Tim Boyatsis
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HELP / SERVICE DESK MANAGER
IT Management professional with extensive experience in Service Desk / Help
Desk / Desktop Support environments, including 24/7 customer support,
training, counseling, budgeting, staffing, strategic planning and
operations maintenance delivering a high-availability infrastructure.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - White Plains, NY
Manager - IS Help Desk
June 2013 -Present
. Manage support staff of three 1st level and four 2nd level members
providing IT support for 90 chapters in the USA and Canada. This
includes hands on support of 1st and 2nd level support calls.
. Coordinate and manage multiple projects, hardware/software rollouts
and internal moves, adds and changes.
Personal Computer Consultant
July 2012 - Present
. Process repairs, installations and configurations of computer
hardware (PCs, laptops, printers) and networks for small businesses
and individual clients
. Software installation and training of Microsoft office products for
individual clients.
. Provide IT services as a volunteer for non- profit organizations.
TEK Systems Fairfield, CT
IS Client Support Lead (Contractor) - Nestle Waters - Stamford, CT
May 2012 - July 2012
. Managed support staff of 8 Desktop Technicians/Network Analysts in
Northeast Region (Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, Maine), under a Windows XP /Windows 7 workstation
environment.
. Managed the planning, tracking and delivery of national project
activities within the department.
. Monitored and improved call handling support procedures for Nestle
National Help Desk.
THE VALLEY HOSPITAL Ridgewood, New Jersey
Manager - Help Desk Operations
March 2008 - March 2012
. Managed support staff of 16 Desktop Technicians, 3 Network
Engineers and 1 Audio Visual Technician for support of 3500
Healthcare employees, under a Windows XP workstation environment.
. Monitored daily calls of 200 - 300 per day which covered 3 main
facilities and 12 offsite Healthcare facilities in order to direct
support for workstation, laptop, PDA, scanner, printer and software
applications.
. Processed annual reviews, 24/7 scheduling, hiring, mentoring,
coaching and counseling for all staff.
. Created, monitored and processed metrics to improve call handling
procedures to resolve daily service calls within 24 hours at a 95%
closure rate.
. Developed and wrote policies and SLA's for supporting hardware,
software and in-house applications.
. Coordinated and managed multiple projects, hardware/software
rollouts and internal moves.
. Processed budgeting for hardware of 1.5 million dollars annually.
WHITE & CASE, LLP New York, New York
Assistant Manager - Desktop Support
January 2003 - March 2008
. Managed support staff of 10 Desktop Network Technicians, 2 Telecom
analysts and 2 Audio Visual analysts for support of 1100 lawyers
and associates covering 3 facilities providing 24/7 workstation,
laptop, PDA, Telecom, Audio visual and remote support.
. Processed annual reviews, 24/7 scheduling, hiring, mentoring,
coaching andcounseling for all staff.
. Re-designed workflow support procedures reducing the total number
of service calls by 60%.
. Coordinated and managed projects, including hardware/software
rollouts for domestic and global offices.
RL HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES New York, New York
Project Manager/Technician (Part time)
July 2002 - Present
. Coordinate and supervise move plans and schedules of corporate
relocations.
. Coordinate and assist with the de-installation, moving,
reinstallation and testing of desktop/laptop computer equipment,
file servers and all peripherals.
. Coordinate, assist and supervise the installation and testing of
new desktop/laptop computer equipment in relocated areas for
assigned clients.
MERCK-MEDCO MANAGED CARE, L.L.C. Franklin Lakes, NJ (1995 - 2002)
Manager - Desktop Support
January 2000 - July 2002
. Managed support staff of 15 Network Technicians and 2 Telecom
Analysts for support to 3000 clients and 6 facilities providing
24/7 workstation, laptop, PDA and phone support.
. Re-designed workflow support procedures reducing total number of
service calls by 45%, enabling same day problem resolution on
service calls received that day.
Supervisor January
1998 - December 1999
. Supervised support staff of 8 Network Technicians covering 4
facilities, 2500 workstations and one hundred Novell
Netware/Windows NT file servers.
. Successfully transferred 2500 employees from four facilities to one
new work site while still maintaining low numbers of problems and
fast daily problem resolution.
Senior Network Analyst
March 1995 - December 1997
. Sole network support of one building consisting of 350 Novell and
Windows NT clients.
. Supported dial up networking and remote email for remote network
sites and field offices.
PRODIGY SERVICES COMPANY White Plains, NY (1987 - 1995)
Senior Technical Analyst
June 1992 - February 1995
. Installed and maintained 200 workstations running Novell, OS/2,
Communications Manager and proprietary production creation software
specific to the online service industry.
. Traveled to client sites for installation and support of WAN's,
LAN's and workstations.
LAN Administrator
June 1990 - May 1992
. Constructed (cabling, hardware setup and configuration) and
supported (24/7) Novell Production LAN consisting of 25 servers and
700 users.
. Evaluated and upgraded LAN hardware/software to maintain and
surpass industry standards.
Advisory Technical Analyst
September 1987 - May 1990
. Evaluated, purchased, installed and supported PC hardware and
software for 600 users and small LAN.
. Supported executive management for major trade shows and client
presentations involving travel for site valuation, hardware
installations and show demonstrations.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
HARDWARE
Networking: Ethernet, Cisco switches and routers, VPN, Citrix
Personal Computers: HP/Compaq, Dell, Lenovo, Macintosh
Servers: Compaq Proliant, Dell Power Edge
Industry Standard: Workstations, laptops, printers (MFD), mobile devices
(Android, IPhone, Tablets) and peripherals.
SOFTWARE
Operating Systems: Windows 8/7/XP/ NT/2000, Mac OS
Standard Applications: Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Access), GroupWise, Front Page, Visio, Anti-Virus utilities.
IT Service Applications: Remedy, HP Service Manager, Magic, Solar Wind
Support Center, Bomgar, Dameware, VNC
Legal Applications: iManage, PC Docs.
EDUCATION
MANHATTAN COLLEGE, Riverdale, NY
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems