GREGORY MENARD

ac2v3o@r.postjobfree.com

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Alpharetta, GA 30004

OBJECTIVE

Experienced and detail-oriented information technology professional; I am seeking employment with an innovative company in an information technology position that will allow me to leverage my current expertise and continue to enhance my technical skill set. Skilled at multitasking; I manage time and resources effectively. Excellent interpersonal skills. I am recognized for dedication and focused driven work ethic. Bilingual in both English and French.

EDUCATION

Master of Science

Major: Management Information Systems with concentration on Information Security, Computer and Information Sciences

Nova Southeastern University

Graduation: December 2012

Relevant Courses

Management Information Systems

Information Systems Project Management

Enterprise Information Systems, Technologies, and Infrastructures

Database Systems

Telecommunications and Computer Networking

Systems Analysis and Design

Information Security Management

Fundamentals of Security Technologies

Information Systems Auditing

Bachelor of Science

Major: Finance

Barry University, Miami Shores, FL

Graduation: May 2008

Relevant Courses

Financial Markets & Institutions

Financial Accounting

Managerial Accounting

Financial Statement Analysis

Strategic Management

International Business

Financial Management

Management of Financial Institutions

International Finance

Business Law I

Statistics in Business

Organizational Behavior & Management

Portfolio Mgt & Risk Analysis

Financial Policy & Strategy

Fundamental of Security Analysis

EXPERIENCE

Systems Administrator/ Desktop Support

Reed Construction Data

03/2011 – 04/2017

Manage user accounts and provide help-desk support for users in a mixed Windows and Unix environment.

Setup and maintain distributed IT systems including computational resources, servers, storage and networking.

Works with Help Desk and Network Operations staff as appropriate to determine and resolve problems received from clients.

Works with vendor support contacts to resolve technical problems with desktop computing equipment and software.

Perform and monitor data backups and recovery.

Procure new hardware and software and manage licenses and service contracts.

Recommends and /or performs upgrades on systems to ensure longevity.

Assesses functional needs to determine specifications for purchases.

Assists staff with the installation, configuration, and ongoing usability of desktop computers, peripheral equipment and software within established standards and guidelines.

Assists in maintaining LAN/WAN records and, as appropriate, telephone systems cable.

Installation/Upgrades along with data migration of Desktop PC/Laptops.

Converted ACCESS DB applications to MS-SQL Server Database environment.

Perform database backups and recoveries.

Administrative Assistant

Aerotek Professional Services (Contract Assignment with ADP TotalSource) Miami, FL

09/2009- 12/2009

Scheduled and coordinated meetings, interviews, appointments, events and other similar activities for supervisors, which also included travel and lodging arrangements.

Coordinated with various staff for operational support activities of the unit; served as a liaison between departments and operating units in the resolution of day-to-day administrative and operational problems.

Provided administrative/secretarial support for various departments/divisions such as answering telephones, assisting visitors and resolving a range of administrative problems and inquiries.

Operated desktop computer to compose and edit correspondence and memoranda from dictation, verbal direction and from knowledge of policies of established departments/divisions; prepared, transcribed, composed, typed, edited and distributed agendas and minutes of numerous meetings.

Excel Cost Analyst, Data Analyst, Purchasing Analyst

Ledgent Staffing (Contract Assignment- Ms. Excel) Miami, FL 07/2009 – 09/2009

Reviewing, analysis and day to day maintenance of cost of goods (COGS) on sales inventory.

Collaborated with the Marketing, Sales and Accounting teams to assist the company in achieving its financial and strategic objectives.

Supported supplier selection decisions, visibility in to COGS and system accuracy so informed business decisions can be made.

Analyzed and modeled cost adjustments impact on profitability

Monitored commodity and market trends

Maintained and update current cost in Accounting System

Provided support to buyers, AP and rebates team for cost related issues Extract data based on set parameters to create discount load templates in Excel. Advanced functions, pivot tables, and macros.

Administrative Assistant & Portfolio Analyst Assistant

Accountants Inc. Columbia, MD 10/2008- 07/2009

Oversee all aspects of general office coordination.

Maintain office calendar to coordinate work flow and meetings.

Assist Portfolio Managers with harvest scheduling and cash flow modeling.

Calculate historic and projected internal rates of return.

Compile weekly and monthly company and industry reports for internal use.

Evaluate qualifications of securities investment.

Review and evaluate financial statements received on portfolio credits.

ACCOUNTING CLERK

Log Cabin Enterprises, Miami Beach, FL

05/2006 – 09/2008

Accounts Payable Functions.

Accounts Receivable, Collections with terms negotiations.

Payroll processing with ADP.

Reconciliation of Bank Statements.

Posts financial information to journals, registers, and ledgers, manually or by electronically.

Reports reconciliation, cash flow management.

Generating reports and maintaining master vendor files.

Calculating customer account analyses, handling disputes and discrepancies.

Assisted in completion of: 941, 990, UCT-6, Sales Tax.

Internship

Merrill Lynch, Aventura, FL 12/2006 – 04/2007

Telemarketing, Financial Administrative Assistant

Spreadsheets Analysis

Portfolio Analysis

Paper filing

Activities/Awards

Member of the National Honor Society

Member of the Barry Soccer Club

Member of Alpha Delta Gamma

Received outstanding achievement in French

LANGUAGES

French (Fluent)

COMPUTER SKILLS

ADP

Microsoft SQL

Oracle RDBMS

Peachtree

SAP Sybase ASE

Teradata

IBM DB2

MySQL

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

QuickBooks

ADDITIONAL SKILLS (Systems and Database Administration)

Experience racking, installing, networking, and troubleshooting servers and storage systems.

Experience scripting with Perl and BASH for automating system tasks.

Experience managing services such as web (Apache), directory services (LDAP), FTP, mail server (Postfix or Sendmail), samba (CIFS) and NFS.

Experience with RAID and disk array management

Experience with Firewalls and concepts such as SNAT, DNAT and Port Forwarding.

Experience with common PC hardware and supporting Microsoft Windows interoperability with Unix.

Experience with management of distributed computing resources and job scheduling software such as SGE or PBS/Torque/Maui or equivalent.

Experience with change management protocols and adherence to documentation protocols.

Experience with backup design, management and testing of distributed computational resources.

Experience with a Relational Database Management System such as MySQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle

Experience with planning, testing and ensuring database backups.

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