La'Brinda L. Howard
Circleville, Ohio 43113
Phone: 740-***-****
E-mail: **************@*****.***
Skills:
** ***** ********** ** *********** Technology
** **** ***** *xperience in Management and Supervision
8 years experience in Leadership, Team Building, and Development
17 years experience in Psychology: counseling, therapy and working with individuals with Developmental and Intellectual disabilities
Proficient in ITIL, Agile, Change Management, Strong communication and customer service skills
Extensive software and hardware troubleshooting, Information Technology Security, QA Manual Tester with ISSA membership Skilled in Cyber Security best practices and testing Proficient with Sentinel One, Trend Micro, Microsoft AD/Azure
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Central State University
Pursuing Bachelor of Science in IT/Cyber Security Colorado Technical University
Master of Science in Management in IT Management, Colorado Technical University Scrum
Master Certified (SMC), July 2022
Work Experience:
MWA Consulting IT Manager (Consultant), Sep 2023 – Present
Optimize IT systems and infrastructure Lead cross-functional teams Budget management and project planning assistance and project direction
Central Ohio Transit Authority IT Service Desk Manager, Sep 2022 - Aug 2023
Oversee requests and incidents, Train and mentor Service Desk Specialists, Manage vendor relationships
I Am Boundless Inc.
Information Technology Manager, Dec 2021 - Apr 2022
Supervised IT department employees, Led IT-related projects, Managed Cyber Security
Highlights Family of Companies
QA IT Analyst (Lead Software Tester), May 2015 - May 2020
Established QA processes and standards, Coordinated project testing and employees, Coordinated and tracked software bugs in development, staging and Production environments. Maintained all QA windows and Mac testing devices and accounts. Maintained QA Testing Credit card testing accounts with Highlights sales department and finance department.
Huntington National Bank
Service Desk Analyst, Aug 2013 - Apr 2015
Provided desktop support, break fix tech support on windows and Mac devices
Installed and maintained software/hardware and peripherals
Chaos Productions
IT Specialist July2008 - Aug 2018
Set up and troubleshooting home networking processes, Provided IT support for various devices, Break fix tech services on Windows and Mac devices, installation and trouble shooting peripherals, updated firmware and software