
Owner/IT Consultant, PrideWorks Personal Consulting
Greater Atlanta Area

Owner/IT Consultant, PrideWorks Personal Consulting
Greater Atlanta Area
Steven Sinclair's IT career encompasses over 23 years of technical, training and customer support experience. He has worked extensively in IT support, technology operations and management, software training, implementation, documentation and quality control. Steven's diverse application of advanced computing skills and testing methodology has enabled him to excel as a system administrator and IT consultant. He also holds the designation as a Microsoft Certified Professional and received a minor in Music.
Software training, implementation, documentation, quality control/assurance and support. Website and Marketing development/branding and identity. Understands the software development process as well as the software support process, and therefore able to easily mediate functionality.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2003 — Present (6 years )
Provides consultative services related to Home and Small Business Networking, Website and Marketing content creation and design/identity, and Malware removal. Also provides other IT related consulting such as systems recommendation and development, delivery of software and hardware training, .
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years )
Developed and delivered Software Training. Assisted in product Implementation, Quality Assurance, and
Documentation. Carried out training development/delivery, implementation, and project management for a
major software and systems customization for Cooper Communities. Acted as Project Manger for QA,
Documentation and Training development for new .NET software product.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years )
Acted as dedicated support specialist for a large company on proprietary customized software. Was direct point
of contact for this company to enable advanced knowledgeable service. When the client installed new,
customized code and went to a down state analyzed the code to quickly find the cause of the issue. This resulted
in saving the company thousands of dollars from loss of production time. QA tested newly completed versions
of software. Delivered departmental training of new versions of software.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
Consulted for The New Power Company/IBM/AOLObserved current operation processes, including hardware configurations, network configurations, software
configurations and performance. Performed testing and benchmarking of those configurations and documented
them. Met with users, project leaders and management to discuss and plan guidelines and criteria for
documentation of a system or program. Also documented current policies and procedures. Made advisements
to better the configurations, performance, policies and procedures.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
Administrator over several AIX based RISC servers, including Development servers that act as application servers for US Customer Support and Management. Supported other world-wide teams on maintaining their servers and applications. Provided third-level support for the Support and Management applications. Developed and delivered all training for incoming administrators for US and worldwide.
Reorganized and revamped CCMS Intranet Site and acted as Web Administrator for the site.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years )
Provided procedural and technical resolutions to internal clients from the thirty-plus
PC/Network applications, operating systems, proprietary software, various vendor and hardware configurations. Provided backup support to local Corporate Network Administrator. Developed and delivered training in the Hato Rey office. Acted as Network Administrator in varioius offices.
Trained classes for Network Administrators. Senior Lotus Notes Analyst since January, 1996. Obtained MCP designation
and attended classes for Windows NT Server/Workstation, Microsoft SQL Server.
Headed evaluation and selection process for a replacement Help Desk
Application. Headed design,
customization and implementations process for SupportMagicSQL. Acted as head administrator and lead
trainer for SupportMagicSQL and its servers. Trained other Support Analysts on the front and back ends of the
application. Acted as Network Administrator and Support for new Lotus Notes Project office in Tampa.
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(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
1989 — 1995 (6 years )
Managed Music Services, Adult, Men's and Children's Choirs. Worked with youth in puppet and drama ministries as well as classes and Bible School. Assisted in helping the church grow from 75 in attendance to 200+ in attendance every Sunday.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1991 — 1994 (3 years )
Coordinated entire information systems operations, including help desk, telecommunications, and AS400 MUX
operations. Developed raw material tracking system, saving company losses of up to $100,000 per month.
Developed formula system for production, achieving greater accuracy in measurements and reducing waste.
Designed new forms and labels for production, materials, and warehouse departments to streamline work and
increase efficiency.
(Consumer Goods industry)
1990 — 1991 (1 year )
Processed orders; provided output for warehouse picking and packing sheets, customer invoices, other various
reports using IBM 34/36.
BS , Computer Information Systems , 1984 — 1991
Minor: Music
MLA (Modern Language Association): www.mla.org, Jefferson Park Neighborhood Association: www.jeffersonpark.org, United Church of Christ: www.ucc.org