A new site and a new start
Well, I have a new site to start of a new beginning.
First perhaps an introduction is in order, my name is James McDonald. By profession I am a network engineer, but at heart I am admittedly just a geek. I love all things electronic and absolutely love all things futuristic. From the latest in eco-friendly energy sources to the latest and greatest in home entertainment and automation. I’ve built my own solar powered shed that provides my work shop with 1kw of free electricity and have remolded part of my house with my own home theater.
I’ve been working, ok playing, with computers and network hardware since the mid 1980′s. After college I continued working with main frames and DEC net hardware while working for the County of Bucks in both the IT department as well as the emergency dispatch center. During that time I grew my skills by doing part time consulting work and continued learning as much as I could as fast as I could gaining knowledge in both Microsoft products and Cisco network hardware.
After working for the county for the better part of the 1990′s I moved on to a banking software company called Sanchez Computer associates. Working with the folks at SCA I was able to continue growing my skills and knowledge. When SCA was bought in the later part of 2004 I became a consultant full time working for such companies as Radian Group, US Allianze, Merrill Lynch Investment Manager, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Glaxo Smith Kline.
Over the past 15+ years I have developed skills in packet analysis, network analysis, design, architecture & optimization. In the field of Server management and systems integration, I’ve learned a great deal about both Microsoft Windows as well as various flavors of Linux, Unix and a little VMS. WAN technologies such frame relay, ATM circuits, MPLS, DWDM and the routing protocols that run on them.
I could go on about myself and my skills. But hopefully that gives anyone that cares a good flavor of where I’ve been as for where I’m going. I will continue to grow and learn.