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Henry Sands
Location: Los Angeles, CA United States
Joined: Dec 8th, 2008

About (request update)

Trial lawyer in Los Angeles for 32 years. Now computer network administrator. I am now on the trail of the cause of Black families earning half what white families earn, are still unemployed at twice the rate and for three times as long.

My Interview Question

Black families earn half what white families earn. Wanna do something about that?

Current Whereabouts:

See: www.newblackdirection.org. We are about to kick some serious socio/economic butt.

Life & Professional Aspirations:

To eliminate the economic disparity that exists between Black and white families in america.

Website:

http://www.newblackdirection.org

Education (request update)

Morgan State University class of 1959

Undergrad Major: Psychology

Campus Organization:

Omega Psi Phi

Claim To Fame:

www.newblackdirection.org

Most Memorable Moment:

Entering college

Experience

I currently work with Workplace Vet as
I have 32 years of experience working in the Legal industry.

Network Administration | Northrup Grumman
From October 2007 to April 2008 • 1 year(s)
Led major upgrade project involving over 2,000 PCs, handling hardware and OS upgrades, file migration, and software updates using Altiris tools.

Network/Application Support Analyst | Farmers Insurance
From April 2005 to October 2007 • 2 year(s)
Provided application support for proprietary mainframe applications and desktop support including Active Directory administration.

Network/Application Support Analyst | 20th Century Fox Studios
From September 2003 to February 2005 • 2 year(s)
General network admin position including AD account creation, password resets, troubleshooting OS issues and printing failures.

Help Desk Analyst | Toyota Corporation
From January 2002 to May 2003 • 1 year(s)
Provided IT triage and telephonic resolution, created tickets in REMEDY system and monitored progress through appropriate departments.

Network Admin/Help Desk | Teledyne Controls, Inc.
From April 2001 to January 2002 • 1 year(s)
Tier 2-3 troubleshooting, network security monitoring, server migration from 2000 to Server 2003, and remote software installation.

LAN Administration/Project Lead | Washington Mutual Financial Services
From January 1999 to December 2001 • 2 year(s)
Project lead for 65,000+ user network, handled network administrative tasks and help desk for mixed Microsoft, Mainframe and Novell environment.

Teacher, Geosciences | Los Angeles Unified School District
From December 1996 to June 1997 • 1 year(s)
Taught geosciences at Bethune Middle School.

Activity

Why Black families earn half what white families do and what we can do about it.

Why Black families earn half what white families do, and what to do about it? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After all these years, and accord ...more
Posted by Henry Sands on January 21st, 2009 • 384 Views