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Lee E. Lord
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Robert H. Command
Departy Managing Director
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553
KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740
(808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440
December 8, 2020
Honorable Chair Maile David
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And Members of the Hawaii County Council
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County of Hawaii
25 Aupuni Street
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Hilo, HI 06720
Dear Chair David and Members of the Hawaii County Council:
It is my pleasure to submit for your confirmation the appointment of Scott Uehara as Director
for the County of Hawaii Department of Information Technologies, pursuant to Section 6-4.2
of the Hawai'i County Charter. This appointment was effective at 12:00 noon on Monday,
December 7, 2020.
Mr. Uehara has served as an Information Systems Analyst for the Hawaii Police Department
since 2012. Prior to his role within the County of Hawaii, he served in a myriad of Information
Technology Specialist roles, including stints with the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park, HFS Federal Credit Union, and the KIiauea Military Camp.
Mr. Uehara will serve a term co -terminus with my tenure, which will end on December 2, 2024.
Pursuant to Rule 5(6) (g) of the -Rules of Procedures and Organization of the Council of the
County of Hawai'i, we respectfully request a waiver of nomination through committee so
that it may be considered by the full County Council on December 23, 2020.
Thank you for your favorable consideration of this appointment. If you have any questions
about this matter, please feel free to call me.
With Aloha,
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Mitchell D. Roth Council Action Due By: February 5, 2021
Mayor Last Council Meeting: February 3, 2021
Comm. No. 41
Attachment Ref. To; C D
Ref. IDate DEE..-1--LM
County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
County of Hawau'i
SCOTT UEHARA Director; of Information Technology
I Sun-irnary of Qualifications
I wholeheartedly sl.,ipport your visk.".-tri of an eco.f1(-.)Yr0c.aHy diverse, erwirona-ientally responsible, and refran-,ied
g(:ivernalient ideology for the island of Hawa,?'i. Yoi.ir goafls and be-liefs, are weti-aligned with. rny own, and 1
would welcome the opportunity tc,r ev(":)rk toge-ther .to initis to "A New Era of Technology" that is gf lunded m
Re-sihence, Innovation, and Vision. I
Many of the roncerns you'vc-.-, reiterated duriri,g..ed in conversatiol.is I've had with other -
your car-ripaign., are
colleaques ir,
Reforming the culture of all Couinty of ! (Jepartrnents to he coflaborative
and open in comnit.snication, preventi(rig chiplicatijon, of effOrts an.cl i:apitalizicig (N) OUT Va6OUS
special izati on S
-arrnatiorJechnology units from progress"rig
Examining the underlying issuest.hat w hinder ird'
forward, including ShOFtageS Of n,anpower. and pnofessional developfrr;ent.
Proactively finding alternative funding sources for technological advancernent fliat do riot rely on
the ericurnbrance of general. funds. Th. -is is especically c.rt,.jdal due to the inopi.-!nding budget shortfall
C...'ILIse,ci by thr,. C'DVID-1,9'
1 believe vte are-, also akin in seeing the value of relation.s!,-iips an.d bringing people t(agether, For the- past six
vr-"a rs. Vve ciatherred together a of Info I .;.:
.rni ationTechriology proll"essionals from depart?"ne-rits thirot.ighotit the.
C,o.,,_(nty Oinc--l-Uding the Direct(,.ir tz.reatin�,.". tir, OP4�.'Xn engaging fon.,,rn. The reason for
pr.- -s cc -e efficien.t
con,ven in g the g ro ii p was to share= e, kriowledq e a n. d &e. P.. wher-e cjject n.fld be intprtvvined to ensur
use of fkjrids :n,, event: dt.aplkcaflori of efforts, A ftxw of grXAP rnennbers wert.,. prest.,nt dwInq our"Talk
Story with Mit cl-V" session ori Septltrnber 6, 2020, leadershl'..p approach also extends to vendors,
.rllijn�ty organizatic,,ris and c-ir-lher icies atike-
A!.3 the a,ianag&- ofthe)-Aawai'i Police Depaftment's Offict-..,,af past eight: years,Yve.
kifted up ot..jir staffby focusing on'thei r s-trE-rigth*, reorganized task.:;t fl ii.. -a c:onffic-t with .ireas of improverntent, looked
bf..ryorid ted&--inological issues to foctis on people. and processes, and pursuLzd additional grant opportun !ties,
Over -the past year, i've collaborated with tl,-.te Havvtal'i Firr...- Departmerit (IHI'D.) on projects that will integrate.... with
Hawai'i ice C)eparirnent sy_5terT-r:;,a-ind hav-e been stjF.)p(..-,,r-ting initiatives that fiave directly r';21,SUlted iri HFD sti.,,ff
receiving near real-tirne notifical tions of events..
1 w(.-nke(3 ft,)r eigh-t yf-._,,ar-s in theUnited St�.ftes AM I itary ".4t SO.-lofiek.1 Barracksi,-,) rt (Yahu as fl)eirserver a nd nevworkirsq
Arninistrator f -,:,%r special projects, and was recognized with the Spirit of the Eagle A.1 -.Yard and, t_r~gendary
Service Award, the ft:nrner of vvk1 ich is highest corrimendation given to an employee, and is selected by all
directors and the directorate. I al5C-) c_-VTIpleted their'Leadprship'Tralning Academy, which was year- arid a half
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Countyof Hawaill
SCOTT UEHARA Director of Information Technology
I St,,wiv.nzjry of Q,,..tafificavions
Not du I keep in closp con:-,municatlor-i with Cok..in.ty of HwmaVi er-.riplayee!.; but wid-i'venclors and cornmunity
mernbe.rs as - well, to ensure the best: possible st.tpport for prc,,Jects and initiatives to iiat aff&t tlie Flawai'i Police
Deparvnert and t; )e 4"-.c�unty- of Hawai'i. As a 2001 r.,fraduate of d -ie Jniversity Of 1"IaWai'i at l: .H10 C0Mj.)Ut(,.'Y SC.kxM(,e._
prograrn, I recentlY spokt-.� to their Computer Sde-nce 49,5' Professional Seminar to share my knowledgeand.
I I i �..,J and The work.l.
h the rn, mr,,owtng t tiat triey- e futtire of tec �--i idgy for Hwxai I lsian i
.In thc-,! Irecera. year, I also attencled and con-ipleted a I iorneiand Se.CL.Pfty SP01`15(.-v(.A 1.n(.-.-Jdent Commarid, Systems
training for the newly forn"ted ItAf(WrTlation 'f*echnt..).!oq
As CM.1 Deferkse n.��ponds to eannergency ivents not only Icically but natiormride, tie R" Si.. roleis being' developed
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State Of 1`iM�fl*i, kITTI thie arily individual trdirled in!,T*SL
ffeelf my own ptrsc,.ind 1 vak..ies combined Ovit!") rny vvelkrl..-iunded experieice,., leaderst-iip, knowledge zind skilis will
synergistir::.a', ly ��PIpport your visior, for1 life island -of Itfawai'i. Ivp pirepared a detailed plan on
I �ow vve can a(,"We've f,.-,Ljf Co ni mo ri coals entitiff.-_,d, "Resilient .. Innovation .Vision -A New Era of Tech nology for
HawaH Island,." a.nd waiM like the opportunifty shatre and .-Ji-saxss it'vvi-d) you,
Please feet free. to rc.'.acfi With any questions at ot greatly Pr(joyed
otr pre0ous t -.alk. story and an -i lookirric-.1 forward tr..;i futL..1r--_ C(-.)r)Vr.-r5a.ti0[1S0r'Y EMWWe Cal m,,trk to(: etlier -to
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MOVet-he COMMUnity H-avvai'i island towards a �>etter tornr.,Irrow,
Scott L)ehara
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OBJ-FICo u n-ty of H a wa i "i D! recto r of Information Tec h n o logy
:0 EDUCATION Walakea High School - Hilo, Hawai"i
GradUating Class of 1997
SpedaHzl�bon. Electwnic Design ar-id-fhieory
University of Hawai'i at Hilo - Hilo, HawaN
Bachelor, of Science degree: COTTIPUter Science, 2001
Specializatiori: DataL)ase Design a.nd Application 17-iterfaces
EXPERIENCE Information Technology Manager
lr-1f()T'FT I a t b r). i'('K1' P, () I r3g y M a n a 9 e r with a bi I i ly to lead, rn ento r ani -d.
rnotk,,ate persc;nne! -to achieve �.-�oals k -.:)f >.)ptk-n.'Orig te.-,chnology usage.
Information -Technology Professional
Inforniation. Tecliriology Professionalvfth more thari 26 years of
experience. installing, rriaintaining, -arsd,;.:r4-)u- beshootirig hardwat-e and
sr,)ftviare, servicinc.,�- a divet-se range of ctients,
System lmpIIementer and Integrator with procven te-chriiques of planning
and irn)len-,�enting 4,i;ftjat,;ves,v,/hich have iFT'q:-wovt-.-xJ or-yar-OzatkX-tal
fLMCtk)f'-1�,111tY and stabilitl
Self -Learner able to adapt, to n, v,..l technologies by i i.tfflzin-g pr-evious
expenences ami tfw-cm..igh avaifa-.Ae resour-ces.
Effective Communicator skilie.,,,J in C' Sid a t1q With diVef`5(-"� "t"eaMS.,
Information Systems Analyst V1 ... Hawai'i Police Departn^len-t
2012 -- Presee
I nformation Technology Specialist UFliVE-r'Sity Of i-i,:�Wai'i at i--4ikn,
CoTrputer Science and
- ji.,�mijary 2012 - Junp 201 "?
InformationTechnology Specialist - 1 -IFS Fra,.: eraf C.'redit. Union
- October 2010 - JanWary- 2012
Information TechnoIIogy Specialist - United 5tatesN41kat-Y, 17)irf�-,�c -tor�lte of
F -an -illy, Nloralea, Weffwe at. -id Recreation - Sc-hofield Barracks, Hawai"i
- Novernber 2003 Octo1;;}er2O7O
Information Technology Specialist ... V,"'Vauea milltaly cal'np - 1-iawai", Volcanoes -
National flack, Hawai"i
- May 1998 --Decernber .2001
Technk'uan - I.,-4--flka Nakano R.-epairShop. -.4iflo, Hawai'i
Sei)ternber 1996 - R,bruary 2001
Teaching Assistant- Waiakea Ifigh School Electrorks Techrkal Center -
Hilo,: Hawal'i
- Septernber 1994 - Nlay 1996
Via, 'TECHNCAL Hardware,.
EXPERTISE CAT -SL,, C.AT6, zind rnuitimode, fiber
2 3 Y, a,
Dell Opti lex, I atitUde, PowerEdgE�, POWef'VaUk
2 Years
F1,F1 ' /Compaq Proliasystems
gears
I OYa rs
Cisco ISR Ontegrated Service Routers)
15'Yea rs
Cisco Catalyst
1 '5' Y�ar':;
M I crosoftWindows; 3.11 th ro ug i 10
26''oars
Microsoft Windows Server, N-,� througl--i 2019
23 Years
P'Aaic OSX '10.6 -- 10:15
15 Yea's
Unux (CentOS 5 & 6)
0 Year$
softwares
Various Prct.rh-.*.'4don Systems
Microsoft (Xfice `97 throe. gl-o Office 365
2.3 Years
Microsoft Excl"iange v5",5, 2003 and 2007
5 Years
v4,0, v,4.5 and X�,--.�riAjap
4.
Microsoft 5QJL. Server 2�)OO thriough 2019
12 Years
Networks/Protocol
.7
23 Years
WAN) "MAN Pvletro Area
15 \"'ears
CER'TiFC/--'-" 'Wana zqs tem ("p C" �q
"Iclaent 4-Orwan
Inforrrmfion Technoibqy Service Unit Leader (i L.) 2019
Spillman Application Administrator Certification 2019
CompTIA Network+ 2009
DoD Information Management Officer Level 1 2004.
DoD Information AssuranceTechnical Level I 20G4 -
Leadership Development Pr grafi 2009
AWARDS Unfted.Sta -sftlitary- 2004.
DFMWR .-- Schofield Barracks, Nawai-i
Spirit of the Eagle Award
United States Military 2004.
DFMWR..- Schofield Barracks, Ha i``
Legendary Service Award
REFERENCES Ralph Yasuoka, inform tion Technology Manager (Refired.)
U.S. Military Directorate of Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation
Ourt Tsuchip, Information Tett noloq
y Spetialist
State of Haw'aii Department of Education.
Micah Cockett, Information Technology Analyst
Application s Management, Queens Heafth Systems
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SCOTT LJEHARA
County of Hawaii, HaWaN Police Department - Hflo. Hawai'g'
June 2012 to ctjrrenft
ti Local law enforcement tjg.j�
Hawai'i Wand .1--tCy tr:.) PrOtO-ct and serve the comr-ni-Inity of
* 444 Sworn officersand 132 civilian jxrson ne[ t'hl'oughout eight district staflr,".gis
and nItAtip.,le st.,,.b-stations or) i -Iawaii isfartd.
* The Hawaii Police Departnic�.nt ( ' HFID) ctassifies the position of Inforratio. n
Systerns Analyst VI OSA VD as -a marlagerial position., overseeing the staff of the
`,'ornputer Corster, develop and imple-rent: networking, pi''iysicaf and virtual sE,::rve-_).
Pr(.')je-,.-ts, and e-nstsre all core law enforcen-reit functions maintain
99916 uptirne.,
Management duties relating to Computer :enter staff';
* Assin'rUTIent Of 10f-ig—terrn and short -tern-, PrOJectS W staff rrjennbers and grot.)ps-,
with npile stone ar)d cotnpleticnrl feedback.
* Conducts inival training on systems and procedures for all nef,, emjzfloyp_(. s,
jnc,j
update,s all er'npl%.,E`:'es or, rliew prc)ced,Ars,sand y.---, - r c.J-)anqes.,
* Prn_vide, guidance and edt.ication.,-M oppcgt.urIjt0,es tI1r'U,Kjh on -e -on -on -e and grotip
environrrients on irc.YLbIest-wounq, prqject managernent, grant rnariagement and
with. staff to disserninate 41-for-Ination regarding to pro"
Regfla.1- rne f 1. t ject stattjs
-)d helpdesk'. res(Autions and assigni-nents,
.and inipac-t , ar
Duties executed 5011Y within the InformiWon Systern Analyst VI positiom,
P.IfOrts betwef:im. Hawai"i Pokce Departrnf-,rij. C'ornputer r,(-?.�jter and
agencie5l var'vil'),.g fa.'•rn local c:ourj-ty' exter.nal co..,jfity,nit.,iriii--ipality, sti-ite, few: eri:.,'
and rnifitary entifles.-
Examines HPD p-woc:c,;!.dures R.' C's deterr',riines if a Pr'..
C)
irnproverne,n,t to prCIC"P57,Warkflbw, 0," r'f,'CO(Tsrnend prcxe,_�s ch.anges to cc.)jr-j+rjcj-P
with current ted-irtojoqj.,E::5.
Reviews bat'n Fedenal Bureau of Investigatin- r -I CriminafjLjqicc� Information Services
(FBI 3 ...115" policy ar.)cj C(.
On Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agen-CiElS,
(CALEA'I standard.,_,, are prop(,",ily ir'nplemented throughotA- theclepartryient to
maintain accreditation st;-;+us '-t
?r natictnal Cdme.,?,Jata
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k4eets Y,vith ar-Id rnariager-nent .to assess needs and requi.,rernerlts of
.deparitrnerrt in r-�.-!4Dard tc, knft,.-)rrnatk.',)n technology, PrCivides insight, plarining arul
actionable c)rutcorneS or, tech nofogv kn future anticipatp-d usag(',
Dailvt;ml- -ir,r!. m -count administration, troti HE�Sl 1-00ti rig -Viardware and
s(_iftvvrare systerns ty-k support six brarich koraitioris on the East ztnid West regioris i -.)-f
,.he isiar)d of Havvlail for I C10 A-dri drdst;-a-tive duties lrtck.ided c.readng
af d i-nodifviric; user accounfl.*s fc,..)r mi.111tiple software systerns., inclUdinig WindmAts,
Ex.c.harige arrid Avayc'-) PBX aco,.m.ints.
Creat45�d &CU -Mentation fi,-�r daily tasksand for
issues with systerris.
(,-reated propctsals ft>T tyl-ie redesign. of the networkin.g irdrast.n.icturre 1.*)etween
branches and the vir-tualizatiori implernentation of currerit ar.kd futureservers.
Irnplernentpd -.)r)d fielded a hardvvare 111fe-cycle rt -,. fresh for all workstations within
'the organizatiori. By introducing doning software and tec1-'miqu(,..,s,. tl-ie restirria-ted
time.frarne was reducecl from six moln.-ths to one month of implernentation.
Mcdified grot,ip pioliciesto assure re.,-quiatory cornpliance and rriaintairling
higher levels of security -
Increased iriternal security by- redesigrdrig paitch and anti-virus
systen"is.
Created long-term strategic planrflng quidai-ice, M-0ch detailed key areas of'
capitalization (-.)f: fuTure business endeavors.
SCOTT
UEHARA
�0 INFORMATION
University of Hawal"i at Mo, Computer Science & Engineering -- Hilo, HawaN
TECHNOLOGY
January 2012 2012
SPECIALIST
* A higher education program for- s-u..idents e.nd-eavoring to become professional
programi-ners.
* Eight faculty n--iernbers, 50 students fulfilling and utilizing fimi,
latmatories: anci classroorns,
11 -ie work required varied between analy!.7Js of functional requirc-,-m)(N)t5r
{dr-ninistration of workstc-Aicins, servers and i -get -Work
SCA Lit i0f)-S' fo, r fa-ciulty a--nd studem needs, arid coordi-ntatlng
Introduced virtualizaticm. 1T.,r?4J-mk:4ues ar)d technology -to irwrpase sec.--.-urity posture
and the ability to assist with researc.,-.h grarit-s.,
Virtual werc..N establish -ed cai d students were given. a sandbox to test:
st'.,--urity vu 1-nera bA I i ties, endarigering tt--ie produ(:.tion r�eumxk..
Intrc)(Juced rriett-iocls. f0f f)atCh at-ld TnOrlitciring
Consch r f o n
Analyzed entire 211-10.crpated a plan for 4-1--uPOementing upgrades of
networi� and Active Directory
oan i,, -)q
Modified existirig gi-oup policies to ijrj(-r�2-Ar;p 1pvels and io-wer t- 11'
profile loadirig t-jine,
Nlianaged fc.,)r t -hie rk t i -i - U k� I ij i j I s a Lj
i IC141
P INF(DRIM19FION
Hr"c' re4ieral C red -it Union - Hilo, Hawai"i
T E C �i N 0 L (-) G 'T .1
20 1 1' to.J@ n i iary
C I'll . - Y
S P I E- L I ST
tl A firiandal ins! iti.,ition focu,,.-,d with providing,qualh..-y servio,--.,�-to resi),Jerit,; aria
busitiesses olil"the islarid oflHaw-'ai"i. I
Approxicnately 1010 across. six kwations on the islard of Flawai'L
I
Dailvt;ml- -ir,r!. m -count administration, troti HE�Sl 1-00ti rig -Viardware and
s(_iftvvrare systerns ty-k support six brarich koraitioris on the East ztnid West regioris i -.)-f
,.he isiar)d of Havvlail for I C10 A-dri drdst;-a-tive duties lrtck.ided c.readng
af d i-nodifviric; user accounfl.*s fc,..)r mi.111tiple software systerns., inclUdinig WindmAts,
Ex.c.harige arrid Avayc'-) PBX aco,.m.ints.
Creat45�d &CU -Mentation fi,-�r daily tasksand for
issues with systerris.
(,-reated propctsals ft>T tyl-ie redesign. of the networkin.g irdrast.n.icturre 1.*)etween
branches and the vir-tualizatiori implernentation of currerit ar.kd futureservers.
Irnplernentpd -.)r)d fielded a hardvvare 111fe-cycle rt -,. fresh for all workstations within
'the organizatiori. By introducing doning software and tec1-'miqu(,..,s,. tl-ie restirria-ted
time.frarne was reducecl from six moln.-ths to one month of implernentation.
Mcdified grot,ip pioliciesto assure re.,-quiatory cornpliance and rriaintairling
higher levels of security -
Increased iriternal security by- redesigrdrig paitch and anti-virus
systen"is.
Created long-term strategic planrflng quidai-ice, M-0ch detailed key areas of'
capitalization (-.)f: fuTure business endeavors.
I N F C) F? M XF I C) N
TECHNOLOGY
SPECIALIST
Un.fted States MiNtary, Cgrectorate of Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation
Schofield Barracks, HawaN
Novo u'i ber 2 003 to October 2010
� An. o'ganizatiot-i,,sc-rvicir-ig,the farn-ilies of soldiers tci assure tFie livelihood arvI
quality of Ve is upheld..
• Apprc.,xirna4eiyl,600 ernployees tl--ie i.sland iof
VaVus roks jrx.-Jucl.e.: Prqje.ct Manager, Systerns arid Network Administrator, eind
T.ed fro chnidan. R.Afilled aH technician levels during tenure., being promote rn
"'FecKYogy Speciaijst Level I through Level 4• by r_-,x.i.-.ec!ding required
Ijubes.
As a Pro .d gather requirernents
.ject Manager, it was necessary to c=rnuricate z
an
rieecJed, evah iat,'_- sok,aions, present prc.6pective soluticms, prsxure ti-tsolutif,-)n,
assennble a ern fcn impdementation and educate 0 -'ie id: -user,
a fl .ie role of SyfYtc,krris an-ci Network Adn-iinistrator recItAred plarvnlny...I, documentir).q,
arxi UMMUnicaflon for ins.talhrq configOngr Mtjrq, and of
and network ecl;dpment. Installed and cwn'RgUred servers with RAID I ar!) girrays..
ConAgured network devkes Owough CIJ and backed up configurationSLISing TFTR
responsibilltie,; included listalfbig, conhSluting, ard troublesf)oot i rig
workstations and SO%Vane SYSUN115, Help-diesk duties i-twol-ve.d assisting, users asser
the phone-, (::x.,,;'n,.Pketinq.,, work orders which recli.31red onsite visits, ar-�d ui.nqren-tote
deskac.)P scyft,rare -�xj assist users.
SKAE (SubJect Mauer Expert) on the in'stalla'tion, configuration and maintsmancee
-�,A speciaftyhardware .i.rld sc'..)ftware whicfi inckjdes� payroll operatjcd''Ys, czteril tg
irnet•"^rttory wrid POS Qinhah5a%). Syt-riantec Ghosvvvas t..jsed to create a baseline
stancJard for all workstations and the i.mage was used to deploy Microsoft VV'indow�,
2000, Windows XP and Windows Usts IA tasks incli.ided
patchVig and t,.ipdat-inq softwat-e of vulnf.,rakwRdes upon veru..R,:)r sc,,Iutioris. Provided
trairirt
,. ng ar-id rr,,er)toring for heflpdesk. staff'on i.iser desktop
of troubleshm,-)ting and diz--ignosirig hardware and software isstie.s, i i!xing sperJaIty
applkabons and rnaMtkning,.,erve.rs at -id ni-etsVorks,
-?D :'..tion -,, raid 'Adows dornain within a rnontl6s:
Jo,Oned over.5C)C, vv , . rid servers to a V"in
tiii-iefr.-,..irn.e..,., vvh6ch geograpldcaHy spread thraiugj-{ t-nf.'.,)re tlian 50 Army farc,11ities
• N-1airit.a..ined a netwcgk of over 700 networke<] devictm> at 50 Army facilities
spannyl %Wnae, Schoheid Ba Vvf.kf.:'eler Arrny/Ur fiek.3, *I'ripler Mledkcal
Center, Fieleiriano RHUwy Re!,=ervatiori, Aliarrianu MiRary Reseniatfam Fcnl Shafter
I Fn -rt: DeRi.jssy c -)n (.Iahu and KTI;.I- uea Military Carnip, on th�e island of Hawai'i.
• Creatol sohAjans to conductsoftware irtstaHabans and patches by using scripts..
Implenriented a MAN ?Metra Area Netwok) outHe & the miiitary network to
siqqort credit card p,,rocessiny whicti cornplies wit.h P(.JDSS requjre-.-n.--et ts'
I fTII[)l(..m'-i cmted th e A rst Araq 105 (Painwof.!a[e) sys-tern to be rerrlove�,J frarri th
rnURa-ry network, and onto a MAN i,"Metro Area Network..,L
I rnOerric-m-ted nurnercmis rnclects which reqWred analy5.is, studies, and capability
managen-wra. nevievis to encompass goals "roar a-wriagernent and operafiortc-..fl
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:0 INFORMATION
Kilauea Military Camp- Hawaii Volcanoes NationM Park-, Hawai`i
TECHNOLOGY
January 2002 to Niovernber 2003
SPECIALIST
Resort and 1��Istjre facility -for United States Armed Forces personnel and fia.milies
Approxii-nately 1-00 employe(;. -;s con-tained inii selfsustaininq ren?.ote loc:ation.
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a rY)L1Jt1taCE-'t(-_%d raie fl -sat inckuded installation, configuration., maintenan.ce
and tr0LJlDlP_' 511"Kloting hardwane and soRvare systerns which supported,40 use. -!'s -
Administrative dLJflC-!5 and rnodifyin.g user accounts, 'Exchange
TTWHboxes and' HBIX accour-As.. Ed-ucated umer base on curnmon,x4tware appIcations
-arid -c-reated trainir�f,..3 sessiorts for spt.-+cialty applicatief.-1-5,
and pwocured COTS saftware to enbance aperaUorts anct operational oversigl-'it,
Managed contractors cm cable [nstaRab(xri.5 and systern Implernentaftions.
- Kp4ementation of a nemwkeH gas station, spar.ming a QW1 link of 500 feet
from the controlling tern-0nal.
- Expanded lber OPUL network for Vii, t-ure endeavors to irnp)prn2 .nt r..mjects bound
by liinitaUons of copper t.-nedla and incoease bandwidth fon, increased user
dernands.
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PHYSICAL
Hawaiian VqlcanQ Observatory - Havrali Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
May '1998 to Dec.. 2 00 It
SO en ubc faci & tasked to n,,,o rotor geol ocjc-a 1, seis rok, and deformation of the
Hawaiian island chair-;,
Apprumnately 40 ernployees.
Operazions overe dkerse indudin-,.g ins;talfing, configLi-,41g, JdTT1.iT1iStC`ri1_)q and
troubleshoo-tinq hardvt�arc at to sciftware systems. Th -ere were. rnarly different
di'-w-isions vvhkh required softv!iare fOC.Used on speclk Went& Un(;:donalily to
general purposf, c)pHravng mi a range of operating system -s.. to IncItIdC,
I'Oicrosoft Windows; Apple Macirltosh; Red Had t,irrj VAX workstations an'd
servers 1'�e of the ne--twork was also a duty, Which consisted of a rnixtun.'..1
of -n-iiedia from copper and fiber c)pficto cre.atethse LAN,and rnicrowavie-. forthe'01,4"ft
- Documented entji.*'e network topology through the Lne of
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onfig urat i(:.in s arid physica I ly tra versi ng ca b1ii
- Doct,irnented seisnlc monitor sohware by examining input and output data. to
reviaFse Fengineer software, prograrny-ning.
- Installed and configured ruint server which al-ileviated r-:6nt job queties by
raroutogjobs to (-.-�ther available printers.
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SCOTT EH .RA
> TECHNICIAN
Chika Nakano Repair Shop - Hilo, Haw-aM
Septernberl 996 to February 200 1
Gas station and repair 5hop wl--iid"i upf"mids four-der's vision of providin.g great.
custorner fiervice.
V) to 13 employees.
Completed the daily entry of irivoices ii-ito financial systern for fn(.:)nt.h1y billin-g to
accot.-irit holder s. am.J processed payi-nerits ft:u- account�-,,- 15ent pait (JU-P
n o -d to d e i i ?-i q u en t a cco u nt h o Id e rs.
Upgraded financial �,;oftware. ffirough differerit iterations withioua negative
implications can ac.count inft-,)rniation..
Upgraded work -station arid p6raing imj::u(.-.wed efficiency.
:0- TEAC H I N G
Waialkea High School Electronics Technical Center - Hilo, Hawal'i
ASSISTANT
leplernber 199-4. to May'1996
* After-schoof prograrn that pro-vided stu6-,.nts, ffiP r,'tance. to develop tect-mical skills.
wltl'i electrorik.-: equipse"It.
* Sever empicypes, fotir PdL,u.-:ators., and three teaciiing assistants.
As a teaching assistarit, ff* main c:h,4tie1 we -re gathering parts
for ti r"d proje...-'ts',. Ass isu-.'-�dsta.d-ents v0tf'i understandin-g tect-ini-ques.,
fundaa)entals arid rnetl-.iods to lcorripfete k�S-51011S.
• ,D year was spent teacWng a lower level Class du.c--i to lack of efJkicators'
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:0 U.S. ARMY
ACTIVE
DIRECTORY
MIGRATION
> LJ.,S. ARMY
EXTERNAL
POINT.- OF -SALE
SYSTEM
HAWAIl P(.,):LICE
DEPARTMENT
C 'OMPUTER
REPLAC_-.E ME N -T
4SCOTT UEHARA.
U.S. Army Active Directory Migration
Thc-., U-nits'd States Arrny had mandated -0-tat zfll computer SYSWITIS in the Directorate
of f0or-ale, Welfare and Recreation (.MWR) opprating on the Non -classified fntern.f,.,).t
Protoc.ol Router Network INPRnet) be added to the Asia. -Pacific regional Active
Directory forest-. task con.sisted of ad(Jing fnore than 500 desktop COMPLIter's
and servers f}-orri more than t,,() far.-.-.Mties on 0'ahu geographit:--ally dispersed
fl'iro,Ughout tf,ie entire isand, during a one nion.th tirnespan. Tne rnigration was
completFd on Itirne and without any Joss ofuser data,
While I cond-urted thc� rnigratilon during V ie majority of rjoruial working hours, I
vvinuld spend the evenongs de'' elciping a tool which Would prograrnn)atically track
progri-,..?ss of the rnigration for A)WR systems. 'The Ara)y depla.-ymentteam reqUested
that it expand the capability of the tool to track progress for the entire Asia--PW,"1iC
region whichincluded all bases iii Japan, Alaska, Hawai'i arid Guarrf. From 0--iat point
on, -0--ie Army requpsted that 1 progra.r6 ofl-wr -tools for tracki.rig additiorial rnigration
pr c,,! c t s.
U.S. Army External Point... -of -Sale System
.The U ri.-fted States Arrny Dfrecto ratf,s of INN -ora 'Welfa. re and Rec rf�aticm (NW) ha s
nurnerCWS faCifitKz'!-5 inclurfing
j resta-urarets, golf courses, bowling alleys anr.l
recreation ic cations by takifr)q payrnerit for goods- and Services.
T �..y
e military n r --,!.t wo f - k w e. s d es i n ed fo r 1--i ig 1--� I e -VT IS. C'f Sr_FC U r 1 b U tcouldr)Ot. Rlel,-et
't It;,jndia�,,r the Payment. ("ard Indiistry
Data sec'utity stz.,ndaTC4 PCJJDS_Y,'% j Planned, -:01(i irIAPIE!Me-rited the hrsi:
Externa 1 Poin t--o-f-sa Ife sysstern to.. rneel PCI -DSS corl'-plia.ncy OLItside of the rnflitary
rietwork.,
Prcx-.:es,,iin,g (,Acred;-1,- and det-jit ci-ird paymemts at all lc.tcadons becan-le faster and
mors reliable. 1 i-fls increased 7ak25 due to the of f -jot
having to pay using ciasslh or' c. -heck.. The project vva, a st,iccess. that other Am,iy
in.stalk.,.Itiom.; WorkdWide.. began adopting the eritire rn,.odef,
Hlawai'i Police Department Computer Replacemesit
L)pon loini-rtg the, Havvai'i Poik.:e Depan.-Srient(HPD" in Juni: 201,,1, in thf.�firstthreek:
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fcornpuu,,r desktcop sy_,--,�enifi and reah-.7ed thiat they
ths, took inverit.a.ry r�- -
wc-�re. operatine.. rnent that hadn't been repla(ed fOr MOT'el than 10 years. i
,j on eq(..n.r,)
jr1formed rnanagernent of the r-)egaflve irrq:iact that. tFressy:..,terns were placing
on operations resuhting ir; sk,.,,wer r spon - -nL -i
f _4 T se tir -:�s and increaseid dovv dt,.ie
11,3_'Vjng tr) S0Ljrc#,,_, rt placemena parts. from used parts res-ellers. I devel ar:,ied a lifecycle
PI -an a,Id r1eceived furiding to replace 207 cojj:ip�jter SyStc.'jrj..q,
Afterreplacing Vne aging systerns, productivity increased and the niean-tirne.
between failtire of syi.,;t.erns were dran iatically reduced. After cornf:iletijiq tf
, le jr-j itiLI I
ffI-ecycle and seeing the positive regular funding was allocaV,d to replace a
rninirnwn of 75 ever! year'.
WEAT110-M-AW
HAWAVJ POUCE
DEWNUMENT
S P I L. L AVI /V 1\j fF L EX
RECORD
MANAGE
SYSTEM '
;PF-JAWAI'l POLICE
E) E FK F? I P0 E MIT
MOBILE, DATA,
'TERMINAL
LI-FECYCLE
Hawaii Police Department Spillman FLEX Record Management System
I led the techr?,ollogy reFearch ari.ci 1roplernentation for- the Request For �Iroposal
tearn at I -VD, which focused o.ri reriving the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD),
Record Managerrient Synem VMS) and Mobile systems that t+,,ere operating on
different appkadons from various ver.idars. Because of Jwsedisparate systerns,
data flowing from cnie system to another swas not i-mr-necliate and incoinplete. This
in"tpacted c1pcnratk.,)ns in tm..jt th:e most irriportai it was oft."icer safety
ch,lra to infor-rTiation riot being presented ix-.-) offic.ers in a timely rnanner,
1"
oai ffor the pseicerne fit system wa5 -to have a systern whiclh, Inad, natiV6,iy
been buift with, all -of tfiie piecxi', Jnt(�,jrav d inte,, -a
tcpa-)vicle iristantaneous access W 001hation and rnaWng it eafer on stMf tc.,,
COTTIplete dtrties. TheSpHirrian FLEX systern was chosen because R met is of the
#'�equirements. 1)urin.j ii'r3pller3eemtat3ar4 I wcorked with the liawai'i Crin-fl-nal jtistjce
Data Center, Juvenfle.justjce 1; iforr'nation System arx-I Hawai'i Fire Department
to ensure that. ciata would ficw frorn 5j:)iUman to their res-pecflve� systen-,s. 'These
integrations reduced dispatc-liers'a rid olffiCel"St r`H-.`�h'(JW is; 411:0 to
cornp!�-_,te pneviou.s
Unienly, I conUnue to o -k o, njen
r n 4 � i P ro ve? ts for iritegrating with other systf.,nns
03 hNsease produW017 and reduce irne spent an chyddrig and updating external
systemsfor'iriforry'-iation� I arnalso vforking on increas-in.9 usage of mapping -
capabMtks within the systerri to assist oWers Air h Wrne- ani.,flysis, arid deveioping
advanced report ng capabHltites rl'c'm 0"Iat S,
.ysterr8 hi.is, been in use ficar mor6i-than
two yea rs,
Hawaii Polk* Department Mobile 1) t. TOrminaJ Lifecycle
Tl-,ip Mot)ile Data 'Ten-ni-nals (PADT) used by officers in. thi.- ir vehides far years had
been the Panasont 7bughbook FuHy Rugged va.,rjety. I propc,sed switcl,flng tr.:!
the Pariasor TbLjghboo;,, Sen -0 P L PC
Jgf-d Vi3.rir-�'tY to increase officer adoptiiibn and
usage, and withii redi.io,,!d c.ost,. rriore t-irifts. be purc[,.k.ased. 11r.) 2019;. 0..te
ynaposd moved h,,,)rvmrd arid 150 CF 54
\?vere iNOCA.Jred later in the year By, eady 202-:j all units. were ciepic)yed using new
c o n nec U 0 ty tec f j n cv I r. -)g i e s.-..
As a resuq of tits huthwe.. €;:)f c° r.-..,,rocfi.,jctivi-ty 1hi.i!, inc.rerssed and an expected
byprodua is that our brernal cOctatkwi unq =rkW,-..;rJ has i.-.5eerreduc�...�H
officers are rio%vvwritirig their own reports rather Wan di-t-tating tthen-,i.. Previot.jsty,
oficers were waiting at least 10 to 14 clays Va have repons dictated,
tirriely ajur%fikan c)f ind&-.-,ras. adopthin rate of usage has higi-i, arid
now afAcers are wyaking ini hrie tf-.) receive these new unifts. With th".! resou..'rxiin.9
success of the project, ilPD i.s vworkii iq towari.i-s purchasiriq ar-i additior-tal 1.50
Panasor)ic'Tbughbook SembRugged is to outht the patrol offii,,.-ers and
sorrip. invesdq.;."Itive� UnKs VA91 dqs V a I I'A I. b� I (,�� to of,