Manager Information Technology

Aries Youssefian

Technologist, open source advocate, entrepreneur

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Summary

A creative technical specialist. Bachelors of Information Technology (Honours) '12 from the University

of Ontario Institute of Technology (www.uoit.ca) - specializing in networking and IT security. Current

certifications include the A+ (June 2010) and MCTS - Windows 7 (July 2010).

Specialties

Windows 7 and Linux administration, technical support, communication, Windows/Linux/Cisco

networking, web infrastructure management and migration, Web development (XHTML, CSS,

MySQL, PHP, WordPress)

Experience

Owner/Operator at AriesHosting.org

December 2010 - Present (11 months)

Sole proprietorship specializing in web hosting, web design, and technical consultancy for other

small to medium sized businesses. We leverage open-source technology (Apache, Tomcat, PHP,

SSL, and more) with great dedicated servers to provide always on website hosting and support.

VPS and dedicated solutions are available for our bigger customers.

Technical Assistant at University of Ontario Institute of Technology

September 2009 - September 2011 (2 years 1 month)

Control, track, and manage IT assets at DC/UOIT

Identify, inventory, image and retire numerous laptop and desktop components

Provide hardware and software support to students, faculty, and administration of DC/UOIT

Technologies include Toshiba, IBM, Lenovo, and Apple

Experience with ticket tracking (HEAT), and Banner CRM software

1 recommendation available upon request

VP of Technology at SIFE-UOIT

October 2010 - August 2011 (11 months)

Provides technical consultancy, social media management and web design for Students in Free

Enterprise, UOIT chapter.

Provides full social media management (@TEDxUOIT, @uoitLANWAR, @SIFEUOIT) plus

respective Facebook accounts

Head Organizer of UOIT's inaugural LAN WAR, a 150-person LAN party held within UOIT over

March 25-27, 2011

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Designed websites for TEDxUOIT (www.tedxuoit.com), LAN WAR (lanwar.sifeuoit.com),

SIFE@UOIT (www.sifeuoit.com)

Support Technician at Manucomp Systems

April 2008 - August 2009 (1 year 5 months)

Provided maintenance, installation and configuration of network and workstation hardware and

software.

Configured and maintained Cisco routers and switches (3550, 2950, 2621, 6506, ASA5505, and

more).

Provided technical support for customers over the phone and using remote connectivity methods

(LogMeIn, RDP)

Configured Solaris 8, 9, and 10 installations on Sun hardware

Migrated Windows web servers to a Debian platform using PHP, MySQL, and Apache

1 recommendation available upon request

Migration Technician at AstraZeneca and OnX Consulting

April 2009 - May 2009 (2 months)

Rollout Project

Worked with a team of technicians migrating user laptops to newer Lenovo tablets

Worked with Microsoft Outlook, Office, Windows XP, Pointsec, and VPN software to migrate user

data and reconfigure laptops

With a team, migrated 900 laptops within 3 week period

Troubleshot hardware and software errors, along with handling custom migrations for specific

users

1 recommendation available upon request

Languages

English (Native or bilingual proficiency)

Armenian (Native or bilingual proficiency)

Certifications

A+

CompTIA License 6LTY7EGDJLF4Y9KW June 2010

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) - Windows 7, Configuration

Microsoft License D180-0294 July 2010

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Education

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

B. IT (Hons), Information Technology, 2008 - 2012

Activities and Societies: spoofIT Technology Club, Model UN, SIFE-UOIT, Business and IT Student

Society (BITSOC)

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Delegate as Charles Willoughby in Supreme Command of Allied Powers, NAMUN XXVI

at the University of Toronto

Interests

Chess, reading, squash, jogging, technology blogs, current events, politics, social media

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Aries Youssefian

Technologist, open source advocate, entrepreneur

*****.****@*****.***

3 people have recommended Aries

"Aries is a quick study and eagerly took on new responsibilities as the workload increased and

opportunities presented themselves. He worked diligently on both technical and process

improvement projects that decreased student wait time and increased customer satisfaction. His

communication skills are excellent and he has strong interpersonal skills that enable him to build

strong relationships with his colleagues, customers and supervisors. I look forward to the

opportunity to work with Aries in the future."

Yusuf Suliman, Manager, IT Services, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, managed

Aries at University of Ontario Institute of Technology

"Aries a goal driven individual who follows directions well, and offers good ideas. He works hard,

and works well with the other employees."

John Starcevic, General Manager, Manucomp Systems, worked directly with Aries at

Manucomp Systems

"Aries is an extremely professional and reliable person. I have had the pleasure of working with

Aries on different occasions and he always puts forth top quality effort, work rate and efficiency, as

well as being extremely personable and easy to communicate with."

Mark De Luca, was Aries's client

Contact Aries on LinkedIn

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