Jeffrey Kingsley:
CLASS OF 1974
Watertown High SchoolClass of 1974
Watertown, NY
North Junior High SchoolClass of 1971
Watertown, NY
Jeffrey's Story
I joined the Navy right after school, and went into electronics. I repaired radars, communications, and test equipment, and served on three ships. I left the Navy as an ET1 and I went back home for a couple of years, and then went to Philly to work for a long distance company. From there I went to the Military Academy at West Point and build the first Cadet Barracks Local Area Network (computer network) in 1986. I stayed there for 5 years expanding and supporting it. I really enjoyed working at West Point.
I went to New York to work for a large law firm where I built their national and global networks. I met my future wife while installing the network in Boston. I designed the computer rooms, sized the power requirements and installed the UPS, managed the cabling contracts and vendors, built the computer rooms, and installed all of the network equipment.
I took a job with Fidelity Investments in Boston in 1995 so I could be with my future wife, Gail. I work ther...Expand for more
e for the next 13+ years in various positions, all of them in Networking. I started out as a Network Analyst where I conceived and developed the Application Profiling Program, and created the first IP address administration help desk. I well into Engineering and managed the proof of concept lab. I developed and managed the Technology Certification Program for Telecommunications, which supported 45,000 users. I then designed and implemented networks for a few years, and then worked in DNS engineering untill the end of 2008. I got RIF'd.
I finally landed back in IT winstalling equipment, and performing upgrades, at State Street Bank. From there I landed a position with Ameriprise Financial directly supporting their Asset Management business< Columbia Management Group. I am an Operations Engineer and I support all of their incident and change management.
I live just outside of Boston in Revere with my family: wife Gail, daughter Jennifer, and grandaughter Elizabeth.
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