Tyrone Glass
Chicago, Illinois *****
ac2am5@r.postjobfree.com
IT specialist with over 15 years of experience in Help Desk Administration, Product, Service, and Application support. Expert and highly familiar with various operating systems, support, monitoring, and remediation tools.
Highly efficient and poised IT Professional who has a history of applying advanced level technical expertise to resolve highly complex customer issues
Resourceful problem solver with proven experience possesses exceptional troubleshooting, interpersonal, and documentation skills
Demonstrates excellent customer service skills, including strong sense of urgency, tact and professionalism.
Work independently, with minimal supervision, and provide guidance to other Technical Support Specialists
WORK EXPERIENCE
NOKIA/HERE Senior Support Operations Engineer 8/2011 – 6/2016
NAVTEQ North America, LLC Technical Support Specialist IV-Team Lead 6/2001 –8/2011
NAVTEQ/NOKIA-HERE is the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions.
Provide LINUX based support for global service operations
Monitor tool usage, along with run book remediation
Global communication with System Engineering team
Troubleshooting expertise for 2500+ clients in Chicago, IL; Veldhoven (Netherlands); Eschborn (Germany); San Paulo (Brazil) and London (England) in Enterprise Storage Networking (ESN) environments by diagnosing complex communication issues between network devices, mobile phones, servers, and storage products
Relate technical communications to non-technical users
Accept escalations from other technical team members as a subject matter expert, shaping group operations with depth of knowledge
Identify records and works with management to proactively revise current procedures and tools (Marimba, Remedy, MacAfee, Virus removal, Hardware Diagnostics) to improve customer satisfaction
Proficient at challenging existing processes based on industry best practices
GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
oProvide monitoring, remediation, and escalation of global services
oTroubleshoot Global Services based on run book
oProvide expert protocol analysis, simulated customer problems, interfaces with Storage Product Engineering groups, develops and delivers advanced troubleshooting knowledge by mentoring and sharing knowledge-base of expertise; evaluates troubleshooting tools and analyzes network audit information to predict problems with Enterprise Storage Networking (ESN) implementations
oManage and direct software installations via Marimba and hardware installations
oProvide preventative and remedial maintenance services for desktops, laptops, printers, and peripherals, including LAN-attached, standalone, and remote workstations; system software (MS Office Suite, PGP, Oracle 10g, etc.); and core software applications (all diagnostics, break/fix, installation, configuration, and upgrade activities)
oAsset management of IT assets; Wireless support for blackberry, PDAs, and cell phones
oImaging software (Ghost), Familiarity of call tracking software (Remedy), Remote Assist Software (Remote Desktop), Remote Access (VPN, Web VPN)
GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
oTrain staff, assign and monitor tasks performed by the team
oClosely support VIPs and C-level executives
oConduct tool and test equipment specification reviews
oCreate documentation to interpret technical instructions, service manuals, electric/electronic schematics, policies and procedures for technical and non-technical users
oUNIX and mainframe maintenance
oNetwork Security and Permissions moderator
oProvide desk-side assistance to end-users of existing and new technologies, hardware, software
oSupport of over 50 locations, including: Corporate Headquarters, field and home officesin Chicago, IL; Veldhoven (Netherlands); Eschborn (Germany); San Paulo (Brazil) and London (England)
Johnson Motors, Waukegan, IL Technical Support Engineer 1/1998-5/2000
Johnson Motors (now Outboard Marine Corporation) - the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of outboard motors and second largest producer of powerboats.
Mentored others in providing validated technical information, support process instructions and special support requirements
Developed and implemented resolutions for problems identified, and adhering to standard practices and procedures
RESPONSIBILITIES:
oAuthentication policies for network access and data retrieval
oIn-office troubleshooting for Windows 98, 2000 and Office 2000 for 300+ clients
oEnterprise Administration, DNS, Network Monitoring
oDeveloped and revised training materials, manuals, and conductedMicrosoft Officeuser workshops
oHardware maintenance, laptop backups to network server
EDUCATION
Barat College of DePaul- Lake Forest, IL
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (3.0 GPA) 12/2000
Kishwaukee Jr. College -Malta, IL
Associate’s Degree in Computer Science (3.0 GPA) 5/1997
SKILLS SET
Active Directory Exchange Hardware/Software
Microsoft Office Suite Security/MacAfee TCP/IP
UNIX Administration VPN and Remote Access Windows XP/ 7/8/10
Remedy Unity/Call Manager/VOIP Backup/Storage
Video/Web Conferencing Audio/Visual Engineer Database Admin
Nagios Catchpoint RiverMuse
References Provided Upon Request