David Czuba

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David Czuba's career spans industries such as direct mail, natural gas utility, aerospace manufacture, and health insurance. He taught business management and accounting courses in a career-college setting. His areas of expertise are database management, project management, business analysis, digital publishing, and technical documentation. His major accomplishments include persuading National Fuel Gas to choose an data integration strategy over that of a competing consulting company, saving approximately $100K in project fees. He was instrumental in DDM Direct, LLC being ranking among the fastest growth inner-city businesses in the nation by Inc. Magazine from 2000 to 2004. David relocated to the West coast in 2004 from Buffalo, New York, and enjoys exploring the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest.

Business Faculty at Charter College

February 2010 - January 2014 | Bellingham, WA

Instruct in computerized accounting, business management, Information Technology, software application, and marketing. Served full-time from 2011-2013. Served at business department chair for 10 months in 2012. Engaged community leaders in program advisory committee feedback. Oversaw student externships and wrote student letters of recommendation based on evidence of attendance, achievement, and GPA.

Business Program Faculty Chair at Charter College

May 2011 - March 2012

Instructor for Computerized Accounting, Information Technology, and Business. Mentor faculty. Business Program Curriculum Committee member. Instrumental in developing Certiport testing center.

Desktop Support Specialist at School Specialty, Inc.

May 2008 - January 2009

For an educational publishing client, supported 400+ users of Information Technology in-person, by phone and via remote access. Diagnosed, repaired and procured Macintosh, Dell and Toshiba laptops, internal and outsourced datacenter servers. Dramatically improved time to process database version update, using change control to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.

Field Service Technician at Blackburn Office Equipment

March 2005 - October 2007

As a certified technician, installed and maintained Sharp digital imaging equipment, serving challenging client needs. Planned and integrated equipment according to site surveys. Diagnosed and corrected network and facsimile connectivity issues. Loaded and configured printer drivers and scanning software. Clients included Tesoro and BP oil refineries, the U.S. Navy, Washington State Ferries, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

IT Manager at BISS Management Services

April 2004 - June 2004

Managed Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Great Plains Accounting and SQL transaction system implementations. Installed and secured datacenter servers, network appliances, cabling and telecommunications. Monitored and resolved datacenter heat buildup. Also desktop and laptop PCs, Point-Of-Sale systems, shipping system, and building security. Wrote process documentation. Procured office equipment and consumables.

Senior Technical Lead at DDM Direct, LLC

September 2000 - February 2004

Dramatically influenced growth of Direct Mail company by developing automated Document Management systems for printing and mailing. Developed MS Access database process to convert mainframe data for USPS discount sort mailing. Moved company computer equipment to new location. Setup and managed network infrastructure including secure, air-conditioned datacenter, cabling to demarcation panel, workstations and software. Planned and installed server, network and workstations for five branch office personnel. QuickBooks Pro installation and upgrades. Traveled to outsourced print bureaus to oversee timely completion of high-priority jobs. Monitored Windows 2000/2003 Server. Led presentations of complex technical solutions to clients, and wrote team response to Requests For Proposal. Managed gift acknowledgement letter program, supervising up to 5 batch data entry personnel. Delegated action items. Executed unit, system and user testing.

Computer Consultant at Keane

October 1998 - September 2000

Maintained Financial Accounting Systems for a natural gas utility. Documented reload/restore processes with dependencies and contingencies. Developed new and modified current software programs in Natural/ADABAS. Performed Year 2000 code remediation. Served in rotating on call to handle after-hours operations issues. Awarded Outstanding Team Member by peers. Proposed a data integration solution from mainframe to Peoplesoft that was chosen over a competing consulting company's solution, saving the client approximately $100K

Unix System Administrator at Cathedral Corporation

February 1996 - August 1998

Served as Unix System Administrator for 30-user Ethernet-based office and print production facility. Managed datacenter transition from Unisys mainframe environment. Installed servers, network terminations, UPS and backup systems, overseeing outsourced cable-runs. As programmer, I created database structures and migrated/converted data from Unisys to Unix. Certified as a PostalSoft programmer. As a lead team member, moved an acquired company's datacenter equipment, data and processes. Started high-speed digital printing department using Xerox 4050 LPS with JDL/FDL/DJDE commands.

Methods Analyst II at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Western New York

October 1991 - November 1995

Code, test and implement COBOL programming using HP-UX with TurboIMAGE, and JCL with DB2.

CAD draftsperson at Luminescent Systems

August 1986 - July 1991

Create electroluminescent lighting designs for aerospace, automotive and scientific applications.

Northcentral University

2011 – 2014

EdD

Green Mountain College

2008 – 2010

MBA

Concentration: Sustainable Business

State University of New York Empire State College

2006 – 2008

BS

Concentration: Business Administration

Medaille College

2003 – 2004

none

Concentration: Business Administration

Erie Community College

1984 – 1986

AS

Concentration: Computer Science

Frontier Central High School

1980 – 1983

Regents Diploma

Concentration: Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Drafting

Hiking, travel, reading, writing, astronomy, coin collecting.