JOHN BROWN
Corpus Christi, Texas
**************@*****.***
SKILLS
Desktop, Help desk, Network Tech, Windows, OSX, Switches, Servers, Printers, Scanners, Plotters, Remote Connectivity, Routers, Network Contention, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VPN
EXPERIENCE
Compass Group (Chartwells Higher Education)Texas A&M University Corpus Christi - (Dishwasher ) - 2024 - Till Present
Washing dishes, scrubbing pots, cooking on the main line, cooking in pizza, cooking in the grill and salad bar. As well as, sanitation duties, deep cleaning, organization of the dish pit and many other duties in the kitchen and on the floor for TAMUCC Dining Hall. This is a large commercial kitchen serving in excess of 2000 guests a day, with many events throuought the year including Americas Top Cheff Telivision show and the Presidents Ball, both extremely high levels of guests per event. Also worked catering and other specialty events such as summer camps and summer semesters. I have Strenght and Endurance and wash dishes at the level of a older mature individual maximizing profit for my employer. Can handle alll dishwashing problems as they arise. All Star Isuzu – Computer Service/Advertizing - 2002 -2010 – Permenent Developed and distrubited advertizements through email and internet to potential customers. Worked to digitaly inventory and organize assets on lot. Solved problems with computer systems including internet connectivity, printers, copiers and local comuter network problems. Fixed all problems on every users desktop and problems that arose on servers on the local network. Setup and configured proprietary programs for printing backend doccuments. Hunt Oil Company - Network Engineer - 2000-2002 -Permenent Was responsible for upgrading the entire Hunt Oil Company corporate network at coorporate HQ. Including servers, switches, routers, VPN connections, RAS remote connectivity and regional office connectivity with cisco routers and software. Microwave over satellite and fiber optic connections, remote connectivity to offshore oil rigs, district offices and executive residences. Installing and maintaining TSM backup solutions on RS 6000 with AIX for backup solutions, implementing cisco rsm and nortel switches. Used specific approaches for desktop support, web development, network testing and geological survey workstations for users of Sun SPARC-stations and Silicon Graphics Workstations running IRIX. Microsoft Backoffice Serving windows network to compaq and dell windows workstations. (Corporate Headquarters - Worldwide Support). Bombardier Aerospace - Network Technician - 2000 – Temp Worked tickets to solve all problems with desktop and network support. Network was windows back office with windows NT5 workstations and nortel and HP switches. Software was a database driven, client-side solution for aircraft replacment engine parts indexing and retrieval and passenger management solution for logistics and meals for Flex-Jet Learjet. (Corporate Headquarters). H.D. Vest Financial Services - Project Manager – 2000 - Temp Hired by CIO to design desktop/helpdesk solution for internet-based e-filing web based tax system for individual and corporate tax returns, made to compete with Turbo Tax. Responsible for an attached email ticketing system for users on the internet to send tickets that could be reviewed and solved by computer and/or tax professionals. Local duties included desktop and network support for the tax professionals and programming and development teams for writing and web enabling the back-end accounting software used to efile. Cleared for attahment to the IRS Database as that project required. (Corporate Headquarter). American Heart Association - Network Technician – 1999 - Temp Supported Desktop Support team and Network Connectivity Specilists with standard and remote connectivity problems. Stepped in for help desk support teams when complex problems arose. On call for corporate headquarters and surrounding regional networks with specific proprietary software for AHA and all other software on the network. (Corporate Headquarter). Sprint - Team Leader - 1999 – Temp
Led a team of 30 technicians in the implementation of the Y2K remidiation of all computers on all Sprint networks in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Worked directly under RSMs to fix all sophisticated, diffucult errors made in the implementation of the Y2K remediation process, including complicated national fixes for problems ocurring across the entire united states. (Regional Headquarter). YPF International Maxus Energy - Desktop Support Specialist - 1999 - Temp Was responsible for desktop support help desk and network problems remediated all computers for Y2K on the Maximus energy network. (Regional Headquarter).
Corporate Computer Services – Desktop NetworkTech 1 996-1999 - Permenent Worked with Microsoft and Nortel networks for law offices, insurance offices and medical offices around the Dallas Fort Worth area. Responsible for computers on the network, nortel servers, printers, copiers and any other computer related problems or peripherals on the network.
Gollihar Clinic - Computer Specialist - 1984-1996 - Permenent Was responsible for building computers and servers, troubleshooting medical office management software and implementing fixes for audio testing, multispirometer testing and all other computer peripherals on the network.