Niveditha Thyagarajan
Core Skills / Expertise
• Expertise –IT Help Desk Support, PC & Mac Support, Incident Management & Service Desk
Operations
• Technical Skills – Installing & Updating PC and Macs, Troubleshooting common issues in
End-user computing environments - Windows XP, Windows 7, Macintosh, Tablets and hand-
held devices, VPN Connectivity, Network Problems, Software Installs, Working with IT
helpdesk systems (Like Remedy, Clarify etc.), managing incident tickets and requests.
Coordinating with specialist groups to resolve end user issues and provision requests,
Administering Active Directory – User, Group and Policies, Managing Folder Permissions.
• Experience – Have worked with major IT services companies like IBM & Wipro and large
Enterprises like Liberty Mutual & First Investors.
Work Experience
Company Responsibilities
• Hands on Support for Clinicians, Patient
Navigators and all support staff with their
Macs(90%), PCs and mobile devices
•
July 2012 – May 2013 Involved currently in upgrading all Macs from
Child Mind Institute Snow Leopard to Lion
Systems Engineer • Building and configuring Virtual Desktops
(Location – NYC, NY, USA)
• Creation and administering users in AD
• Helping users with their day to day issues with
their computers
• In –person support for 100+ users with an average
of 10-15 requests a day
•
September 2009 – July 2012 Act as the first point of contact for IT support
First Investors Ltd across 40+ offices.
IT Support Specialist
• Assist users primarily with installation, usage and
(Location – New Jersey, USA)
troubleshooting of in-house applications required
for their day to day work.
• Technical troubleshooting of issues related to
Windows OS (XP, Vista, 7) and Mac OS (all
versions).
• Help users with basic hardware and software
queries regarding PCs and MAC’s and suggest
upgrades for optimal performance.
• Walk users through configuring their handheld
devices (iPhones, iPads, BlackBerry, Android) for
corporate use.
• Making sure that all the PCs/MACs adhere to the
corporate security policy by conducting regular
compliance checks.
• Assist remote users with connectivity issues.
• Assist all new reps with setting them up on the
system and configuring their computers.
• Document and update tickets in a timely manner in
the In-house ticketing system and ensure that all
tickets are being worked on a daily basis.
• Handle the help desk correspondence in a proactive
manner
• Manage the Helpdesk e-mail and voicemail box in
a timely manner.
• Supporting over 1000 users with an average of 20-
25 requests a day
• Provide first-line support over the phone for all the
employees of the entire organization.
• Assist users primarily with establishing access to
and troubleshooting in-house developed
applications.
• Make use of the internal knowledge base
extensively and assist users and try to resolve
issues in the first call.
December 2008 – August 2009
• Escalate issues that are not resolved to the
Liberty Mutual Information Systems (Safeco Insurance)
appropriate second level group.
IT Support Specialist
• Document every call promptly in the ticketing
(Location – Seattle, USA)
system (Remedy and Service Center).
• Supporting over 2000 users with an average of 30-
35 calls a day
•
November 2007 – August 2008 Senior Systems Engineer – Providing first line
Wipro Technologies support for end-user issues, Managing incidents &
Sr. Systems Engineer requests on the Service Desk System, Recording
(Location – India) common issues and errors and contributing to the
“Known Error Database”.
• Training and Grooming of new service desk staff
and keep SLA’s in check.
• Providing Tier 1 support for desktops, laptops,
VPN, Networking issues, Mail and Messaging
systems, Active Directory, Passwords and
Permissions
• Supporting over 1000 users with an average of 30-
40 calls a day
• Sr. Analyst –Troubleshooting issues related to
Windows OS (98, ME, XP, 2000), Lotus notes and
Basic networking related queries, Desktop System
optimization, Managing incidents & requests on
August 2004 – September 2005
the Service Desk System
IBM Global services
.
Sr. VCSC Analyst
Supporting over 500 users with an average of 25-
(Location – India)
30 calls a day.
• Cyber Representative - Handling technical queries
related on desktops and laptops, Driving team
initiatives for HP Chat operations.
February 2003-August 2004
Hewlett Packard
. Supporting over 2000 end users with an average of
Cyber Representative
50 chat sessions a day
(Location-India)
• Help Desk Engineer - Providing technical &
operational support for Desktop and Laptop PC’s,
Driving team initiatives for Gateway Voice
operations
July 2002-December 2002
Gateway Computers
Help Desk Engineer
.
(Location- India) Supporting over 1000 users with an average of 30-
40 calls a day
Education
B.E in Electronics and Communication, 1998–2002, Madras University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.