BENJAMIN T. ANDERSON
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E-mail: ***.*********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Foster Wheeler Clinton, NJ
April 6, 2009 – present
Administrative Claim Representative
• Research claimants’ work histories by company and location through Foster Wheeler’s legal department
• Cross-reference work histories with Foster Wheeler contract database
• Identify and analyze contracts that include equipment containing asbestos
• Produce completed results in Excel spreadsheet to be sent back to claimants’ law firm for further review before litigation
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. Cambridge, MA
June 23, 2008 – October 6, 2008
Quality Assurance Video Game Software Tester
• Tested software/hardware of future game releases while working closely with the game developers to ensure the gaming
experience and products are as perfect as possible for potential consumers
• Required maintaining a database of all “bugs” found using Bug Tracking software
• Utilized MS Outlook to email and attach test case results to the appropriate department heads
HiWired, Inc. Needham, MA
February 25, 2008 – June 20, 2008
Customer Service Specialist
• Called Comcast customers to inform them of the benefits included in their subscriptions, answer questions about their
services, explain how to use all of these features
• Assisted Comcast customers with troubleshooting the installation and removal of anti-virus and other software; discussed
how to access and use their email, as well as how to navigate through the Comcast.net website
• Provided each customer with a virtual tour of the Comcast.net website by means of remote-controlled screen sharing
Lucent Technologies (contract position) Whippany, NJ
June 2004 – January 2008
Administrative Assistant/Web Administrator
• Updated and maintained an internal web site for the Wireless Product Realization Department, providing designers as well
as customers with up-to-date process documentation, metrics, on-line forms, and status reports.
• Updated Excel spreadsheets and Word documents, reviewed and printed documents using Adobe Acrobat, emailed
documents to department members using Microsoft Outlook
• Maintained/ updated Departmental Org charts and photo galleries.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
University at Albany Albany, NY
September 2003 – December 2007
Bachelor of Music
Concentration: Music Technology; Major G.P.A.: 3.2
Pertinent Course Work: Computer Applications of Music, Computer Applications of Business, Elementary Statistics, Creative
Writing, Principle Economics I: Microeconomics, Behavioral Foundations of Management, Financial Management
COMPUTER SKILLS AND INTERESTS
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Typing speed: 120+ wpm. Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Outlook 2007,
Microsoft Front Page 2007, Adobe Acrobat Reader
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Exceptional proofreading /analytical skills ProTools LE, Max MSP and Peak
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• FINALE Print Music and FINALE 2005
• Professional musician, with over seventeen years experience in piano, voice, and guitar, with radio airplay in the United
States and Europe
• Helped run and manage a student-led musical a cappella group – the University at Albany Earth Tones – managing a
$10,000 budget for a 2-week tour across the United States once a year, involving the scheduling of concerts as well as hotel, food
and gas expenditures
References will be furnished upon request.