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 month9,550

Total points2,564,859

Questions: 2

Solutions: 1954

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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 35

Paul needs 27,141 points to level up.

LVL 36

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Overall

35

2,564,859
ASP.NET

13

387,798
Windows Server 2008

12

302,359
.NET Programming

10

215,681
Windows Server 2003

10

202,528
Microsoft IIS Web Server

9

197,206
Active Directory

9

170,448
Visual Basic.NET

8

141,042
C#

8

133,000
Networking

8

130,571
HTML

8

129,904
Web Development

7

120,016
DNS

7

116,635
Exchange

7

111,278
Microsoft Legacy OS

7

103,148
ASP

7

101,168
Windows 7

6

97,320
CSS

6

86,151
Microsoft Server OS

6

75,866
Windows OS

6

75,074
Microsoft SQL Server

5

71,304
Web Browsers

5

66,188
Windows XP

5

61,171
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

5

57,121
Windows Networking

5

54,838
Windows Server 2012

5

53,518
Web Servers

5

52,659
Hardware

5

52,644
Storage

5

51,582
DHCP

5

50,484
Server Hardware

4

49,311
Security

4

45,880
SSL / HTTPS

4

44,500
Web Languages and Standards

4

42,676
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

4

40,196
Microsoft Development

4

40,140
Routers

4

39,661
SBS

4

37,026
Outlook

4

36,678
Components

4

36,326
JavaScript

4

35,217
Dell

4

33,180
Vulnerabilities

4

33,058
TCP/IP

4

32,952
VB Script

3

31,784
Miscellaneous

3

31,472
Network Architecture

3

30,239
Network Management

3

29,973
Email Servers

3

29,682
IT Administration

3

29,372
Internet Protocols

3

28,980
Programming

3

28,632
Web Applications

3

27,884
Networking Protocols

3

27,354
Storage Software

3

27,192
PHP

3

25,613
Microsoft Server Apps

3

24,600
Windows 10

3

24,156
Microsoft Applications

3

23,110
Networking Hardware-Other

3

22,255
Disaster Recovery

3

22,215
Software

3

22,168
Web Development Software

3

22,154
VPN

3

21,812
Laptops Notebooks

3

20,264
Databases

3

19,481
Storage Hardware

3

19,137
RAID

3

18,846
PC

3

18,442
Microsoft Office

3

18,318
Internet Marketing

2

17,710
Desktops

2

17,324
Operating Systems

2

17,236
Network Operations

2

17,197
Android

2

16,800
Anti-Virus Apps

2

16,504
Query Syntax

2

16,247
OS Security

2

15,088
Visual Basic Classic

2

15,082
Network Security

2

14,052
Microsoft Excel

2

13,900
Scripting Languages

2

13,658
Printers and Scanners

2

13,620
Software Firewalls

2

13,600
Encryption

2

13,452
Email Clients

2

13,440
Windows 8

2

13,318
Hyper-V

2

13,200
Network Analysis

2

13,200
Microsoft DOS

2

12,856
AJAX

2

12,800
Displays / Monitors

2

12,548
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
Virtualization

2

10,898
WCF

2

10,800
Peripherals

2

10,768
Web Services

2

10,700
E-Commerce

2

10,540
Microsoft Hardware

2

10,340
Office Productivity

2

10,000
Anti-Spyware

2

9,700
Hardware Firewalls

2

9,500
MySQL Server

2

9,500
Switches / Hubs

2

9,479
File Sharing Software

2

9,436
.NET App Servers

2

9,400
Smartphones

2

9,350
Wireless Hardware

2

8,882
Email Software

2

8,708
Microsoft Access

2

8,412
Azure

2

8,332
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

1

7,971
Math / Science

1

7,903
Server Software

1

7,861
Microsoft Virtual Server

1

7,468
Windows Batch

1

7,468
Apache Web Server

1

7,387
Remote Access

1

7,372
Linux

1

7,200
IP Telephony

1

7,000
Cell Phones

1

6,932
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
SSRS

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
Windows Server 2016

1

5,882
Internet / Email Software

1

5,848
Windows Vista

1

5,620
Broadband

1

5,516
Google

1

5,410
MultiMedia Applications

1

5,300
SQL

1

5,225
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
jQuery

1

4,662
Windows

1

4,332
Fonts Typography

1

4,000
Veeam

1

4,000
Apple Hardware

1

3,950
Java

1

3,936
Facebook

1

3,800
Document Management

1

3,750
Game Programming

1

3,500
AWS

1

3,368
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
Office 365

1

2,250
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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