Jerod Husvar

Current

• CEO at TunerJunkyard.com

Past

• Owner at C-Note Services
• Support Consultant at School Specialty Publishing
• Systems Administrator II - Consultant at Cleveland Clinic

• Consultant at Modis
• Consultant at Limited Brands
• Consultant at AtNetPlus, Inc
• Technical Analyst at Cleveland Clinic Health System
• Macintosh Support Specialist - XP Rollout Specialist - Consultant at Charles Schwab
• Consultant at Charles Schwab
• Contractor at Robert Half Technology
• Mac and PC Support - Contractor at Advanstar Communications
• End User Support at Federal Reserve Information Technology
• End User Support at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Contract Desktop Analyst at Teksystems
• Project Planning Coordinator at Alltel Information Systems
• Associate at Config
• Volunteer IRC Administrator at Kent State
• Manager at Data Foundations
• Computers at NEOUCOM
• Cook / CSM at McDonald's
• File Clerk - Intern at Portage County Auto Title

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Education

• Kent State University
• Rootstown High School

Recommended

5 people have recommended Jerod

Connections

136 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company

Jerod Husvar’s Summary

My career objective is to secure a challenging position in the Information Systems field that will allow me to make use of my experience and education in an enjoyable, productive manner. My desire is to move into a leadership role of a small to medium IT Group.

Jerod Husvar’s Specialties:

Counterspy Dell Hardware GFI MailEssentials GFI MailSecurity HP/Compaq Desktops / Servers Lotus Notes Macintosh 10.x Macintosh 9.x Microsoft Exchange Microsoft Office Symantec Anti-Virus Symantec Backup Exec 9, 9.1, 10d Trend Micro Antivirus Windows 2000 Windows 95/98/ME Windows NT 4 Windows Server 2000 Windows Server 2003 Windows Small Business Server 2000 Windows Small Business Server 2003 Windows XP

Jerod Husvar’s Experience

• CEO

  TunerJunkyard.com

  (Automotive industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  TunerJunkyard.com is the web's first legal chop shop. Specializing in niche dismantling of sports cars.

• Owner

  C-Note Services

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1992 — December 2007 (16 years)

  C-Note Computer Services, formerly Husvar Services, has taken many twists and turns over the years of it's existence, constantly remolding itself to meet the changing needs of computer owners. From an early start in building PC's from parts for sale, to web devlopment, eBay auction hosting and Macintosh support. Husvar Services continues to be a dynamic and ever-changing work in progress that helps to generate "butter and egg money for the Husvar family.

• Support Consultant

  School Specialty Publishing

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)

  Support of the corporate headquarters IT needs including telecom, Macintosh and PC support.

• Systems Administrator II - Consultant

  Cleveland Clinic

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years)

  Time spread over several assignments.
  
  Active Directory/Novell User and machine management, Desktop rollout of Windows XP desktops. Small network printer deployment. Break fix support of two entire departments consisting of approximately 200 users. Worked primarily by myself with no direct supervision.

• Consultant

  Modis

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2006 — July 2006 (2 months)

  Contract computer support of PC and Macintosh systems.

• Consultant

  Limited Brands

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  June 2006 — July 2006 (2 months)

  Contract computer support of PC and Macintosh systems.

• Consultant

  AtNetPlus, Inc

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

  November 2005 — March 2006 (5 months)

  Worked as a network consultant with responsibilities including on-call support for an extensive list of small to medium sized businesses in the Summit, Portage, Cuyahoga, Medina, Wayne and Stark county area. Responsible for all aspects of support of Windows 2000, 2000 Small Business Server, 2003 Server and 2003 Small Business Server on mostly Dell hardware. Worked at all stages of supporting these servers, from building the server itself to setting up backups, anti-spyware, antivirus, backups and user administration. Also somewhat familiar with Exchange on all of the above platforms. Duties sometimes included PC support of Windows workstations. These ranged from antivirus/antispyware work to hardware upgrade or repair. Occasional printer fixes.

• Technical Analyst

  Cleveland Clinic Health System

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  June 2005 — November 2005 (6 months)

  Providing break/fix technical support to a 428 bed hospital as well as over 30 associated clinics, physician's offices and other facilities. Supporting Windows 95/2000/XP as well as HP printers and MFP's.

• Macintosh Support Specialist - XP Rollout Specialist - Consultant

  Charles Schwab

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SCHW; Financial Services industry)

  November 2004 — March 2005 (5 months)

  Took over support of a small, in house, Macintosh OS X graphics group. Built a new image from scratch using OS 10.3.5, the full Adobe, Macromedia, Microsoft and Quark suites. Installed and configured Suitcase X1. Trained users on new operating system. Developed documentation for IT staff to create images from. Also worked on a small Windows XP laptop roll-out and a large migration of user accounts and PC's from a Windows NT environment to a Windows XP environment using Active Directory. Finally, I provided level 3 break/fix support for Windows XP related problems on an as-needed basis.

• Consultant

  Charles Schwab

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

• Contractor

  Robert Half Technology

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2004 — March 2004 (2 months)

  Provided break/fix support of Windows 2000 and Windows NT machines in a managed environment. Ordered new equipment, worked on roll outs of new COE machines, as well as support of Lotus Notes. Supported approximately 7,000 users.

• Mac and PC Support - Contractor

  Advanstar Communications

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Publishing industry)

  November 2003 — February 2004 (4 months)

  Provide break-fix level 3 support in a Mac 9.x and Windows 2000/XP environment.

• End User Support

  Federal Reserve Information Technology

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years)

  Provided day to day support of 1,400 users in the capacities of a Level 3 support analyst. This included taking shifts manning the help desk, providing support at the desktop, involvement in the change management process as well as managing projects. Operating systems supported included MacOS 9.x, 10.x, Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP in a mixed Windows NT/Novell 5 network environment. Lead the Windows XP certification project for my site.

• End User Support

  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  April 2000 — February 2001 (11 months)

  Provided advanced desktop support in a medical center of approximately 7,000 people. The environment encompassed support of physicians, researchers, support and administrative staff. Supported Windows 95, Window 98, Windows NT 4.0 and some Windows 2000 systems. I also supported some Macintosh systems on a limited basis. The network environment is a mixed Novell/NT, with migration away from Novell to NT. Also supported and troubleshot problems with HP Laser Jet and Lexmark printers. Worked with a team of 5 other analysts to support approximately one third of the facility. Played a significant role in the deployment of new desktop computers using Windows NT and migrating users from Novell to NT. Also did some minor NT user administration on an as-needed basis.I started working in this position in April of 2000 as a contractor with TekSystems and was hired full-time in November of 2000.

• Contract Desktop Analyst

  Teksystems

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 8 months)

  Worked on several assignments involving configuration and setup of both desktop and laptop computers for operation as standalone as well as network workstations. Duties included setup for TCP/IP, Novell and WinNT networking as well as software installation and hardware configuration. Duties also include setting up NT workstations and servers. Supported up to 7,000 users in a desktop support capacity.

• Project Planning Coordinator

  Alltel Information Systems

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 4 months)

  Year 2000 Project. Duties include assisting project managers, program managers and other relevant parties in design and maintenance of Project Plans. Also entailed development of processes and procedures, proofreading/correcting/approving plan changes, and providing customer service to all parties of a project. Voted as a Most Valued Player

• Associate

  Config

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

  June 1993 — August 1994 (1 year 3 months)

  Filled various and assorted roles in the development of this business.

• Volunteer IRC Administrator

  Kent State

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  October 1991 — June 1994 (2 years 9 months)

  Responsible for the management of Internet Relay Chat server and clients.. Worked extensively with UNIX operating systems on Hewlett Packard, DEC, Sun and other mini-computer platforms.

• Manager

  Data Foundations

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1992 — August 1993 (1 year 4 months)

  Duties included management and operation of a 1500 user 24 line computerized information service as well as managing contract programming jobs and computer sales. Job duties also included hardware and software maintenance, specification and design of new software for the service as well as coordinating an interface to the internet

• Computers

  NEOUCOM

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  1990 — 1992 (2 years)

  PC Support, HP-UX Administration

• Cook / CSM

  McDonald's

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food Production industry)

  June 1989 — August 1991 (2 years 3 months)

  Worked in both the kitchen and serving customers via the Drive Through.

• File Clerk - Intern

  Portage County Auto Title

  (Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Government Administration industry)

  June 1986 — August 1986 (3 months)

  Summer internship as a file clerk.

Jerod Husvar’s Education

• Kent State University

  1991 — 1993

• Rootstown High School

  1991, College prep and Business Education, 1987 — 1991

Additional Information

Jerod Husvar’s Websites:

• My Company

Jerod Husvar’s Interests:

Creative Anachromism, History, Rapier Combat, Reading, Fishing, Hunting, Japanese Sports Cars, Eagle Talon, RX-7, Mazda

Jerod Husvar’s Groups:

Society For Creative Anachronism, Gmail

•    Obama for America
•    Gmail Users
•    E-Commerce Network
•    Venture Capital
•    Angel Investor Group

Jerod Husvar’s Honors:

Brainbench - Sterling, VA -Certifications

Computer Technical Support
MS Windows Server 2003 Administration.
Computer Fundamentals (Win XP.)
MacOS 8.6 Fundamentals. (Applies to all MacOS operating systems from 8.6 to 9.2.2.)
Master of Macintosh OS X Fundamentals.
Information Technology Terminology.
Master Customer Assistance.
Computer Technical Support
Information Technology Industry Knowledge.
MS Outlook Express 5.0 Fundamentals
Master Windows 95 Navigation.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Fundamentals.
Windows 95 Administrator.
Master Windows 98 Navigation.
Master Computer Fundamentals (Windows 95/98.)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Fundamentals
MS Word 2000 User

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