My Resume

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Education:

Resume

Western Governors University 

2014-2015		Information Technology - Networking (Bachelors of Science Degree - In progress)		Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Franklin University 

2011-2012		Completed 14 Credits									Columbus, OH, USA

Rhodes State College 

2007-2008		Network Security (Associate's Degree - Applied Science)					Lima, OH, USA
2003-2007		Computer Networking (Associate's Degree - Applied Science)				Lima, OH, USA
2003-2007		Computer/Web Programming/ (Associate's Degree - Applied Science)			Lima, OH, USA

Key Courses: 

2014-2014		Influence Without Authority								Chicago, IL, USA
2012-2012		Project Management Training, AkzoNobel							Chicago, IL, USA
2012-2012		IM Core Skills Training, AkzoNobel							Cleveland, OH, USA
2007-2007		Systems Analysis & Design, Rhodes State College						Lima, OH, USA
2003-2007		Cisco Networking Academy, Rhodes State College						Lima, OH, USA

Professional Experience: 

1-1-15-present		Infrastructure Specialist - Americas Region, North Cluster				Bridgewater, NJ, USA

Employer: AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry, LLC

Responsibilities: same as "Local IT infrastructure Coordinator" except less focused on site-specific support tasks and more focus on regional-level support on my key subject matter areas (Active Directory, Networking, Voice Over IP).

Achievements: To be determined...

Skills: Project management, problem solving\team building, advanced technical troubleshooting, business communication, managing expectations, time management, contingency planning. 

Recent-1-1-15		Local IT infrastructure Coordinator							Bridgewater, NJ, USA

Employer: AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry, LLC

Responsibilities: The same as "Site Systems Specialist", with added responsibilites for Americas regional-level projects for our business area (as opposed to one division).

Achievements: Domain Consolidation project, Domain cleanup project, Multi-site VOIP cluster implementation, several site network overhauls, etc.

Skills: Project management, problem solving\team building, advanced technical troubleshooting, business communication, managing expectations, time management, contingency planning. 

4-19-09-Present		Site Systems Specialist									Bridgewater, NJ, USA

Employer: AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry, LLC

Responsibilities: Manage all aspects of the AkzoNobel corporate IT environment at the Bridgewater, NJ site, consisting of approximately one hundred Unity workstations\users, twenty lab workstations, and an advanced network infrastructure. Provide extensive end user support and assistance in the Unity managed workplace and laboratory environments. Backup BU Security Officer and backup BU Managed Workplace Representative for SC. Primary support and server administrator for the global Enginuity research application environment for Surface Chemistry Personal Care R&D. Support coordinator for Bridgewater telephony\voice environment. Secondary support contact for Croton River Center and Ossining, NY, and tertiary support for Chattanooga, TN, and Salisbury, NC.

Achievements: Migration of majority of Bridgewater site infrastructure from AMERDM domain to D30 as part of a combined Active Directory Consolidation\Windows 7\PC Refresh project (In progress, 95%,complete; scheduled to complete Jan 2013). Managed the project for implementing AkzoNobel IT infrastructure standards including: Unity, WAN\LAN, etc. for newly acquired Ossining, NY bio-research facility. Worked with Desktop Management Team to create a guideline\framework for LAN-based Windows 7 Lab PC images, and implemented several examples into production labs at Bridgewater. Significant upgrades to existing IT network infrastructure, including new CAT6 wiring, WAN upgrades, MDF upgrades, and "Telepresence light" installation. Conversion of the local site managed workplace environment from IBM\ICI Clarity Environment to AkzoNobel\HP Project Unity Environment. Pilot site for North America for Project Unity. Migration of Bridgewater users' default mail environment from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange.

Skills: Project management, problem solving\team building, advanced technical troubleshooting, business communication, managing expectations, time management, contingency planning. 

5-25-06-01-23-09	Information Services Technician 							Lima, OH, USA

Employer: Fort Amanda Specialties (a joint venture of AkzoNobel and BASF)

Responsibilities: Performed administrative and support tasks on a business network of approximately seventy computers, ninety users and twenty printers, as well as an industrial process network of approximately twenty computers. Performed troubleshooting and upgrades on computers/network equipment. Provided extensive end user training and assistance in Xpress operating environment.

Achievements: Implemented and managed a help desk system for all Information Services support-related tasks. Performed daily administration of the system, including prioritizing/opening/closing/deleting tickets, creating useful SQL reports of the information, etc. Performed or assisted with upgrades to the site network infrastructure. Replaced network switches, configured network equipment, Industrial Defender firewall implementation between administrative network and process network, and upgrades to cabling. Updated the Information Services Disaster Recovery plan. Numerous procedures were rewritten, added, removed, etc. New emergency repair discs and backup images were created, and outdated copies were destroyed. Set up and administered application and database servers to house network-based applications crucial to site personnel, including: training management, ISO document control, Helpdesk, and license management.

Skills: Troubleshooting, time management, user relations, critical thinking.

Capstone\Internships: 

2006-2008		Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition  - Rhodes State College				Lima, Ohio, USA

Competed on an extra-curricular team of my peers designed to test proficiency and knowledge in cyber defense. Program consists of real-world security experts breaking into predesigned networks which collegiate students must harden and defend. Team member three separate years. Third year I was captain, and we advanced to the regional competition. 

2007-2007		Ottawa Glandorf School District								Ottawa, Ohio, USA

Worked with a team of my peers to apply academic knowledge of computer/networking technology. Documented current network addressing scheme, installed network-based printers, configured wireless access points, installed Microsoft & Apple operating systems, and troubleshot computer/network issues. 

2005-2005 		Rhodes State College									Lima, Ohio, USA
Created a large information system that simulated a supply chain of a business. The project incorporated elements of programming, design and documentation. This system consisted of many programs which were executed from one menu. The programs utilized sequential and indexed files, and used both batch and interactive processing. The entire project was done using the COBOL programming language.