Resume of Joseph Allen Newton, III
1709A Gornto Rd #214, Valdosta, GA 31601
229-247-1409 home, 229-333-5974 work
jnewton@valdosta.edu

EDUCATION and TRAINING

Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia

2005 Masters Degree in Public Administration, expected graduation Fall 2008.

Professional Development and Training

2006 Leadership Workshop, Regents Administrative Committee on Information Technology,
Eatonton, GA
2000 Campus Pipeline Administration Training from Campus Pipeline/SCT, Malvern, PA
1997 Windows NT Networking and IIS MCSE Training from Mastering Computers Seminars,
Jacksonville, FL
1993 Networking Training from Interface Electronics, Duluth, GA

Valdosta State College, Valdosta, Georgia

1992 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy - Graduated on August 19, 1992
1992 Co-Recipient, Philosophy Dept. Book Award
1985 Recipient, Philosophy Dept. Outstanding Senior Award
1984 President, Philosophy Club
1983 Vice-President, Philosophy Club
1981 President's Freshman Scholar

Brooke County High School, Wellsburg, West Virginia

1980 Graduated with honors in May, 1980.
1979 National Honor Society, Brooke County High School, Wellsburg, WV
1979 German Club, Brooke County High School, Wellsburg, WV
1978 National Honor Society, Hillwood High School , Nashville, TN
1978 Spanish Club, Hillwood High School, Nashville, TN

WORK EXPERIENCE

Valdosta State University, Information Technology Division

November 2005 through current Director of Information Technology, Chief Information Officer. October 2002 through October 2005 Interim Director of Information Technology and July 2002 through November 2005 as Assistant Director of Micro-Computing and Systems Services, responsible for the Information Technology Division with 39 employees, the support of Student Information, Email, Web, and PC and Fileserver Systems across campus with a three million dollar budget.

Valdosta State University, Micro-Computing and Network Services Dept.

July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2002 as Systems Support Specialist III responsible for university web site, portal, academic Oracle server and supervision of one staffer. August 1992 through June 30, 1998 as Computer Services Specialist III, responsible for PC installation, maintenance, and support, Windows NT BackOffice including IIS and SQL system administration, Netware server system administration, UNIX Workstation system administration on Sun and SGI, Web, Gopher, and Listprocessor server administration. Also responsible for user training and support for Web Publishing using FrontPage, Netscape, Telnet, and FTP.

Valdosta State College, Odum Library, Circulation Dept.

July 8, 1992 through August 11, 1992 as Library Assistant II, part-time, responsible for circulation procedures as well as opening and closing procedures.
June 1991 through June 1992 as Student Assistant, part-time, responsible for circulation procedures including check-out, reserve, shelving as well as catalog/circulation server system backup.

Joseph A. Newton, Freelance Computer Services

January 1991 through December 1992 as a part-time freelance computer services provider of hardware and software specification, installation, programming, and maintenance.

Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, U.S. Government

May through October 1990 as Enumerator, part-time, responsible for collecting household questionnaires door-to- door.

C P International, Thomasville, Georgia

September 1989 through December 1990 as Valdosta-area commissioned Salesman, trained for sales and maintenance of UNIX-based business computer systems.

FreedLand Information Services, Valdosta State College

January 1988 through December 1990 as Partner and Owner, responsible for software development and hardware installation and maintenance

Nekoosa Packaging Corporation, Clyattville, Georgia

November 1981 through May 1988 as programming clerk, wrote and maintained software written in BASIC, Pascal, dBASE, Paradox, and Lotus 123 in a stand-alone DOS environment. Also specified, installed, and maintained IBM PC XT, AT, PS/2 and compatible computers and peripheral devices including dot-matrix printers, plotters, and laser printers.

Holiday Markets, Valdosta Georgia

November 1980 through January 1981 as Cashier Clerk, responsible for cashiering, cleaning, and closing.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2008 - present: Valdosta State University Six Sigma Leadership Committee
2007 - 2009: Regents’ Administrative Committee for Information Technology,
University System of Georgia
(2008 - 2009 Chair, 2007 - 2008 Chair-Elect,
2002 - present as primary representative for VSU)
2006 - present: University Council
2002 - 2006: Administrative Council Technology Committee (chair), Valdosta State University
2002 - 2006: Banner Project Team (co-chair), Valdosta State University
2002 - present: Student Technology Fee Action Committee (chair), Valdosta State University
2000 - present: Faculty Senate Technology Committee (ex officio), Valdosta State University
2004 - 2005: ID Change Taskforce (co-chair) , Valdosta State University
2003 - 2004: Master Planning Committee, Valdosta State University