Bryan Thigpen

Technical Professional with a Broad Range of Certifications

Birmingham, AL 35211

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I am a technically oriented, and enterprising individual. I have many years of experience, with field installation, repair, and maintenance, of technological equipment. These skill sets couple greatly with my willingness to learn, and my ability to adapt to a situation. I will strive to be an asset, for any company that employs my services.

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Data Center Manager

Beacon Hill Staffing - Birmingham, AL

February 2022 to Present

I maintain, install, and troubleshoot data center equipment from multiple companies from Cisco, Dell, IBM, etc. I also install and decommission data center infrastructure including hardware cabinets, cabling infrastructure (both fiber and copper based), from trunking to patching, as well as (above floor) power infrastructure, and also sub floor and elevated cabling management. I am also currently a key member of the team reorganizing the leaf/spine layout of Wells Fargo's data center, to an architecture more adept for the demands of their migration to a more cloud based layout. This position is "smart hands" oriented, and often requires collaboration with systems engineers across the networking structure of the company to properly and expeditiously effect these implementations. Data Center Technician II

Acuative Corporation

August 2017 to February 2022

I maintain Cisco based data center equipment, from installation to repair and replacement. System diagnostics, configuration, and initial integration into the networking environment. This position is a

"smart hands" application of skills, and is required to maintain the necessary certifications, to perform the work.

Certified Systems Engineer

Xerox - Birmingham, AL

December 2011 to August 2017

Copier repair by electrical and mechanical means. Requires knowledge of installation by computer and networking

fundamentals. Trouble ticketing, installation & instruction, remote support. Technical Director

Merienda Lounge - Birmingham, AL

September 2010 to 2017

POS administration, Lighting, Sound, Atmosphere, Internet security, equipment installation, maintenance, and repair.

PC Technician

Merienda Lounge

June 2011 to December 2012

Part-time)

PC Refresh - The decommissioning and installation of electronic devices, POS, and networked infrastructure.

Technician

Fairfield Ventures LLC - Fairfield, AL

August 2009 to June 2010

Fairfield)

Networked Microsoft based gaming consoles. Networking, Windows, software installation and setup, and mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.

Electrician

Automation Technologies Industries - Birmingham, AL November 1994 to January 1999

Build and repair of automated equipment used in circuit board component placement and movement. Robotics, wiring,

PLC, SMT, soldering, blueprints, cabling, power supply, and schematics. Traveled as required for on site technical and installation duties

Education

Associate of Science degree

Virginia College - Birmingham, AL

1993 to 1994

Skills

• cabling (5 years)

• Cisco (5 years)

• Coax (5 years)

• MS Office (Less than 1 year)

• networking (6 years)

• TCP (7 years)

• TCP/IP (7 years)

• VoIP (3 years)

• Mechanical knowledge (3 years)

• Maintenance (10+ years)

• Data center experience (5 years)

• DNS

• LAN

• WAN

• VPN

• Data center experience

• Computer networking

• Cabling

Certifications and Licenses

valid driver's license

Assessments

Technical Support Skills — Highly Proficient

November 2018

Measures a candidate's ability to apply protocols to identify errors and solutions in order to maintain system function.

Full results: Highly Proficient

Problem-Solving Skills — Highly Proficient

November 2018

Measures a candidate's ability to analyze relevant information when solving problems. Full results: Highly Proficient

Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.

Additional Information

*Skills

Wireless - Enterprise level/managed networks RF and 2.4/5.8GHZ Spread Spectrum Networking - (Permissions, Basic TCP/IP, Routing and Switching, Subnetting) Telephony (VOIP) POTS, VPN

Software - (Windows OS trained (Xerox Certification) MS Server 2003, MS BackOffice, Quickbooks, Final Cut Studio,

MS Office, Pro-Tools, Sonar, Nuendo, Logic Pro)

Cabling - CAT, Fiber, Coax,

Audio / Video - VOIP, Video Conferencing, WebEx, Cisco

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