Jesse Harris Jr
Killeen,Texas
Summary
PROGRAM DIRECTOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/FACULTY Energetic, highly organized, and diligent IT Education Professional drawing upon twenty years of experience in Information Technology. Provides leadership as well as superior classroom and online instruction in both government and collegiate environments. - Oversight and servant leadership Evaluates all IT classroom facilitation Recommends improvement to Director of Ed. Reports on department’s Academic and Attendance status Champions the department’s overall vison
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Corporate Program Director Network Engineer/Faculty
Cybertex Institute of Technology Austin, Campus
Austin, Killeen, Texas
02.2022 - Current
- Spearheads the effort to get students through the Network Engineer program
- Chief IT expert dedicated to ensuring the institute’s certification and retention goals is consistently exceeded
- Champions the school's ongoing mission of preparing IT students to enter the workforce
- Provides oversight for the Network Engineer program for Cybertex campuses
- Meets with Corporate leadership to recommend improvements and changes within the constraints of the operational budget
- Mentor professors to improve their facilitation and lecture skills
- Evaluate the school's curriculum, contrast it, and compare it with the dynamic changes in the industry
- Then makes recommendations for change
- Advise students on attendance and academic violations
- Meet with and advise prospective students
- Assist with the Student Ambassador program
- Generate reports using LMS to track attendance and academics.
Program Director, Faculty
Vista College Killeen Campus
Killeen, Texas
04.2018 - 10.2021
- Responsible for the effective implementation of approved curriculum and educational programs in both distance education and traditional formats
- Exceeded company thresholds regarding enrollments, retention, completion, and placement rates for assigned programs
- Provided insight and direction to faculty, students, administration, and the campus
- Recommended Professors for professional development and awards for exemplary performance
- Utilized Google Analytics, Campus Nexus, and Canvas LMS to provide timely reports, identify at-risk students, and recommendations for improvements
- Decreased expenditures by $100K by implementing Virtualization on existing Dell Servers
- Provided printed media using MS Office as well as Adobe Acrobat
- Facilitates classroom discussion and lecture, on various IT Certifications
- Assisted the team in creating and maintain Laboratory environments consisting of Microsoft and Red Hat Linux Servers, Cisco Routers and Switches, Cisco ASAs, etc
- Compiled and deployed Python based hacking tools in lab environment
- Performed Server Administrator tasks in Active Directory for students and faculty
- Mentored students who need additional guidance.
Training Manager/ Sr. Technical Instructor
General Dynamics Mission Systems
Fort Hood, Texas
05.2000 - 08.2017
- Supervises, mentors, and trains 24 instructors to present classroom instruction in IT to service members assigned to III Corps
- Administrates the Fort Hood Signal University LAN as well as two labs with numerous VMware Workstations, Microsoft Servers, Linux Red Hat Servers, Call Managers, Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls
- Installed and maintained wireless security equipment
- Met with leadership to assess the unit’s training requirements and provide suggestions based on collected data
- Used data analysis to compare trends in training to assess areas that require updating and improvement
- Provided detailed reports to leadership
- Responsible for the management, oversight, upkeep of several IT systems and software projects
- Provided timely reporting on cost, logistics and scheduling
- Negotiated equipment acquisition for courses from US Army and handled the inventory, maintenance, logistics, and security for $10M in equipment
- Maintained curriculum database, and approved upgrades and improvements.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy - Management w/e Information Systems
Walden University
Master of Science - Management w/e Information System Security
Colorado Technical University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration w/e Information Technology
Colorado Technical University
Skills
- Proficient in
- Windows, Linux and Mac platforms
- Network and Server Administration
- Mentors and Trains as needed
- Manages Curriculum and Courseware improvement
- Microsoft Office Suite
- PC Hardware Assembly, testing and fault resolution
- Familiar with Python, Kali Linux, Pentest Tools
Certification
Network+, Security+, Certified Technical Trailer+
Familiar with Google Cloud, and AWS, Certified Technical Trainer+
Network+
Security+
Google IT Support Fundamentals
Certified Ethical Hacker
Timeline
Corporate Program Director Network Engineer/Faculty
Cybertex Institute of Technology Austin, Campus
02.2022 - Current
Program Director, Faculty
Vista College Killeen Campus
04.2018 - 10.2021
Training Manager/ Sr. Technical Instructor
General Dynamics Mission Systems
05.2000 - 08.2017
Doctor of Philosophy - Management w/e Information Systems
Walden University
Master of Science - Management w/e Information System Security
Colorado Technical University
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration w/e Information Technology
Colorado Technical University
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