
Sr Sys Eng at RETS
Dayton, Ohio Area

Sr Sys Eng at RETS
Dayton, Ohio Area
HP Accredited Platform Specialist, ProLiant Servers (Student ID 0001330424)
Dell Certified Service Technician (Tech ID 146326)
CompTIA A+ Certified
ITIL Version 3 Foundation Certified
Project Management Institute Dayton, Ohio Chapter (Membership ID Number 1226168)
Project planning and Engineering
Dealings with multiple vendors
On-Call support
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; REL; Publishing industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Project planning and Engineering of both straightforward and multifaceted hardware systems running Windows, LINUX/UNIX and VMWare in both Data Center and remote Office environment for both Reed Elsevier Technology Services/LexisNexis and Internal/External hosting projects
Interface with multiple vendors on a daily to ensure timely arrival and best prices for a variety of product
Conforming to Data Center change control process for configuring, installing, upgrading and troubleshooting of Servers both during normal business hours and after hours/week in down time windows
Provide 24/7 On-Call support, including Hands-On diagnosing and repair of hardware related issues
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2000 — December 2007 (7 years 7 months)
Project planning and Engineering of both straightforward and multifaceted hardware systems running Windows, LINUX/UNIX and VMWare in both Data Center and remote Office environment for both Reed Elsevier Technology Services/LexisNexis and Internal/External hosting projects
Interface with multiple vendors on a daily to ensure timely arrival and best prices for a variety of product
Conforming to Data Center change control process for configuring, installing, upgrading and troubleshooting of Servers both during normal business hours and after hours/week in down time windows
Provide 24/7 On-Call support, including Hands-On diagnosing and repair of hardware related issues
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1997 — June 2000 (3 years 6 months)
Contractor at the Dayton campus of LexisNexis (10 Building Dayton campus and remote sites across the US)
Technical support for over two thousand PCs and Printers in a Windows NT environment
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)
August 1996 — November 1996 (4 months)
Wiring Category 5 Ethernet, Fiber Optics, and Coaxial cabling to Ohio School Net standards
Setting up of Bridges, Switches, Routers, Hubs, and Modems (ISDN and T1) for PCs and MACs in both LAN and WAN applications
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
October 1995 — March 1996 (6 months)
Build, installed, upgraded, and maintain ISI branded computes both Standalone and Networked
Installation and servicing of Laser, Inkjet and Dot Matrix printers
Installation and troubleshooting of software products, including Windows (3.1 and 95) and MS Office Suite
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1993 — October 1995 (2 years 4 months)
Installation and servicing of Laser, Inkjet, Thermal, and Dot Matrix printers along with the software and associated training, including standard and custom programs for barcode applications
Worked with shop floor control systems using dumb terminals and barcode collection to track inventory
AAS , Electronic Engineering Technology , 1990 — 1992
Human Engineering 1989 — 1990
Project Management Institute Dayton, Ohio Chapter (Membership ID Number 1226168)