Professional Summary
Accomplished IT Professional with over 20 years of experience in various help helpdesk and technician work. Proficient in troubleshooting various hardware and software issues. Experience in troubleshooting servers, Dells, and HP laptops and desktops. Continued experience in providing level two support to various clients as well as providing field services for various clients throughout the United States. Educated at DeVry University and certified in HP LaserJet Printer repair.
Professional Experience
Rockwell Automation (Contract) April 2020 - Present
Win 10 Deployment Technician
Imaging Windows 7 Laptops
Backing up user data and restoring data
PC Hardware Upgrade / replacement
Price Waterhouse Coopers (Contract) September 2019 – March 2020
Help Desk Technician
SCCM Machine management.
Help Desk desktop support technician, Service Now ticket resolution.
Laptop Hardware Diagnosis and repair.
Audio Visual Support Crestron, Air media, Air Parrot
ITSM service desk procedural processes.
Milwaukee County Help desk (Contract) February 2019 – September 2 2019
Help Desk Technician
Asset Management Database Administration.
SCCM Machine management.
ITSM service desk procedures
Active Directory administration / Password resets.
Help Desk desktop support technician.
Microsoft MFA administration.
Remote Management Support.
VMware support
Horizon Pharmaceuticals (Contract) August 2018 – February 2019
Deployment Technician Windows 10
Asset Management Database Administration.
SCCM Machine management.
Lotus notes installation and support.
MFP Cannon and HP printer Maintenance.
Active Directory administration.
Help Desk desktop support technician.
Microsoft MFA administration.
New hire setup and teardowns.
Abbot Laboratories (Contract) February 2018 – August 2018
Win 10 Deployment Technician
Troubleshoot PC hardware desktops and laptops.
Office 365 troubleshooting including web based uninstalls and reinstallation.
Reinitialize mail profiles on Office 365 or backup when necessary.
Repaired damaged Dell laptops.
Imaging, software installation, and training of corporate interns and employees.
Performed password resets.
Provide Level 2 desktop support, imaging, troubleshooting, and hardware repair.
Troubleshoot printers when issues occur.
Provide Windows 7 and Windows 10 Desktop Support.
Decommissioning and deployment of leased equipment.
Remedy Ticket resolution and closures.
Provided VIP support to the executives on Abbott campus.
Trained the executives on the new PCs, installed new equipment and software including printers, document scanners, and card readers.
ZT Systems (Contract) December 2017 – February 2018
Data Center Technician
Diagnose and troubleshoot Hewlett-Packard Z.T. and Microsoft servers.
Hardware and software repair various model server types.
Troubleshot servers.
Windows 2008 Server Software troubleshooting.
Windows 2010 Server Software troubleshooting.
Hyper-V and putty management remote session knowledgeable.
Ticketing system and asset database daily updates.
Copper and fiber cabling and wire management cleanup.
vSphere support for virtual desktops
US Bank PC Refresh (Contract) August 2017 – November 2017
Lead Desktop Technician
Instructed and led a team of technicians
Inventory and inspection of shipped equipment
Printer installation, setup and bank software configurations
Performed password resets and imaging
Office 365 troubleshooting, uninstalls, reinstallation, and file backups
Desktop troubleshooting and hardware repair including: HP Desktops and IBM Laptops.
Lotus Notes install and support.
Customized the customer’s software post machine deployment
Installed MS Suite 2013 and 2016 depending on the image
Hardware testing, lotus notes and Outlook client configuration.
Clonezilla Imaging software
CVS (Contract) January 2017 – August 2017
Travel Desktop Technician
Lead Printer Technician provided asset tracking, training, and network switch patch panel identification
HP Certified Laser Printer Technician
Provided senior level printer repair and support
Network configuration and troubleshooting of printers
Provided Level 3 support HP, Zebra, Datamax label printer I.P. reconfiguration
Office 365 troubleshooting and software break /fix.
Jet direct hardware support using Jet administration software, telnet and putty
Office 365 reinstallations.
Installed MS Suite 2016
Backing up then restoring Dell, IBM, HP desktops and laptops after reimaging
Software configuration of pharmacy specific, government regulated applications
Rush University (Contract) April 2016 – July 2016
Help Desk/Desktop Analyst
First line of technical support to the Rush employees, students, and faculty
I-Support ticketing system documentation
ITSM service desk procedures
Remote Access administration, via phone and remote control administration
Virtual Desktop administration, troubleshooting, and password resets
Office 365 troubleshooting
Installed MS Suite 2013
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank (Contract) July 2014 – November 2014
Help Desk Technician III
Retrieval and configuration or decommissioning of laptop /desktop computers
Software installation and configuration of Chase Bank business applications
Cisco Telepresence teleconference support
Asset Management and tracking
Installed MS Suite 2013
Lotus notes and Outlook email configuration/administration.
The Salvation Army (Part Time) January 2014 – July 2014
Help Desk / Desktop Technician
Provided Level II help desk support for staff
Password administration for lotus notes 9.X, Windows 7, RMS, Citrix, remote VPN, and Kronos
First line of support for printing irregularities. HP LaserJet printer support
P.O.S. kiosk support and service
DeVry University (Contract) July 2011 – January 2013
Help Desk Technician
Provided Level I help desk password administration support for faculty and staff.
Goodwill Industries (Contract) March 2010 – October 2010
Laptop Technician
Provided Level II technical support fielding all technical issues from wireless printing to data recovery
Server, home, and office grade Linux, Macintosh, and Microsoft software installation and upgrades
Participated in Windows Vista to Microsoft 7 conversion
Final testing and troubleshooting of final product prior to retail sale of computers to the general public
Vertical Lift Components September 2008 – February 2009
Mechanics Assistant
Disassembly, cleaning, inspection, and reassembly of various ex-military UH-1H helicopter parts and assemblies
Adhere to FAA Asset Identification Protocols
Complete overhaul and buildup of UH-1H helicopters within the FAA repair station
Tele Network (Part-time) October 2008 – June 2009
Help Desk Support Analyst
Level 1 phone support in the residential customer department
Remote control desktop administration
Create Microsoft mail and Outlook e-mail accounts for CenturyTel customers
Firewall and antivirus installation and configuration
The Warranty Group (Contract) November 2007 – September 2008
Support Technician
Document Scanning Specialist
Document Scanning on high speed scanner
Chicago Magnesium Casting Co. October 2006 – November 2007
Chill Control Technician
Deployment and retrieval of foundry specific tools (chills) heat sinks
Thin client Citrix support and troubleshooting
Developed and deployed asset identification system
Home Depot (Contract) October 2005 – October 2006
Field Engineer
Wireless Network router removal, configuration, and Installation. ( Cisco WLSEE BOXES) Citrix support
Hardware and software inventory and Testing
P.C. rebuild, re-imaging, and deployment
Bank of America (Contract) June 2002 – January 2003
Deployment Technician Win XP
Participated in Windows XP rollout on a wireless network using Cisco wireless hardware
Resolved user's technical problems as first point of contact; escalated if needed
Andersen LLP August 2000 – April 2002
Help Desk Analyst
Tier 2 computer support for both internal office and remote users
Participated in the new hire training as a part time trainer once a week
Appointed as the project lead for numerous projects while at Andersen
Video conferencing support point person
Cova Financial Services November 1999 – July 2000
Help Desk Support Technician
Tier II Desktop support technician
VPN support and troubleshooting
Provided remote technical support to over 50 licensed broker dealers nationwide with 24/7 on call support
Responsible for nightly backups and daily server maintenance.
Completed lotus notes R5 deployment to the firm by way of silent network installation
Lucent Technologies (Contract) July 1998 – November 1999
Level II Help Desk support
Daily ticket resolution for hardware/software support
Citrix network support/VPN Connectivity troubleshooting
HP LaserJet Printer repairman.
Lotus notes installation and support.
(Project Lead).Managed a staff of six technicians engaged in the deployment of MS Office 97 supporting 300+ end users
Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP February 1997 – September 1998
Help Desk Support Analyst
Daily ticket database resolution
Lotus notes troubleshooting and support.
Responsible for daily Novell 3.x and NT 4.0 network backups using arcserv
Windows Terminal Server software support
VPN Secure Client support for home/remote users
Audio Visual system support Polycomm
Sentinel Technologies November 1995 – February 1997
Customer Engineer
Obtained HP Certification and supported various printer models from the LaserJet II to the HP LJ8000
Adhered to asset tag/recovery tracking procedures
Hands on computer hardware support and break/fix technician
United States Army August 1990 – November 1994
UH-1H10 Helicopter Mechanic
Participated in dozens of daily maintenance procedures, phase and non-phase level inspections, and post maintenance test flight adjustments
Education and Training
Micro-Train June 2011- October 2011
A+, Network +,Windows 7, Server 2008R2
Network Troubleshooting, DHCP Static I.P. configuration
DeVry Institute of Technology February 1997
AAS Degree (Associate of Science)