Your Steering Committee
These are the folks who do the heavy lifting to keep our user group moving forward. Each person represents
a specific segment of the IT Pro community ranging from large corporations to independent VAR's and consultants.
We encourage you to contact any of the people below to suggest new topics, new presenters or creative events. If you
liked a meeting, tell a friend. If you didn't like a meeting, tell us!
Please seek out these steering committee members at a meeting or send an email to the group at
board@windowsboston.org.
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Clyde Johnson, President
Clyde started out as an electronics technician and became SAD (Systems
Administrator by Default) in January of 1996. Since then he has
performed many different roles in IT. He is currently working as a
Senior Network and Systems Administrator for a manufacturing firm in New
Bedford, MA.
He holds the MCSE, MCSA and A+ certifications and has taught A+
certification classes at Newbury College. He also holds a Bachelor of Fluencing from the Unseen University,
Ankh-Morpork.
Clyde coordinates future topics and speakers.
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Tim Callaghan, Vice President & Webmaster
Tim is currently the Field Engineer at VoltDB (www.voltdb.com),
implementing their next-generation of OLTP RDBMS.
Prior to VoltDB, Tim was the CTO and Vice President of Technology & Development
at CrunchTime! Information Systems (www.crunchtime.com),
a Boston based ISV creating software for the hospitality industry.
His primary focus is in database design, development and implementation, although he is
involved in all areas of development, technology, and infrastructure.
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Ted Vahey, Vendor Relations
Ted is
President and Chief Technical Officer for All Systems
Integration. Since 1989, All Systems Integration has specialized in
serving and supporting the integration and workflow requirements of
companies connected to a digital infrastructure printers, publishers,
corporate marketing communications, advertising agencies, pre-press
trade shops and in-plant service bureaus. All Systems Integration is a system integrator that has been in business
for over 15 years. Some of ASI's clients are members of the top printers
in the world. ASI has serviced over 200 different plants across the US
and Canada.
Ted received an undergraduate degree in business management and
post graduate degrees in accounting and entrepreneurial studies from
Babson College. He has also received post graduate certification in
Digital Communication Networks from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
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Maisy Wong, Treasurer
Maisy is the IT director for the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. It
is one of the agencies for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Prior to the state employment, Maisy
worked for Hewlett-Packard Company, Compaq Computer Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation.
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Al Mullin, Secretary
Al was an IT consultant before giving up the traveling to work for an insurance company in early 2001.
Today his job title is Lead Network Planning Analyst and his main areas of focus (in alphabetical order) are: clustering, documentation,
technology planning, and virtualization. Yes, he is a details person.
Al has undergraduate degrees in both business administration and computer science. He is working part time on a Master of Science MIS degree.
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Robert W. Chin (Bob), Director-at-Large
As a Project Manager, Bob is experienced in managing large and complex projects with significant experience using a variety of project management methodologies
including CMMI, Agile & Scrum, EVMS, traditional (waterfall), and hybrid methods. Other management skills and experience include Software Product Development, Software & Systems Engineering
Management, Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Design and Planning, Process Improvement & Re-Design, Metric / Data Driven Processes, Information Security & Risk Assessment, Disaster &
Business Continuity Planning, Computer Operations & Desktop Support Management, Computer Data Center Design, Construction, & Operations Management, Program / Project Turnaround, Risk
Management & Change Management, Technical Infrastructure Design, Implementation & Support Management.
Bob holds a Masters degree in Computer Engineering and a BSEE degree. He is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), an MA Real Estate
Broker, and a (US) Amateur Radio Operator. Bob is active with numerous Boston User Groups organizations and has previously served with Boston Windows Server User Group - former positions
include Steering Committee Member, Director of Membership and Membership Services, Culminis Liaison, and Director of VICE (Vendor Incentives, Contributions, and Etc.).
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Lee Benjamin, Exchange / GITCA Liaison
With over 20 years experience in the messaging industry, Lee Benjamin is an expert on Microsoft Exchange and related
technologies, and has in-depth experience in a number of other messaging systems. Since retiring from Microsoft in 1997,
he has been a highly sought after consultant (www.exchangeguy.com)
for enterprise and medium-sized organizations and software firms. He currently specializes in architecture, migration and
upgrade advice. He also evaluates and does product testing and training.
Lee is Chairman of the largest Exchange user group in the world ExchangeServerBoston (www.exchangeserverboston.com),
Vice President for BostonUserGroups (www.bostonusergroups.org), an umbrella organization
of over 50 user groups in the New England Area, and Director/Secretary for GITCA (www.gitca.org),
a world-wide association of over 700 user groups representing 3.7 million IT Professionals.
Lee is a regular speaker at industry seminars, webinars, and conferences including TechEd, Exchange Connections, and TechTarget custom events,
on topics such as messaging, data protection, compliance and eDiscovery, messaging security, mobile access and calendaring integration.
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Dan Stolts, Microsoft Liaison
Dan has had a long involvement in the user group community and is
President of BayState Technology (www.baystatetechnology.com) which
specializes in IT system integration for the small and medium sized business markets.
Dan is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) which is a hard-earned and well respected
certification within the general business community.
Dan is also president of Boston User Groups (www.bostonusergroups.org).
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John J. Ross, Special Projects
Partner of Bluefin Technical Services. Tool and Manufaturing Engineer. Specializing in compression and transfer Mold Systems,
Power Press Systems, robotic automation and material handling work cells, automatic assembly equipment, and custom tools.
Bluefin Technical Services are Microsoft System Builders, Networks and Core infrastructure. John is a board member of Boston
User Groups, and of Virt-G User Group.
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Ron Thibeau, Special Projects
Senior Partner of Bluefin Technical Services. Designers of manufacturing equipment, robotic automation work cells,
and of systems for High Current Aerospace Power connectors.
Bluefin Technical Services are Microsoft System Builders, Networks and Core infrastructure. Ron is a board member
of Boston User Groups, and of Virt-G User Group.
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Jack Daniel, Consiglieri
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