Richard C Grosse

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Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, 18210

adj5rb@r.postjobfree.com

973-***-****)

Apple Certified Macintosh Technician 2011 (ACMT)

Summary:

3rd Level Technician

I’m an innovative problem solver, with over 24 years of IT experience. My experience allowed me to use the latest tools and techniques to successfully configure, deploy and repair network servers, printers, laptop and desktop computer systems. I’m also a goal oriented individual seeking a position with opportunities for learning new technology and working on challenging assignments.

Core Qualifications

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Microsoft Windows, 10, 8, 7, Vista, 2000, Windows XP Apple, OSX

AirWatch

Server :Windows SBS2011, 2008,2003, 2000

SOFTWARE: SCCM, Microsoft Office 2015, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 & Outlook Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Plus, Trend Office Scan & Server Protect, McAfee Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, Norton Utilities, Central Point PC Tools for Windows, Pk-Zip, RAR, Ace, WinZip, WinRAR, WinACE, Adobe Photoshop, WordPerfect Microsoft Explorer Eudora e-mail, CuSeeme video Conferencing, Right Fax FTP Voyager Adaptec CD Creator, Prassi CDRight Plus, CDRWin, Symantec's Ghost, Drive Image, Drive Copy,

APPLE SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office for MAC 2011, 2008 & 2003. Parallels 8, 6, 5

MOBILE DEVICES: Apple, Android - Phones and tablets, Hotspots.

SERVERS,DESKTOP & LAPTOPS: Lenovo, Dell, HP,ACER, Gateway, and Toshiba. Mother Boards, memory upgrades, hard drives, CD-ROMs and CD-Recorders, internal and external modems, I/0 controller cards, SCSI controllers network cards Compaq SSL2020 backup libraries, Overland Data backup libraries, Lexmark, Tektronix Epson, Hewlett Packard Laser and DeskJet Printers and HP Jet direct print servers, scanners, tape back-ups, Iomega Zip and JAZ Drives, APC Smart-UPS and Back-UPS, Hubs, network cabling and patch cables. Web cam installation and configuration. Audio/Video room setup and diagnosing. Wi-Fi deployment and setup. Tablet configuration and diagnosing.

Experience

9/18 – Present Wyman Gordon Mountain Top PA 18707

Server / Desktop support for 300 employees and management staff

Network support and upgrades of current network

Mobile Support - (Airwatch/ MS Itune )

Windows 10 migration of two sites Office O365

24 hr support needed for any system failures for two sites that run 24hrs per day.

Asset management control and update.

11/17 – 9/18 ComputaCenter /Sanofi Pasteur - 1 Discovery Dr, Swiftwater, PA 18370, USA

Sales force support / Desktop level 3 support

Deploy new laptops/printers as well as repair systems in the field. Make sure sales team are able to connect to network local and remote through VPN. Hardware and software repair of systems.

Mobile support.

Remote support for sales meeting for 250+ Sales force.

6/12– Present KJZ Enterprises LLC – 127 Mansi Drive Albrightsville PA

Server Support/ Desktop support

In charge of day to day functions of staff and sub-contractors connectivity to the company’s files server and email.

Mobile support for the president of company and sub-contractors

5/00 – 6/1/2012 Global Crossing/Level 3 – 7 Giralda farms Madison NJ 07940

IT Desktop services Manager/ 3rd Level Support Technician, in charge of 19 staff members for North America and Canada

Tech support for company Executive staff including CEO,COO, and CFO

Setup, deploy and provide maintenance to all corporate users mobile devices (Apple, BlackBerry, Android and other smartphone devices, this included Adding, removing and modifying user’s accounts on the Black Berry Enterprise server.

Managing & Lead Technician in charge of desktop technicians daily functions (Which include new user setup, pc break/fix, network diagnostic, VPN setup, Documentation of break/fix procedures and other computer related issues)

Setting up and maintenance of North Americas print servers and printers at each site

Support of 7000+ users located in North America and Canada

Lead Technician on Microsoft Windows 7, XP & 2000 rollout to all users in Madison and DC locations.

In charge of the company’s local backup solutions for NJ & NYC

Involved in a location move from Virginia to downtown DC. (The move consisted of setting up local server, configuring the backup server for the network. Configuring users machines to logon to the network and access the WAN.)

Create company standard images for IBM, Dell & HP laptops and desktops using Ghost Server

Creating user I/D and E-Mail accounts on the corporate Domain

Server administrator in charge of server daily maintenance, new server installs and 24hr on-call repair.

2/00 – 5/00 Johnson & Johnson – 1000 Us Highway 202 Raritan NJ 08869-1425

Rollout 2000 project: To replace machines those were not J&J standard.

Setup process for other techs to use to remove data from machines to be donated to charities

Create data sheet of programs, printers, and network & mail settings on user’s machine.

Back-up clients data and mail files to network server

Use of Symantec’s Ghost program to push J&J standard image to new IBM desktop & laptop PC’s

Move clients data to new pc and setup mirror image of old clients computer

Quality control rolled out PC’s

04/99 – 10/99 AT&T – 200 Laurel Avenue Middletown, NJ 07748

Support 6000+ users.

The Y2K Project: Involved migrating clients over to a standard AT&T East coast DOMAIN to load Y2K patches on their workstations.

Imaging project: Involved utilizing Symantec's 'Ghost and Power Quest' called 'Drive Image Pro; the images consisted of a full AT&T load (OS and all other apps).

Other responsibilities include: Providing server, desktop, and network support for users in NT environment.

Supporting, and resolving problems with local applications.

Network configuration duties include diagnosing LAN connectivity problems. Changing network closet connections, and implementing DHCP servers to convert from static to dynamic IP environment. Configuration of Internet

browsers for use with AT&T’s proxy server, installing necessary device drivers, hard-coding WINS, DNS and TCP/IP values (static networks). Adding workstation to domain, and granting the end-user local administrative privileges.

04/99 – 10/99 AT&T – 200 Laurel Avenue Middletown, NJ 07748

(Continued)

Modify user permissions, adding/deleting domain user accounts, creating network and shared drives, resetting user and resource passwords.

Setup of end users laptop computers for use with Dial-Up Networking to remotely log on to AT&T’s Intranet and pass the firewall.

02/97 – 04/99 JDR Associates, Inc. Little Silver, NJ

Client company relocations.

Installation of NetWare and NT workstations.

Support installation and maintenance of several server-based and peer-to-peer networks.

Part of the nationwide server IT team responsible for supporting their mixed Microsoft NT 4.0 and NetWare servers and Windows 95 workstations.

Provided Help Desk and Network services to their Sales and claims group. This division ran NetWare 3.12 consisting of twenty-five Dell and Compaq workstations and HP printers connected via HP Jet Direct.

Installation of server closets, cabling, patches panels, installation and configuring of Commander Switches.

Installation and configuring Right Fax server and client faxing software on 2 servers and over 2000 workstations.

Network auditing and Y2K compatibility checks on software databases and existing hardware. Also involved in training IT personnel to run this process on company branches all over the country.

03/93 – 02/97 Computer House, Clinton, NJ

Complete computer installations and upgrades (Hardware and software).

Troubleshooting and fixing customers PC’s.

Setting up small Peer-to-Peer networks, Printers and Print Servers.

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