Paul MacDonald | Experts Exchange

Paul MacDonald

Director, Information Systems

United States of America

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 month6,566

Total points3,214,855

Questions: 3

Solutions: 2161

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 40

Paul needs 147,145 points to level up.

LVL 41

What do levels mean?

Overall

40

3,214,855
ASP.NET

14

445,448
Windows Server 2008

12

326,093
.NET Programming

10

228,531
Active Directory

10

226,998
Networking

10

215,087
Windows Server 2003

10

207,858
Microsoft IIS Web Server

10

207,106
Windows OS

9

177,895
HTML

9

162,554
Visual Basic.NET

9

162,242
C#

8

148,575
DNS

8

147,185
Exchange

8

144,928
Web Development

8

128,641
Windows 10

7

117,872
ASP

7

115,018
CSS

7

112,601
Microsoft SQL Server

7

111,404
Windows 7

7

103,270
Microsoft Legacy OS

7

103,148
Microsoft Server OS

6

89,166
Windows Server 2012

6

88,402
Web Browsers

6

85,988
Security

6

80,005
DHCP

6

77,625
Hardware

6

76,415
Storage

5

67,132
Windows Networking

5

64,913
Windows XP

5

61,171
Web Servers

5

60,809
Azure

5

60,098
Outlook

5

59,028
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

5

57,121
Miscellaneous

5

56,972
Server Hardware

5

52,857
SSL / HTTPS

5

50,550
JavaScript

4

47,317
Routers

4

46,911
Query Syntax

4

46,897
Web Languages and Standards

4

44,751
Dell

4

44,480
Windows Server 2016

4

43,273
Microsoft Development

4

42,940
Components

4

41,026
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

4

40,196
SBS

4

40,126
Microsoft Office

4

39,768
Windows

4

38,998
PC

4

37,688
IT Administration

4

37,672
VB Script

4

36,884
SQL

4

36,175
VPN

4

36,112
Network Architecture

4

35,839
Vulnerabilities

4

35,608
Network Management

4

35,123
Email Servers

4

34,382
PHP

4

34,213
TCP/IP

4

34,002
Hyper-V

4

33,475
Software

4

33,118
Internet Protocols

4

32,530
Programming

3

31,032
Networking Protocols

3

30,404
Web Applications

3

29,934
Laptops Notebooks

3

28,214
Storage Software

3

27,192
Microsoft Applications

3

26,760
Desktops

3

26,674
Databases

3

25,331
Disaster Recovery

3

24,840
Microsoft Server Apps

3

24,600
Powershell

3

23,942
Networking Hardware-Other

3

23,705
Visual Basic Classic

3

23,582
Web Development Software

3

22,229
Android

3

21,825
Storage Hardware

3

21,487
Printers and Scanners

3

21,220
Scripting Languages

3

20,908
Virtualization

3

20,648
Microsoft 365

3

20,100
RAID

3

20,096
Network Operations

3

19,747
Remote Access

3

18,922
Software Firewalls

3

18,800
Microsoft Excel

3

18,500
OS Security

3

18,313
Email Clients

2

17,890
Internet Marketing

2

17,710
Displays / Monitors

2

17,698
Network Security

2

17,652
Operating Systems

2

17,536
Anti-Virus Apps

2

17,104
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

2

16,621
Email Protocols

2

16,268
Windows Server 2019

2

16,250
Microsoft DOS

2

15,856
Wireless Networking

2

15,804
Chrome

2

15,550
WordPress

2

15,550
Encryption

2

14,627
Microsoft Access

2

14,537
Wireless Hardware

2

14,282
E-Commerce

2

14,090
Hardware Firewalls

2

13,650
Peripherals

2

13,318
Windows 8

2

13,318
Google

2

13,210
Network Analysis

2

13,200
Smartphones

2

13,175
Switches / Hubs

2

13,029
AJAX

2

12,800
MySQL Server

2

12,550
Windows 2000

2

12,050
WSUS

2

12,000
Microsoft Word

2

11,850
Web Components

2

11,552
HTTP Protocol

2

11,480
Fonts Typography

2

11,200
Cell Phones

2

11,057
WCF

2

10,800
Web Services

2

10,750
Microsoft Hardware

2

10,340
Office Productivity

2

10,000
Anti-Spyware

2

9,700
AWS

2

9,468
File Sharing Software

2

9,436
.NET App Servers

2

9,400
SSRS

2

8,950
VMware

2

8,950
Apache Web Server

2

8,937
Email Software

2

8,708
Server Software

2

8,311
Linux

2

8,250
Cisco

2

8,050
Math / Science

2

8,003
Windows Batch

1

7,768
Images and Photos

1

7,600
Microsoft Virtual Server

1

7,468
iPhone

1

7,200
VBA

1

7,175
Personal Electronics

1

7,025
IP Telephony

1

7,000
Oracle Database

1

6,868
AntiSpam

1

6,858
Editors IDEs

1

6,750
PDF

1

6,550
Web Frameworks

1

6,550
SSH / Telnet Software

1

6,500
Shell Scripting

1

6,450
Adobe Dreamweaver

1

6,400
MultiMedia Applications

1

6,325
Acronis

1

6,233
Telecommunications

1

6,200
System Utilities

1

5,929
Responsive Web

1

5,918
Project Management

1

5,852
Internet / Email Software

1

5,848
Installation

1

5,766
Microsoft SharePoint

1

5,750
Digital Cameras / Camcorders

1

5,700
jQuery

1

5,662
Microsoft Visual Studio

1

5,650
Windows Vista

1

5,620
Microsoft

1

5,600
Broadband

1

5,516
Digital Forensics

1

5,450
Java

1

5,436
Multimedia Programming

1

5,400
Automotive

1

5,382
Crystal Reports

1

5,300
iPad

1

5,250
Troubleshooting

1

5,200
Visual C++.NET

1

5,000
Voice Over IP

1

5,000
Digital Audio

1

4,764
Web Graphics Software

1

4,652
Consulting

1

4,250
Game Programming

1

4,250
Golang

1

4,050
Photos / Graphics Software

1

4,050
Tax / Financial Software

1

4,050
Veeam

1

4,000
Apple Hardware

1

3,950
Analytics

1

3,875
Facebook

1

3,800
Document Management

1

3,750
Firefox

1

3,600
Mobile

1

3,350
Enterprise Software

1

3,200
Programming Languages-Other

1

3,160
Application Servers

1

3,098
ACT

1

3,050
SSIS

1

3,050
Xero

1

3,050
Google Chrome OS

1

3,000
JScript

1

3,000
Mac OS X

1

3,000
Sales

1

3,000
Cloud Services

1

2,950
Adobe Flash

1

2,800
Cloud Computing

1

2,800
Linux Networking

1

2,800
PayPal

1

2,800
Web-Based CMS

1

2,800
Cyber Security

1

2,700
Computer Games

1

2,650
SonicWall

1

2,650
Business Administration

1

2,600
Business Management

1

2,600
Programming Theory

1

2,600
Project Management Software

1

2,600
Internet Protocol Security

1

2,550
Content Management

1

2,450
.NET MVC

1

2,350
Citrix

1

2,332
Social Networking

1

2,300
Adobe Acrobat

1

2,200
Productivity Apps

1

2,200
Windows Phone

1

2,150
Joomla

1

2,100
Spreadsheets

1

2,100
Conferencing Software

1

2,050
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

2,050
Apple Networking

1

2,000
Exclaimer

1

2,000
Firefox

1

2,000
Game Consoles

1

2,000
Internet Explorer (IE)

1

2,000
Statistical Packages

1

2,000