Edward Alfert has sixteen years of experience in the information technology field.  He is currently the IT Manager for a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company. 

Edward has donated five hours of computer and network support/consulting services and can provide such services in English or Spanish.  The five hours of personally donated service must be scheduled during evening or weekend hours as to not conflict with his employer’s needs.

Bidding on this auction item will benefit businesses or individuals in need of any of the following:

Server troubleshooting and administration

• System administration


• Windows and Linux/UNIX operating systems


• Web servers, email servers, databases, and other services


• Automation (writing scripts to automate recurring activities)


• Monitoring (setup system to automatically detect services failures)


• Converting physical servers to virtual servers (VMWare and Hyper-V)

Networking

• Network setup, troubleshooting, and redesign


• Cloud-based services integration with local area network

Online

• Website setup, programming (not design), and search engine marketing and optimization


• Integration of third-party services to increase functionality of existing website

Disaster Preparedness

• Create disaster preparedness and recovery plan


• Automation and testing of backup systems

Research

• Find technical solution to a business problem

Personal computer troubleshooting and training

• Operating system (virus cleaning and setting up automated backups)


• Applications (training with Word, Excel, and other applications)


• Online (setup of blogs and social networking profiles, tips on how to conduct advanced research on the Internet, and help with other online activities)