Paul Trowbridge
Email: *********@********.***
Address: ***** * **** ****
City: Phoenix
State: AZ
Zip: 85055
Country: USA
Phone: 623-***-****
Skill Level: Experienced
Salary Range: $65,000
Willing to Relocate
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
Paul Trowbridge
21437 N 33rd Lane **************@*****.***
Phoenix, AZ 85027 623-***-****
Summary of Qualifications:
1st/2nd level support of proprietary software applications in complex enterprise environments
Founding member of technical support department, wrote installation and user manuals
Excellent communication skills, with both internal and external customers
High level of troubleshooting expertise in both hardware and software environments
Field Service Engineer for installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting computer driven equipment
Strong network and system administration and troubleshooting knowledge
Technical Skills Summary:
OS & Enterprise Apps: Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008 Server, Unix, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, IRIX, Linux, Cisco IOS, Norton Anti-virus, ISA firewall, Proxy Server.
Virtual Machine Technology: VMWare, Oracle Virtual Box, Terminal Server. Citrix Servers
Databases: MSSQL, SQLServer Report Services, Oracle 8i & 9i, Toad, Sybase, Visual FoxPro
CRMS: Pivotal, Salesforce, Remedy, Right Now, Netsuite
Network Technologies: Cisco routers, switches, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, WAN, LAN, TCP/IP, CDP, RIP, RIPv2, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, VTP, VLAN, HSRP, STP, SVI, CEF, Frame-relay, PPP, Access Control List (ACL), Network Address Translation (NAT), Redistribution, Net Backup, Backup-Exec, RAID, SCSI, Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, RIS, GPMC, RRAS, Remote Desktop, IIS6, IIS7, Apache, Squid, Wireshark
Desktop Technologies: Windows 98/2000/XP/VISTA/7, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Scanners, Desktop and Networked Printers.
Hardware: Able to troubleshoot electronic and electro/mechanical equipment down to component level (Electronic Technician U.S. Navy). Ability to design prototype equipment.
Misc: Jboss, Websphere, Weblogic, Web Crawlers, Unix Shell Script, Windows Power Shell, Perl, HTML, XML, ASP.NET (Visual Web Developer), Javascript, PHP, IBM Workload Manager
Professional Experience/Details:
Charles Schwab (Contract via NetPolarity) SeniorClient/Server Support 4/2012 10/2012
Install, maintain, troubleshoot over thirty banking applications in a mixed Linux/Windows and Citrix environment
Install and configure Apache and Tomcat servers
Modify and update Perl and DOS Batch scripts as needed
Monitor departmental emails and alerts for application and file transfer issues
Monitor Remedy queue and assist internal banking personel for issues ranging from password resets to application or server issues
Assist in planning for next phase of growth in banking environment
Assist in documentation effort for proprietary file transfer processes scheduled by the mainframe
Must follow all banking and security requirements, including submission of change tickets for any changes to banking enviornment
Lumension Security, Inc AZ Application Support 8/2010 - 8/2011
Assist customers to test, install, and configure complex web-based management console
Open and track issues in Rightnow/Netsuite CRMs.
Install and configure Apache and Squid as proxy servers
Identify and track bugs in engineering Bugzilla application
Deploy VM environments for installation of agents on various operating systems
Utilize knowledge of remote sessions to troubleshoot agents on thousands of computers
Many of my suggestions were adopted to improve customer response times
Oasis Care Homes, LLC AZ Consultant/Founder 7/2008 - 8/2010
Consultant and founder responsible for all aspects of technical and business system operations
Wrote business and operational rules, trained 6 managers and care-givers
Responsible for all business with state licensing board and health department requirements
Countrywide Home Loans AZ Level 2 Application Support 2/2008 - 9/2008
Administer and troubleshoot the loan processing software
Identify and enter bugs into Viper application
Maintain the proprietary file transfer program between home office and hundreds of branch offices
Participate in pager rotation responsible for business critical applications during off-hours
Convera Inc. CA Senior Support Specialist 10/1996 - 8/2007
Remote administration and troubleshooting of enterprise LAN/WAN Client/Server application
Network/system administration, configuration and installation of application and 3rd party software
Identify bugs and track in engineering database
Configure Apache and Tomcat servers
Wrote log parser and other troubleshooting tools using PERL
Install and configure JBOSS JEE application in support of Retrievalware's Java version
Provide on-site support and liaison with engineers for hard to identify problems and bugs
Intermediate knowledge required of MSSQL databases, all Windows, and Unix operating systems
Intermediate knowledge of configuration of Oracle 8i & 9i RDBMS
Escalation support for high profile customers, such as FBI, DoD, Bank of America, Wyeth
Professionalism and expertise insured yearly renewals of accounts in excess of $200,000.00
Miscellaneous Experience:
Considerable hardware troubleshooting experience
Management and training experience
Broad-based understanding of Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems
Considerable RDBMS knowledge with the ability to read and write SQL scripts
Health care experience as manager of assisted living homes
Proven creative and analytical thinking
Certifications:
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) 2010
CWA (Certified Wan Associate) 2010
Education:
67 units in engineering program GPA (3.2)
Electronics School US Navy (Third in class)
Military:
4 years US Navy Honorable Discharge