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Canyon College

Marvin Tanner, MPA, BA
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Biographical Information

Qualifications Summary:

Twenty years of telecommunications management experience in hardware and software development. Over ten years teaching experience in teaching business and technology classes at the University of California Extension, San Francisco State College, California Community Colleges, and the University of Phoenix.

Professional Experience:

Silicon Networks Corporation	Telecommunication Engineer
(www.siliconnetworks.us)	2001-Present

Install and configure diverse Wide Area Network solutions using Cisco, Asante, and Netopia router products. Extensive IP configuration experience. Level II technical support experience, end user and Interconnect trouble shooting experience.

University of Phoenix	Professor of Business
Online Everywhere	2002-Present (Evenings)

Teaching eBusiness, operating system, and Telecommunication classes. I have facilated Introduction to Operating Systems, Unix, Windows Networking, eBusiness, and Telecommunication classes for ground classes, on the online Flexnet classes. Also certified to teach geology, geography, political science, and public administration.

Network Data Solutions Corporation	Network Engineer
Hayward, California	1996-2001

Building multiplatform accounting solutions for the Unix, Windows, and NetWare platforms. Extensive professional experience in the installation, configuration, and management of local area networks. Between 1998-2001, Web Administrator, building customer websites, managing the web servers, Cisco Routers, and MS SQL databases.

Network Data Solutions	NetWare Engineer
Hayward, California

Design, implementation, and management of Novell NetWare local area networks for a large number of clients in Northern California. Extensive experience with NetWare 3.12, 4.x, and 5.x. Professional training included the CNE training program and the CNI program.

Educational Experience:

Extensive training from IBM Education on AS/400, AIX, and Web Administration. Microsoft Training includes: Windows Server Products, Service and Support, TCP/IP for Windows, Windows 2000 Server, and SQL 2000 products.

San Francisco State University, 1998, Master of Public Administration. B.A., Political Science, 1986 and B.A. Special Major: Information Systems.

Publication Experience:

Co-Author, Using Unix, Second Edition, Que Press (1993).