Thomas Zucker-Scharff
Senior Data Analyst
9142751048
4 Harrison Drive, Larchmont, NY
Productivity
Adobe Products
Microsoft Products
Security
Symantec

Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), Symanntec EndPoint Protection Manager (SEPM), Symantec Endpoint Protection for Mobile devices (SEP Mobile)

MalwareBytes

MalwareBytes AntiMalware Pro, MBAE, MalwareBytesAntiRansomWare (MBARW)

Sophos

HitmanPro.Alert, HitmanPro, Sophos

Other

Avast!, Avira, Panda AV, WinPatrol Plus, WinPatrol WAR, RansomFree, Kaspersky Antiransomware Tool for Business, Cryptoprevent, Belarc Security Advisor, EMET, Predator, Heimdal Security products, Faronics Deepfreeze Enterprise

Reference

EndNote (all versions), Zotero, Reference Manager, Mendeley, F1000, etc.

Survey

Surveymonkey, Qualtrics, REDCap, MS Forms

WEB Creation

Ektron CMS, Dreamweaver, CSS, WordPress, Drupal

Remote

TeamViewer, Zoom, Starleaf, Quick Connect, ISL Remote

Automation

AutoHotkey, Powershell

Backup

Paragon Software, Druva inSync, Code42 Crashplan, iDrive, AWS, Autosync, Acronis, Seagate Backup, etc.

Operating Systems

Windows, MACOS, iOS, Android, Linux, UNIX

Virtual Machine Software

Oracle VirtualBox, VMWare Fusion, Hyper-V

Miscellaneous

Windows2USB, Cygwin, Synergy, Ubuntu windows subsystem, WinMerge, FTP software, various utilities, app development (appmachine.org) for iOS and Android

Multi-boot USB software

A Senior IT professional with extensive knowledge of operating systems. Experience working on projects with a wide variety of staff, administrators, grant writers, academics, and other stakeholders; supporting ongoing grant programs.  Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to ongoing challenges.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Senior Data Analyst
Montefiore Einstein Cancer CenterSeptember 1992 - August 2023

The Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) is comprised of member units including research labs, clinical care facilities, clinical caregivers, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and scientific shared facilities. MECCC members number 200+, many of whose staff relied on the Cancer Center for their computing and administrative needs, bringing the numbers served by its single Senior Data Analyst to over 2,500 individuals. A major responsibility was designing and maintaining an historical and up-to-date database used to compile reports for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health, and other reports as needed.

SELECT RESPONSIBILITIES

Training

  • Developed and posted video tutorials for training purposes (Camtasia Studio and Adobe Premier Pro)
  • Wrote and augmented technical documentation required to use equipment and applications, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for reference managing software (EndNote)
  • Created and presented a course on compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy

Data Visualization

  • Created, designed, published, and maintained dashboards in Microsoft Power BI
  • Deployed Power BI dashboard for administrative use for National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); also used at NCI site visit

Databases

  • Managed centralized cumulative/comprehensive database of publications of all Cancer Center Members
  • Created and Maintained Centralized Members Database in MS Access

Backup/Recovery

  • Anticipated, created, and implemented several backup/recovery plans to reduce downtime or loss of data due to network failures, malware issues, etc.
  • Maintained digital memory viability

Grant application databases

  • Used SharePoint to edit and update Grant applications with a bookmarked guideline on what to update for each person

Committees

  • IT Faculty Advisory Technical Subcommittee – Served on Technical Subcommittee and led efforts to establish better communication with University IT and Departmental Based IT (DBIT). Worked closely with CIO to make sure DBIT needs were communicated with University IT officials
  • Steering Committee for Technical Subcommittee of IT Faculty Advisory Committee at Einstein. Worked with CIO to set agenda for all Technical subcommittee meetings.


Previous Experience
Adjunct
Lehman College

Adjunct Professor instructing students in mathematics

  • GED and College level
  • Basic number line mathematics to advanced algebra
  • Teaching determined by student needs
Director of Administrative Computing
Hunter College Campus Schools
  • Coordinated administrative computing
  • Executed and debugged scheduling software to meet the needs of the staff and the students
  • Special attention to ongoing educational scheduling criteria dictated by the faculty and the administration
Computer Based Management
Boston Public Schools

Worked extensively starting the School-Based Management (SBM) program which was aimed at empowering each school administrator by distributing computer hardware and software.

Community Service
Citizen Scientist and Tour Guide
New York Botanical Garden2008 to present

Participating in the Citizen Scientist Program, which is part of the National Phenology Program, we study and record the impact of climate change on the forest. Trained and served as NYBG Tour Guide.

Page Editor, Solution Guide and “Expert”
Experts Exchange11/2019 to present

Experts Exchange is an online collaborative community of technology professionals, which facilitates collaboration, learning, and problem solving through conversations and content in more than 230 technology topics.

Larchmont Temple
Larchmont, NY
  • Ritual Committee
  • Brotherhood Board
  • Executive Board of the Brotherhood (VP of Membership)

Formerly

  • Webmaster - Created, maintained, trained users and updated website
  • Youth Board, President
  • Executive Board
  • Chair of Temple Nominating Committee
Select Seminars

New York City Cybersecurity Skills Summit; Using Scenario Building and Simulation Technologies for Educating Next Generation Homeland Security and Cyber Security Professionals; Annual New York State Cybersecurity Conference (20th, 21st, 22nd); IT Roadmap New York; Science DMZ, perfSONAR & Software Defined Networking Workshop; Business Email Compromise (BEC) Workshop (MS- ISAC, NH-ISAC, FBI, CIA, Symantec, etc); NYSERNet 2017 (speaker), 2018, 2019 (Steering Committee); EduCon365 (D.C.) - 2023

Professional Memberships

Association for Computing Machinery – New York Metro Chapter (formerly - Association of Information Technology Professionals - Long Island/Manhattan Chapter)

CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft Data Analyst in Power BI; ITIL Service Manager Foundation v3; IT Security Concepts: Core; Lean Six Sigma White belt

Select Courses Taught

“How to Prepare for and Navigate a Ransomware Attack,” “Using NCBI and MyBibliography to comply with the National Institutes of Health Public Access (NIHPA) Policy,” “Linking your MyNCBI account to your eRA Commons Account,” “Assigning a Delegate in MyNCBI”

Education
Bachelors of Science
Northeastern University (Boston-Bouvé College)1980-1985

Elementary Education / Computer Science (created computer science minor for Education majors)