Professional Experience
NORTH GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE - Clarkesville, Georgia
CIS Instructor, 09/02 to Current
Teach operating systems & application installation, patch management, updates automation and programming/scripting. Oversee virtualized lab solutions and coordinate smooth operation of local servers and networking equipment.
Key Results:
- Rick Perkins Award Recipient - This award is to recognize and honor technical college instructors who make significant contributions to technical education through innovation and leadership in their field.
- Developed a student-run helpdesk for faculty, staff, and students which currently employs 120 students and includes a training program, ticket accountability system and a tiered system for advancement of the student with increasing responsibilities.
- Developed and implemented block schedule to lessen impact of rising fuel costs to students while increasing quality of instruction.
- Consistent "in field" placement rate above 90% for all graduates.
- Work with local businesses to create projects for students in a live work scenario and provide public relations for a technical education.
GEEKENDER - Clarkesville, Georgia
Owner, 05/00 to Current
Run a successful small business maintaining relationships with local businesses, educational systems, and government entities.
Key Results:
- Set up SQL information data exchange between magistrate court, district attorney, sheriff and probate court to seamlessly update and share information among disparate systems.
- Implemented cost saving server solutions which use both Microsoft and Linux environments.
- Seamlessly integrated virtualization solutions for companies to house multiple servers within one physical unit.
- Designed and implemented web solutions for companies needing an Internet presence.
MYRTLE TREE PROJECTS - Suwanee, Georgia
Ghost Writer, 01/05 to 06/06
Wrote and edited CompTIA A+ book and lab manual for prominent author Jean Andrews.
Key Results:
ALLTEL - Cornelia, Georgia
Major Accounts Specialist, 01/00 to 09/02
Worked to support Northeast Georgia major accounts with technical services and data solutions such as PRI and BRI ISDN, xDSL, and T-1 solutions as well as premise equipment such as PBX, key systems, voicemail and data equipment.
Key Results:
- Direct line of communication to Northeast Georgia Major accounts for company 40 (old STC area) and portions of the old GTE service areas (Rabun and Stephens Counties)
- Assisted technicians by remaining on call to consult or physically assist on technical projects.
- Increased efficiency of order entry by 40% by modification of data storage and order entry techniques.
- Implemented FIOS for Rabun County Schools to raise WAN and site-to-site transmission speed to 10Mbps.
- Orchestrated ADSL transition from PPPoA to PPPoE to major accounts.
- Procured SDSL transmission for Habersham County Medical Center to allow document imaging from imaging centers to central repository.
GREEN TREE MORTGAGE - Alpharetta, Georgia
Team Leader / Systems Administrator, 01/98 to 12/99
Supervised a team of 12 to meet monthly sales quotas and maintained branch document and data backup, archive and destruction services. Maintained rights and permissions for users on local servers.
Key Results:
- Constantly look to hire the right people and help team to establish network of resources and contacts.
- Performed user training and analysis to keep employees skills honed and fresh.
- Performed county by county competition analysis to maintain up to date information by visiting courthouses and aggregating data into a format which allowed us to target the best regions.
- Met personal sales goal of $250,000 per month and team sales goal of $3 million.