Paul MacDonald on Experts Exchange

Paul MacDonald

Director, Information Systems

United States

Member Since: 2010/01/18

Industry: Computer & IT

Top Skills:

HTML Windows Server 2008 DNS

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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 month18,450

Total points2,679,584

Questions: 2

Solutions: 1992

Articles:

Videos:

Courses:

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 58,416 points to level up.

LVL 37

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Overall

36

2,679,584
ASP.NET

14

400,923
Windows Server 2008

12

304,659
.NET Programming

10

218,731
Windows Server 2003

10

202,528
Microsoft IIS Web Server

10

200,756
Active Directory

9

180,348
Visual Basic.NET

8

148,142
Networking

8

144,971
HTML

8

137,554
C#

8

133,300
Web Development

7

124,166
DNS

7

119,335
Exchange

7

111,378
ASP

7

105,218
Microsoft Legacy OS

7

103,148
Windows 7

7

99,870
CSS

6

91,751
Microsoft SQL Server

6

88,104
Windows OS

6

87,024
Microsoft Server OS

6

78,416
Web Browsers

5

67,438
Hardware

5

65,244
Windows XP

5

61,171
Windows Server 2012

5

60,018
Windows Networking

5

58,438
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

5

57,121
DHCP

5

55,034
Web Servers

5

54,209
Server Hardware

5

52,411
Storage

5

51,632
Security

5

51,180
SSL / HTTPS

4

47,550
Web Languages and Standards

4

44,676
JavaScript

4

44,467
Miscellaneous

4

41,222
Routers

4

40,711
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

4

40,196
Microsoft Development

4

40,140
Dell

4

39,830
Outlook

4

38,678
SBS

4

37,026
VB Script

4

36,884
Components

4

36,326
TCP/IP

4

34,002
Network Architecture

4

33,289
Vulnerabilities

4

33,058
Network Management

4

32,523
IT Administration

3

31,922
Windows 10

3

31,306
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

28,818
Laptops Notebooks

3

28,214
Networking Protocols

3

27,354
Storage Software

3

27,192
PC

3

25,392
Disaster Recovery

3

24,765
Microsoft Server Apps

3

24,600
Microsoft Applications

3

23,110
Microsoft Office

3

22,868
Networking Hardware-Other

3

22,255
Web Development Software

3

22,154
Databases

3

22,031
VPN

3

21,812
Query Syntax

3

21,347
Storage Hardware

3

19,137
RAID

3

18,846
Hyper-V

3

18,200
Microsoft Excel

2

17,950
Internet Marketing

2

17,710
Displays / Monitors

2

17,648
Android

2

17,450
Desktops

2

17,324
Operating Systems

2

17,236
Network Operations

2

17,197
Anti-Virus Apps

2

17,004
Network Security

2

16,652
Printers and Scanners

2

15,620
OS Security

2

15,388
Visual Basic Classic

2

15,382
Scripting Languages

2

14,158
Email Clients

2

14,090
Encryption

2

13,952
Software Firewalls

2

13,600
Windows 8

2

13,318
Network Analysis

2

13,200
Switches / Hubs

2

13,029
Microsoft DOS

2

12,856
AJAX

2

12,800
WordPress

2

12,500
Windows 2000

2

12,050
Email Protocols

2

11,968
Azure

2

11,582
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
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
Windows Server 2016

2

9,132
Wireless Hardware

2

9,132
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
Remote Access

1

7,672
Windows

1

7,582
Microsoft Virtual Server

1

7,468
Windows Batch

1

7,468
Linux

1

7,200
iPhone

1

7,200
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
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
MultiMedia Applications

1

5,800
Windows Vista

1

5,620
WSUS

1

5,600
Broadband

1

5,516
Google

1

5,410
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
Chrome

1

3,750
Document Management

1

3,750
Game Programming

1

3,500
Powershell

1

3,442
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
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
Multimedia Programming

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