Paul MacDonald on Experts Exchange

Paul MacDonald

Director, Information Systems

United States

Member Since: 2010/01/18

Industry: Computer & IT

Top Skills:

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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 month11,900

Total points2,610,884

Questions: 2

Solutions: 1970

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Videos:

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Posts:

Group Discussions: 1

Professional Background

Director, Information Systems

July 2002 – Present

Newport News, VA

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Level Progress

Current: Level 36

Paul needs 127,116 points to level up.

LVL 37

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Overall

36

2,610,884
ASP.NET

14

392,273
Windows Server 2008

12

304,359
.NET Programming

10

215,681
Windows Server 2003

10

202,528
Microsoft IIS Web Server

9

197,206
Active Directory

9

177,298
Visual Basic.NET

8

141,042
Networking

8

136,821
C#

8

133,300
HTML

8

130,404
Web Development

7

124,166
DNS

7

119,335
Exchange

7

111,278
Microsoft Legacy OS

7

103,148
ASP

7

101,168
Windows 7

6

97,320
CSS

6

86,151
Windows OS

6

82,824
Microsoft Server OS

6

78,416
Microsoft SQL Server

6

77,004
Web Browsers

5

66,288
Windows XP

5

61,171
Windows Server 2012

5

59,168
Windows Networking

5

58,388
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

5

57,121
Hardware

5

56,044
Web Servers

5

54,209
DHCP

5

52,484
Server Hardware

5

52,411
Storage

5

51,582
Security

4

46,580
Web Languages and Standards

4

44,676
SSL / HTTPS

4

44,500
Routers

4

40,711
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

4

40,196
Microsoft Development

4

40,140
JavaScript

4

39,767
Outlook

4

38,678
SBS

4

37,026
Miscellaneous

4

36,622
Components

4

36,326
TCP/IP

4

34,002
Dell

4

33,180
Vulnerabilities

4

33,058
Network Management

4

32,523
VB Script

4

32,284
IT Administration

3

31,922
Windows 10

3

30,656
Network Architecture

3

30,239
Email Servers

3

29,682
Internet Protocols

3

28,980
Programming

3

28,632
Web Applications

3

27,884
Software

3

27,818
PHP

3

27,613
Networking Protocols

3

27,354
Storage Software

3

27,192
Microsoft Server Apps

3

24,600
Laptops Notebooks

3

23,614
Microsoft Applications

3

23,110
Networking Hardware-Other

3

22,255
Disaster Recovery

3

22,215
Web Development Software

3

22,154
PC

3

22,092
Databases

3

22,031
VPN

3

21,812
Query Syntax

3

21,347
Storage Hardware

3

19,137
RAID

3

18,846
Microsoft Office

3

18,818
Hyper-V

3

18,200
Internet Marketing

2

17,710
Desktops

2

17,324
Operating Systems

2

17,236
Network Operations

2

17,197
Android

2

16,800
Network Security

2

16,652
Anti-Virus Apps

2

16,504
Visual Basic Classic

2

15,382
Displays / Monitors

2

15,098
OS Security

2

15,088
Scripting Languages

2

14,158
Email Clients

2

14,090
Microsoft Excel

2

13,900
Printers and Scanners

2

13,620
Software Firewalls

2

13,600
Encryption

2

13,452
Windows 8

2

13,318
Network Analysis

2

13,200
Switches / Hubs

2

13,029
Microsoft DOS

2

12,856
AJAX

2

12,800
Windows 2000

2

12,050
WordPress

2

12,000
Email Protocols

2

11,968
Web Components

2

11,552
HTTP Protocol

2

11,480
Wireless Networking

2

11,154
Azure

2

10,932
Virtualization

2

10,898
WCF

2

10,800
Peripherals

2

10,768
Web Services

2

10,700
SQL

2

10,625
E-Commerce

2

10,540
Microsoft Hardware

2

10,340
Office Productivity

2

10,000
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

2

9,971
Anti-Spyware

2

9,700
Hardware Firewalls

2

9,500
MySQL Server

2

9,500
File Sharing Software

2

9,436
.NET App Servers

2

9,400
Smartphones

2

9,350
Wireless Hardware

2

9,132
SSRS

2

8,950
Apache Web Server

2

8,937
Email Software

2

8,708
Windows Server 2016

2

8,482
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
Remote Access

1

7,422
Linux

1

7,200
IP Telephony

1

7,000
Cell Phones

1

6,932
Windows

1

6,932
Oracle Database

1

6,768
Editors IDEs

1

6,750
Web Frameworks

1

6,550
iPhone

1

6,550
Cisco

1

6,500
SSH / Telnet Software

1

6,500
Adobe Dreamweaver

1

6,400
Microsoft Word

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
Windows Vista

1

5,620
Broadband

1

5,516
Google

1

5,410
MultiMedia Applications

1

5,300
Microsoft SharePoint

1

5,200
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
Office 365

1

4,750
jQuery

1

4,662
Consulting

1

4,050
Fonts Typography

1

4,000
Veeam

1

4,000
Apple Hardware

1

3,950
Java

1

3,936
AWS

1

3,868
Facebook

1

3,800
Document Management

1

3,750
Game Programming

1

3,500
Project Management

1

3,252
iPad

1

3,200
Programming Languages-Other

1

3,160
Application Servers

1

3,098
Google Chrome OS

1

3,000
JScript

1

3,000
Mac OS X

1

3,000
Mobile

1

3,000
Personal Electronics

1

3,000
Sales

1

3,000
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
Chrome

1

2,750
Programming Theory

1

2,600
Content Management

1

2,450
Automotive

1

2,332
Citrix

1

2,332
Multimedia Programming

1

2,300
Adobe Acrobat

1

2,200
Productivity Apps

1

2,200
Windows Phone

1

2,150
Apple Networking

1

2,000
Computer Games

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
WSUS

1

2,000

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