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Louis Gonzales
Networking & Telecommunications Specialist
Louis Gonzales
Houston, TX 77065
Cell: 832-***-****
Email: *****.*.********@***.***
Objective To aid a company with their networking needs to help them maintain and improve
their network infrastructure. Also to provide excellent customer support for the company's
users. I am also seeking a job that will allow me to advance my skills and to further my
career within the company.
Work experience
CompuCom Systems Houston, TX 11/2006 - PresentTechnical Support Technician - Lead Technician
Manage a team of 4 on daily MAC orders and large scale projects
24x7 On-call support for network and telecommunication equipment
Installing and maintaining Cisco network equipment for remote sites
Daily MAC orders and troubleshooting of network equipment in datacenters
Develop and maintain voice menus, ACD applications, and call flow scripting for high
volume call centers and other high demand clients
Assist in the conversion of phones from Nortel to Cisco VoIP
Deployment and troubleshooting of 1000+ and counting Cisco VoIP Telephones
Installation and maintaining remote site Cisco network equipment.
Getronics Houston, TX 11/2005 - 11/2006Technical Support Specialist 1
Administration of Nortel (option 81c) SL1 PBX, CallPilot and Meridian Mail voicemail
systems for Chevron
Day to day software/physical MACs (moves, adds, changes) for customers
Assisting with and organizing large moves and installs
Troubleshooting of voice (Nortel) and data (Cisco) systems
MCA Communications Co. Houston, TX 6/1999 - 11/2005Level 1 Technician
Administration of Nortel (option 81c) SL1 PBX and an Avaya Definity PBX for ExxonMobil
and have experience in using OTM and writing Meridian Mail scripts.
Day to day adds, moves, changes for customers, installation and troubleshooting of DSL
lines.
Designed and maintain an Access database for active modem lines and digital lines.
Routing and installation of the CAT3, 5, 6 and fiber optic cable for voice and data
communications.
Kroger Houston, TX 6/1997-8/1997Cashier
Duties here consisted of the handling of money, customer service, and stocking duties.
Education
University of Houston Houston, TX 2007-2012
Masters in Technology - Network Communications
Focus of Curriculum: The program provides an advanced knowledge of communication between
and within computer networks, including data processing in the network environment,
network operations software and operating systems, and communication systems. The program
will emphasize the following topics: network security, network management, and project
management.
University of Houston Houston, TX 1998-2005
B.S., Information Systems Technology - Cum Laude
Cumulative GPA: 2.78/4.00
Major GPA: 3.42/4.00
Focus of Curriculum:
a. Develop a working understanding of today's business systems.
b. The design and integration of a user-friendly front-end with MS Access, SQL, and
Oracle database systems.
c. Building the skills needed to identify an organization's requirements and how best to
meet those requirements through technology.
d. Working in teams, managing teams, motivation strategies.
Certifications
Attained Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) certification in October
2010.
CCNA (Cisco Certified Networking Associate) certification within the 2nd quarter of 2010
CCNA Voice certification by the end of the third quarter of 2010
CCNP (Cisco Certified Networking Professional) certification planned
Skills
Proficient in Cisco Unified CM Administration 6.1, Cisco Unity 7.0, Nortel Succession
5.0, Windows 98/NT/2000/XP Professional, MS Office 97/2000/XP/2003, Visual Basic.NET
2002/2003, SQL/SQL Server 2000, Oracle 9i, HTML/XHTML/XMLBilingual (English/Spanish)