Sam Culver

Experience

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  Oxford University Press

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2006

  Higher Education Intern

  Editorial Intern

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  Society for Neuroscience

  Nov 2007 - Mar 2011

  Editorial Assistant II

  Editorial Assistant: specifically dealing with reviewers, authors and editors. Work directly with over 35 editors on a daily basis. Work directly with the editor-in-chief the Journal of Neuroscience to facilitate efficient and effective peer review process. Manage the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium (work directly with other neuroscience journals in the exchange of reviews and information). Correspond directly to our software vendor, test and facilitate upgrades to our manuscript submission software. Support Neuroscience Annual Meeting attended by over 30,000 Society Members. Show less

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  International Maritime Security Corporation

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2015

  Senior Consultant and Data Analyist

  Analyzed current piracy trends in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, and other points across to globe along with weather and other factors to generate forecast maps to predict areas of increased pirate activity. Developed a process to generate hand drawn Google Earth KLM files that assist mariners in avoiding areas with increased pirate activity.

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  DAn Solutions

  Mar 2011 - Nov 2016

  Systems Engineer: Designed, deployed and manage AppSense solution to over 4,000 thin client users across the Northeast and Central US on a Secret Network. Currently designing and deploying AppSense infrastructure to all Enterprise clients on an unclassified network. AppSense design includes creation and management of policy (in place of GPOs), personalization (for over 50 apps in the Enterprise) and supplying packages for builds for end users. Provide design details for future expansion of AppSense servers within the Enterprise on all networks.System Operations: Responsible for all Tier 2 and Tier 3 troubleshooting for end users on Secret and unclassified networks. Supplied and trained Tier 1 and 2 support staff with documentation on troubleshooting AppSense. Work with AppSense engineering staff on critical Tier 3 issues that require patches and fixes from developers. Show less Systems Analysis: Demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and solve complex problems with minimal guidance and suggest feasible solutions. Perform needs analyses to define opportunities for new or improved business process solutions both internally and for external customers. Systems Administration: Plan and schedule the installation of new and modified hardware and operating systems and applications software and patches. Manage accounts, network resources, and access to systems and equipment. Troubleshoot complex SharePoint web, netowork, and database issues.Knowledge Management: Plan business activity and treat the knowledge management component of business activities as an explicit concern of identifying and mapping intellectual assets within organizations.SharePoint Skills and Experience:-Implemented cloud-based SharePoint 2010 servers and provided troubleshooting support for DAn Solutions’ internal SharePoint as well as developing a custom extranet site for collaborative proposal efforts-Assisted in parallel migration of SharePoint 2007 to 2010-Advanced understanding of InfoPath workflows utilizing Project Server and SharePoint-Configured navigation, websites, workflows, meetings workspaces, custom lists, libraries and other web parts. Advanced knowledge using SharePoint Designer Show less

  • Program Manager

    Nov 2015 - Nov 2016

  • Profile Engineer

    Jul 2012 - Nov 2016

  • SharePoint Administrator

    Apr 2011 - Nov 2016

  • Senior Consultant

    Mar 2011 - Nov 2016
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  NAPA

  Oct 2011 - Dec 2011

  Interim IT Director

  Supported 100 end-users, monitored and repaired Exchange server 2003 and prepared upgrade to 2007, supported Citrix environment, IMUS, and Deltek Server. Installed and configured Blackberry Exchange Server and provided general helpdesk support. Provided A/V support and all IT support for Annual Academy meeting for over 400 members.

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  Bank of America

  Nov 2016 - now

  • Team Lead

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Scrum Master

    Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Application Administrator and System Engineer

    Nov 2016 - Jul 2019