Anthony D. Cobb
***** ***** ***** *****, ***. *026 Charlotte, NC 28277
646-***-**** ********@*****.***
EDUCATION Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Graduated December 2009
GPA: Cumulative 3.3 (Scale 4.0)
HONORS HP Certified (2010), Dell Certified (2010), Port & Wiring
Certification (September 2007), New Employee of the Month
(November 2006), Employee of the Month (January 2007),
President's List (Fall 2005- Spring 2005), Dean's List
(Spring 2005-Fall 2006)
ACTIVITIES Tri-State Club, National Society of Black
Engineers (NSBE), Executive Leadership Program,
VOLUNTEER Circle Tail Summer Splash, St. Rita Festival 2009, Geiger House
Resident Tour of Heritage Farm, Over-the-Rhine Annual
Festival
COURSEWORK Database Management, C++, Calculus I, Calculus II, Physics,
Circuit Theory I & II
COMPUTER SKILLS SQL, DB2, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Seven, Mac OS X, Linux
Ubuntu OS, Microsoft Access, Word, Excel, Power Point,
Visio, XML, XHTML, JavaScript, HTML, DOS commands, C++,
Building PC's, Conflict Resolution skills
EXPERIENCE Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte,
NC November 2009 - Present
Information System Analyst II
. Provide technical support to users involving
installing, programming, imaging, troubleshooting, and
maintaining user's hardware and software
. Assist campus-wide video broadcasting through real
player and a v-brick device
. Assists in maintaining laboratory equipment; performs
multimedia maintenance, cleans and stores equipment
when not in use, monitors condition, and provides any
needed repairs.
. Monitors laboratory/on-line activities; enforces rules and
regulations and ensures safe environment
. Oversees and supervise part time daily operations
. Collect, correct, and turn in part time timesheets on a
monthly basis
. Submits weekly and monthly reports to my supervisor
. Monitors students in a lab setting
. Provide support to over 100 employees in two buildings
Best Buy, Charlotte, NC
October 2008- Present
Geek Squad
. Remove viruses, Trojans, adware, spyware, and worms
with a program called MRI
. Improve PC performance up to 33% faster by deleting
temporary files, unwanted startup items and trial
versions, as well as, apply agent tweaks for greater
performance
. Experience with troubleshooting Mac OS X and above
. Recommend memory, hard drive, or PC upgrades when
needed
. Working with more than two computers at a time while
checking in new customers
. Use of Search engines (Google, Yahoo) in order to look
up unknown error messages
. Received a wage increase and management recognition
within the first three weeks of employment
Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC November
2006- December 2009
Student Technology Assistant (STA) Manager, IT Department
. Experience in installing, troubleshooting, and
repairing computer hardware and software
. Diagnosing and troubleshooting printers i.e., Laser,
DeskJet, dot-matrix, etc
. Member of 5 person team that built PCs with a bare bone
kit for the Education Department
. Learned new applications, software, and programs
including Symantec Ghost for imaging PCs
. Constructed CAT 5 cables with 100 % efficiency
. Test, maintain, and troubleshoot CAT 5 cables and data
ports
. Troubleshoot and configure VoIP telephones
. Recorded problems and resolutions in a helpdesk
database called Track-It!
. Responsible for PC troubleshooting and maintenance for
over 60 faculty and staff members
. Responsible for troubleshooting laptops for over 300
students
. Manage a total of 20 student technicians
. Assigned Project Leaders for upcoming projects
. Interviewed and trained qualified candidates
. Project Manager to lead six Student Technicians in
upgrading fifty computers for the school library
. Configured VPN connections for users
. Completed special projects assigned by the User Support
Manager
General Electric, Cincinnati, OH
June 2009- August 2009
GE Corporate Intern
. Created a workflow process to manage enhancement
requests for internal GE applications
. Enhancement workflows had more than 50 requests
submitted in first month of use
. Created email communication to inform over 700 users
how to apply security updates to their PC
. Constructed multiple SQL queries to identify computers
with the most patching defects
. Balanced completing multiple projects throughout
internship