John C. A. Bambenek's Resume
University of Illinois / Urbana, IL (2003-Current)
Research Programmer
* Maintained over 120 workstations and servers on various platforms for a research group of about 60 people.
* Increased stability and availability of information resources to provide a seamless and transparent infrastructure to staff.
* Upgraded and secured systems to protect against security incidents.
Syndicated Columnist (2006-current)
* Wrote regular columns on politics, current events, foreign policy and religion.
* Syndicated to outlets with readership of 100,000 daily.
* Interviewed sources and conducted research to support columns and articles that were professionally published.
Tumaini Foundation / Champaign, IL (2004-Current)
Executive Director / Founder
* Founded not-for-profit agency to collect and ship humanitarian and educational items in support of rural schools in Tanzania.
* Led fundraising efforts and coordinated international shipping activities in support of charitable operations.
Opinions Columnist
* Wrote weekly opinions column on current events and local issues for a paper with a circulation of 20,000 readers daily.
* Conducted interviews and research to gather source material for articles.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young / Chicago, IL (2001-2003)
Senior Technical Architect
* Designed and architected large scale information systems for Fortune 500 clients.
* Served as a corporate subject matter expert in North America on Unix and Linux hardware, software, and security.
* Interfaced and worked with executive-level personnel with clients in guiding information technology plans and goals.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young / Chicago, IL (1999-2001)
Project Manager
* Led staff of developers and administrators in maintaining a large electronic commerce application for a leading telecommunications firm.
* Helped stabilize a major application with significant flaws to meet customer uptime objectives.
* Received 5 awards from client recognizing superior performance in meeting and exceeding client needs.