Cory P. Retherford
XXXX XXXXXXX DRIVE • Bloomington, IN XXXXX
Home Phone XXX-XXX-XXXX • Cell XXX-XXX-XXXX • E-mail cprether@iu.edu
Office Phone 812-856-1498 • FAX 812-935-8869
OBJECTIVE
Seeking entry-level position within the marine sciences. Wish to build upon my technical and analytical skills in an environment that fosters innovative approaches to problem solving and allows team interaction. Desire to apply my knowledge and experience in marine management such as, conservation, park development, resource management, biological assessment, underwater and or land archaeology, and scuba diving. Aspire to develop the skills necessary to make effective recommendations for complex environmental problems.
PUBLICATIONS
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Indiana University – Student Enrollment Services – Bloomington, Indiana
Manager of Technology Services, November 2003 – Present
Manage a technology services professional staff. Direct all support operations of the IUPUI and IUB staff and regional campus support. Direct technology projects and make improvements to existing dynamic business process requirements and services within the university. Project management of a diverse group of technical skill sets.
- Successfully established a highly efficient and effective team responsible for application and technology infrastructure support, development, and support responsibilities for university wide Student Enrollment Services initiatives.
- Coordinate the departmental project planning efforts and decision making processes.
- Implemented departmental hardware life-cycle, VM infrastructure, systems migrations plans, developed departmental budget, executed a purchasing and tracking application and process, employee time system, online hardware and inventory applications, student systems upload/download functionality, and develop policy and procedures.
- Coordinated and administrate the systems architecture planning, design, and implementation of internet facing websites and applications such as SharePoint farms and ColdFusion applications. Highly experienced with SharePoint (2007/2010) and governance.
- Established high availability systems using Shadow Volumes, Network Load Balancing, and Failover Clustering systems for file, print, IIS, SQL, and SharePoint systems.
- Manage and administrate Active Directory objects and associated attributes across the organization.
- Instrumental in the planning, design, implementation of data lab server infrastructure hardware and virtualization, disaster recovery, overall security systems, and data security compliance.
Professional Association of Dive Instructors – PADI Americas – Bloomington, Indiana
Open Water SCUBA Instructor and Emergency First Responder Instructor, 1998 – Present
- Responsibilities include classroom, confined and open water SCUBA, and Emergency First Responder instruction.
- Manage Assistant instructors, Dive Masters, and staff assisting with student training.
Indiana University – UITS Student Technology Centers – Bloomington, Indiana
Computer Coordinator Specialist, August 2000 – May 2003
- Supervise 160 computer computing consultant staff members and resources at 30 remote computing lab environments.
- Provide technical leadership and support to the computing consultants, faculty, staff, affiliates, university guests, and students using the University Information Technology Services lab environment and services.
- Designed a number of information environments for personnel training, computing support and troubleshooting, and customer relations interfacing.
- Manage university network accounts.
City of Bloomington Parks & Recreation – Bloomington, Indiana
Youth Sports Supervisor, September 1197 – January 2002
- Supervise on ice and off ice activities. Work as a Zamboni driver, general maintenace, mechanic, Medic, USA Level III Hockey Referee, and supervise outdoor activities ranging from baseball, soccer, and football.
FIELD EXPRERIENCE
Clear Creek Limn logical Field Surveys Victor, Indiana November 2001
Field Student Attendee
Participated in longitudinal survey and profile of a creeks littoral zone, sediment analysis, chemical and microbiological testing of water and species. Evaluated the affect of a wastewater treatment plants discharge by measuring chemical concentrations at locations upstream and downstream. Interpret data and use the numerical data to analyze interrelationships among ecosystem components for diagnosing pollution problems.
Department of Environmental Management Martinsville, Indiana November 2001
Limn logical Field Surveys
Field Student Attendee
Participated in a biotic fish survey conducted as a management study for water quality control investigating pollutants by specie counting and cataloging. Used electro-fishing as a fish survey technique, profiling the littoral zone, sediment analysis, and chemical and microbiological testing of water and species. Data was used to analyze the interrelationships among ecosystem components and for diagnosing pollution problems.
University Lake Limn logical Field Surveys Bloomington, Indiana September 2001 - October 2001
Field Student Attendee
Participated in on-going assessments of a lakes Eplimnion, Hypolimnion, and Littoral zones gathering data and comparing to previous field studies. Study measured productivity and water quality of the lake as an ongoing assessment of its ecology. Study was conducted using the Ekman Dredge, Schindler Plankton Trap, a Kemmerer, a Secchi Disk, and several other electronic devices. Parameters sampled included, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, alkalinity, pH, conductivity, soluble phosphorus, ammonia, organic nitrogen, light transmission, chlorophyll counts, and plankton counts. Data was used to analyze the interrelationships among ecosystem components and for diagnosing pollution problems.
Assessment and Management Indiana Territorial waters of Lake Michigan September 2001
Recommendations for Historic Shipwrecks
Field Research Assistant
Participated in initial survey of two shipwrecks in Lake Michigan with the Indiana University Office of Underwater Science conducting investigations relating to historic shipwrecks within Indiana territorial waters. Specific Underwater Science contract duties were to assess the status of existing plans and current resources for public recreation access, including offshore shipwrecks and to make recommendations on feasibility, management need, and demand on resources for recreational access to underwater resources in Lake Michigan.
Coral Reef Ecology Field School Key Largo, Florida May 2000; May 2001
Field Student Attendee / Field Research Assistant
Participated in two ten-day field schools in Key Largo Florida dealing with the documentation and assessment of shipwrecks as artificial reefs and means to conserve and preserve numerous locations as cultural significant sites. Program activities included multiple daily dives on sites throughout the upper and middle Florida Keys focusing on photographic documentation of the accumulation of biological organisms within research grids placed on wreck hulls at the time they were scuttled.
Scientific Diver Training Mitchell / Bloomington, Indiana August 1999 - December 2000
Program Student
Curriculum included basic documentation of underwater sites. Training consisted of mapping techniques, site plan creation, video and photographic documentation, and guidelines for resource management assessment for underwater resources. Incorporated the fundamentals necessary for safe and efficient diving during scientific investigations and emphasis on diving knowledge such as, physics, physiology, history, and advanced diving skills.
PADI CERTIFICATIONS
PADI OPEN WATER SCUBA INSTRUCTOR
EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDER INSTRUCTOR
Dive specialties
Master Scuba Diver, Rescue Diver, Boat Diver, Night Diver, Scientific Diver, Deep Diver, Drift Diver, Wreck Diver , UW Archaeology Diver, Medic First Aid - CPR / First Aid, Equipment Diver, Enriched Air Diver, and Dry Suit Diver, Certified Professional Scuba Inspector “PSI Cylinders”
EDUCATION
Indiana University – Bachelor of Arts, UW Archaeology – August 1996 to May 2003
Bachelor of Arts concentrations included disciplined studies in underwater archaeological management and conservation with an emphasis in the study of historically significant cultural resources, park development, resource management, and biological assessments. Acquired a vast amount of field experience in the Florida Keys and Lake Michigan doing non-evasive field studies of underwater shipwrecks, developing site plans, proposing protection strategies, creating and collaborating to the design and development of several comprehensive field reports and web sites, as well as the identification of an 18th century shipwreck.
Indiana University – Under Water Resource Management Certificate – August 1996 to May 2001
Indiana University – Bachelor of Science, Astrophysics – August 1996 to May 2001
Studies included cosmology and focus in observational and theoretical astrophysics (mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, relativity, and particle physics).
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