William Ellis (Bill) Reid
1051 CR 278 * New Albany, MS 38652
{H} 662.538.0926  {W} 662.678.1625  {E} bill.reid@djournal.com


Objective

A responsible position within a progressive organization that offers the opportunity for 
occupational and personal development and growth. 

Skill Sets

Management of IT Development and Operations groups, strategic corporate planning, 
budgeting, project management and oversight.  Skilled developer with proven 
track record utilizing various languages and technologies on a number of 
platforms.  Network design, optimization and administration.  Relational database 
design and administration.  Strong graphic design skills, excellent written and oral 
communication skills.  Self-starter, motivated, task-oriented, aspires to go beyond 
the expected.

Employment

Journal Publishing Co., Inc * Tupelo, MS * 1994-present
Information Systems Manager
*	Responsible for all phases of IT management, including corporate level 
planning and budgeting, management of daily operations and software 
development initiatives.
*	Member of strategic management team, responsible as a group for corporate 
budgeting, performance monitoring, resource planning and operational 
oversight.
*	Primary developer, delivering enterprise applications utilizing ASP, Visual 
Basic and C on Windows NT/2000/XP and UNIX.
*	Primary systems/database administrator, managing implementations of MS 
Exchange, ISA, SQL Server, CMS, IIS, Oracle, Progress.
*	Primary design and programming for locally hosted Internet and Intranet 
sites.
*	Project management for more than 30 in-house development efforts and 
10large scale third party software/hardware implementations.
*	Resource planning and support for 30 servers and more than 200 users in 5 
locations and 15 remote users.
*	Management of Internet advertising sales and design for three years and 
responsible for transitioning their functions into the general corporate 
structure.

Porter-Cable Corporation *  Jackson, TN* 1993-1994
Personal Computer/Communications Specialist
*	Responsible for server, workstation, network and personal computer 
management, including maintenance, support and billing for 300 users on 
Windows and Solaris.
*	Co-direction of operations staff responsible for daily operations and 
troubleshooting.
*	Oracle database administration on the Solaris platform.
*	Developed a number of scripts and applications on the Solaris platforms in 
support of a third party custom developed global blueprint resource 
management system.
*	Responsible for phone systems management and support.
*	Secondary responsibility for AS/400  applications support.

Stratford Company *  New Albany, MS* 1990-1993
Personal Computer Specialist
*	Personal computer and network support for 120 users.
*	Software development in Dbase and Clipper.
*	Secondary responsibility for AS/400  and s/370 support.

Denton, Inc. *  New Albany, MS* 1988-1989
System/38 Junior Programmer
*	Co-op work during summers and vacations in college.
*	Developed a number of small utilities and reporting structures in RPG III.

Education

Freed-Hardeman University * Henderson, TN
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Honors Program

Continuing Education
Certificates in Sun Basic and Advanced Systems Administration, Oracle 
Database Administration, MCSE related coursework.