Aracy Gurgel
**** * ******** ****. ***. ***. Coconut Creek, Fl 33063
Phone: 954-***-****. Cell: 954-***-****
e-mail: **********@*****.***
Professional Summary:
Hard working, highly skilled professional with over 9 years in customer
service, technical support, e-mail, MS Office applications, remote control
software and medical software.
Education:
Keiser College- Fort Lauderdale, FL
Associates Degree in Network Administration
Computer Technical Institute, Bridgeport, Ct
Computer Operations.
Broward Cmmunity College-
A+ classes
HDI- online
Help Desk Certification
Technical Skills:
Operating Systems:
Windows 3.1,95/98/2000/ME/XP, Vista, MS-DOS, Novell-Cisco based
environment and MS Exchange.
Hardware:
Dell desktops and laptops, Compaq Presario desktops, HP printers (both
home and office, including scanner/fax/copiers), PC and laptop
peripherals (hard drives, RAM memory cards, CD/DVD drives), WOW
workstations.
Software:
MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, knowledge of Visio,
Outlook/Exchange, Outlook Express), GroupWise, Eudora mail, Internet
Explorer, Adobe (Acrobat Pro/Reader/Distiller, Photoshop), Paintshop
Pro, Citrix Program Neighborhood, Landdesk and Active Directory.
Medical software: SMS Invision, Cerner, Powerchart, Surgiserver,
Pharmnet and Firstnet.
Network Support:
Cable modem, DSL, Wireless G4, Password reset
Diagnostics Utilities: Msconfig
Remote Assistance: SMS 2.0, VPN, Remote desktop connection.
Web browsers: Internet Explorer and Firefox
Helpdesk software: Heat 7.0, Knowledge base software and Unicenter
Programming: Basic knowledge of HTML and Visual Basic.
Professional Experience:
STEFANINI IT SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL - Fort Lauderdale, FL 11/2007- Present
Service Desk Analyst
. Provide Helpdesk support for Gerdau Ameristeel (the
fourth largest overall steel company and the second largest
minimill steel producer in North America) to over 10000 users in
English and Portuguese.
. Troubleshooting hardware and software problems on a
multi-branch LAN network and stand-alone desktop devices through
phone, e-mail, and computer remote access.
. Assisting users on issues going from resetting passwords,
recreate users profiles, connect users to network drives,
printer problems.
. Maintain good communication standards with IT team
(Management & Technicians).
. Maintain documentation of every service call/email
through CA Unicenter ticket database software specially created
to keep records of service tickets.
. Assist users with issues related to the following: OE,
FABG, SAP, GMR, QMOS, Lawson, Maximo, GGP, D7i (DSSTPROD),
Citrix/VPN, Mayer, TONS (Msprod), MS Office, Office
Communicator, Internet, Desktop, Laptop, Winterm
KAPLAN UNIVERSITY (temporary position)- Fort Lauderdale, FL 9/2007-
11/2007
Technical Support
. Tier 1 level support
. Assistance to students trying to login in the University's web
site.
. Provide assistance through chat and Microsoft Outlook
. Remote control to user's using Gotoassist.
. Reset passwords
. Troubleshooting problems with dropping assignments to
instructor, grades, projects and exams.
. All web based environment.
. Phone technical support.
NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT- Fort Lauderdale, FL 9/1998 - 9/2005
Systems Specialist
. Worked in Tier 1 and Tier 2 level support.
. Provided technical assistance to computer system users on a
Windows XP environment.
. Answered questions or resolved computer problems via e-mail,
telephone or remote control.
. Provided assistance concerning the use of computer hardware and
software, including printing, installation, word processing
software, electronic mail, and operating systems.
. Troubleshooting and training of Microsoft Office software and
medical software (Cerner, SMS Invision, Powerchart, Firstnet,
Surgiserver).
. Instructed users on how to login, reset passwords and Internet
problems.
. Reset Novell and medical software passwords.
. Supported desktops and laptops computers.
. Helped to upgrade and support the Hospital's own Knowledge base
software (IKNOW)
. Complied with SLA and HIPA regulations.
. Helped to rollout and setup computers when IT moved to another
facility.
. Helped with the migration from windows 3.11 to 95, 2000 and
Windows 95 and 2000 to XP.
Accomplishments:
. I was the key person in finding, diagnosing problems and
providing solutions with new upgrades.
e.g. GroupWise- after an upgrade it did not open even if it was
verified and reinstalled from the network or simply disappeared
from NDS. I found out that the installation they provided was
outdated and they need get an updated version or in some cases
this application had to be installed locally. I communicated
this problem to systems analyst and together we were able to
resolve the problem.
. I was also very quick in detecting Network problems and
communicating to management and co-workers.
. The system analysts trusted me in helping them to detect
problems with medical software upgrades.
. Attended several customer service classes: "Dealing with
Difficult Customers", " A Smile on the Phone is Worth a 1000
Words", "The Customer is Always Right", among others. These
classes provided the tools needed to deal with several
situations.
. Read several customer service and self-improvement books and
articles.
. Received several customer service awards.
. I was elected the employee of the quarter year and was running
for the employee of the year when I left the company.
. Received a ward for my volunteer work translating documents and
forms from English to Portuguese, helping promote awareness of
the hospital services and patient rights to the Brazilian
community.
Additional Professional Experience:
. Homeowners Marketing, Sunrise, FL
Computer Operator/ Technical Support 6/1996 -
7/1998
. Assisted users with installation and troubleshooting of
hardware and software.
. Ran monthly batch jobs
. IBM Boca Raton, FL 1995-1996
Phone Technical Support
. Supported customers with desktop PCs and Laptop problems
. Self-Employed Fort Lauderdale, FL 1993-1995
English Portuguese Interpreter
. Interpreted for clients of lawyers and clinics.
. FUJITSU Danbury, CT 1989- 1992
Computer Operations
. Performed nightly systems backups, end-of batch processing
and reports distribution.
. Gateway Bank Georgetown, CT 1987-1989
Computer Operations
1 Performed nightly systems backup, end-of batch processing and reports
distribution.
. IBM Milford, CT 1986-1987
Technical Support. & Computer Operations
. Performed nightly systems backup, end-of batch processing
and reports distribution. Assisted users with installation
and troubleshooting of hardware and software.
Languages: Fluent in English and Portuguese. Basic Spanish.