Blare Johnson

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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/blare johnson/56/9b2/361

Westwood College Information Technology student with a background in Marketing,

Project Management and Real Estate Investing seeking to utilize years of IT and Customer

Service experience.

Education

Westwood College – Chicago, IL, Degree expected 3/14

B.S. in Information and Network Technologies, Major in CISCO Network Management GPA:

3.2/4.0

Prairie State College – Chicago, IL, PASS

Real Estate Transactions and Mortgage Loan Origination, For Certification Tests

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign – Champaign, IL (2000 – 2002)

Liberal Arts, Major in Aviation

Rich South High School – Richton Park, IL, H.S. Diploma (May 2000)

Technology Summary

IP Networking Switching Routing, WAN/LAN configuration, Wireless (SSH, Telnet)

Cisco:

Directory File Structure, Permission set, Text Editor (OS and Server

Linux:

Administration)

Switches, Routers, Desktop and Laptop (Build, Configure and Troubleshoot)

Hardware:

MS Visio, MS Office, Excel, VMware, OS installation and configure (Windows and

Software:

Server:

Linux)

Groups, Active Directory Services, DNS, DHCP (SUSE Linux, Microsoft Server

2008)

Employment

Peak Systems Inc., Chicago, IL, IT Consultant / Technician, (3/2014 – Present)

• Respond to Tickets and large level deployments.

The Michael Alan Group / Intel Experience, TechXpert /BA Chicago, IL, (11/2013 – 1/2014)

• Independently handle all IT projects and report to manager.

• Greet and gain good rapport with all customers.

Chicago Metro Suburban Taxi, Chicago, IL, Part Time, Taxicab Driver, (9/2013 – 11/2013)

• Service clients from dispatch and my own personal clients through the surrounding suburbs.

B.A. Security, Chicago, IL, Part Time, Security Guard, (7/2013 – 3/2014)

Secure my designated area and surrounding equipment while staying alert for 12+

hour shifts.

Independent Consultant (Information Services), (10/2009 – Present)

Desktop and Laptop Repair, Home and small business network setup and

maintenance.

Planet Honda, Matteson, IL, Car Salesman, (6/2007 to 9/2008)

Maintaining a professional customer service based demeanor during 12 plus hour

work days.

Real Estate Investor, Chicago and South Suburbs, IL, Property Locator, (8/2005 to 7/2007)

Location and inspection of foreclosed and bank owned investment properties.

Utilizing Real Estate, Loan Origination and Real Estate Investment knowledge to maximize

profits.

US Army Reserves, Darien, IL, 44B / Metal Worker (Welder), (9/2003 – 7/2005)

Pushing myself past the mental and physical breaking point while keeping my team intact.

Sam’s Club, Matteson, IL / Champaign, IL, Cashier, (3/2000 – 2/2003)

Handle large sums of money.

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