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Ian Matthew Romero
Summary
Accomplished, results oriented information technology professional with several years of management and
technical experience. Proven success in leading projects, completing implementation prior to assigned
deadlines with minimal impact to production. Adept problem-solving skills with the ability to proactively
identify and resolve issues. Excellent communication skills, frequently collaborating with upper
management.Demonstrated ability to acquire technical knowledge and skills rapidly.
Professional Experience
Network Administrator – Bayou Companies (subsidiary of Insituform Technologies), New Iberia, LA March 2010
– Present
• Maintain and troubleshoot the company’s local and wide area networks, including several servers,
end user work stations, Cisco routers and firewalls, NAS devices, wireless access points, and any other
network equipment utilized.
• Lead projects, including implementing new software, training employees with new technologies and
maintaining productive relationships with software and hardware vendors.
• Remotely support and troubleshoot end user incidents as necessary.
• Asset management of all devices, servers and computers.
• Mobility administrator, including (but not limited to) setting up new cell phones, monitoring
bills, keeping costs to a minimum, compiling usage and spending charts.
• Sage Pro ERP troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Create, run and maintain database queries. Compile reports using SQL Reporting Services, utilizing
data from ERP application tables.
• Management of network time clocks running on SQL databases.
• Backup administrator, responsible for all data backup and restoration processes.
IT Support Specialist – Superior Energy Services, Broussard, LA October 2009 – Present
• Receive and process all IT change request, such as new access, new accounts, system changes, and
purchases.
• Discuss and implement new procedures with the IT Service Center to maximize production and
effectiveness of department.
• Enter reported troubles into Remedy ticket management system, and determine if the reported issue
can be resolved internally or escalate to the appropriate tier.
• Monitor all network locations and devices, and immediately solve or escalate any problems that are
causing downtime or lack of productivity for end users.
• Support international users, sometimes involving the use of translation tools and remotely
support systems which are configured with MUI’s other than English.
Warehouse Foreman – Doerle Food Services, Broussard, LA March, 2006 – October, 2009
• Managed and directed the Night Operations, consisting of 15+ employees.
• Communicated with other departments in order to better serve our customers and improve business
operations.
• Prepared forms and presentations for upper-management to review the progress and production of all
night operations.
• Carried out orders from the Director of Operations and Vice President to fulfill customer needs and
comply with company policies.
Accomplishments
• Utilized SQL Reporting Services and Report Builder 3.0 to produce several reports that assisted key
managers in identify financial and operational needs.
• Analyzed usage trends and identified areas of overspending to reduce mobility bills by as much as
40%.
• Migrated mail system from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010.
• Upgraded several Blackberry Enterprise 4.x servers to 5.0.2.
• Assisted with development and implementation of virtual servers (VMware).
• Developed policies and procedures to ensure SOX compliance.
• Remodeled data centers to enforce cable management and device organization, including installation
of server racks, physically moving all data center devices to new racks, and installing all network, power
and connection cables in an orderly fashion.
• Worked with the IT team at Bayou Companies to decrease resolution turnaround time and minimize
downtime to improve the company’s IT approval rating from 60% at the beginning of 2010 to 98% at the end of
2010 (based on survey results from more than 100 employees).
• Key coordinator in planning and implementing Cisco VOIP phone system for over 100 users.
Technical Skills
Networking – TCP/IP, network troubleshooting (LAN, WAN and Wireless), switch and router maintenance, Intel
PXE boot, DHCP, SNMP, DNS, Cisco IPSec VPN
Hardware – Cisco switches and firewalls, Nortel switches, Nortel BCM IP enabled phone systems, Barracuda
backup servers, Dell servers, HP servers, Bomgar remote support appliance, Barracuda mail filters,
Barracuda web filters, APC UPS, various NAS devices, Handlink biometric timeclocks, Accuengine biometric
timeclocks, Dell Powervault AutoLoaders (LTO), Quantum SuperLoaders (LTO), Cisco wireless access points,
Siemens S7-300, SonicWall security appliances
Operating Systems – Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server
2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Small Business, VMware vSphere 5.0
Software – Brivo Security and Access Control Systems, Windows Deployment Services, IIS, Terminal Services,
DFS Replication, MS SQL Server 2005, MS SQL Server 2008, SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft Exchange
2003-2010, WSUS, Dynamics GP, RealVNC, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Backup Exec, Insperity
Timestar HR & Payroll Solutions (formerly Galaxy), Sage Pro ERP, BMC Remedy Service Desk, Spiceworks,
WhatsUp Gold, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5, Symantec Ghost, Step 7 Engineering Software
Education
2006 - Graduated as a home schooled student.
2012 – Completed Automation Training’s Siemens S7-300/S7-400 with STEP 7 Course Modules 1-4
References
Available upon request.