Suzanne Halstead Hoffmann, President


Suzy worked as an IT director for 13 years. She is an experienced supervisor, conference speaker, software trainer, network and systems administrator, and teacher.

Presentations, Conferences, & Professional Development

  • NECC 2010 Colorado, CO – Poster Session – “Integrated Web Tools for School Communications”
  • NECC 2008 San Antonio, TX – Poster Session – “Cheap and Easy Web Tools for School Communications”
  • Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools – April 6 – 9, 2008 – Accreditation Team
  • Internet Librarian 2007 Conference Monterrey, CA – Web Design, Enterprise Issues, and School Library sessions
  • NECC 2006 San Diego, CA – Presentation “Girls with Toys: Keeping High School girls interested in Technology”
  • 37th Catalyst Institute (Spring 2006) – New Mexico Literacy Project, Albuquerque Academy,Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Blackboard Conference 2004 Phoenix, AZ – Online Course Building Sessions
  • NECC 2003 – Seattle, WA – Session Presentation “Encouraging And Keeping Female Students Interested In Technology”; Poster Session – “Using Appliance Products To Reduce Technology Support Costs In Schools”
  • Grace Hooper Conference 2002 – Vancouver, BC – Association of Computing Machinery
  • Committee on Women in Computing – High School Project Leader – Sanford School First Incorporated High School Chapter
  • Pan American Summer Technology Institute 2002 – Mt. Royal College, Calgary, Alberta – On-line course delivery training institute.
  • SchoolTech/June 2001 – The Hill School, Pottstown, PA – MS Certification Prep Program for Implementing MS Windows 2000 Professional & Server (21528C) & colloquia for School Network Administrators
  • WatchGuard Technologies Seattle 2001 – Live Security Training Course
  • NECC Chicago 2001 – Poster Presentation: Thin Clients Versus Network PCs in a k-12 School
  • NCSS Orlando 99 – Research and the Computer: Making Our Common History More Accessible – Hands-on presentation with student presenters
  • ICTE Edinburgh 99 – Digital Photography and Multimedia Presentations In Elementary
  • ICTE Tampa 99 – Paper Presented: Re-Engineering A School Network
  • ICTE Santa FE 98 – Paper Presented: Intranet, Internet, and Multimedia In An Elementary Curriculum

Experience:

• IT Dept. Head – 12 yrs.
• Systems Administrator – 12 yrs.
• Network Administrator – 6 yrs.
• Teaching K-12 Experience – 7 yrs.
• Professional Development Training – 14 yrs.
• Supervisory Experience – 12 yrs.
• Experienced Conference Speaker and Presenter
• Administrator and Trainer – Branded Google Apps for Ed
• Past ACM-W Project Leader
• Supervised Technology Infrastructure for New Building Construction

Education

McGill University, Montreal, Que. B.Sc. 1976

University of Delaware, Newark, DE M.A.L.S. 1995 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society