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Network Technician

Location:
Cherry Valley, IL, 61016
Posted:
March 05, 2012

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Michael A. Hanson

*** ******* ******

Cherry Valley, IL 61016-9661

815-***-****

EXPERIENCE

**** – present

IT Consultant

Enflux Technologies

*** ******* ******

Cherry Valley, IL 61016

Focused on helping clients integrate their office voice and data systems

Performed site surveys, needs assessments, and drafted proposals

Performed IT systems implementation and provided ongoing technical support for clients

Performed all duties pertaining to business operations

Built and installed network monitoring and reporting systems

Performed PC hardware setup, drive images, configuration, troubleshooting

2008 - 2009

Systems Engineer

Critical Links, Inc.

695 Route 46 West

Fairfield, NJ 07004

Served as a pre-sales and post-sales engineer, supporting the edgeBOX multi-service business gateway appliance.

Supported customers via remote technologies and provided onsite training as required.

Utilized my open and honest personality to build rapport and and maintain customer relationships.

Supported the sales staff in the pre-sales technical evaluation process.

Supported the support staff with post-sales customer technical support.

Liaison between non-technical customer staff and technical support team implementing technical solutions.

Dependable and honest with an easygoing personality

Proven customer-focus; references can be furnished

Very detail-oriented

Technical skills obtained/applied at Critical Links:

Asterisk IP-PBX

Bind DNS

sendmail

Samba

iptables

Apache

Squid

Hylafax

X-Lite and other IP softphones

1995 - 2008

Network Analyst

Hewitt Associates

100 Half Day Road

Lincolnshire, IL 60069

Technical lead for networking staff with emphasis on network design and third level technical support

Responsible for network design, proof of concept testing, documentation, and training

Responsible for mentoring and training of other networking staff members

Serve as senior resource for network-related projects

Responsible for all aspects of network administration including planning, budgeting, equipment procurement, expansions and upgrades, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery planning and testing

Responsible for core metropolitan area network routers, ATM switches, and gigabit ethernet switches

Experience with Cisco 6500 switches and 7507 routers running CatOS and IOS, Nortel routers, Nortel 5000BH and Centillion 100 ATM switches, BayStack ethernet switches, Nortel Accelar 1200 and Passport 8600 gigabit ethernet switches, IBM and Olicom token ring switches

Network troubleshooting utilizing WildPackets EtherPeek, Sniffer Pro, Ethereal, NetTest Fastnet probes, Fluke network analyzers

Project management responsibilities include infrastructure build-outs, office expansions and conversions, office moves, and network installations at new office facilities

Responsible for DHCP administration using Join Systems DHCP and Cisco Network Registrar

Operating systems familiarity: DOS, Windows NT/2000/XP, MacOS, Unix, MVS, VM

Technical skills obtained/applied at Hewitt Associates:

Cisco 6500 switches

Cisco 7500 routers

Nortel Passport 8600/Accelar 1200 routing switches

BayStack ethernet switches

Olicom, IBM token ring switches

FDDI

ATM

ethernet/gigabit ethernet

LAN/MAN/WAN

Routing protocols: RIP, OSPF, BGP, VRRP/HSRP

Source route bridging

Switching: etherchannel, MLT, IST

Unix

Microsoft Office suite

Lotus Notes

Nortel Device Manager

Nortel Site Manager

NetTest/ZettaView network analysis

Sniffer, Ethereal/Wireshark, Etherpeek protocol analyzers

1993 - 1995

Operations Manager

Paramount Plumbing and Gas, Inc.

4304 Hepatica Court

Summerfield, NC 27358

Responsible for all aspects of small contracting company operation including systems design and administration, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, payroll, inventory, job bidding, and job costing

1990 - 1993

Network Control Analyst

Hewitt Associates

100 Half Day Road

Lincolnshire, IL 60069

Provided front line technical support to 3,000 end users worldwide

Additional responsibilities included LAN and mainframe print queue administration, and LAN backup restores

1989

Systems Coordinator

NationsBank

P.O. Box 21846

Greensboro, NC 27420

Assisted Systems Manager in the day to day operation of the bank's loan recovery system

Responsible for WordPerfect training, daily, weekly, and monthly backups of the Recovery system

Responsible for producing month-end management reports and ad hoc reports using Data General's PRESENT software application

Responsible for system troubleshooting

Worked with vendors to implement changes to the mainframe environment

1989

Computer Operator

Drs. LeBauer, Weintraub, Brodie, Patterson, and Associates, P.A.

520 North Elam Avenue

Greensboro, NC 27403

Served as evening computer operator, generating daily reports and backing up the clinic's system

Performed extensive data entry of health insurance claims

1987 - 1988

Computer Operator

Brookside Medical Group, P.C.

1215 North Alpine Road

Rockford, IL 61107

Responsible for entry of patient appointment schedules on Data General Eclipse 4000 and DEC VAX 8250 systems

System backup to disk packs and magnetic tape units

Responsible for the generation and printing of daily appointment schedules, statements, invoices, and daily/monthly/yearly financial reports for all clinic offices

KEYWORDS

Cisco 6500, Cisco 7500, Nortel Passport 8600, Accelar 1200, BayStack, Olicom, token ring, FDDI, ATM, ethernet, gigabit ethernet switch, LAN, MAN, NAS, IP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, VRRP, HSRP, etherchannel, MLT, VoIP, QoS, DOS, Unix, AIX, vi, vim, Mac, Windows, database, MS Excel, MS Project, Lotus Notes, Device Manager, Site Manager, NetView, NetTest, Sniffer, NetMon, Ethereal/Wireshark, EtherPeek, Critical Links, edgeBOX, Asterisk, Bind, sendmail, Samba, iptables, Apache, Squid, Hylafax, X-Lite, PowerQuest Drive Image

EDUCATION

Cisco Systems Technical Coursework

Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI), December 2002

Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Internetworks (BCMSN), June 2002

Nortel Networks Technical Coursework

Passport 8600 Advanced Configuration and Management, November 2002

Passport 1000/8000 Configuration and Management, May 2001

Advanced IP Routing, June 2000

Accelar 1000 Comprehensive Configuration, March 2000

Bay Networks Centillion Switching, March 1999

Bay Networks Accelerated Router Configuration, June 1998

Other Technical Coursework

ATM Internetworking, November 2000

Token Ring Network Analysis and Troubleshooting, October 1998

Troubleshooting with the Sniffer Network Analyzer, May 1998

Internetworking and Troubleshooting TCP/IP, January 1998

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL, 1988 - 1989

Jefferson High School

Rockford, IL, 1984 - 1988

REFERENCES

References will be furnished upon request.



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