Vanessa A. Villarreal
Round Lake Park, IL ***** . 847-***-**** . *******.***********@*******.***
EDUCATION
LAKE FOREST COLLEGE Lake Forest, IL
May 2013
Bachelor of Arts, History and Classics
Recipient of the Patterson Academic Scholarship awarded annually by the
Lake Forest College to students with a G.P.A of 2.5 or higher out of 4.0.
Lake Forest College Greece Study Abroad Program March 2012-June
2012
. One of sixteen students selected by the Study Abroad Greece Program
board.
. Adapted to Greek culture quickly.
. Traveled and quickly grew accustomed to new places on the weekly basis.
. Connected with other students and professors with different backgrounds
to build mutual understanding and trust.
. Three month survey classical ruins sites and ancient Greek culture.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Express Employment Personal Lake villa, IL May
2014- Present
Temporary IT User Specialist I
. Provide first contact with users who are having system or software
related issues
. Knowledgeable of Microsoft Office 2003, 2010, & 2013
. Maintain daily users ticket log
. Knowledge of SMS remote assistance and XP remote desktop
. Provide quality customer service when troubleshooting varies hardware and
software related issues
Randstad, USA. Lake Forest, IL October
2013-May 2014
Temporary Case Tester for Trustmark Companies
. Performing testing by following procedures for different cases
. Insuring all rates are correct for each insurance product
. Collaborating with different departments to resolve rate discrepancies
. Answering phone calls from various customers who need help with accessing
cases or password changes
. Work with the case builder to ensure great quality work for customers and
to help resolve varies issues
Brown Technology Resource Center at Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL
August 2009-May 2013
Computer Technician-Shift Lead
. Conduct one-on-one and small group training sessions for faculty and
students using Photoshop, Microsoft office, iMovie, scanners, printers,
general Mac and PC operation.
. Extensive projects experience using software on Mac and PC platform such
as Microsoft Office 2000-2011, iMovie 09' & 13', Dashboard, Handbrake, Mac
the Ripper. Toast 9, Audacity, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Photoshop
CS4-6, Adobe Illustrator CS4-6, Adobe InDesign CS4-6, and iDVD.
. Converted DVs into DVDs using proper equipment for professors for
teaching purposes.
. Conversions of digital media into various media formats for student and
public viewing.
. Creating and editing DVDs using iDVD and iMovie 2009 and 2011.
. Conducted and created training sessions with 13 staff members in
Photoshop CS6 and iMovie 09.
. Communicate with coworkers on various long and short term projects.
. Direct work conduct and expectations to new coworkers.
. Ability to problem solve
. Ability to multi-task
. Manage consumer technical problems and service
OTHER LANGUAGE
. Fluent Spanish speaking