Paul MacDonald on Experts Exchange

Paul MacDonald

Director, Information Systems

United States

Member Since: 2010/01/18

Industry: Computer & IT

Top Skills:

ASP ASP.NET Visual Basic.NET

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IT guy with something like 30 years in the industry. I'm a generalist, and so have had my hands in just about everything to some extent.

Activity

Points this month19,700

Total points2,754,109

Questions: 3

Solutions: 2016

Articles:

Videos:

Courses:

Posts:

Group Discussions: 1

Professional Background

Director, Information Systems

July 2002 – Present

Newport News, VA

Education

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Languages

English

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Level Progress

Current: Level 37

Paul needs 133,891 points to level up.

LVL 38

What do levels mean?

Overall

37

2,754,109
ASP.NET

14

400,973
Windows Server 2008

12

307,209
.NET Programming

10

222,281
Windows Server 2003

10

202,528
Microsoft IIS Web Server

10

200,756
Active Directory

9

187,498
Networking

8

158,971
Visual Basic.NET

8

152,342
HTML

8

141,954
C#

8

135,850
Web Development

7

124,516
DNS

7

123,985
Exchange

7

114,228
ASP

7

105,218
Microsoft Legacy OS

7

103,148
Windows 7

7

99,870
CSS

6

95,801
Windows OS

6

90,399
Microsoft SQL Server

6

88,404
Microsoft Server OS

6

78,416
Windows Server 2012

5

70,918
Hardware

5

67,794
Web Browsers

5

67,488
Windows Networking

5

63,588
Windows XP

5

61,171
Security

5

57,280
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

5

57,121
DHCP

5

57,084
Web Servers

5

56,759
Storage

5

54,182
Server Hardware

5

52,411
SSL / HTTPS

4

47,550
Web Languages and Standards

4

44,676
JavaScript

4

44,467
Windows 10

4

44,206
Outlook

4

41,728
Miscellaneous

4

41,222
Routers

4

40,711
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

4

40,196
Microsoft Development

4

40,140
Dell

4

39,830
SBS

4

37,026
VB Script

4

36,884
Components

4

36,376
Vulnerabilities

4

35,608
IT Administration

4

34,472
TCP/IP

4

34,002
Network Architecture

4

33,289
Network Management

4

32,523
PHP

3

31,163
Programming

3

30,682
Web Applications

3

29,934
Email Servers

3

29,682
Internet Protocols

3

28,980
Software

3

28,943
Laptops Notebooks

3

28,214
Networking Protocols

3

27,354
Storage Software

3

27,192
PC

3

25,442
Disaster Recovery

3

24,765
Microsoft Server Apps

3

24,600
Microsoft Office

3

23,168
Microsoft Applications

3

23,110
Networking Hardware-Other

3

22,255
Web Development Software

3

22,154
Databases

3

22,031
VPN

3

21,812
Query Syntax

3

21,647
Desktops

3

20,474
Hyper-V

3

20,250
Storage Hardware

3

19,137
RAID

3

18,846
Microsoft Excel

3

18,200
OS Security

2

17,938
Android

2

17,750
Internet Marketing

2

17,710
Displays / Monitors

2

17,648
Operating Systems

2

17,236
Network Operations

2

17,197
Azure

2

17,182
Anti-Virus Apps

2

17,004
Network Security

2

16,652
Printers and Scanners

2

15,620
Visual Basic Classic

2

15,382
Windows Server 2016

2

14,732
Scripting Languages

2

14,658
Email Clients

2

14,090
Encryption

2

13,952
Software Firewalls

2

13,600
Windows 8

2

13,318
Network Analysis

2

13,200
Windows

2

13,182
Switches / Hubs

2

13,029
Virtualization

2

12,948
Microsoft DOS

2

12,856
AJAX

2

12,800
WordPress

2

12,500
Windows 2000

2

12,050
Email Protocols

2

11,968
Wireless Hardware

2

11,732
Web Components

2

11,552
HTTP Protocol

2

11,480
Wireless Networking

2

11,154
SQL

2

10,925
WCF

2

10,800
Peripherals

2

10,768
Web Services

2

10,750
E-Commerce

2

10,540
Microsoft Hardware

2

10,340
Office Productivity

2

10,000
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

2

9,971
Remote Access

2

9,722
Anti-Spyware

2

9,700
Hardware Firewalls

2

9,500
MySQL Server

2

9,500
Microsoft Word

2

9,450
File Sharing Software

2

9,436
.NET App Servers

2

9,400
Smartphones

2

9,350
SSRS

2

8,950
Apache Web Server

2

8,937
Email Software

2

8,708
Microsoft Access

2

8,412
Math / Science

2

8,003
Server Software

1

7,861
Microsoft Virtual Server

1

7,468
Windows Batch

1

7,468
Linux

1

7,200
iPhone

1

7,200
Cisco

1

7,000
IP Telephony

1

7,000
Cell Phones

1

6,932
Oracle Database

1

6,768
Editors IDEs

1

6,750
Web Frameworks

1

6,550
SSH / Telnet Software

1

6,500
Adobe Dreamweaver

1

6,400
AntiSpam

1

6,358
Acronis

1

6,233
Telecommunications

1

6,200
System Utilities

1

5,929
Responsive Web

1

5,918
Internet / Email Software

1

5,848
MultiMedia Applications

1

5,800
Google

1

5,760
Windows Vista

1

5,620
WSUS

1

5,600
Broadband

1

5,516
Multimedia Programming

1

5,400
Microsoft SharePoint

1

5,200
Office 365

1

5,100
Crystal Reports

1

5,000
Installation

1

5,000
Visual C++.NET

1

5,000
Voice Over IP

1

5,000
VMware

1

4,900
jQuery

1

4,662
Consulting

1

4,050
Fonts Typography

1

4,000
Veeam

1

4,000
Apple Hardware

1

3,950
Images and Photos

1

3,950
Powershell

1

3,942
Java

1

3,936
AWS

1

3,868
Facebook

1

3,800
Chrome

1

3,750
Document Management

1

3,750
PDF

1

3,750
Microsoft Visual Studio

1

3,550
Game Programming

1

3,500
Mobile

1

3,350
Project Management

1

3,252
iPad

1

3,200
Programming Languages-Other

1

3,160
Application Servers

1

3,098
Xero

1

3,050
Google Chrome OS

1

3,000
JScript

1

3,000
Mac OS X

1

3,000
Personal Electronics

1

3,000
Sales

1

3,000
Cloud Services

1

2,950
Adobe Flash

1

2,800
Cloud Computing

1

2,800
Digital Forensics

1

2,800
Linux Networking

1

2,800
PayPal

1

2,800
Web-Based CMS

1

2,800
Computer Games

1

2,650
Programming Theory

1

2,600
Content Management

1

2,450
Automotive

1

2,332
Citrix

1

2,332
Adobe Acrobat

1

2,200
Productivity Apps

1

2,200
Windows Phone

1

2,150
Apple Networking

1

2,000
Exclaimer

1

2,000
Firefox

1

2,000
Game Consoles

1

2,000
Golang

1

2,000
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

2,000
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

2,000
Joomla

1

2,000
Social Networking

1

2,000
Spreadsheets

1

2,000
Statistical Packages

1

2,000
VBA

1

2,000