Taurean Keels
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Accomplished, achievement-driven, and results-oriented professional. Interested in working in
Systems Administration.
Qualifications
7 years of employment experience with direct customer interaction and increasing levels of
responsibility
Passionate about achieving a challenging position that allows for meaningful contributions to a
successful business
Outstanding leadership, interpersonal, planning, and communication skills
Persistent and driven, acquired Microsoft technical certification while concurrently working full-time
Excellent computer skills applications related to MS Office and the Internet
Professional Experience
Yourtechworld Technical Consulting, Houston, Texas Oct/2013 to Present
Consultant
Provided technical support and maintenance within the organization's desktop computing environment.
This includes installing, diagnosing, repairing, maintaining and upgrading all PC hardware and equipment
to ensure optimal workstation performance.
Troubleshoot problem areas (in person, by telephone, or via email) in a timely and accurate fashion, and
provided end-user assistance where required.
Assisted in developing long-term strategies and capacity planning for meeting future desktop hardware
needs.
Conducted research on desktop products in support of PC procurement and development efforts.
Evaluated and recommended products for purchase.
Wrote technical specifications for purchase of PCs, desktop hardware and related products.
S-Plus Store, Irving Texas Jun/2012 to Oct/2013
Desktop Technician
Use of Lightspeed/Merchant OS cloud based point of sale system to manage inventory, add and
maintain customer records, create work orders and trouble tickets and process sales transactions
Work with clients to resolve desktop, laptop and mobile device issues
Deployed, utilized and maintained a testing environment to validate the operation of computer and small
electronic equipment
Consistently met weekly productivity objectives established by management, in addition to meeting
established deadlines
Deployed, utilized and maintained a Windows Deployment Server in addition to its related systems
(Active Directory, DNS, DHCP), for the purpose of imaging customer laptop and desktop computers
S-Plus Warehouse, Grand Prairie Texas Aug/2008 to Jun/2012
Product Return Authorization Desktop Technician
Receiving, testing and inventorying returned desktop and server components.
Desktop support for warehouse inventory laptops and sales office desktops.
Promoted to lead technician during August 2009
Managed the DELL asset recovery program from August ‘09 to February ‘12
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Designed and deployed a network for the purpose of sanitizing customer information from hard disk
drives
Reduced hardware and software costs while increasing profit earned on recertified hard disk drives by
repurposing older hardware and configuring the linux operating system to use with the hard drive wipe
system.
Well Watchers Oilfield Services Mar/2005 to May/2008
Field Technician
Monitored and recorded the production levels of water, oil and natural gas from gas wells
Assembled flow lines from natural gas wells to production equipment
Routine production equipment maintenance, troubleshooting and repair.
Responsible for maintaining well site security
On site technical support for desktop and laptop computer systems required for well production
monitoring.
Ethel M Chocolate Factory, Mars Incorporated Jan/2003 to Feb/2005
Customer Service Agent
Inbound call handling, assisting customers over the telephone creating orders for Ethel M and M&M
products.
Generating the store catalog mailing list.
Explained features, advantages and disadvantages of various customizations to promote sale of
customized, printed M&M products
Ensured that customer online store orders were fulfilled, including any necessary order changes and the
completion of appropriate details
Education
Graduate Diploma, Sandusky Highschool, Ohio, 1999