Jim Kabage

Experience

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  University of San Francisco

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1989

  Part of the team of system operators managing the Computer Science department's Data General MV/4000 mini computer and labs. Teaching assistant for Intro to Computing Parts 1 and 2, Assembly Language Programming, and Digital Electronics.

  • System Administrator, Computer Science Department

    Jan 1988 - Jan 1989

  • Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Department

    Jan 1985 - Jan 1989
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  Self-Employed

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1989

  Independent Consultant

  Initially mentored by an upper class man, I began my computer consulting career. First, doing basic computer support on IBM 8088 systems and peripherals and then expanding to database design and software development for custom needs. Later came network design, implementation and management.

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  MCI Telecommunications Corporation

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1990

  Sales Operations and Reporting

  Focused on gathering data from corporate mainframe to generate weekly and quarterly sales reports and track sales competitions for new circuits sold. Training included stepping through a series of Paradox recorded steps to process the data for the weekly report. It would take 1 week to process the data. After identifying critical process errors from my predecessor, I re-implemented the process where it didn’t recount every week’s data from the beginning of the year to generate each report. The implementation was using Clipper, a dbase compatible compiler. After completion, it took less than a day to generate the weekly report. Most of the time was to download the data from corporate.Other responsibilities included tracking and reporting sales contest results for sales team incentives. Show less

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  University of San Francisco

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1996

  As the University was getting closer to a full IT reorganization, I was promoted to Director covering all network services on campus. With one full time staff member and multiple students, we expanded the design and implementation of the network campus wide. We worked closely with the telecommunications department staff and computer support staff to ensure that the community including students, faculty and staff would all benefit from current and future network architectures. This was an exciting time for myself as I laid the groundwork for the network architecture that is still basically in place today. Show less After a year building out the network and file services for the College of Arts & Sciences, I was brought on manage and build the network and file services for Academic Computing which managed computer labs across campus and support the computer and network efforts of the other colleges. Many of the other colleges were still using the phone system proprietary network that was previously deployed by Administrative Computing. Expansion of the network and facilities was carried out by the department director, myself and a team of undergraduate and graduate students I led. Show less Primary responsibility was to build out a standards based Ethernet network for the College of Arts & Sciences using AT&T Ethernet hubs and introduced the AT&T Lan Manager file and print server. Using the fiber previously installed on campus, I linked 3 buildings together using FOIRL, installed a Cisco AGS+ router and upgraded most of the 300+ Arts & Sciences faculty members computers to the network and server. I had a support team of undergraduate and graduate students to lead in both network support and desktop support. Show less

  • Director, Network Services

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  • Part-Time Faculty, Computer Science Department

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1995

  • Academic Network Manager

    Jan 1991 - Jan 1994

  • Network and Computer Support Specialist

    Jan 1990 - Jan 1991
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  BoldFocus

  Oct 1996 - now

  Vice President Of Technology

  With over 20 years with BoldFocus, I've been involved in Business Management, Team Management, Data Center building/management, Server Hosting Operations in both UNIX and Windows, Security (Network and Data), Network Management, Functional User Experience design and workflow, Web Site Building and maintenance (including WordPress, Drupal Content Management Systems as well as custom development and proprietary, 3rd party systems), Web Application Design and more.Communications of ideas and solutions on many levels from developer, to designer, to project manager and to the client. Delegating responsibilities to the best skilled resource to execute the tasks at hand to best satisfy the project. Continual research and learning as new technologies emerge and old ones fade away, but careful to only apply those that will ensure business stability. Supporting all levels of individuals in a project to make sure they have the resources necessary to fulfill their duties. Show less

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  Body & Mind Spa 2, LLC

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2016

  Partner

  A health and wellness day spa directed towards Hawaii locals and military personnel in the Pearlridge area. Helped manage 20+ staff. Managed all business aspects of the company – banking, human resources, advertising, insurance, payroll, and accounting. Automated daily operations through cloud based spa management and scheduling software.