Technology Solutions
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We listen. From years of working to understand the needs and business goals of our clients, our philosophy has evolved into one of partnerships rather than just vendor or customer relationships.
Rich is co-owner and Chief Executive Officer for Dot Command Center. Rich brings over 30 years of technology and business experience to DCC. As a lifelong entrepeneur, he has enjoyed successful careers in both the music industry and commercial real estate, before focusing his complete efforts on technology. Before Dot Command Center, Rich was co-owner and Chief Financial Officer for Future Protocol, Inc., a fast growing technology service company in Austin, Texas.
Rich currently oversees and manages all aspects of Dot Command Center. His focus and expertise is infrastructure design and deployment. He enjoys the long term relationships he has established with clients, and is constantly working with them to improve efficiency and maximize value of their technology.
His goals for the company are simple. Do not grow too fast and provide a high level of service to every client. Strive to be educated and trained in the latest technologies but never in a rush to deploy them to the client without rhyme or reason.
When he is not working, Rich enjoys a quality glass of Vino, water volleyball, and most importantly, time with his wife Vickie, children Jon, Alexia, and Jack, as well as his dearest friends.
Matt Farmer is Chief Technology Officer for Dot Command Center. Matt has over 15 years of IT experience ranging from networking and systems administration to large scale ERP implementations.
He provides technical architecture for internal and client facing needs.
For the past 10 years, he has focused on delivering large scale SAP implementations for clients in the Utilities, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Railway, and Life Sciences.
Prior to working with SAP, Matt provided support for top tier Internet and Data Center service provider.
Matt lives in the Texas Hill Country with his wife and three children. He enjoys spending time on the lake, shooting photography, and spending time with his family.
Vickie Paynter Finney is co-owner and Chief Development Officer for Dot Command Center. With over 14 years in the technology business, Vickie has served as senior web developer at drkoop.com (Austin, Texas), to web department manager with Future Protocol, Inc. (Austin, Texas), and currently runs the web division of Dot Command Center, Inc. with her partner and husband, Rich Finney.
Vickie is the authority for the design, development and deployment of website applications and oversees a professional staff who design websites utilizing .NET, SQL Server, JQuery, Photoshop, ASP and PHP, with start-to-finish website expertise. Vickie has an innate ability to listen to the client’s needs and translate those needs into technical functionality in a very efficient manner; she is very pleased to maintain continuous and long-term relationships with clients on web projects and initiatives to meet their evolving business goals.
Vickie also designed and built the three “software as a service” (SaaS) products that Dot Command Center utilizes for hosted clients including Web Builder, Dot Command, and Web Builder Plus.
After receiving her BBA from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was the MVP of the 1993 National Championship Women's tennis team, she went on to become a successful professional tennis player holding a world ranking as high as 103. Vickie was recently honored by her high school and inducted into the Morris Hills Regional School District Hall of Fame for tennis, and served as past board member of the Texas Tennis and Education Foundation.
Nick Hile joined Dot Command Center as an Intern Technician with accreditation in Computer Network and Systems Administration and Network Security Technology. Currently Nick is pursuing a Bachelor degree in Administrative Technology with a major focus in Computer Systems Administration Technology at the University of Texas in Brownsville.
Nick’s interest and expertise in information technology systems include MS Server 2003/2008 management, Backup Exec, Security assessment for MS Server 2008, HTML & PHP, PC repair, Cisco Router, Firewall and Switch configuration.
While working as a contractor in Brownsville, Texas for Sabal Technologies, south Texas’ premier IT services, Nick identified web, network and data solutions for the company, and honed his skills in multi-level networking, internet security and personal computer repair.
Nick enjoys the good life from Oak Hill, Texas.
Mandie is the newest addition to Dot Command Center; a recent graduate from Texas State University she holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology minoring in biology. Dissatisfied with simply working on organic neural networks she is pursuing networking on a technological level to bring the future of society towards a more harmonious union. She has experience managing small business operations and industrial based psychology skills which she hopes to parlay in the advancement of Dot Command Center relations. She currently acts as business development associate with aspirations to bring Dot Command Center’s networking concierge service to the public –a business is only as good as its partnerships. A Texas girl at heart, she exemplifies southern hospitality with warmth, wit and strength. She claims, “These skills are a necessary asset when you’re running wires around a person’s head,” as she learned when conducting EEGs in a neuro-lab. She is currently VSP certified by VMware.
Mandie is a lifetime honor member of the International Psi Chi Psychology Fraternity. She supports the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) foundation by participating in their annual fundraising walks and Riders for Readers by assisting at their equestrian shows in the spring. She feels the advancement of knowledge and information is integral for any organization in this age.