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How do you do, my name is Daryl Valent, and I thank you for taking the time to review my information.
I have 25 years of experience in the field of computers, including, but not limited to:
Highly certified by Microsoft Corporation, covering all aspects of today's Windows-based environments, with specialties in Security, Messaging, the SQL Database Engine, and Active Directory, with 30+ Microsoft tests passed to date.
In-depth experience with SCO UNIX, Novell, and Microsoft Windows Server and Desktop Administration.
Lifelong database administrator and programmer, with field-tested hands-on experience in database engines including: SQL Server, Informix, Ardent, Revelation, Universe, and IBM's U2 database packages.
10+ years experience with EDI document transfers and database interfaces supporting EDI. Well versed in all aspects of EDI, from Trading Partner setup to test documents to tracking EDI data to interpreting customer requirements.
Internet communications expert, fully versed in TCP/IP subnetting, with my own in-house servers that host private websites, domain E-Mail, and DNS lookup zones.
Hold weekly study sessions with like-minded computer industry workers to continue expanding my knowledge and keep up with the latest developments in computer networking and database technologies.
Programming knowledge that started in the early days of Machine Coding (including Z80, 6502, and all x80 processors) and Assembly Language, and progressed through Standard BASIC, PICK BASIC, and Visual BASIC.
Large scale data conversions, especially between dissimilar computing environments.
Published Author of programming articles helping novices and intermediate programmers enhance their skills.
Manufactured electronic meters used in the NASA Space Shuttles and the Defense Department's Seawolf Nuclear Submarine programs, as well as in scientific laboratories world-wide.
Studied high energy quantum physics at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory with some of the top scientists in the world; however, I was drawn to their central computing core that controlled all aspects of their complex, and that led to my career in computer networks.
