Tim Oppenheim
Standard Geek

Head Start

For my daily bread, I am Information Technology Manager for CDI Head Start serving Northeast Arkansas. Head Start is one of the few remaining Great Society programs. We serve over 1000 preschool children in 9 counties.
My work here consists of moving our program forward through the technology adoption curve. I have a lot of stories about things tested and tried.
Open source Asterisk has blown the incumbent phone systems a curve and a half. Imagine the cost of your telephone system and service cost plummeting to fractions of what they were before. I have a several installations under my belt, but in this very fast pace field things are moving at light speed. Ask me how I can build a system for you for a tiny fraction of what you would pay for proprietary systems.
I am an unapologetic Google Fanboy. The integration of Gmail with their other Cloud Applications is a no hands down winner for any workgroup bigger than 3.. Here is a press piece from Google that I had a part in, but it's old news now. Ask me how to set this up for your business and organization
This organization is cultivating the Geek Culture here in Northeast Arkansas. Meetings are usually a couple times a month on a variety of topics. This is a great group and I am a founding member.
In my search to do be the Jack of All Trades I do dabble in Video Production. You can spot my work weekly on the First United Methodist Church broadcast shown on local channel 15 on Wednesday nights. I have great fun with this. for a small production we use some great tools. I use video in both work and play so check it out.

Gastronomy

Cooking and catering are some of my other life passions. In my younger days I held management positions in a number of restaurants and private clubs. My taste lean toward European and I am occasionally available for interesting jobs in this arena. I have had a weird longing to get back in the thick of things. I, sometimes regrettably, think Chris KImball is a genius.


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