Scott R. Ellis

Since 1988 Mr. Ellis has provided business technology consulting for hundreds of corporate clients. He has interacted with thousands of computer users in his career, from dealing with users of the Extended Minuteman Data Analysis System in the Air Force in the late 80's to working for several years in a computer laboratory during college, to current work providing PC and software and security support to Chicago Area clients, his experience with users and user habits and software is extremely diverse and extensive. In his career he has worked on over 500 web site, software, design and database projects with technologies that include network architecture, hardware, software systems, ERP solutions, data warehousing, back office sales and integration, access control, participant tracking, and custom solution development. This includes management and development of training, software, network architecture, software design, hardware support, and web design on contracts for clients such as the Cook County Sheriff's department, the University of Illinois at Chicago, for the City of Chicago Personnel Department, for Litton Tasc, Art.com, Medicare Facts, the US Army, The US Department of Commerce, The US Judiciary Branch Administrative Offices, Advocate Health, National PTA, School district 135, the 11th and 19th Wards, Great Lakes Dredge, multiple law firms, manufacturing and commerce businesses. His security work is extensive and includes implementing network monitoring tools, employee acceptable use monitoring, firewall implementation, protocol filtering, mail filtering, mail server setup, internet distribution, and spyware countermeasures. It culminated in the writing of a book with John Vacca about firewalls.

Scott's background includes a blend of professional civilian, military, and university experience with focuses in science, art, and technology, a formal education in Physics, self education pursuits in new and emerging technologies, course work in management, software usability, requirements training with the Project Management Institute, MCSE .NET certification, work in cutting edge solid sate Physics research, and years of hands-on PC coordination experience working with thousands of end users. His work also includes multimedia work with the U.S. Air Force, web development projects for the US Army, technical work on missile facilities systems and C-130 aircraft. His current focus includes business technology consulting and development for law firms, travel destinations, and agencies such as the Cook County Sheriff's Office and software contact management software for several Chicago Wards.

Mr. Ellis has pursued a career path that integrates many facets of professional business technology approaches. From PC and network security, to PC architecture, to document management and billing and accounting integration with electronic business systems and integration, to forensic investigative work, Mr. Ellis' clients have included financial managers, attorneys in various practice areas, education, manufacturing, on-line stores such as Art.com, advertising, travel destinations, a Christian mission, and the U.S. Government. He has either taught or privately trained for organizations such as Great Lake Dredging, the Administrative Offices of the Judiciary Branch, the Commerce Department, the State of Illinois Comptroller, an Arizona Dude Ranch, and various law firms.

Scott's publications include two Association Forum articles on web usability and working-from-home virtual private network (VPN) technology, an article on Web Based Training in Systems Administrators Magazine, Auerbach, June 2001, "Designing Web Based Training (WBT) Logic: Building the Cornerstone Functions: A Development Study" and a book, "Firewalls: a Jumpstart for Systems and Network Administrators" Elsevier press, December 2004, which he coauthored with John Vacca of NASA repute. Coming in December of 2006 is a business oriented security book detailing how to prevent, recover from, and discover spyware infestations (untitled) from Auerbach Press.

He was educated in physics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and in military technology at various Air Force military technical and leadership schools. Independent course work has included project management, software development, software languages such as SQL and ColdFusion and ASP. Scott has been trained in and develops custom business solutions in .NET and has received an MCSE .NET certification. His most recent coursework in June includes a class in Worldox document management software administration. Scott has over 130 combined accredited college course hours from UIC towards a BS in Physics and the College of the Air Force.