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Vhondy Strickland

Raleigh,NC

Summary

EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR / WEB DEVELOPER

Versatile technology professional with experience spanning Web Technologies Instruction, Infrastructure Engineering, Web Administration, and Web Development. Brings a strong blend of hands‑on technical expertise and analytical problem‑solving across enterprise environments. Skilled in designing, implementing, and supporting secure, scalable systems with a focus on user experience, operational efficiency, and reliability.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification

Work History

Infrastructure Engineer / Web Administrator / Web Developer

WakeMed Health and Hospitals
Raleigh
01.2001 - Current
  • Provide infrastructure engineering and web development for WakeMed Health and Hospitals.
  • Infrastructure Engineer
  • Description: Infrastructure Engineer to maintain and develop solutions for the infrastructure at WakeMed Health and Hospitals
  • Responsibilities:
  • Maintain and monitor Office 365, Citrix, NetScaler, Active Directory, SSL Certificates, F5 Load Balancer
  • Resolve user issues with each of the noted systems
  • Skills: PowerShell, VBScript, Exchange, wire shark
  • Role: Principle Imprivata SSO Administrator
  • Description: Imprivata is a single sign on solution. This solution allows all staff to use their badge to login to workstations and access all of the applications without having to enter their username and password.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Create and maintain all of the application profiles.
  • Responsible for maintenance and architecture of the appliances.
  • Training of staff Keeping staff informed on all on goings with Imprivata Issue resolution
  • Skills:
  • PowerShell
  • Network administration
  • Web Technology
  • Server Administration
  • Workstation Administration
  • VBScript
  • Role: SSL VPN Administrator
  • Description: Netscaler VPN
  • Responsibilities:
  • Monitor and maintain the Juniper appliances.
  • Modify the configuration as appropriate and architect solutions as necessary
  • Maintain a budget for the VPN solution.
  • Keep staff abreast of configuration and issues.
  • Keep assistants educated so that they are able to perform duties in my absence
  • Educate population in regards to updates that may alter their VPN experience
  • Skills:
  • Network Administration
  • HTML
  • Role: Webserver Administrator
  • Description: WakeMed has an external website that must be functional. In additional there are several internal web applications that must also be functional.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Ensure that WakeMed’s external website is functioning 24/7
  • Ensure that the assigned web applications are functioning
  • Work with Public Relations to resolve issues
  • Be the primary resource for internal and external web issues
  • Skills:
  • Network Administration
  • HTML
  • JavaScript
  • SEO
  • Web Administration
  • Google and the Web Technology
  • SSL Certificates
  • Fiddler and WireShark
  • IIS
  • Role: Web Developer
  • Description: Design, develop, maintain application as requested
  • Responsibilities:
  • Developed and maintained the look and feel for WakeMed
  • MyChart
  • Develop and maintain the Wait Times feed to the external website
  • Develop and maintain the service that sends the Wait Times to the WakeMed App
  • Developed the first online Change Control Request system at WakeMed
  • Developed several internal applications for WakeMed
  • Skills:
  • .NET, ASP Classic, C#, Visual Basic, HTML, Visual Studio, Brackets, CSS

Adjunct Instructor

Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, NC
06.2021 - 01.2024
  • Courses Taught: Web Programming Using HTML, CSS & JavaScript
  • Introduced students to web technologies
  • Fostered students through the certification process.
  • Implemented innovative teaching strategies to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.
  • Facilitated classroom discussions that fostered critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Evaluated student performance through assessments and provided constructive feedback for improvement.

Installation Engineer

Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
Durham, NC
11.1999 - 03.2001
  • Project MHS Nightly Reports
  • Responsibilities: Create methods to ensure that MHS nightly report ran to completion.
  • Tools: WinBatch
  • Project: Year 2000 Solutions
  • Responsibilities: Develop and install solutions for the Year 2000
  • Tools: WinBatch and Install Shield

Installation Engineer

Healthmatics
Durham, NC
04.1997 - 11.1999

Project: Installation for the PMS Link

Responsibilities: Create and maintain installations for the PMS Link.

Tools: InstallShield, C++

Software Test Engineer

Healthmatics
Durham, NC
04.1995 - 11.1997

Project: PMS Link

Responsibilities: Ensure the proper functioning of the PMS Link

How: Developed and executed test plans and test procedures. Collaborate with developers and business analysts - be the advocate for the customer.

Software Test Engineer

DBS Inc.
Charlotte, NC
10.1994 - 03.1995

Project: Billing System for DirectTV

Responsibilities: Ensure the proper functioning of the billing system for DirectTV.

How: Created and executed test plans and test procedures. Uncovered errors in the billing system. Collaborated with developers and DBAs to ensure proper remediation of issues. Used C programming language to create regressing tests.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Business

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN
08.2015

Master of Business Administration -

University of Phoenix
Phoenix
03.1994

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Tennessee Tech University
Cookeville, TN
08.1984

Skills

HTML - Advanced

CSS - Advanced

PowerShell - Competent

JavaScript - Advanced

Python - Competent

Nodejs - Competent

DNS - Advanced

C# - Competent

CSP - Competent

NetScaler - Competent

NET - Competent

ASP Classic - Advanced

MySQL - Competent

IIS Web Server - Advanced

VBScript - Advanced

Office 365 Admin - Competent

NGINX - Competent

Apache - Competent

PHP - Competent

Accomplishments

    While working as a Web Developer at WakeMed, I created an application called MedSmart. MedSmart incorporated several leading edge technologies and combined multiple data streams that allowed clinicians to access multiple pieces of clinical data in one place. An article was written about the application and a presentation was made at a conference in Washington, DC.

Certification

Information Technology Specialist

Microsoft Technology Associate - Introduction to Programming using Javascript

Certified Software Tester - QAI

Certified Quality Analyst - QAI

Timeline

Adjunct Instructor

Wake Technical Community College
06.2021 - 01.2024

Infrastructure Engineer / Web Administrator / Web Developer

WakeMed Health and Hospitals
01.2001 - Current

Installation Engineer

Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
11.1999 - 03.2001

Installation Engineer

Healthmatics
04.1997 - 11.1999

Software Test Engineer

Healthmatics
04.1995 - 11.1997

Software Test Engineer

DBS Inc.
10.1994 - 03.1995

Doctor of Philosophy - Business

Capella University

Master of Business Administration -

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Tennessee Tech University

LINKS

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