James Guiltinan
(Fully Vaccinated/US Citizen)
Skills summary:
● Technical / Deskside Support / Training
● Windows / Macintosh / Linux / Mobile
● System and Network Administration
● Microsoft Office / Google Docs
Other skills:
● Wordpress Web Site Administration
● Database Development
● Spreadsheet Expert
● Malware Removal
Education
Humboldt State University 1981 –
1985
● B.S. Business Administration
Experience:
Dimiour LLC
Oct 2022 – Jan 2023
Software Installer
● Preparing USB Drives.
● Installing software into 2023 Toyota vehicle dashboard computers.
● Sorting inventory files using Microsoft excel.
DoorDash - Independent Driver
Feb 2022 - Sep 2022
Lancesoft Dec 2021 – Jan 2022
Deskside Technician
● IT deskside support for 5,000 administrative office employees as well as for additional employees in branch offices.
● Working with Active Directory for minor updates, and to query users and computers.
● Worked with clients both in-office and in branch offices to install, troubleshoot, and repair technical problems for computer systems, including laptops, tablets, desktops, RDP remote servers, printers, multiple monitors, headsets, and docking stations.
● Provided telephone, MS Teams, and e-mail technical support follow-up, recommending purchases as required.
● Arranged computer repair/replacement under warranty. Covid-Unemployment May 2020 – Nov
2021
Sitehands June 2019 – Apr 2020
Field IT Technician
● Various desktop IT technician duties in different locations, mostly computer and printer migration and moves. Unemployment Reason
May 2018 – May 2019
Time off combined with doordashing.
part time $28 / hr
part time piecemeal
full time $26 / hr
part time $25 / hr
Oxnard School District Apr 2015 – Mar
2018
Site Technology Technician
● I.T. in a public middle school. iPads, Windows 7 and 10, and Macintosh computers, Promethean smart boards, printers, networking, projectors, cafeteria sound system.
● Working with students, teachers, and administrators. ABW Host, LLC Jul 1996 – Dec
2016
Owner / System Admin / Tech Support / Sales / Marketing / Accounting Web hosting technical support and system administration on Windows 2003 and Linux servers.
● Marketing and accounting. Created *nix and Windows scripts to automate scheduled backup jobs.
● Cloned and replaced hard drives. Rack-mounted servers.
● Used IP Sentry to monitor systems and services.
● Installed Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 and 3.0 using SQL Server 2000 and 2008, and Active Directory, configuring extranet sites for forty organizations.
● Collocated two Windows 2003 web servers/nameservers and two Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controllers in Los Angeles. Collocated two Linux servers for several years also. Ended up leasing the Linux server from a dedicated server provider as it included the Plesk control panel.
● Originally started as a Microsoft Frontpage specialist web and email host as a reseller using Unix servers. Started with
$300 in the capital.
Support.com Mar 2010 – Sep
2014
Personal Technology Expert / Remote Service Technician
● Remote technical support on Windows XP, Vista 7, and 8, as well as Mac OS X PCs.
● Mostly malware removal -- Cleaned over 2,000 PCs of malware.
● Break-fix Windows OS support such as driver reinstalls, as well as home networking of all devices and printer setups
-- configuring over 1,000 computers, printers, and devices to home networks and the Internet. At Your Location Computer Training and Consulting Jul 1994 – Jul 1996
Owner / IT Consultant and Trainer
● Provided IT consulting and training services on Windows PCs to small and medium businesses.
● Quickbooks, Microsoft Office, and bulk mail marketing.
● System and network administration.
● Hardware troubleshooting and replacement.
● Microsoft Access database programming. Started with $200 in the capital. Unisys Mar 1989 – Apr
1990
Software Quality Assurance / Field Support
● Quality assurance of OFIS and email software development that ran on BTOS PCs.
● Technical support and implementing bug fixes for enterprise-level customers on A Series mainframe server software. Northrop Aircraft - Ventura Division Apr 1988 – Mar 1989
Engineering Planner
● Deskside support and database development, utilizing Macintosh and IBM-compatible personal computers. Cleared DOD Secret.
Volunteer Service
full time $23 / hr
self employment, full time then part time
full time, $16 / hr
self employed, part time
full time, $33,000 / yr
full time, $28,000 / yr
● Special Service Award, Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club, 1998, for creating the Chapter's first website, including putting the activities schedule into an online database, using Microsoft Frontpage and Access.