
Owner at Books by Bertram
Evansville, Indiana Area

Owner at Books by Bertram
Evansville, Indiana Area
I, as a corporate citizen, have been involved in information technology for over 10 years. I went to school for IT with a degree in Computer Science and have had jobs ranging from an entry level student working making $6/hr to my current position of Infrastructure Analyst making, let's say a lot more than that. As I look back on my career, I believe it has been successful where I have met a lot of great people along the way.
However, as I have introduced to entrepreneurship, I really like that aspect as well. Even though book selling is a far cry from IT, it is just, if not, more enjoyable especially considering I'm working for myself! It may not pay as much right now, but you never know, one day it might be able to support myself and my family. Who knows what the future will hold.
server architecture, network architecture, network management, server management, project management, information technology, diversification, Active Directory, MCSE, MCITP:Messaging, CCNA, Cisco, Microsoft, IT security, certifications, CompTIA, policy management, Microsoft Exchange, HP Procurve, WhatsUp Professional, VoIP, Mitel, Telephony
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
network project management, evaluating network vendors, network utilization monitoring, network management, security policy enforcement
(Retail industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Bertram Books is a very small startup business that just consists of selling media on Amazon.com. I concentrate on purchasing books, CDs, DVD, video games, etc at wholesale prices so that they can be cleaned up and sold on the Internet. Eventually, I'd like to turn this business from a small startup that supplements my income to a full fledged corporation.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Furniture industry)
February 2007 — November 2007 (10 months)
network project management, purchasing, evaluating network vendors, managing a tech, network utilization monitoring, network management, security policy enforcement
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Banking industry)
August 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 7 months)
upgrading aging infrastructure, server administration, network administration, implemented various technologies to support internal user requests
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)
technology consultant, Microsoft server implementation/support, Microsoft Exchange implementation/support, consulting with clients to determine their technology needs, assisting small businesses with all topics of information technology
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)
Weekend help desk support, backup monitoring, backup tape changes, Ghosting PCs
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1999 — May 2004 (4 years 9 months)
This was my first real position in the IT industry. As a student worker, I was introduced into the IT atmosphere by doing basic desktop work along with occasionally helping out on the network side.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Events Services industry)
January 2002 — March 2002 (3 months)
This was an intern position that I had acquired in college. I was a network/desktop tech that took care of the various IT projects around the shop. This was also where I learned to write a lot of VBscript code.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
February 2001 — February 2002 (1 year 1 month)
I was a customer service rep in this position with an emphasis on Internet calls. I answered all calls, however, such as questions about billing, cable TV, phone and especially Internet access calls.
Computer Science , 1998 — 2004
I was the president of the Linux Users Group.
1992 — 1998
Career: Information Technology, reading, running my own business Personal: Playing with my dogs, going out to eat with my wife, hanging out with friends and having a few beers every now and then.
Evansville Cisco Users Group
MCSE, CCNA, MCTS: Exchange 2007, Security+, A+, Network+