Charles “Ray” Esparza

CISSP, SANS GSEC Certified, MCSE Win2K/NT4, MCSA W2K3,MCP + I, CNE, Linux+, A+, Security +

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A brief autobiography:

Ray Esparza has been full time CIS Faculty since Fall of 1995. Ray has lived in the valley since retiring from the U.S. Army in 1990 and has held various networking positions at the State of Arizona, the Resolution Trust Company, and the city of Scottsdale. Ray is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He is also a Certified Netware Engineer for Netware 3.12 and Netware 4.1. He is also a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) for Windows NT/2000, Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA) for Windows 2003, and a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) + Internet. He is also a former Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Ray has also completed the certification exams for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), the COMPTIA Linux+, A+ and Security+ Certifications and SANS GSEC security.

Ray was raised in Phoenix and is a graduate of Maryvale High School. Other schooling includes an Associates degree from Cochise College in Electronics Technology, Sierra Vista, Arizona; a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems from Troy University in Troy, Alabama; and a Master's degree in Information Systems from Roosevelt University at their Hawaii campus.

Office location is Glendale Community College, Faculty building 01, office number 124.

Contact by calling 623-845-3237 or through email (see bottom of page).

Glendale Community College Course Information

Ray facilitates the following courses:

· MST140 Microsoft Networking Essentials *

· MST150XP Windows XP Professional *

· MST152 Windows 2003 Server *

· MST155 Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure Administration *

· MST157 Windows 2003 Active Directory Services *

· MST259 Designing Windows 2003 Network Security *

· CIS105 Survey Of Computer Information Systems

· CIS122AA Digital VMS (VAX) Operating System

· CIS126DA Unix Operating System (replaces CIS122AC and CIS223)

o Which includes CIS126AA, CIS126BA, and CIS126CA)

· CIS126DL Linux Operating System

· CIS238 UNIX System Administration (featuring Red Hat Linux Fedora Core 5)

· CIS238DL Linux System Administration also featuring Fedora Core 4.

· CIS270 Essentials of Network and Information Security

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