kevin is a veteran of the US Army, a Master Mason and holds multiple degrees in Computer Science, History, Education and Religion. For fun Kevin enjoys medieval recreation, golf, travel, teaching, fine cigars, cooking, massage & gaming with family and friends.

Kevin is married to Trudy, who has put up with him for over 12 years. He has a son, Kevin II, who is 23 and is a recent graduate of East Tennessee State University, and a step-daughter, Christine, 26, who is pursuing a career in NY.

 
 

 Dr. Kevin Hughes, D.D.

 

MCT, MCITP:SP2010, DBA, MCSA:2003, MCTS:SP2010, SQL 2005, MOSS 2007, WSS 3.0, ITIL Foundation, Network+, A+

Technical Architect (SharePoint, Network & Server Systems), Database Administrator and Technical Trainer with over 25 years experience in all aspects of Information Technology. Comfortable with projects of any scope and companies of any size. Focused on design and implementation of technical solutions to difficult problems with a record of success. Specialized in Microsoft solutions, has saved many companies time and money implementing new processes or streamlining old ones.

Kevin has managed projects with budgets in excess of $4 million with over 200 staff. He has also owned small businesses in both retail electronics and internet services. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer authorized to present official Microsoft curriculum on a wide variety of topics.

Currently, Kevin is an independent SharePoint Architect in the Kansas City metro area.
  

Education

           

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science

Trinity College, Honolulu, HI

1988

Master of Science

Religion

 ULC Seminary, Modesto, CA 2000
Doctor of Divinity ULC Seminary, Modesto, CA 2002

Graduate

Dale Carnegie Course

1996

Graduate

Dale Carnegie Sales Advantage Course

1996

 

Certifications

 

  • Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: SharePoint 2010, Configuring

  • Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: SQL 2005

  • Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

  • Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007

  • Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional: SharePoint Administrator 2010

  • Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional: Database Administrator

  • Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator

  • Microsoft Certified Trainer

  • ITIL Service Management Foundation

  • CompTIA A+ Certified Technician

  • CompTIA Network+ Certified Technician

 

Professional Affiliations

 

  • Microsoft Partner

  • Heartland User Group, Kansas City, SharePoint SIG

  • IEEE Professional Member

  • IEEE Computer Society

  • Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)

  • Windows IT Pro Magazine Advisory Council

  • AITP Education Special Interest Group ( EDSIG )

  • SharePoint Saturday - Kansas City - Event Coordinator

  • SharePoint Saturday - Ozarks - Speaker

  • SharePoint Saturday - New York - Speaker

Organizational Affiliations
 

  • Overland Park, KS Masonic Lodge #436 - Life Member
  • Overland Park, KS Neighborhood Association Executive Council
  • Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. – Regional Officer
  • United States Golf Association (USGA)
  • PGA Tour Partners – Life Member
 

 Kevin in Print

 
  Freelance Technical Writer for Thomson Learning - Developed supplementary materials for textbook "A+ Guide to Hardware, 3rd Edition" By Jean Andrews. This included creation of Presentation Materials using MS PowerPoint, creating an Instructor Manual, creation of an automated Test Bank, and development of Lab Pack (applied exercises)
  Textbook Editor for Thomson Learning - Editor for textbook "Enhanced Network+ Guide to Networks" by Tamara Dean. This included submitting suggested content updates and changes, submission of chapter review questions and ensuring compliance with current exam objectives for the CompTIA Network+ certification.
  Textbook Reviewer for McGraw-Hill/Osborne – Reviewed textbook “Hardening Windows Systems” by Roberta Bragg. This included submitting suggested content updates and changes and writing a formal review for posting via Amazon.com.
 

 Skill Summary

 

 

 Architectural Design and Planning  Systems Management  

Development Technologies (emphasis is on design and documenting requirements and less on actual development)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • IT Infrastructure Design

     

  • Basic Firewall rules and Proxy Server configuration

     

  • Capacity Planning

     

  • Growth Management

     

  • High Availability technologies (Clustering, Network Load Balancing)

     

  • Network Storage Appliances (SAN, HBA, NAS)

     

  • Backup Solutions: Tape, Disk-to-Disk, Snapshots, nearline and offline storage

     

  • Hardware Load Balancing

     

  • Single Sign On Integration

     

  • Kerberos Encryption and Authentication

     

  • Connection Monitoring & Troubleshooting

     

  • Global Deployment Planning and Implementation (multi-farm, multi-domain, distributed services)

     

  • Staged Deployment Strategies

     

  • Virtualization technologies (VMWare, Virtual Server, Virtual PC)

     

  • Presence Integration (Office Live Communications Server, SMTP, SIP
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2003/2007/2010 technologies

     

  • Windows Server 2003/2008

     

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008

     

  • SQL Server Analysis and Reporting Services

     

  • Performance Monitoring

     

  • IIS 6/7

     

  • DNS/WINS

     

  • Active Directory Design and administration

     

  • Systems scripting (T-SQL, PowerShell, Stored Procedures, LDAP, VBScript, Batch Files)

     

  • Microsoft Exchange and SMTP integration

     

  • Desktop Management

     

  • WAN & LAN Design and Management

     

  • File Services (DFS, Compression, Encryption, Security)

     

  • Antivirus technologies (McAfee, Forefront)

     

  • Project Server 2007/2010 deployment and administration

     

  • Microsoft Dynamics deployment and administration

     

  • Oracle RDMS, e-Business Suite (not required but definitely a plus

     
  • SharePoint Designer 2007

     

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008

     

  • Microsoft C#.NET

     

  • Web Part development using C#, ASP.NET, Silverlight

     

  • HTML & Client side scripting (Javascript, AJAX, DHTML, XSL, XSLT, XHTML)

     

  • Working knowledge of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

     

  • Workflow Foundation
  • Windows Communication Foundation

Training

Networking 
  • Microsoft Official Curriculum
  • Curriculum Planning
  • Examination Creation
  • Textbook Editing
  • TCP/IP
  • Routing and Routers
  • Ethernet
  • Token Ring
  • Firewalls
  • VLANs
  • PPTP
  • SMTP
  • POP
  • IMAP
  • DNS
  • DNCP