Kent Dyer

Kent Dyer

Senior Business Analyst at Fidelity National Information Services

Portland, Oregon Area

Current
  • Senior Business Analyst at Fidelity National Information Services
  • Owner at Commerce in Action (Sole Proprietorship)
Past
  • Systems Engineer at Meritage Mortgage (a Netbank, Inc. Company)
  • Systems Engineer (RBMG, Netbank, Meritage) at Netbank Funding
  • Tier 3 (T-3) Systems Analyst II at Robert Half Technology
  • Database Administrator at Netbank, Inc
  • Systems Engineer at Management Solutions (Contract with Meritage Mortgage)
  • Senior Customer Engineer at Entex Information Services
  • Software QA Engineer at TEK Systems
  • Technical Team Lead/Support Desk Agent at Sykes Enterprises
Education
  • Oregon Institute of Technology
  • Central Oregon Community College
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Kent Dyer’s Summary

OBJECTIVE
Multi-faceted and fast-paced position in the Information Technology Department where skills in development and troubleshooting can improve efficiency and enhance profitability.

PROFILE
Results-oriented IT professional with 13 years of experience in leadership, technical support, and customer service. Proven ability as a troubleshooter, trainer and team player. Innovative thinker and self-motivated constantly looking for new challenges and knowledge expansion. An individual with a background in development to gain efficiencies.

Kent Dyer’s Specialties:

Customer Oriented Support Developer. Systems builder and integrator.

Enterprise Applications, Transact SQL, Apache Tomcat, RSA Passmark Implementer, Web, Production Support, Analysis, JavaScript, Web Services, Group Policy, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PHP, ASP, VBS, VBA, BAT, KIX., MS-Access Programming, Excel, Remedy Helpdesk, Vycor, ePolicy Orchestrator, Vantive and Vantive on the Go, LINUX (Ubuntu, Redhat, SUSE, Caldera, and Slackware).


Kent Dyer’s Experience

  • Senior Business Analyst

    Fidelity National Information Services

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FIS; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 2007Present (11 months)

    Application Management - Suite of products by offering effective technical support, systems information, integration, and training to customers and employees. Product line is back-end integration of online banking services (Internet Banking, Transfers, and online Bill pay). These applications use the following technologies: XML, Java, Tomcat, IIS, and SQL Server.

  • Owner

    Commerce in Action (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Retail industry)

    May 2005Present (3 years 6 months)

    On and offline mall, business and professional Development - everyting from over 3million products and services to over 700 affilate partners. Business Entrepeneur and if you are interested in ownership and are a dreamer and in need of coaching - please contact me! Huge opportunity, please visit the first link for our site below or above.

  • Systems Engineer

    Meritage Mortgage (a Netbank, Inc. Company)

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; NTBK; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 1999January 2007 (7 years 2 months)

    •DataTrac – Support for the main loan origination system with 200 in-house and 300 remote users over four Citrix Metaframe systems. Main implementer for four upgrades. Developed mass-update process.
    •Domain login Scripting – Developer of the main login script for over 2000 employees under an umbrella of six companies. Application installs at login, asset/information gathering, and reporting.
    •Webmaster/Developer – for local Intranet and http://www.meritage.com
    •System builder – Quarterly client builds and deployment of systems for lease returns of up to 200 systems on each. Responsible for 30 Servers in the local data center
    •Liaison between Marketing Department and Information Technology
    •RMA and Return Agent
    •Manned an Internal Support Desk and served as an escalation point for a team of six for 500 employees
    •Representative – Production Change Management Meetings on a weekly basis. This is to discuss changes to IT Infrastructure for implementation and rollback if needed.

  • Systems Engineer (RBMG, Netbank, Meritage)

    Netbank Funding

    (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

    19992007 (8 years)

  • Tier 3 (T-3) Systems Analyst II

    Robert Half Technology

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RHI; Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 2007December 2007 (11 months)

    Position was to provide customer support of company products by offering effective technical support, systems information, and training to customers and employees. Product line is back-end Integration of online banking services (Internet Banking, Transfers, and online Bill pay).

  • Database Administrator

    Netbank, Inc

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NTBK; Financial Services industry)

    December 2000December 2001 (1 year 1 month)

    Database Administrator - Supported Oracle Database and SQL Servers at RBMG (a Netbank Company).

  • Systems Engineer

    Management Solutions (Contract with Meritage Mortgage)

    (Privately Held; Banking industry)

    May 1999December 1999 (8 months)

    • Webmaster/Developer – for company Intranet, Extranet, and Internet sites. This is using the following technologies SharePoint, IIS, and FrontPage.
    • System builder – Quarterly client builds and deployment of systems for three-year lease returns of up to 200 systems on each. Responsible for 30 Servers in the local data center
    • Liaison between Marketing Department and Information Technology
    • RMA and Return Agent
    • Manned an Internal Support Desk and served as an escalation point for a team of six for 500 employees

  • Senior Customer Engineer

    Entex Information Services

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 1999April 1999 (1 month)

    • Automated test scripts creation and tracked issues
    • Active Server Pages testing to query a SQL server for order processing
    • Updating and querying information from database tables

  • Software QA Engineer

    TEK Systems

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

    July 1997February 1999 (1 year 8 months)

    • Test Plan Execution and Development for a shell application
    • Web-based front-end development of a order tracking system
    • Automated test script creation to get base-line timings and tracked issues
    • Database development to write directly to database tables using ODBC

  • Technical Team Lead/Support Desk Agent

    Sykes Enterprises

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SYKE; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

    September 1995July 1997 (1 year 11 months)

    • Issue Answering and troubleshooting for customers representing five companies answering average of 20 calls a day
    • Escalation Support Desk for co-workers throughout the call center on teams of at least 20 members in size.
    • Customer solutions research and documentation for clients and co-workers
    • Training staff in the use of Windows and troubleshooting techniques – each class was at least 20 students in size.


Kent Dyer’s Education

  • Oregon Institute of Technology

    Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology, 19871993

    Senior Project titled “Automated Boat Loader”, 1993.

    Activities and Societies:
    American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    Residence Life Staff
  • Central Oregon Community College

    19861987

    General Studies.


Additional Information

Kent Dyer’s Websites:

Kent Dyer’s Interests:

Leadership Student, Networking, Computers, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Fishing

Kent Dyer’s Groups:

Tigard-Orenomah Masonic Lodge - Worshipful Master, 2006, OR LI group growing strong, DeMolay, OIT Residence Life, Mason

  •    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (23,000+ members)
  •    Christian Professionals
  •    LIONs "LI Open Networkers"
  •    TEN - Top Executives Net
  •    Serious business persons
  •    True Wealth Creators' Network
  •    Killer Idea Developers (KID)
  •    Overachievers Club
  •    Ancient Free & Accepted Masons (AF&AM)
  •    Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
  •    Worldwide Association of Professional Dreamers
  •    Enlightened Billionairs
  •    MyLink500.com (Open Networkers)
  •    Freemasons
  •    Portland Connect
  •    Leader
  •    IT Specialist
  •    Internet Marketing
  •    Ambitious People
  •    Success Networking
  •    SharePoint Users (2100+ members)
  •    Robert Half Technology Professionals
  •    Playing In Traffic: Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Exotic Car FANS
  •    Open Networkers
  •    CBMW
  •    Citrix
  •    WORK From Your HOME!:-))
  •    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
  •    The 4-Hour Academy
  •    Friends of Disney
  •    Friends of the United States of America
  •    Ferrari Owners & Enthusiasts
  •    Online Word of Mouth Marketing Group (OWOMMG)
  •    Wales: Connections and Friends of Wales\ Cyfeillon am Cymru
  •    NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming)
  •    Be Financially Independent
  •    Invites Welcome! (Open Networkers)
  •    Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
  •    Luxury Addict Group
  •    Millionaire Business Club
  •    LION500.com (Open Networkers)
  •    Positive Thinkers
  •    Oregon Tech Alumni
  •    Linkin Greater Portland
  •    Mortgage Survivors Network!!
  •    NetBank Alumni Group
  •    Sykes Corporation Employee & Alumni Network

Kent Dyer’s Honors:

Comptia A+ - April 1999


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