Helen Tesfasion
Dallas, TX 75254
469-***-**** cell (primary contact #)
***************@*****.***
Technical Skills:
TCP/IP LAN/WAN XP Pro
MS DOS (basic commands) Excel Windows Vista
MS Word Web Access Legato
PC Technician Apropos Agent ITIL
Remedy Net Term Blackberry Support
Help Desk Operator/Team Lead PC Anywhere VNC
Application Development Software MS Power Point MIS
Customer Service Skills Data Entry (56 wpm)
MS Internet Information Server QuickBooks Crystal Reports
Dream Weaver Lotus Notes PeopleSoft
Service Net MS Project MS Office Suite
Windows Sharepoint Peregrine E-mail Applications Support
Management System Unix ClearQuest Siebel
ITIL Service Manager (Intermediate) QTP SQL Server Quality Center
All basic installation in software and hardware set-up ActiveX Control Support
Professional Experience:
NEC America
Network Lab Administrator 08/2009-Present
Perform software installations for test servers.
Support Quality Assurance testers while using 7-Eleven testing equipment in the lab.
Install network printers and mapping drives to approved servers.
Staged servers from Golden Master staging DVD created by our lab team. Followed through
with development on software defects and test case scenarios that needed validation for
testing.
Reset network passwords in Active Directory on a privileged account for Lab use only.
Performed daily check on Lab Equipment & the setup/changes made for testing purposes.
Reconfigured MOTs, Scanners, and all other peripherals as though it was staged in a live
store.
Support Developers and Lab Testers with software\hardware configuration setup
needs: Servers and Workstations configuration, DHCP scope configuration,
software installation\configuration\troubleshooting.
Get the HP switches model #’s and state we supported them. Wireless Access Point
configuration and support.
Worked with installation scripts and Radia testing for Deployment Testing in software
upgrades for live stores.
Configuration and administration of diverse systems running primarily Windows.
Responded and resolved lab Service Requests while maintaining customer service to
client employee’s using lab. Tickets may include (request for information,
hardware utilization/failures, application operation and application/os/hardware
configuration changes etc.)
Documentation on customer environments, solutions and procedures.
Maintained network and system security.
Ensured stability, redundancy, and fault tolerance for a variety of architectures.
Responded to system and application alerts, worked with clients to implement system
changes and resolve issues
Provided technical concepts to a variety of audiences including customers,
developers, administrators, and Production Support.
Participate in regular on-call rotation.
Trinity Industries
Executive Support Specialist Tier II 09/2008-01/2009
Perform over the phone analysis, diagnosis and resolution of desktop problems for end-users.
Responsible for providing Second level technical support for incoming calls, logging all calls
using Csupport and troubleshooting computer hardware, Operating System, application,
printing, and networking problems.
Install network printers and mapping drives to approved servers.
Create New Hire Accounts for HR, & hiring managers. Provide New hires access to
Exchange, Cisco Phone system, VPN, and other programs they are using based on their
hiring level department.
Provided program Installs such as Showcase, Hyperion Essbase, MS Office Tools, Cisco
VPN Client, etc.
Reset network passwords in Active Directory on a privileged account.
Retalix 04/2008-07/2008
Client Support Specialist
Was Administrator to Sharepoint Server 3.0. Provided Administrative and Read Access only
Permissions to new users and New Executives. Created Libraries and Lists such as
Shared Documents, and Discussions submitted to me via email so that users can share
ides, and shared tasks. Created RSS feeds for each department’s server.
Provided ongoing operations and application support for our various hosted application
solutions, including initial customer setup and deployment.
Provided daily monitoring of communications between customer stores and data center
servers.
Performed on-call (24 x 7) coverage, on rotational basis, in support of software and business
applications (including SQL Server databases).
Monitored improvements to system performance.
Provided clients with feedback using ITIL Service Delivery Tools.
Was able to clearly cover technical information over the phone.
Was able to research technical problems and drive to resolution.
Fujitsu 06/11/2006-10/30/2007
Quality Assurance Director
Promoted to Quality Assurance Director role during my last 2 months with the company
performing the same job responsibilities as a Help Desk Lead except for an increased
number of 60 people.
As this role was progressing I recreated the QA forms to fit with each contract that I was
responsible for while monitoring Service Center.
Provided Clients with Continuous Service Improvement guides also provided this
information to Project Manager.
Assisted Help Desk Leads with new Service Programs using ITIL Service Manager
Functions.
Provided Clients with feedback using Service Manager tools.
I was trained for each POS contract as a Lead to ensure the Quality of each agents work. I
was able to work with our internal help desk that supports Fujitsu end users such as Field
Engineers, VP of IT, etc. The support was mainly Fujitsu laptops and blackberry support.
Gave Agent review stats to 6 Leads from 6 different contracts for each one of their agents
when needed and also at the end of each month.
Contacted Quality Assurance Director in Montreal to ensure that QA forms were being
evaluated the same way in Texas.
Sat with Agents and Leads during Agent Reviews at the end of each month to go over high
and low points of customer service abilities.
Fujitsu 06/11/2005-06/11/2006
Help Desk Team Lead
Promoted to Help Desk Team Lead role during my first year as a contract employee and was
hired on with the Fujitsu at the same time performing extended job responsibilities
monitoring and mentoring 6-12 New Help Desk Agents.
Assisted Corporate Managers, sales associates, and Regional Store Managers in different
divisions with Hardware and software problems.
Monitored agent escalation process for field and Corp Alerts sent to the contracts IT
department.
Developed and maintained a Help Desk Web Portal used by our agents and updated by
myself using Dream Weaver daily.
Held Team Meeting for my contract every Wednesday to ensure the quality of customer
service for our contract.
During the week and throughout the weekend I create a Daily Critical Report that was sent to
the customer via email daily.
Interviewed and terminated employees.
Trained new Support Techs.
Evaluated the performance of 12 Support Agents on my team.
Monitored and recorded agent calls status using Quality Assurance reporting system at the
end of the week.
Fujitsu 06//11/2004-06/11/2005
Help Desk Representative
Took inbound calls as a Dressbarn POS technical support representative with at least 60-100
calls per day.
Made outbound callbacks for technical assistance with new hardware and software support on
Dressbarn contract.
At least 25 outbound callbacks made each day while assisting Fujitsu Field Engineers with
remote assistance using PC anywhere.
Assisted with Hard drive installations over the phone with Fujitsu Field Engineers remotely.
Assisted Team Lead with Training new Support Techs.
Parts International (Part Time) 02/2003-03/2004
Customer Account Specialist
Assisted business owner with filing and data entry using QuickBooks and other Microsoft
Office Software used to file customers accounting information.
Entered in new and current customer sales information for the month.
Provided totals sales information for the sales brokers that worked in the warehouse.
Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) 04/2003-04/2004
Quality Assurance Analyst
The Quality assurance role was to ensure that the product & service our group is fit to
provide meets both external and internal requirements, including legal compliance
and customer expectations.
As a Quality Assurance Analyst my duties to coordinate the activities required to
meet quality standards was number one goal.
Some other duties were to monitor and advise on the performance of the quality
management system and produced data and reported on performance.
In this role my responsibilities were increased to advise on changes and department
implementation with also providing training tools and techniques to enable others
to achieve QA system is functionality.
Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) 06/2000-04/2003
Help Desk PC Technician
Took incoming calls from 7-eleven employees, store managers, franchise owners, and also
district managers in different divisions all across the US and Canada.
Dispatched Software Techs for on-site assistance.
Dispatched Equipment techs to deal with hardware issues.
Shipped store equipment for replacements, when necessary.
Trouble shooting procedures consisted of opening batch files and dialing into Windows 2000
terminal server PC anywhere in DC (stores system).
Captured logs from our service center using Peregrine (service center software), and closed
work orders in detailed descriptions
Education:
Fujitsu University Net Campus
June 2006-Oct 2007
Courses: Quality Assurance Role Model/Certificate
Courses: Professional Business Lead/Certificate
High Tech Institute (Irving, TX)
July 2002-May 2003
Major: Medical Assistant Diploma
Remington College (Garland, TX)
Jan 2001-May 2002
Major: Computer Information Systems