Biography

Jorge Gardos, President

Jorge Gardos (CTT+, Linux+, LCI) is a consultant, system integrator, instructor and lecturer, traveling extensively in the United States and overseas. He has been specializing in UNIX, Linux, LAN and TCP/IP technologies for over twenty years. His projects include:

• currently serving as Subject Matter Expert to CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association),
• Technical Editor/Contributor for Security+, a network security training guide published by Course Technology and endorsed by CompTIA,
• UNIX system consultant on a five-year UNIX support contract with the US Army;
• the conversion of a complete library of documents for the Social Security Administration;
• the design and implementation of a national XENIX/UNIX system for Matsushita Corporation;
• a multi-class training contract with Westinghouse Corporation
• the establishment of a Remote LAN Management Project for the New York City Board of Education Technical Directors; and
• research and writing contributions to Direct Connections, a book on computer communications by A. Emmett and D. Gabel (New American Library, 1986).

As an educator, Mr. Gardos taught at Boston University, Brown University, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, Clark University, and Roger Williams University. He has trained MIS personnel, both corporate and government, in the fields of network design, system administration, web administration and security. Additionally, Mr. Gardos presented workshops on UNIX and LAN integration at the Network Professional Association’s National Technical Conference.

Mr. Gardos has been a beta-tester for Sun Microsystems, Novell, Adaptec and American Power Conversion.