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Dr Paul Anthony Quinn

Date of Birth 7th February 1967

Phone Numbers

+44 (0) 7788 75 76 50

E-mail

paulq@c-and-o.co.uk

Nationality

British

Overview

Paul Quinn has 7 years experience of technical IT training and consulting on Microsoft platform and network products. He is an associate vendor trainer for Microsoft and HP and has been delivering advanced technical training, principally on Windows Server products, security, Active Directory and disaster recovery, to their Product Support and Consulting Services departments since January 1999. More recently he has gained experience in consulting, leading several small-scale roll-outs for customers in the UK.
In addition to strong technical skills he has good managerial skills through experience as an Instructor Manager and consulting Practice Manager.
Furthermore he has several years experience at “C-Level” as Director of Education at Aris Education, Director of C7 Solutions Ltd and, now, Partner at Cunningham and Othen of Oxford. These experiences make Paul an individual with the unusual combination of outstanding technical abilities, the commercial acumen to envision and steer the direction of a project and the management skills to deliver it.
 

Professional
Qualifications

Microsoft Certified Professional Qualifications
 

MCP Exam Passes
 

MCSE Windows 2000 Charter Member (4/7/2000)
MCSE + I (NT4) (13/11/1998)
MCSE (NT4) (23/9/1997)
MCT (7/5/1997)

20 Exam Passes including:
Windows 2000 Server and Professional; Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation; Active Directory Design; TCP/IP; IIS 3.0; Proxy Server 2.0; Exchange Server 5.5
 

Skills

•     Excellent Microsoft systems technology knowledge through 7 years training and consulting experience.
•     Exceptional Active Directory and Infrastructure skills through 5 years of training advanced courses to Microsoft and HP Product Support and Consulting Services.
•     Advanced TCP/IP skills including DNS, DHCP and WINS through training and network consulting.
•     Project Management using Microsoft Solutions Framework to ensure projects delivered on-time and to budget.
•     Excellent written communication skills through course and proposal writing.
•     Excellent verbal communication skills through training delivery and proposal presentations.
•     Sound commercial as well as technical acumen from 2 years experience as a Director.
•     Good organisation and management skills from 5 years line management experience.
 

Experience

•    Consulting: Technical lead on several small-scale Windows 2000/Exchange 2000 roll-outs: Technologies implemented:

o     Server: Windows 2000 Server installation and configuration
o     Networking: TCP/IP, DNS and DHCP design and implementation
o     Directory Services: Active Directory design and implementation
o     E-mail: Exchange 2000 design and implementation
o     Client Deployments: Windows XP deployment using custom RIS images
o     Client Configuration: Software deployment via Group Policy
o     Patch Management: SUS design and implementation

•     Training: Delivery of advanced technical training to Microsoft and HP Product Support and Consulting services since 1999. Subjects taught:

o     Windows 2003 Server (HP and MS co-developed course)
o     Windows 2003 Active Directory (HP and MS co-developed course)
o     Windows 2003 Networking (HP and MS co-developed course)
o     Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Security
o     Windows 2000 Core Intro
o     Windows 2000 Core and Speciality Networking
o     Windows 2000 Speciality Storage and Fault Tolerance
o     Windows 2000 Disaster Recovery
o     Windows NT 4.0 Disaster Recovery
o     MSF Intro
o     MS Security Airlift Delivery 2003-2004
o     MOC: Windows NT4, 2000, 2003 Server Platform and TCP/IP

• Course and Service Offering Development

o Lead-author of “Windows 2000 High Availability and Disaster Recovery” course for Aris Education.
o Co-author of “Internet Technologies” course for Dell.
o Co-author of SUS Patch Management Information Gathering Template”. A consultant’s guide to SUS implementations for Microsoft Corp.
 

Employment
History

Nov 03 - present
 

Jun 02 – Nov 03
 

Jan 97 – May 02
 

Cunningham and Othen of Oxford
Position: Partner

C7 Solutions Ltd
Position: Director

Director of Education at Aris Education
Final Position: Director of Education
 

Education


1995
1989


1985
1983
 

The University of Edinburgh.
Ph.D. Physics.
B.Sc. (Hons) Physics

Salesian College, Farnborough, Hants
4 ‘A’ levels (Maths, Physics, Biology, Statistics)
8 ‘O’ levels