Chris Grooms

Current

• Network Administrator at Emerson

Past

• I.T. Technician at Championship Networks
• Network Administrator at Global USA Online

Education

• Cleveland Community College

Recommended

2 people have recommended Chris

Connections

17 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog

Chris Grooms’s Summary

I have over 15 years of experience and 6 years of job related IT experience with software and hardware. It is not just a job, but an obsession since I was 9 years old.

Over the years I've experimented in a lot of areas such as programming (from QBasic to C++), scripting (such as VB script), web programming (writing HTML, Javascript, PHP and ASP), web graphics (using Photoshop), 2D/3D graphics and animation (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, 3D Studio Max and Maya), Linux (I have experience with Red Hat, Mandrake and Ubuntu), wired and wireless networking, network security, etc. I have dedicated most of my life since I was 9 years old to learning everything that I can about computer technology and software so I have a very wide range of experience and knowledge.

In 2006 I completed a Network Administration program at Cleveland Community College and received a certification in Network Administration. I also received the Certiport IC3 certification for testing out of Intro. to Computers. Soon after I completed the CompTIA A+ software and hardware exams at New Horizons in Charlotte, NC to receive that certification.

Another area that I've been interested in is sound and video. I've produced and mixed sound for bands that I've been in and mastered the recordings using Cakewalk (professional sound editing software). I also really enjoy video production and have produced and edited videos in the past (mainly skydiving videos). At this time (2008) I work with skydiver and wind tunnel instructor (Louis French) to edit and produce DVD of footage for his students.

Chris Grooms’s Specialties:

Microsoft Windows 3.1, NT, 95, 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Red Hat Linux, Fedora Linux, Mandrake Linux, Ubuntu Linux, DOS 5+, Mac OS X, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint and Outlook, LanDesk, Photoshop.

Chris Grooms’s Experience

• Network Administrator

  Emerson

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; EMR; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

  • Keep track of $1,100,000 in data and telecommunication assets.
  • Implement global and local Group Policy and NTFS security for network shares and devices. Create VB login scripts.
  • Confirm that SQL databases, RAID arrays, SAN file storage and Veritas tape backups remain online 24/7 with zero data loss.
  • Train and support 380 Emerson employees.
  • Configure wired and wireless network, CISCO routers and switches.
  • Resolve any issues with RF label scanners, label printers, access points and mainframe printers.
  • Use Nortel Meridian X11 PBX to make voice mail, extension and other changes to the phone system.

• I.T. Technician

  Championship Networks

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2002 — October 2004 (2 years 5 months)

  Worked on-site at customer locations; installed, configured and maintained wired and wireless networks, network hardware configurations, software, network-wide virus protection, Active Directory users and policies, Visual Basic login scripts and backup systems.
  
  Consulted with businesses to establish ideal solutions per their needs for network-wide virus protection, intrusion detection, backup plans, wired, wireless and fiber optic network infrastructures. Implemented those solutions.

• Network Administrator

  Global USA Online

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2002 — August 2003 (1 year)

  Maintained database, mail, FTP and file and print servers, domain controllers, tape backups in Veritas and web hosting.
  
  Provided help desk support to customers and desktop support to employees from 9:00am to 11:00pm.

Chris Grooms’s Education

• Cleveland Community College

  Networking Administration , Computer Science , 2005 — 2006

Additional Information

Chris Grooms’s Websites:

• My Blog

Chris Grooms’s Interests:

I am interested in new technologies and products, developing innovative ideas, foreign country cultures and travel, photography, digital graphics, digital forensics, skydiving, self improvement, writing and other various interests.

Chris Grooms’s Groups:

INFRAGARD (Charlotte Chapter) --- InfraGard is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) program that began in the Cleveland Field Office in 1996. It was a local effort to gain support from the information technology industry and academia for the FBI’s investigative efforts in the cyber arena. The program expanded to other FBI Field Offices, and in 1998 the FBI assigned national program responsibility for InfraGard to the former National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) and to the Cyber Division in 2003, Infragard

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