CHESTER W. PORTER
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EDUCATION
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, Alabama Major: Political Science
TECHNICAL/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
IBM AS400 Sales Place Software
IBM Servers Lotus Notes
SAP Kronos
Front Range Software MS Office Applications
Hand-Held Hardware Support
Inventory Control
PROFESSIONAL/CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
13th Educational Enrichment Program – Founder
Carver Civic League - Member
Library Board Foundation
Bessemer City Council
Jefferson County Planning & Zoning Board
FBI Multi-Cultural Board
PUBLIC TRUST CLEARANCE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IT Systems Operations/Help Desk Support
Coca Cola Bottling United – Birmingham, AL September 1998 – May 2017
Maintain IBM iServers, Maineframes (AS400, iSeries) PTFs and CUMs updates
Responsible for Logical Petition of Servers, IPL of Servers, Monthly/Daily Backups
End User Software, Hardware Peripheral support and Helpdesk Support utilizing Front Range System Software.
End User System Testing and Deliver Software Training
Monitor Daily Operations of Multiple iSeries and i5/OS and peripherals
Address iSeries and SAP BASIS Service Desk Tickets related to operations, SharePoint, AD and Life Cycle
Monitor the archiving of all iSeries and i5/OS back-up media
Develop and maintain SAP, BASIS, iSeries and i5/OS and related hardware and software documentation.
Handheld support of end users out in field
Handheld communications working with servers (i.e. Communications inbound/outbound/senders
Partner with IT Personnel in areas related to overall performance of iSeries and i5/OS, SAP and BASIS.
FRS Help Desk System Eleven (15yrs). Maintain logs and updates of all service incidents/requests.
Sales Place Help Desk System (8yrs). Maintain logs and updates of all service incidents/requests.
Support end user BASIS Security and system authority levels.
Job scheduling of jobs and canceling of active jobs and monitoring of all jobs.
Disaster Relief Recover
Month end/year Financial reconciliation
Customer Service Lead/Service Dispatcher
Coca Cola Bottling United – Birmingham, AL January 1992 – September 1998
Overall accountability and leadership responsibilities associated with managing and supporting Corporate Accounts
Negotiated purchasing contracts for office supplies and responsible for order management
Audits of IT software and end users security.
Handled National Chain Accounts Customer Escalations Coached and Developed a Team of 4 Customer Service Associates Managed the ordering and implementation of parts for fountain units in support of National Chain Accounts
Dispatched all service tech. to daily problematic service calls
References: Available upon request