FRANK B. WOOD

President/CEO - Principal Program Manager

Frank is a Co-Founder and was elected President / CEO in 2008 for Blue Jay Enterprises, Inc., after being a Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for the first seven years after the business was formed.  He has more than 34 years of IT experience, 25 years in State government IT and 12 years in private sector IT business leadership.  In 2001 he retired from state government after 44 years of service in state government as the Chief Information Officer for the New Mexico Department of Transportation.  During his term as the NMDOT CIO he had responsibility for all IT functions within the DOT, including direct and indirect supervision of 85 IT staff statewide, managing an annual budget of $34M, management of numerous innovative IT initiatives, managing IT procurements, and consolidating various applications, hardware platforms, and network systems into a homogeneous infrastructure.

As the Chief Operating Officer, Frank helped build Blue Jay Enterprises into an award winning New Mexico small It business with revenues of $1M in 2006, representing a growth of 3442% (according to the “Flying 40”). In addition to Blue Jay Enterprises being honored as a Flying 40 award winner, Blue Jay won Outstanding IT achievement awards from the New Mexico Information Technology and Software Association (NMITSA) two consecutive years (2006 and 2007). fwood@e-bluejay.com

THOMAS L. WOOD

Secretary/Treasurer/CTO – Principal Project Manager

Tom Wood is a Co-Founder and was elected Secretary / Treasurer in 2008 for Blue Jay Enterprises, Inc., after being a Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer for the first seven years after the business was formed.  He has a BS degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Eastern New Mexico University.  He has more than 32 years of IT experience, 25 years in state government IT and 10 years in private sector IT business leadership.  In 2000 he retired from state government after 26 years of service as the Engineering Automation Bureau Chief for the New Mexico Department of Transportation.  During his tenure at the NMDOT he brought numerous innovations to the Department including client/server based Computer Aided Design and Drafting, an integration of multiple engineering applications with office automation known as the Total Engineering Workstation that won international notice in transportation engineering, the first fully integrated bidding and bid analysis management system in the US, and many other highly productive systems for New Mexico.

As the Chief Technology Officer, Tom has helped build Blue Jay Enterprises into an award winning New Mexico small IT business with revenues over $1M in 2006, representing a growth of 3442% (according to the “Flying 40”).  Recently Blue Jay Enterprises was honored to win a Flying 40 award as one of the fastest growing IT businesses in New Mexico.  In October, 2006, Blue Jay Enterprises became the first company to win two prestigious awards from the New Mexico Information Technology and Software Association for their work at the Santa Fe Public Schools in IT Infrastructure and IT Support.  twood@e-bluejay.com

KATHERINE U. PORTER

Marketing Manager

Katherine Porter is a graduate of the College of Engineering at UNM with a BS degree in Computer Science and a minor in Business.  She has an MBA from the prestigious School for Professional Studies at Regis University in Denver, Colorado and has graduate level studies in business, electrical engineering and computer science from UNM.  Katherine has wide ranging experience in Information Technology for the past 25 years, including from systems engineering with Honeywell Defense Avionics, software engineer for BDM Corporation, systems consultant with Digital Equipment Corporation, Consultant to healthcare organizations, Vice-President of Marketing for a NM small IT business, and now the Marketing Manager for Blue Jay Enterprises, based out of Phoenix, AZ.   kuporter@e-bluejay.com

FLOYD GONZALES

Telecommunications Specialist

Floyd Gonzales has an Associate Degree in Vocational Education from Eastern New Mexico University.  He has over 8 years of professional IT telecommunications experience, plus 13 years as a teacher of secondary level vocational education and 10 years experience as a director of the General Services Department for Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS).  Floyd recently retired from SFPS as the Telecommunications Director where he had responsibility for all wired and wireless communications systems, physical access security, physical construction data and telephone Quality Assurance, physical WAN facilities telecommunications connectivity, VoIP, physical QMOE carrier connectivity, and other functions.  After retiring from SFPS, Floyd joined the Blue Jay Enterprises team, adding his extensive and unique experience and knowledge to Blue Jay’s IT networking staff already extensive experience in networking.   fgonzales@e-bluejay.com

MONIQUE MARQUEZ

Web Designer/Graphic Artist

Monique Marquez has three years of college education from the University of New Mexico.  She has over 10 years of professional Web Design and Development and Digital Graphic Arts experience. In addition, she has extensive experience in providing documentation and technical writing services on award-winning projects.  Monique has experience in private business as the owner, marketing manager, and computer graphic artist with a company that provided digital conversion services working in multiple media formats.   moniquem@e-bluejay.com

HOWARD A. PAULL

LAN Administrator

Hap has four years of college level education at several prominent universities.  He has over 5 years of experience in Information Technology with several certifications, including MCSE, Excel, Access, SQL, A+, and Adobe Photoshop.  His years of IT experience include database management, PC problem diagnosis, PC Image development, Ghost Imaging, PC Migration, Database Design and Development, Help desk support, PC and Network Support, Technical and User Documentation, and other duties for Blue Jay Enterprises. hap-paull@e-bluejay.com

LINDA L. MILLER

IT Planner and Project Manager

Linda Miller has a BS and MS in Mathematics from New Mexico State University, and has 11 hours in her doctoral program in Mathematics also from NMSU.  She has 22 years of IT experience including New Mexico DOT, BDM Corporation, and the University of New Mexico.  She performed project management, systems analysis, systems design, and system implementation for transportation engineering applications.  At BDM, Linda was a senior software engineer designing and implementing client projects.  She was an Associate Director of IT for the University of New Mexico providing management for technical support, security, computer labs, user documentation and other functions.  She also performed project and program management functions for the Department she headed.  lmiller@e-bluejay.com

FEDERICK "FRED" ELLIS

Network Engineer III

Fred Ellis graduated from the College of Engineering with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from UNM in 1971.  He worked 28 years for the New Mexico Department of Transportation, starting as a systems analyst in the Engineering Computer Unit and retired as the Systems Software Unit Manager.  Fred managed the Engineering Unit with responsibility for engineering systems design on an IBM Mainframe with significant experience in multiple development languages as well as multiple IBM Operating Systems.  Later Fred managed systems software for VAX, Unix, and PC systems, with responsibility for over 2,000 nodes in a statewide network, including systems, network and Internet / Intranet security.

During the past 8 years Fred has worked as a senior consultant / systems architect for several top IT businesses in New Mexico, including his current position as a Network Engineer for Blue Jay Enterprises.  In his capacity as Network Engineer for Blue Jay, he currently is contracted to the Santa Fe Public Schools as the principal systems architect, responsible for managing and maintaining a domain of over 5,000 nodes supporting 15,000 users at 30 sites spread out all over Santa Fe, NM.  He has primary responsibility for the domain including active directory, LDAP, domain security, MS Exchange, CIPA security, primary network routers / switches, firewall and anti-virus appliances, and other systems.  frederickell@e-bluejay.com

PAULA KEMP

PC Technician

Paula Kemp has two years of college at Western Michigan University.  She has 6 years experience with IT systems, including 4 years as the President / CEO of a private company contracted to Los Alamos National Laboratory.  Her last two years of experience have been with Blue Jay Enterprises working specifically on their IT Infrastructure and IT Support award winning projects at Santa Fe Public Schools. 

CODY B. WOOD

PC Technician

Cody Wood has 2 years of business college education at New Mexico State University.  He has 3 years experience with Blue Jay Enterprises performing PC problem diagnosis, PC Domain Migration, PC installations, user support, and other Help Desk functions.

RAQUEL WOOD

PC Technician

Raquel Wood has 1 years of college education at New Mexico State University.  She has 3 years experience with Blue Jay Enterprises performing PC problem diagnosis, PC Domain Migration, PC installations, user support, and other Help Desk functions.