Junior Systems Administrator at Tyndale Company, Inc.
Greater Philadelphia Area
- Current
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- Junior Systems Administrator at Tyndale Company, Inc.
- Development/Support at Ivory Tower Group
- Associate Systems Administrator at Ursinus College Computer Science Department
- Computing Services Technician at Ursinus College Computing Services
- President, Treasurer, Member at Ursinus College Association for Computing Machinery
- Front Desk Clerk/Tech Support at Country Inn & Suites, Ramada Inn
- Past
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- IT Intern at Tek Translations
- Database Designer - Student Intern at Eggland's Best
- Education
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- Ursinus College
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Paul Kroon’s Summary
I have fairly extensive experience with network administration, primarily in installing, configuring, and running Linux servers. I have also had experience with technical support, repairing desktops, laptops, and servers, both with hardware and software issues. I have some development experience, including the full development process from learning needs to delivering a finalized product after extensive testing.
My goals are to continue to learn about the administration of systems and network, and to eventually be given the responsibility of an entire network.
Paul Kroon’s Specialties:
Purchasing, server architecture, network/system design, Linux server administration, networking, managing others to complete a project.
Paul Kroon’s Experience
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Junior Systems Administrator
Tyndale Company, Inc.
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
June 2008 — Present (6 months)
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Development/Support
Ivory Tower Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)
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Associate Systems Administrator
Ursinus College Computer Science Department
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)
- Responsible for a set of servers run by the CS department of Ursinus College and the ACM to provide whatever services are needed by the department or the organization
- Designed network and assembled machines from old systems given to the ACM
- Installed and configured Linux operating systems to run all applications
- Developed web pages, PHP message boards, and several other applications for use of students
- Designed and implemented all network security and system backup protocols and procedures
- Training other students to maintain the systems for after I graduate -
Computing Services Technician
Ursinus College Computing Services
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2005 — Present (3 years 3 months)
- Provide technical support (hardware and software) for all students and faculty of Ursinus College
- Responsible for all technological problems students may have -
President, Treasurer, Member
Ursinus College Association for Computing Machinery
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — Present (4 years 3 months)
- As a member of the ACM, I helped with tutorials on various aspects of the technology field for the Ursinus community
- As Treasurer, I kept the financial records for the organization and handled all of the purchasing that the group did (Sept05-May06)
- As President, I run the organization's meetings, form and assist committees to accomplish the events the organization holds, lead the group to grow in membership and reach out the college and community -
Front Desk Clerk/Tech Support
Country Inn & Suites, Ramada Inn
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Hospitality industry)
July 2004 — Present (4 years 5 months)
- Front desk clerk at hotel; check-in/check-out, reservations, daily hotel business, guest services
- Also kept computer systems working properly
- Developed back-office MS Access program to keep all bookkeeping records; replaced several Excel spreadsheets
- Developed kiosk system for a lobby computer for guest use -
IT Intern
Tek Translations
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2006 — November 2006 (2 months)
- Worked with an IT department of a multi-national localization company while studying abroad in Madrid, Spain
- Practiced Spanish while assisting the IT Manager and Assistant IT Manager in their daily activities
- Sat in on project manager meetings and was involved with an ISP upgrade with Verizon
- Provided technical support (hardware and software) to employees
- Set-up small computer lab to be used for employee training in a new IT system
- Administered FTP server and set up new client accounts whenever necessary
- Performed 3 months-worth of data archiving to help get department caught up with all old projects -
Database Designer - Student Intern
Eggland's Best
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2005 — February 2006 (5 months)
- Analyzed data needs of quality testing lab
- Previous used Excel spreadsheets to track hundreds of samples with dozens of types of data, with number of samples growing into the thousands
- Developed MS Access program to store all data and allow a completely customizable search operation across all data
Paul Kroon’s Education
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Ursinus College
BS, Computer Science and Mathematics (double major), Spanish (minor), 2004 — 2008
Performed extensive research in the Domain Name System that will be presented at an international conference on Internet measurement.
- Activities and Societies:
- Associate for Computing Machinery, UC Tech Support
Additional Information
Paul Kroon’s Websites:
Paul Kroon’s Interests:
Server administration, Linux, learning new programming languages, organizing events (video game competitions)
Paul Kroon’s Groups:
ACM
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Ursinus College Alumni
Paul Kroon’s Honors:
ACM Outstanding Service Award, CS Department Outstanding Student Award, Dean's List
Paul Kroon’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
