Jim Ray has enjoyed computers since 1975 at Woodberry Forest School and applies the academic background from an electrical engineering degree at NC State in 1985 towards successful design, deployment and operation of technical systems in commercial and industrial environments.

“My first job in my field was around 1978. I got paid $6 by the Woodberry Forest School English Department to write a BASIC program to underline 5 places for each sentence in a list and let the student pick which place had the grammatical error.”

Jim Ray, MCSE and President

In the late 1980's, Jim rolled out the first PCs for a corporation with 4 regional offices in North and South Carolina, computerized operations and allowed the offices to first communicate electronically. He managed the Charlotte branch office, had 25 direct reports and serviced companies ranging from Class A office space to manufacturing.

In the early and mid 1990's, Jim engineered electronic circuits, designed software, created technical documentation and utilized computer networks. He joined Rotary and installed his first commercial network in the Triangle area in 1994. Dovetailing the engineering and business backgrounds allowed Jim to form Neuse River Networks in 1997. Jim first joined IEEE in 1980 and now holds rank of Senior Member. In the late 1990's, Jim passed the 6 exams to obtain the MCSE, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, certification and is one of two folks at Neuse River Networks that hold the MCSE certification.

Jim either has served or currently serves on the following boards of directors or has membership in the following organizations:

Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
http://www.ieee.org

Chairperson, Membership Development, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Eastern NC Section
http://www.ieee.org/enc

Rotary District 7710 - Past District Communications Officer
http://www.Rotary7710.org

Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Club of Raleigh (authored first web site in 1997)
http://www.RaleighRotary.org

Past President, Triangle NT Users Group
http://www.tntug.org

Community Service and Family Values

Since our inception, we have supported in varying degrees the following institutions with our financial contributions and pro bono service. We will continue to support as many community service entities as possible.

Boy's and Girl's Home of NC, Inc.
http://www.BoysAndGirlsHomesOfNc.com

Foundation for Good Business Extra Special Super Kids Scholarship Endowment

Habitat for Humanity of Wake County
http://www.HabitatWake.org

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
http://www.nmss.org

Passage Home
http://www.passagehome.org

Poe Center for Health Education
http://www.PoeHealth.org

Rotary International
http://www.rotary.org

Stop Hunger Now
http://www.StopHungerNow.org

Tammy Lynn Center
http://www.TammyLynnCenter.org

Trees Across Raleigh, Inc.
http://www.TreesAcrossRaleigh.org

Wake Teen Medical Services, Inc.
http://www.WakeTeen.org

Woodberry Forest School (Class of 1979)
http://www.woodberry.org

YWCA of Wake County, Inc.
http://www.ywcawake.org

Resume of Jim Ray 

Objective

To contribute over a quarter of a century of experience with computers networks and phone systems plus the academic background from an electrical engineering degree towards successful design, deployment and operation of computer networks and phone systems in commercial and industrial environments.

Skills

Cabling Plant Design and Installation – Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Structured Cabling Systems

Network Infrastructure – Wireless and Wired Switched Ethernet to the Desktop TCP/IP Environments

Client Server Architectures – Server and Workstation Installation and Maintenance

Security – Internet connections, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection and Data Backup Plans

Technical Documentation and Support – Disaster Recovery Preparation

Phone Systems – Hybrid POTS/VoIP for single and multiple sites

Credentials

Microsoft certification, MCSE (2000)

Senior Member, IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1981)

NCSU Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering (1985)

North Carolina Registered EIT (1985)

Member, Rotary Club of Raleigh (Paul Harris Fellow, created first web site 1997)

Experience

Neuse River Networks Raleigh NC http://www.neuse.net
July 2001 - Present: President

Initiated the discovery, implementation and maintenance phases that transformed a client’s 40-hour/week IT needs into a 15-hour/week streamlined operation.

Installed new wireless and wired network infrastructures at manufacturing and office sites while simultaneously supporting old network infrastructures.

Migrated client operating systems and supported legacy systems.

Conducted business with clients in multiple states including California, Illinois, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Built servers and workstations for wireless and wired networks.

Handled applications, operating systems and hardware from most major commercial manufactures and from open source vendors.

Performed daily administration as well as responded to 24-hour/day, 7-day/week emergency service calls.

Alphanumeric Systems Inc Raleigh NC http://www.alphanumeric.com
October 1998 – June 2001: Network Engineer

February 2000 – June 2001: Network Engineering, Administration and Desktop Support at Natvar, Clayton NC and Lakewood CO http://www.natvar.com

Single-handedly provided 24/7 support for 67 clients with 9 servers and 118 devices in two plants at Clayton NC and Lakewood CO running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server, Exchange, Proxy, IIS, Pervasive SQL, Veritas BackUp Exec, Trend Antivirus, Novell Netware 4.11, Checkpoint FireWall-1 and Citrix Metaframe.

Rebuilt server and desktop computers with minimal interruption when failure occurred.

Installed router and client software to connect with AS/400 in Somerville NJ over WAN, advised Somerville NJ personnel on IP addressing, programmed routers in Clayton NC and Lakewood CO.

Implemented intranet site, VPN, RAS, b2b e-commerce, LAN and WAN performance tweaks.

Directed company executives on technology issues and made 5-year budget plan.

October 1999 – January 2000: Y2K Remediation Center at Glaxo Wellcome, Research Triangle Park and Zebulon NC http://www.glaxowellcome.com

Handled 653 of 2127 Tier One clients, renamed 421 of 579 applications, upgraded 146 of 407 applications and fixed 38 of 271 files while on a team of 11 people.

November 1998 – October 1999: Network Engineering, Administration and Desktop Support at Fresenius Kabi http://www.fresenius-kabi.com (formerly Pharmacia & Upjohn http://www.pnu.com), Clayton NC

Performed network administration for NetWare 4.11 and Windows NT 4.0.

Provide technical support to 150 people on computers and phone system.

October 1998: Computer and Software Rollout at US EPA R&D Facility, Cincinnati OH http://www.epa.gov

Led team of 5 computer consultants on roll out (move, add and change of hardware and software).

Achieved average production rate of 2 hours per user for hardware installation and software setup.

Multimedia Communications Inc Raleigh NC
March 1998 – September 1998: Director of Engineering

Setup, installed and demonstrated Intel TeamStation H.320 and H.323 videoconferencing.

Performed network administration on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server.

Established Internet web site, designed HTML code and produced graphics.

Telectronics Inc Raleigh NC
November 1997 – March 1998: Digital Design Engineer

Analog and digital circuit design for embedded systems wireless communication.

Assembly language programming, computer development systems installation and operation.

Neuse River Networks Raleigh NC http://www.neuse.net
June 1997: Sole Proprietor

Formed company to create web sites and provide technical support

Southern Building Maintenance Co Inc http://www.sbminc.com
February 1994 – November 1997: Director of Business Development, Charlotte NC and Raleigh NC

Provided computer and phone system technical support for NC and SC offices.

Implemented sales automation with Act, Word, WinFax and email.

Managed staff of 25 direct reports.

Created first web site.

Computer Consultant Raleigh NC
April 1993 – February 1994: Independent Contractor

Supported network server and client computers at multiple sites.

Installed computer networks and telephone systems.

Rauland-Borg Corporation Skokie IL http://www.rauland.com
October 1990 – March 1993: Electrical Engineer II, Telecommunications

Designed analog and digital communications circuits for medical systems.

Connected Microsoft Windows PC to UNIX network over TCP/IP.

Programmed with Microsoft Visual C++ and assembly language.

Technically documented new systems operations (over 200 pages published).

Southern Building Maintenance Co Inc http://www.sbminc.com
January 1988 – October 1990: General Manager, Greensboro NC and Charlotte NC

Migrated corporation to computer-based systems for sales and operations.

Designed relational databases for sales, accounting and inventory management.

Implemented remote file transfer systems to link NC and SC offices.

Engineering Design and Services Inc Raleigh NC
June – December 1987: Computer Operator

Created relational database to automate office operations.

Provided computer technical support on IBM PC architecture.

NC State University Raleigh NC http://www.ncsu.edu
May 1985 – May 1986: Department of Electrical Engineering

Connected to the Internet for the first time while a research assistant.

Implemented computerized grade keeping system as a teaching assistant.

Graduate Education

NC State University Raleigh NC http://www.ncsu.edu
Graduate School of Engineering January 2001 – January 2002

Computer Network Engineering

Northwestern University Evanston IL http://www.nwu.edu
Graduate School of Engineering April 1991 – March 1993

Digital signal processing

Random variables

Motorola DSP56001 development

NC State University Raleigh NC http://www.ncsu.edu
Graduate School of Engineering May 1985 – September 1986

Analog integrated circuits

Solid state theory

Semiconductor fabrication

Partial differential equations

Education

NC State University Raleigh NC http://www.ncsu.edu
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering 1985

Woodberry Forest School Woodberry Forest VA http://www.woodberry.org
Class of 1979 - Wrote program for English Department in BASIC to train students on grammar, manager of WFSR high school radio station, used computer for the first time in 1975

Seminars

“Sandler Sales Institute,” Raleigh NC 2006
“VMWare,” Charlotte NC October 2003
“Networld+Interop,” Atlanta GA September 2002
“Networld+Interop,” Atlanta GA September 2001
“Networking Conference,” CompuMaster, Raleigh NC November 1999
“Business Consultant,” Wilson Learning Corporation, Raleigh NC February 1999
“Intel Product Dealer Training,” Intel, Raleigh NC February 1999
“3Com Virtual Private Networks,” 3Com, Raleigh NC February 1999
“QuickBooks Pro,” NC State, Raleigh NC February 1999
“Good Manufacturing Practice,” Fresenius, Clayton NC December 1998
“Sales Technology and Product Course,” Bay Networks/Nortel, Durham NC September 1998
“Local and Wide Area Networking,” Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh NC Fall 1998
“Intel Product Dealer Training,” Intel, Durham NC June 1998
“Compaq Sales Certification,” Compaq, Research Triangle Park NC April 1998
“Programming in C,” Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh NC 1996
“Object-Oriented Programming,” Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh NC 1993
“Quality Education Course,” Rauland-Borg Corporation, Skokie IL 1992
“Digital Signal Processing,” International Electron Device Meeting, Washington DC December 1989
“Design of Analog Integrated Circuits,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA June 1989
“Dale Carnegie Sales Course,” Dale Carnegie, Greensboro NC 1989
“Effective Selling Seminar,” Building Service Contractors Assoc Int’l, Orlando FL 1989
“Bidding and Estimating Seminar,” Building Service Contractors Assoc Int’l, Orlando FL 1989

Publications

“NCS3048 and NCS3096 Direct-Select Nurse Call Console Technical Reference Guide” Rauland-Borg Corporation KI-1719A July, 1992
“NCS3048 Nurse Call Console Operating Manual” Rauland-Borg Corporation KI-1720 July, 1992
“NCS3096 Nurse Call Console Operating Manual” Rauland-Borg Corporation KI-1727 July, 1992
“NCS3048 and NCS3096 Direct-Select Nurse Call Console Installation” Rauland-Borg Corporation KI-1718 June, 1992
“CL4082 and CL4084 Corridor and Zone Light Installation” Rauland-Borg Corporation KI-1717 May, 1992
“NCS3048 and NCS3096 Direct-Select Nurse Call Console Reference Manual” Rauland-Borg Corporation KI-1719 May, 1992
“9637 Firmware for NCS4010 Installation” Rauland-Borg Corporation KI-1725 May, 1992
“WM4011 Wall-Mount Kit for the NCS4010 Touchscreen Master Installation” Rauland-Borg Corporation KI-1721 April, 1992
“Equalizer” Reel to Real Magazine October, 1989: setting the equalizer to optimize public address system performance.