Resume of Jon D. Vandegrift

Contents

• Professional History
• Contact Information
• Education
• Technical Skills

Professional History

• Integrated technologies of Premier Research clinical trials and clinical data divisions into SCP Communications (a company previously involved in medical journals & pharmaceutical meetings).
• Reviewed network topology of SCP. Pointed out potential security problems. Recommended changes such as adding of Firewalls, closing TELNET connections on WAN ports on routers, restructuring of NT groups & permissions, restructuring of NT Trusts.
• Introduced Firewalls to other SCP locations.
• Drastically cut monthly Remote Network Access costs by replacing majority of dial-up connections with VPN client access to network using IPSEC software and IPSEC hardware on company's Internet connection.
• Wrote an IVRS system in Visual Basic to enroll randomized patients into clinical studies.
• Participated in review of clinical applications for compliance with 21 CFR Part 11.

• CANDA (Computer Assisted New Drug Application), eNDA / E-NDA (Electronic New Drug Application experience.
• Member of team that developed the first Computer Assisted New Drug Application (CANDA).
• Project Leader for the third CANDA.
• Designed and wrote majority of the "Medical Problems Tables" system -- including user interface, data structures, and program flow.
• Interacted with both the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) and sponsor pharmaceutical company personnel providing technical support and advice in the use of the CANDA.
• Developed programs to produce Safety and Efficacy reports for NDAs (New Drug Applications).
• Enhanced and maintained a Remote Data Entry (RDE) system used to collect pharmaceutical patient data.
• Produced tabular listings for NDA submission's in SAS.
• Clinical Laboratory experience.
• Integrated Clinical Laboratory Analyzers to Intelligent Lab Workstations and Lab Information Management System. Developed hardware and applications interfaces to clinical laboratory devices from manufacturers such as Abbott Laboratories, Bayer, Coulter Electronics, Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, E.I. duPont de Nemours, International Remote Imaging Systems, Olympus Corporation, and Ortho Diagnostic Systems.
• Systems Administration experience.
• Administrated Windows NT Local-area network of 10 Servers & 100 Clients.
• Installed & administrated 6 Sun servers running Solaris OS.
• Administrated 5 DEC VMS systems in a Wide-area network.
• Installed and tested all new releases of DEC software and other third party software before its release to the general users.
• Integrated Macintosh File Servers into Windows NT Network.
• Responsible for monitoring security of computer systems.
• Responsible for setting up new computer accounts and maintaining existing accounts (i.e., adjusting quotas, changing passwords, granting privileges).
• Collected performance statistics for resource utilization analysis to tune individual systems and load balance the entire computer installation.
• Troubleshot and resolved applications and system software problems.
• Network Administration experience.
• Responsible for the Information Technology Infrastructure (e.g., networks, cabling, routers, hubs, telecommunications, WANs, LANs, mini-computers, & microcomputers).
• Installed Firewall prior to establishment of Internet connection.
• Configured Routers for companies 5 offices to establish a Frame Relay network.
• Maintained computer networks (e.g., DECNet, LAT, TCP/IP, NetBEUI, AppleTalk, AppleShare, and PacerShare).
• Technology Management experience.
• Designed wiring specification and layout for company's office in Rockville, MD, across from FDA.
• Connected main office to Rockville, MD office via leased DS0, 56kb line.
• Connected Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to Rockville, MD office via DS0 leased line -- restricted to dumb terminal emulation via LAT & Reverse LAT protocols.
• IT representative in selection of a new accounting system to replace a homegrown system. Specified server and client hardware environments. Specified choices of underlying databases for the system. Negotiated third-party resale of standard licenses from vendor. Wrote data mapping and conversion specifications from existing system. Supervised vendor customization of their system.
• Championed move from Mini-computers to Client/Server architecture.
• Initiated first phase of company's Internet presence with E-mail connection to the Internet.
• Lead Telecommunications & IT infrastructure merger of Research Data Corporation with CDSReseach Worldwide. Later integrated Premier Research & DLB Systems into organization.
• Negotiated Telecommunications Package for Local, Long Distance, & Data Communications. Initiated and supervised installation of telecommunication products (i.e., POTS & Leased lines, Voice & Data services, and related equipment).
• Established strategy to integrate various hardware platforms into a homogenous network (i.e., VAX mini-computers, Apple File Servers, Macintosh desktop computers, WFW desktops, Windows 95 desktops, Windows NT servers, & Sun Solaris servers).
• Specified and established contracts for hardware maintenance and software maintenance.
• Established procedures and schedules for disk backups, preventative maintenance, and disk compressions.
• Supervised computer operator responsible for backups, compressions, and maintenance.
• Established wiring standards and specifications for sites -- including telecommunications, asynchronous data, synchronous data, and network connections.

• Member of a team that developed a Commodities Trading/Tracking system for remote customers and for sale as a package or turnkey system. Responsible for the majority of user interface modules and reporting modules for the package, including the design of screen and report layouts. Assisted in the enhancement of the system for the support of Options Contracts. Also performed miscellaneous enhancement and maintenance of the package.
• Interacted with clients by providing support before and after installation of package. Responsible for upgrading clients to 4 new releases of the system. Provided support to clients, including maintenance of support command procedures and installation of new clients.
• Designed and implemented a Client Transaction Accounting and Billing system.
• Troubleshot and resolved applications and system software problems.
• Wrote documentation and trained users.
• Installed DEC software and operating system updates (e.g., VMS 2.3, VMS 2.4, FORTRAN, & COBOL).

• Worked on development of an Assembler-based "JCL Stream Documenter" that produced listings that tracked the flow files and outputs across different batch jobs of various systems.
• Enhanced and maintained existing Accounting, Payroll, and Employee Health Insurance systems.

• Enhanced Inventory Control system.
• Revised Payroll Wage and Deduction Update system, including scheduling and supervising its use for a union wage increase, and providing superiors with an outline and documentation of its use.

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