Faculty and Staff Directory
Nick Francesco, MS
Adjunct Professor, Manager of Technical Services
Technical Support
Office Hours
By appointment
Biography
Nick has a BA in Theatre Arts from Nazareth College of Rochester. This uniquely qualifies him to be the Systems Administrator for the College of Business. His job is to keep the network up and running. That includes the servers, workstations, lab, and users. Prior to working at the College of Business, Nick worked at ISC doing PC support for the whole campus.
You can also catch Nick via the following media: Sound Bytes weekly radio show Sundays from noon to 1 PM on 1180 WHAM, Ask Nick! (see below), a security related Web site called The Security Tango weekly newspaper column in the Business section of the Sunday D&C, Rochester on Demand on Time Warner cable, and ComputerLink monthly computer magazine column.
Being a complete geek, Nick also has his own domain: http://AskNick.com/
Education
- Masters, Information Technology, RIT, GCCIS, 2011
- B.A., Theatre, Nazareth College of Rochester, 1972
Experience
- Systems Administrator -- RIT College of Business, 1997-Present
- Software Specialist III -- RIT, 1994-1997
- Database
- Database: concepts
- Database: design
- Desktop publishing and multimedia
- Information center training and consulting
- Information management
- Information systems
- Information systems education
- Technology management
Awards
- Communications Achievement Award, Toastmasters, 1996
Publications
Other
- Discipline-based Scholarship, Sole Author, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle -- Computer Q&A, 0
- Discipline-based Scholarship, Sole Author, Computer Link Magazine -- , 0
- Discipline-based Scholarship, Sole Author, -- Nick Knows!, 0
- Discipline-based Scholarship, Sole Author, -- Nick's Tips, 0
- Discipline-based Scholarship, Sole Author, -- Ask Nick!, 0
- Discipline-based Scholarship, Primary Author, -- Sound Bytes, with Dave Enright, Steve Rea, 0
- Discipline-based Scholarship, Primary Author, -- 756-TALK on Computers, with various, 0
- Discipline-based Scholarship, Sole Author, -- Your Computer Guy's FAQs, 0
Unpublished Conference Presentations
- Using Technology in Business Effectively and Sanely, Monthly Meeting, 2008
- Technology in Health Care, 11th Annual Preceptor Education and Recognition Workshop, 2006
- Internet Technologies for Consultants, Rochester Professional Consultants Network Annual Meeting, 2004
- Technology Update for Accountants, NYSSCPA Annual Meeting, 2004
- Consultants and Computer Technology, RPCN Regional Symposium, 2003
- Judge, Multimedia, FLCC Computer Faire, 2003
- Risks and Emerging Technology, FPA Monthly Meeting, 2003
- Guest Speaker - Computer Careers, Career Day, 2003
- Accountants and Technology, FPA Annual Symposium, 2002
- New Technology Overview, RPCN Monthly Meeting, 2002
- Internet Safety and Mentor Involvement, Girl Scouts Mentoring Round Table, 2002
- Child Safety on the Internet, Rochester Mentoring Round Table, 2001
- Security Issues for Planners and Their Staff, Financial Planners Association of New York, 2000
- Y2K, ITEC Rochester, 1999
- Selecting the Best Technology for Your Needs, American Association of University Women, 1999
