Miguel Lopes

Miguel Lopes

IT Specialist / English-Portuguese Translator

Portugal

Past
  • LAN Manager at Schering-Plough Farma Lda.
  • Helpdesk at Edimpresa / Abril ControlJornal (ACJ)
  • IT Consultant at Conplan - Consultores de Planeamento Lda.
  • Technical Customer Support at IP Global
  • Systems Administrator / Programmer at Integer
  • IT Consultant at Lilly Farma Produtos Farmacêuticos, Lda.
  • Clipper Programmer at Freelancer (Self-employed)
Education
  • CECOA
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa
  • Escola Secundária de Belém-Algés
  • Escola Secundária Sebastião e Silva, Oeiras
  • Escola Secundária de Paço de Arcos
  • Escola Preparatória de Paço de Arcos
  • APIE - Curso de Programação em linguagens de 4ª geração
Connections
149 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services

Miguel Lopes’s Summary

Experience & Skills

1 - extensive experience in dealing with end users and technical service providers, developed my skills as an interface between these entities, and a great understanding of user expectations and mentalities.

2 - extensive experience in configuring and troubleshooting Windows PCs, setting standards and enforcing them effectively.

3 - extensive experience in administration of Windows Server based systems.

4 - good experience in developing and maintaining effective and practical websites for corporate communication and other purposes.


Goals

To remain constantly updated in all relevant technologies.

To create an effective IT team, to be a solution and a valuable asset to any company.

Miguel Lopes’s Specialties:

Systems Administration
Web Development
Standards definition
Resource negotiation
User Support (2nd and upper tiers)


Miguel Lopes’s Experience

  • LAN Manager

    Schering-Plough Farma Lda.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SGP; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    February 2001July 2008 (7 years 6 months)

    Systems Administrator (Windows NT4, Server 2000 and Server 2003, Active Directory, RSA Admin, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator) and 2nd line user support (Windows 95, 98, 2000 and XP).

  • Helpdesk

    Edimpresa / Abril ControlJornal (ACJ)

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

    June 2000February 2001 (9 months)

    Member of a support team that provided services to over 500 users (Windows 95, 98 and Mac OS). Some Systems Administration (Windows NT 4).

  • IT Consultant

    Conplan - Consultores de Planeamento Lda.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 1998May 2000 (1 year 11 months)

    Systems Administrator (Windows NT 4), Helpdesk (Windows 95 and 98), Contact point between customer and company.

  • Technical Customer Support

    IP Global

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    April 1997April 1998 (1 year 1 month)

    Phone and email support on a strongly growing Internet Service Provider.

  • Systems Administrator / Programmer

    Integer

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 1996April 1997 (7 months)

    Systems administration (Windows NT4)
    Programming (Access & Excel VBA)

  • IT Consultant

    Lilly Farma Produtos Farmacêuticos, Lda.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LLY; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    February 1994July 1996 (2 years 6 months)

    Helpdesk (Windows for Workgroups 3.11), Systems Administrator (Windows NT 3.51), Programmer (Clipper 5.1)

  • Clipper Programmer

    Freelancer (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

    January 1991January 1994 (3 years 1 month)

    Small to medium sized application development.


Miguel Lopes’s Education

  • CECOA

    Curso de Formação de Formadores 20092009

  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa

    JumpStart , Business Management, Entrepreneurship , 20092009

    Programa JumpStart

  • Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa

    Licenciatura , Business Management , 19841989

  • Escola Secundária de Belém-Algés

    19831984

  • Escola Secundária Sebastião e Silva, Oeiras

    19811983

  • Escola Secundária de Paço de Arcos

    19801981

  • Escola Preparatória de Paço de Arcos

    19761978

    Escola já demolida.

  • APIE - Curso de Programação em linguagens de 4ª geração


Additional Information

Miguel Lopes’s Interests:

Personal and Home Computing, Internet, Science and Technology, Space Exploration, Aviation, Personal Finance, Cars, Video, Photography

Miguel Lopes’s Groups:

  •    Portugal Web Development Professionals
  •    Friends of NASA
  •    IP Global
  •    Pharma in Portugal
  •    Carreiras Online Portugal
  •    Nova Forum - Alunos, Professores e Amigos
  •    JumpStart Alumni Network
  •    Schering-Plough Farma (Portugal)
  •    Empresas Saudáveis

Miguel Lopes’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
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  • getting back in touch

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