James Trussell
Ashland, VA 23005
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OBJECTIVE
Systems Engineer / Administrative support position with growth-oriented company offering opportunity for advancement
and professional development.
SUMMARY
Extensive background in the computer information technology industry. Over 21 years’ experience in IT support. Previous
experience includes in-house and on-site technical support, Systems and network design / migrations / upgrades / installs
and management of project rollouts. Contracted to such clients as OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, PHILIP
MORRIS, VIRGINIA POWER, FEDERAL RESERVE, RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TRIGON / ANTHEM, ETHYL
CORPORATION, CADMUS CORPORATION, ALSTOM POWER INC. and various other firms for desktop, server, printing,
and networking support. Conduct strong customer relationship skills. Fluent in most major software titles. Excellent
mechanical and troubleshooting abilities.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
CompTIA A+
CompTIA Network +
Compaq
IBM
Dell
Hewlett Packard
Apple / Macintosh
Have completed various Microsoft training courses over the years
QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of and experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting the following operating systems, services, and
protocols:
Windows 3.0 through Windows 7 32b/64b Professional
Windows NT Server through MS 2008 server
Apple / Macintosh System 6.x, 7.x, 8.x through OSX
MS Exchange server 03 through 07
MS SMS / WSUS / SCCM
Software and Systems Auditing
VeriSign / https - ssl
MS Terminal Services
VPN setup / management
F5 BIG IP
Nortel contivity
Router, Hub,Switch configuring and Patch Bay wiring / rewiring
Rack Server design and construction
Help Desk support
WORK HISTORY
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Richmond, Virginia
SYSTEMS ENGINEER, 2003 – 2012
Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the current infrastructure / hardware of the office consisting of
500+ users/nodes including their regional offices. Duties included but not limited to: Setup, design, maintaining,
administrating and repair on all workstations, servers, switches, routers, copiers, printers, and scanners. Also responsible
for building, maintaining and performing all workstation imaging. Other duties included: administration/security of all MS
2008 servers operating in an active directory and clustered environment. Recently migrated all users from Win XP pro to a
Win 7 pro 64 bit environment.
BELL INDUSTRIES, Richmond, Virginia
SENIOR FIELD ENGINEER, 1993 – 2003
Consulting, diagnosing, and repairing hardware / software issues on all leading manufactured computers. Duties included:
Installs set-up and configuration, data migrations, system migrations, client desktop and network administrative support,
project rollouts, rack system servers / mass storage design and building, vendor relations for parts identification and
ordering, and training of new service technicians. Also conducted Microsoft training and support classes for Richmond
Public Schools.
OFFICE AMERICA, Richmond, Virginia
BUSINESS MACHINES SPECIALIST, 1992-1993
Responsible for consulting and sales of computers, peripherals and software, including set-up, configurations, upgrades
and warranty repairs.
VALCOM COMPUTER CENTER, Richmond, Virginia
FIELD ENGINEER, 1991-1992
Field Engineer responsible for set-up and configuration and networking of all major makes and models of P.C. and Apple /
Macintosh computers and printers. Other duties include field set-up, service repair calls and upgrades. Gained warranty
certification though various training courses.
EDUCATION
ELECTRONIC COMPUTER PROGRAMMING INSTITUTE, Richmond, Virginia
B.A., COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, 1989
GPA:93. Completed courses include: Electronic Principles, Circuit Analysis, Numbering Systems, Boolean algebra, Digital
Circuits, Microprocessors, Digital Computers, Computer Concepts, Digital Laboratory, Diagnostic Analysis, Transistor and
Integrated Circuits, Programming Concepts, Digital Communications, Communication Networks.
Participated in the Virginia Work / Study Program serving the position of Computer Operator at the Department of
Information Technology.
REFERENCES
Available upon request