Ryan Thomason

805-***-**** • ac0eyj@r.postjobfree.com

Education

B.S. Information Technology, Minor Computer Science 2013

California State Channel Islands University, Camarillo, CA

(Degree in progress)

Senior standing: 150 credits including thesis paper, or “Capstone Project” completed; academic transcripts available upon request.

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

GPA: 3.0

Letter of Completion, Computer Science, 12/2005

Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah

GPA: 3.5

Completed studies and received a Letter of Completion, fully transferring my credits and education to the state University. CSUCI accepted transfer of my credits in 2009 for their Bachelor of Science program in Informational Technologies.

H.S. Diploma, 6/2002

Brighton High School, 3422 E. 7800 S. Salt Lake City, Utah

GPA: 3.3

AP (Advanced Placement) classes taken: AP Politics, AP European History, AP American History, AP Computer Science, and AP American Government. Officer for Model United Nations and made trips to National Model United Nations competitions in New York in 2001 and 2002, placed 2nd for each competition.

Recent Technology Certifications:

•CompTIA - A+ (COMP001020343841) Certified 11/2011

•Lenovo [Windows 7]: OEM Win7 Notebook Systems (RTD07-R1), OEM Win7 Desktop Systems (RDD07-R1), Warranty Basics for Technicians (RXWT1-R1) Certified 3/2012

•Lenovo [Windows 8]: Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer PC Support (RWSW2010) Certified 11/2012

Work History

11/2013 – Present IT Manager

AAXIS Commerce

Manages and administers all networks (create/maintain VPN connections) and infrastructure among 3 different USA offices and client sites as needed. Maintains, inventories and issues all employee laptops (Windows, OS X and Linux) and equipment. Manages all company IT-related services (cloud-based services and architecting environmentssuch as AWS for developers and clients) and service contracts.

11/2011 – 11/2013 Technology Support Specialist

Chaminade College Preparatory School

MIS support staff to school, utilizing a 1:1 computing model, employing over 2,000 tablets between two different campuses. Tasked with maintenance, management, inventory and configuration of all laptop tablets on campus in this dynamic and large scale environment.

6/2009 – Present IT Consultant

Pacific Aire, PulseDrumming, St. George Dental

IT consultant and advisor for CEO/owner of each company. Work closely with clients to help support the following technologies: copper/fiber networks, VoIP/SIP, GPS tracking for fleet of vehicles, and all end-user employee’s workstation & mobile technologies. Advisor for future infrastructure and all IT solutions.

12/2010 - 11/2011 Assistant to Director of Technology

Villanova Preparatory School

Assistant to the IT Director of Villanova and the only other member of the IT staff for the campus. Daily tasks include: helpdesk issues for administration staff and teachers, virtualization (VMware) of 5 servers, maintaining fiber & copper networks and granular controls of SonicWall firewall.

9/2007 – 6/2011 Bartender

BJ’s Restaurant and Brewery, Glendale, California & Oxnard, California

Fun atmosphere in a high-paced serving style.

References

Previous/Current Employers:

AAXIS Commerce: 310-***-****) – Naresh Ram [ext 225]

Chaminade College Preparatory School: 818-***-****) – CIO: Yannis Grammatis, Network Manager: Sheldon Lefkowitz

Villanova Preparatory School 805-***-****) – Director of Technology: Joel Conary [ext 143]; Director of Educational Resources & Technology: Jane Cotti [ext 132]

Pacific Aire 805-***-****) – CEO: Mark Schneider [ext 101]

PulseDrumming 805-***-****) – CEO: Kimberly Brower

BJ’s Restaurant 805-***-****) – Adam Reide;Ron McBryde;Ralph Espinosa

FutureVision Technologies 801-***-****) - Director of IT: Greg Banya; QC: Cathy Sorenson

Pegus Research 801-***-****) - Supervisor: Kevin Strange

Personal:

Laurie Pershall 805-***-****) – Cisco Network Engineer, CPI employee; assistant in various projects both scholarly and in the private sector; friend.

Allen Jordan (www.allenjordan.com / 347-***-**** or 415-***-****) – Graphic Artist/Web Designer; creative web designer and front-end developer for eBay/Facebook/Apple

Volunteer Work

6/2015 – Present Burrito Project LA

Assist in cooking, rolling and distributing plant-based burritos to homeless and food insecure population of Los Angeles every other Thursday.

2/2013 Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Los Angeles, CA

Miscellaneous IT work including email systems management and other cloud-based services, migration of all contacts from GroupWare to new service. On-going support and assistance provided as needed.

11/2008 No on Proposition 8 Campaign, Los Angeles, CA

Involved in visibility campaign to encourage all Californians to be fully educated on the impact of the proposition on marriage equality.

9/2007 – 12/08 Chamber Music Society, Los Angeles, CA

Worked for the Chamber Music Society, a small collective of classical music enthusiasts who setup concerts in intimate venues where international musicians perform in front of a small gathering of appreciators (reminiscent of French salons). My volunteer time left me with a number of professors and art appreciators whom I call friends, who have invited me into the art appreciation culture in Los Angeles and enhanced my experience at the various art museums around town.

3/2006 – 6/06 Utah AIDS Association, Salt Lake City, Utah

Following a course outline at the University of Utah I elected to work at the Utah AIDS Center to work with those at risk, HIV infected, or AIDS-suffering persons. Consisted of part-time relations over the telephone coupled with prevention work at local city events with other non-profit organizations.

7/2001 - 9/01 Utah State PIRG, Salt Lake City, Utah

Canvassed/Petitioned to stop Alaskan Drilling in the late summer of 2001 for two months.

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