Software High School

Andy Kerchoff

Email: abpwe6@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ** ******** ***.

City: Katonah

State: NY

Zip: 10536

Country: USA

Phone: 203-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $100,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

IT Director

Educational Background:

High School, Physics, Calculus, Drafting, CAD, and Design.

New Canaan High School, 09/1992 - 06/1996

New Canaan, CT

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Job History / Details:

ANDREW J. KERCHOFF

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IT DIRECTOR

Technology Leadership IT Management Technology Innovator

Innovative IT leader with extensive experience working with a large range of operating systems and platforms. Background includes leadership of tech support teams and creating complete network systems to fulfill a variety of business needs. Comprehensive knowledge of issues related to building and maintaining computer networks, as well as knowledge of business and creative software. I specialize in creatively keeping IT and communications systems running reliably and efficiently, with a different perspective on technology and insight into creating success through top IT performance. Core competencies include:

IT Management Network Creation, Upgrading, Security and Support

Strategic Technology Planning Comprehensive Scope of Hardware Technology

Research and Development Expansive Software Expertise

Staff Supervision and Team Leadership System Network and Software Troubleshooting

Ground-up Department Building Experience A/V and Digital Media Expertise

Creative and Innovative Problem Solving Strong Tech Skill Set Adaptable to Challenges

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The KARL Chevrolet Company, New Canaan, CT 2002-Present

Mid-sized private multi-divisional and multi-campus company.

IT Director

* Lead fast-paced IT department, managing full breadth of technology and communications-related strategic planning, implementation and support.

* Built complete Microsoft network comprised of 50 desktop clients, MS x64/x32-bit Exchange 2007 Servers, NAS mapped RAID storage and Blackberry Enterprise Server.

* Supervise support for proprietary Dealer Management System built on MS SQL server.

* Effectively and efficiently manage team in supporting full network, including all troubleshooting, upgrading and security protection.

* Achieve high standards for on-time response and resolution of all support issues.

* Continually research and assess options for streamlining process and technologically innovative solutions.

E-Media, Stamford, CT 2000-2002

Digital media production company.

Senior Vice President of Encoding Services

* Ran Research and Development lab, including consideration of new equipment, products and techniques.

* Responsible for all aspects of digital media creation, including management of digital media production and encoding team.

* Designed and built servers and hardware to support new digital streaming media production technology.

* Built a fully operational audio/video streaming broadcast studio and distribution network for publishing live audio and video content through a private network operations center.

* Created, developed and brought to market a line of new distribution servers and media encoders designed to improve quality and widen access to streaming media.

* Directed, produced and edited live and pre-recorded streaming media projects.

* Managed on-site and off-site video production crews performing video shoots.

* Led day-to-day streaming broadcast operations center.

* Provided technical support to sales staff.

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Microcast, Inc., Danbury, CT 1999-2000

Leading high capacity provider of internet video streaming services.

Senior Encoding Engineer

* Created, built and scaled up a streaming media department from scratch. Media department role was to downlink audio and video signals from satellite links for distribution to the public, our clients and distribution networks.

* Developed best practice standards for all digital streaming media work.

* Evaluated and performed R&D on new encoding software, video processors and streaming video computers, with the latest video hardware including tape formats like DVCAM, DVCPRO, S-VHS, DVD and Betacam SP.

* Designed QA standards for all video encoding.

* Built and maintained all equipment used in video encoding and video editing.

* Embedded html events into streaming media to showcase our streaming technology.

* Managed team of encoding engineers.

Inter-Act Systems, Norwalk, CT 1998-1999

Software company with proprietary data mining product.

Senior Systems Analyst

* Coordinated with a team of software engineers, sales force, support staff and system integrators to correct issues with Inter-Act's proprietary data mining marketing software, reporting my findings and fixes to management.

* Managed top level technical support team (domestic level three support).

* Ran network troubleshooting between Windows NT systems and IBM 4680/4690 POS (Point of Sale) systems.

* Diagnosed and solved software and hardware issues with in-house IBM 4680/4690 POS systems.

* Set-up, demonstrated, attended and traveled with networked demo systems for trade shows.

* Created and executed performance testing on new hardware and software.

* Wrote Field Technicians Handbook for diagnosing problems on-site with proprietary kiosk-based marketing systems.

* Managed two field teams of technical support staff who covered full U.S. market.

* Responsible for at least two supermarket chain system integrations, including development, roll-out and installation.

EDUCATION, MEMBERSHIPS & HONORS

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 1996-1998

Major in Automotive Design/Industrial Design, Minor in Computer Networking

New Canaan Rotary Club, Board of Directors and Chairman of Charity Fundraising Committee

Paul Harris Fellow

SPECIFIC COMPUTER NETWORK/SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

Networking/Security/General: MS Windows Server NT, 2K, 2K3, 2K8. MS Desktop 95/98, 2K, XP, Vista, 7. Apple OS X, Leopard, Snow Leopard. MS Terminal Services, Remote Desktop, VNC, pcAnywhere. MS Exchange Server 2K/2K3/2K7. Blackberry Enterprise Server, MS Outlook 2K, 2K3, 2K7, GFi Mail Essentials, Postini. MS Office 2K, 2K3, 2K7. Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition, Norton Ghost, Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, MS Visio & Project. SonicWall Firewalls, Cisco Firewalls and routers. Multi proc servers, RAID storage, Outlook Web Access, LANs, TCP/IP, VPNs, redundant WAN connections, SDSL, ADSL, T-1, Cable, Frame Relay.

Creative software: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Acrobat. MS Windows Media Server, Windows Media Encoder, Real Server, Real Producer, QuickTime, Video for Windows, MPEG Formats, DVD Production, Terran Media Cleaner Pro, discreet cleaner, discreet edit DV, Avid XPress DV, Sonic Foundry Sound Forge, Sonic Foundry Vegas Pro Audio, Sonic Foundry Vegas Video, Sonic Foundry ACID, Mixman Studio Pro.

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