Personal Information

Renato Jacobsen

*** *********** **, *** ********, 06475, Connecticut, US

Mobile Phone: 860-***-****, Landline Phone: 860-***-****

E-mail: kuqjpk@r.postjobfree.com

US Citizen

Skills

Excellent troubleshooting skills; experience assembling/maintaining computers since the 1990's; knowledge of Windows Server 2003, Exchange and Active Directory; knowledge of domain environment and installation and configuration of devices on networks; Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7, OSX, MS Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat; ability to install peripherals, software and upgrades. Knowledge of HTML, Dreamweaver, CSS, WordPress, SharePoint Server 2007, FrontPage/SharePoint Designer, Photoshop, Flash/ActionScript, ASP/VBScript, Access and MySQL databases, JavaScript, XML, Adobe Premiere and more.

Experience

Senior Systems Analyst, full-time position, Hartford Public Library, Hartford, CT, 07/20/2008 to 09/14/2011. Management of IT department and supervision of all systems, 430+ computers, mostly PCs and a few Macs, and 21 servers of Hartford Public Library Downtown and its 9 branches; setup and support for library employees’ corporate cell phones on a BlackBerry server, administration of accounts. Desktop and web support for staff and public computers and users. Maintenance of library’s public computers time management system (Pharos) on a daily basis. Management, updates, upgrades of all library systems. Implementation of new systems provided by external companies, most of the times a team effort that required careful preparation and lots of meetings prior to the launching date. Network security management. Frequent network and computer problem solving and updating in a very active environment with thousands of daily web and physical visits. Extensive Photoshop work and graphics design for various events and departments; creation of Flash animation and ActionScript programming for signage. Creation of WordPress sites on a local server and a WordPress theme for the library. Conversion, editing and preparation of video and sound files for different media. Setup and creation of a SharePoint Server 2007 installation and creation of the IT Department wiki. Maintenance of the Library’s website.

Web Specialist, part-time position, Hartford Public Library, Hartford, CT, 10/22/2007 to 07/19/2008, responsible for daily updates to all the library’s and the City of Hartford’s government websites; art (graphics, slides, flyers) for events to be published on the library’s web site; implementation of intranet using SharePoint services; creation and maintenance of web pages fed by SQL and Access databases; creation of new sections for the Library's website; creation of websites for events.

Web and tech free-lancer, from 2002 to 2008. Tech support, graphics, design, programming, text contents and translation through www.graphbiz.com. Among other works, responsible for the look and feel and creation of the website portraitofadele.com, launching the documentary film about Gustav Klimt's US$ 135 Million painting Adele Bloch-Bauer I, exhibited at the Neue Gallery, New York, and other projects.

General Administrator, CI – Gramado, Gramado, RS, Brazil, from February/2005 to September/2006. Administration, marketing, advertising management and creation of ads, web creation and management of the website.

Web Designer, full-time position, AdBit’s Advertising and PR, in Fort Lauderdale, FL, from May/2003 to December/2003. Web design and development of high-end websites and newsletters mainly for ship repair businesses and yacht owners, using Flash and HTML, JavaScript, CSS; optimization of sites for search engines submission, setup of hosting.

Webmaster/designer/developer, full-time position, CP&S (www.cpsparts.com), from January 20, 2001 to June 30, 2002, Boca Raton, FL, USA. Responsible for the development and maintenance of the company’s web sites (Internet and intranet) in an IIS environment; creation of electronic documents to replace paper manuals to be consulted on the intranet; design of web interfaces, forms, database-driven web pages, electronic employees directory, stats pages, creation and use of cookies, registration with search engines.

Education

Civil Engineering, BS, graduated 1990, 6-year course, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil.

Computer Science, BS, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA (1997-1998, no degree).

Architecture, BS, 2 years of course taken along with Civil Engineering, 1985-1987 (no degree), Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil.

References

Carol Poehnert, Interim Business Manager, Hartford Public Library, kuqjpk@r.postjobfree.com or 860-***-****.

Brenda Miller, Curator, Hartford History Center, kuqjpk@r.postjobfree.com or 860-***-****.

Irene Vanh, my supervisor from 2007 to 2010, kuqjpk@r.postjobfree.com or 860-***-****.

Mary Billings, Associate Librarian, Hartford Public Library, kuqjpk@r.postjobfree.com or 860-***-****.