Jon Diercks, IT Consultant
I provide professional Information Technology Consulting
services in a variety of areas. With more than 20 years of
experience supporting successful organizations including
software companies, colleges and universities, accounting firms,
churches and more,
I offer a breadth and depth of skills that will make a positive
impact on any IT project.
My rates are reasonable and flexible based on the type of work requested.
I am currently based in Novato (Marin County) California, and available
for remote/telecommute projects or on-site at your location.
Call or email me for a free quote or preliminary consultation.
services -- some examples of services I can provide:
system administration -- supporting your servers, desktops, laptops, network infrastructure and more, remotely and/or onsite
website management -- configuring your web server software, optimizing site structure, managing content and enhancing functionality
internet telephony -- helping you choose and deploy the right VoIP solution, customizing it to your needs
application analysis -- reviewing your technology tools and processes, finding ways to improve effectiveness
data recovery/conversion -- drilling down through legacy or damaged data to extract and preserve its value
process automation -- streamlining your most tedious and labor-intensive procedures by providing scripts and tools to do the repetitive work for you
problem diagnosis -- tracking down the sources of misbehavior in your systems
performance optimization -- finding the bottlenecks in your hardware and software, tuning your systems for maximum efficiency
training/documentation -- producing professional user guides and tutorials for your system or product, including screencast videos with voiceovers and background music
buzzwords --
platforms, protocols, operating systems, languages,
tools, applications, utilities, technologies, etc.,
that I know/use/like.
Adager
- Apache
- AutoIt3
- awk
- Backup+/iX
- BIND
- boxbackup
- C
- CamStudio
- Camtasia
- CCH ProSystem fx
- ChurchCommunityBuilder (CCB)
- Colleague
- CommuniGatePro
- CSS
- Datatel
- dd
- DNS
- Drobo
- duplicity
- EncFS
- Firefox
- FreeBSD
- GNU MailMan
- grml
- HP Image/SQL
- HP3000
- HPBasic
- HTBasic
- HTML
- Java
- Knoppix
- Linux
- Logical Interchange Format (LIF)
- Macintosh
- MIDI
- MPE/iX
- mpe/ix system administration handbook
- MySQL
- nmap
- Opera Web Browser
- ORBiT Software
- OS X
- Oswego Software
- partimage
- Perl
- PHP
- PoE
- PuTTY
- Query/iX
- Samba
- sendmail
- SMTP
- Software Research Northwest (SRN) IRIS
- Speedware
- SSH
- SunGard Bi-tech (SBI) IFAS
- Suprtool
- SysPrep
- SystemRescueCD
- TCP/IP
- Thunderbird
- TiddlyWiki
- TikiWiki
- Tudumo
- ubuntu
- Unidata
- USB
- VoIP
- Windows
- XML
"Jon is our guy for any Web and IT needs. He's brilliant, experienced, and creative. Plus, he thoroughly understands the church world and its unique needs!"
"Jon's analytic skills are some of the best I've seen. ... invaluable in strategic planning ... able to grasp problems and business processes quickly and translate them into solutions."
--Marvin G. Dunn, CIO
California College of the Arts
"Jon is a unique and talented individual ... He is more than capable of undertaking the most difficult of projects."
--Mark Klein
Vice President, Technology
ORBiT Software, Inc.