Engineer Manager

Location:

Houston, TX

Posted:

January 30, 2013

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Resume:

Please note: I am in Houston to stay. I do not want to relocate back to Chicago, or to any other city!

OBJECTIVE:

Increasing responsibility in MIS Management supported by continuing education

and achievement in the field of Information Systems. (Hey, the bottom line here

is that I want my career to keep advancing and my "compensation" to

reflect that!) EDUCATION:B.S. in Marketing with a Minor in Psychology: Eastern

Illinois University December 1990 GPA: 3.16 of 4.0Certified Netware Engineer August 1994 (Updated to 4.x

August, 1995 Updated to 5.x March 2000, Updated to 6.x October 2003)CompTIA Linux+ May 2003 EXPERIENCE:Seatrax, Inc. [link]

- Houston, TX

IT Manager April 2005 - Present

Maintained and performed trouble shooting for Corporate Local Area

Network, consisting of 100+ node local network, including Windows

and Mac OS X clients and networked printers and scanner. Also managed

50+ node network at remote site in Bellchasse, Louisiana. Performed

LAN Administration including: adding and deleting users, performing

regular backups, occasional restorations from NAS backup media,

and maintaining LAN security. Maintained and managed corporate remotely

hosted corporate e-mail solution. Performed phone support for all

remote sites and traveling corporate personnel. Determined computer-related

needs for entire corporation. Oceaneering International [link]

- Houston, TX

Information Technologist July 2004 - April 2005

Researched and developed methodology and procedures for a company-wide

IT standardization project. Areas of concentration included, standardization

of Windows XP workstation configuration, Linux-based installation system and

bootable CD-ROM. Created Linux menu system for both installation options and

restore options.

Installed, configured and maintained two test lab environments that included

two Novell Netware 6.5 servers running ZENWorks for Servers, ZENWorks for Desktops

and GroupWise.

Also installed four RedHat AS 2.1 Linux servers and used opensource solutions to

clone them and make an archive of them for disaster recovery.Loomis, Fargo & Co. [link]

- Houston, TX

Network Administrator October 2002 - July 2004

Maintained and performed trouble shooting for 650+ node, 38 server

Corporate NOVELL and Windows 2000 Local Area Network, including

2 Citrix MetaFrame servers. Responsible for the setup, installation,

upgrade and implementation of servers at both the corporate site

in Houston and remote sites. Performed LAN Administration including:

verification of backups, planning, selection and implementation

of new server equipment, and installation and upgrade of networked

applications. Duties also included the assignment and monitoring

of projects, high-level trouble shooting, and project coordination

with other departments. Duties also included planning for disaster

recovery and testing the disaster recovery plan.

Kirby Corporation [link]

- Houston, TX

Supervisor, Local Area Network/Desktop Support

August 2000 - October 2001

Maintained and performed trouble shooting for 650+ node, 40 server Corporate NOVELL

and Windows NT Local Area Network, including 3 Citrix Winframe servers, 35 Novell

GroupWise installations and 1 Novell BorderManager server. Supervised the setup,

installation, upgrade and implementation of servers at both the corporate site

in Houston and remote sites. Performed supervisory LAN Administration including:

verification of backups, planning, selection and implementation of new server

equipment, installation and upgrade of networked applications, and the installation

and upgrade of network switching and backbone hardware. Duties also included the

assignment and monitoring of projects, high-level trouble shooting, and project

coordination with other departments. Supervised up to three employees and numerous

contractors directly on a daily basis.Harbor Financial Mortgage Corporation

(Subsidiary of First City Financial Corporation [link]) - Houston,

Senior Network Engineer

June 1998 - August 2000

Maintained and performed trouble shooting for 350+ node, 35 server Corporate NOVELL

and Windows NT Local Area Network, including 2 Microsoft SQL servers, 2 Citrix

Winframe servers, 2 SAA for Netware servers, 1 Novell GroupWise server and 1 Novell

BorderManager server. Supervised the setup, installation, upgrade and implementation

of servers at both corporate sites in Houston and Dallas. Originally, duties included

supervising networks at 20 remote locations. Performed supervisory LAN Administration

including: verification of backups, planning, selection and implementation of

new server equipment, installation and upgrade of networked applications, and

the installation and upgrade of network switching and backbone hardware. Duties

also included the assignment and monitoring of projects, high-level trouble shooting,

and project coordination with other departments, including IS personnel at other

locations. During bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings, successfully separated

the physical network by severing the WAN links from Dallas and Waco and performing

appropriate NDS recovery. Also, handled the shutdown of all network systems during

liquidation. Supervised up to five employees and numerous contractors directly

on a daily basis. Washington International Insurance Company

Former subsidiary of The Roanoke Companies - Itasca,

Network Administrator

January 1996 - June 1998

Maintained and performed trouble shooting for 175 node, 9 server Corporate

NOVELL Local Area Network. Set up, upgraded and performed trouble shooting

for NOVELL LANs at 9 remote sites. Maintained and performed trouble shooting

for WAN connecting remote sites and Corporate LAN. Performed LAN Administration

including: adding and deleting users, performing regular backups and occasional

restorations from tape using Palindrome Storage Manager and Seagate BackupExec,

and maintaining LAN security. Maintained and managed corporate Microsoft

Mail e-mail network, including an AT&T Internet e-mail gateway. Performed

phone support for all remote sites and traveling corporate personnel. After

reorganization, the Local Area Network was reduced to 85 nodes, 4 servers,

and one WAN connection. Upgraded 3 of the 4 Novell servers from 3.x to

4.11. Setup 2 additional Novell 4.11 servers. The MIS staff was reduced

to half of the original size, requiring more detailed management of the

network and the upgrade of equipment. Supervised upgrade of Windows 3.1

workstations to Windows95. Installed and maintained Bay Networks AN Router

on 56k channel of T1 for Internet connectivity. Upgraded to CISCO Router

and full T1. Helped install and configure Gauntlet Firewall. Maintained

Gauntlet Firewall. Reconfigured Bay Networks Router for 56k WAN connection. LinksCorp [link] - Northfield,

MIS Systems Analyst

January 1995 - December 1995

Maintained and performed trouble shooting for Corporate NOVELL Local

Area Network. Performed LAN Administration including: adding and deleting

users, performing regular backups, occasional restorations from tape, and

maintaining LAN security. Set up, upgraded and performed trouble shooting

for NOVELL LANs at 17 remote sites. Also performed preliminary troubleshooting

for Integrated Business Systems' Point-Of-Sale product at remote sites.

Maintained and managed corporate Lotus cc:Mail e-mail network. Performed

management and trouble shooting for corporate SBT Accounting package. Performed

phone support for all remote sites and traveling corporate personnel. Determined

computer-related needs for entire corporation. Hyatt Regency Chicago [link] - Chicago,

MIS Analyst

October 1992 - January 1995

Maintained and performed trouble shooting for 250 node, three server NOVELL Local

Area Network. Configured one server for Netware and moved AlphaFour database and

ADACO purchasing inventory system to new server. Developed Guest Request Database

in AlphaFour and installed application on new server. Installed and configured

approximately 100 workstations for LAN. Performed basic LAN Administration including:

adding and deleting users, performing regular backups, occasional restorations

from tape, and maintaining LAN security. Also maintained and performed preliminary

troubleshooting for HP-UX mini-mainframe, NCR 2160 Point-of-Sale systems, and

stand-alone P.C.s.

Front Desk Clerk

January 1991 - October 1992

Performed guest check-in, check-out, and guest accounting functions.Eastern Illinois University [link]

- Charleston, IL

Night Assistant

August 1989 - December 1990

Part-time Student Security Aide to Housing Department.HONORS AND ACTIVITIES:

Eagle Scout Award from B.S.A.

Citizenship Award from the Optimist Club of Glenview, IL.

Master of Glenview Lodge #1058 A.F. & A.M. - 1997-98

INTERESTS:

Writing fiction (mainly science-fiction, but some horror, too), philosophy (Western

and Eastern, but mostly Eastern), swords and fencing, computer security, web development, PERL programming, linguistics, cartography, Asian culture, mythology, martial arts, and all things Japanese

(Have you seen my List O' Links, too?)

Skill Set:

Software: DOS through v 6.22, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and XP Professional, UNIX, Netware 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x, BorderManager, Netware for SAA v2.x and v3.x, GroupWise, including GroupWise Internet Agent, OS/2 Warp, TCP/IP setup and configuration, Telnet, FTP, HTML authoring, Lanalyzer, Java programming, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus cc:Mail, Norton's PCAnywhere, WordPerfect (DOS and Windows versions), Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Excel for Windows, Microsoft Access for Windows, Btrieve 6.15

and 7.0, FAX Works Pro (including FAX server module), ModemAssist Plus, Crosstalk

serial communications software (DOS and Windows versions), Citrix WinFrame and

MetaFrame, Attachmate Extraa, Palindrome Backup software, Seagate's BackupExec

software, and Cheyenne's ArcServe software.

Hardware: Also, familiar with most modern PC hardware including Acer PC line, AST PC line, Compaq PC, laptop and ProLiant Server lines, Dell PC and server lines, Hewlett-Packard printers and NetServer line, EISA server architecture, SCSI architecture, U.S. Robotics modems, Hayes modems, Palm IIIx, Cisco 1600 Series Routers, Bay Networks AN Routers, IBM LanStreamer switches, NuSwitch FE series switches, Shiva AccessPort ISDN Router, Shiva LanRover/8e modem server, 3Com intelligent MAUs/hubs, Madge token-ring cards, 10baseT cabling requirements, Coax cabling requirements, Ethernet, Token-Ring, and basic public telephone technology.

And, I'm learning more and more as I try to make the impossible possible

without going over budget! It's amazing what you can do with batch

files and old DOS utilities! Not to mention DOS windows in Windows!

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