Rick Vanover

Current

IT Infrastructure Manager at Alliance Data

Past

System Administrator at Safelite
Contributor at Various Media
Engineer II at Dematic (Siemens Dematic, Rapistan)

Software Engineer II at Siemens Dematic
System Administrator at Mettler Toledo
Network Administrator at Insilco Corporation
LAN Administrator at Insilco Technologies, Inc.
Intern at United Parcel Service

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Education

Otterbein College
Columbus State
Western Brown High School

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Recommended

3 people have recommended Rick

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Financial Services

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Rick Vanover’s Summary

Rick is an IT professional and media pundit as well as a happy family member. My goals are to grow each of these areas upward.

Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/RickVanover

Rick Vanover’s Specialties:

Writing, Analyst roles, virtualization, IT administration

IT certifications include: VMware VCP, MCITP, MCSA, MCP

Rick Vanover’s Experience

IT Infrastructure Manager

Alliance Data

(Public Company; ADS; Financial Services industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)
System Administrator

Safelite

(Privately Held; Automotive industry)

June 2007 — August 2009 (2 years 3 months)
Contributor

Various Media

(Writing and Editing industry)

January 2001 — March 2009 (8 years 3 months)

Contribute to various sites, including TechTarget, CNET, ZDNet, Virtualization Review Magazine, and Redmond Magazine.
Engineer II

Dematic (Siemens Dematic, Rapistan)

(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

June 2001 — May 2007 (6 years )

Software Application Engineering and Customer Service - Software Modernizations and Upgrades.
Software Engineer II

Siemens Dematic

(Automotive industry)

2001 — 2007 (6 years )
System Administrator

Mettler Toledo

(Public Company; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

August 1999 — March 2001 (1 year 8 months)
Network Administrator

Insilco Corporation

(Automotive industry)

November 1996 — August 1999 (2 years 10 months)
LAN Administrator

Insilco Technologies, Inc.

(Financial Services industry)

1996 — 1999 (3 years )
Intern

United Parcel Service

(Financial Services industry)

1995 — 1996 (1 year )