New Albany, IN 47150
Cell: 502-777-1594
Alt. Phone: ***-***-****
E-mail: Kaiga40@yahoo.com 

Objective

·         Gain meaningful employment with an IT company that will allow personal and professional growth without limiting the opportunity for further enlightenment and enhanced education. Looking for an opportunity to gain some significance in a career and to be an asset to my employer.

Certifications

·         Comptia A+ Certified (March 31, 2006), Network+ Certified (December 18, 2006), CCNA Training (Cisco CCNA Online Academy as well as hands-on training). Currently studying for Security + and CCNA Certifications. Want to expand into CCNP and CCIE and other Cisco certifications.

Professional /  Technical experience

·         6+ years of home and office break/fix Desktop PC and network troubleshooting, building, repair, networking, upgrading, and technical phone support skills. Some hands-on training with Cisco networking hardware, network topology documentation, router and switch configuration (consumer and technical level).

·         Very good understanding of networking concepts: OSI network model, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, and other protocols.

·         Working with managed switches, such as VLAN configurations, option based and CLI based switch configuration systems.

·         Basic to intermediate Cisco router configuration, IP Sub-netting, Wi-Fi (Wireless 802.11x technologies) AP setup, Security (Kerberos, WEP, WPA), etc.

·         Decent knowledge of some networking products, and PC hardware (for office, business, gaming PC uses), and software utilities.

·         Working with, creating, running (physical layout, using Panduits, etc), and terminating Cat5(3)(6)(e) Ethernet cabling.

·         Working with phone systems (Shoretel Based), jumping phone connections.

·         Strong understanding, troubleshooting, and configuring, Windows 9.x, 2000, XP, Vista Operating systems, Utilities, Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook, etc.

·         Some experience with Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Smoothwall, Kubuntu, Debian, Redhat.

·         Web design, working with Microsoft FrontPage.

Past Employment

·         CCPI (Convention Communications Provisioners Inc.) – June 2007 – September 2007, IT – Network System / Phone System Technician (Responsibilities included, Ethernet cable creation (Cat3 and Cat5e), provisioning, and running internet from network to exhibitors, running phone lines to exhibitors using a Shortel based system (POTS and VOIP), perform network, and infrastructure maintenance, setup and configure small networks, setup and maintain wireless, as well as respond to support calls, and provide phone support.)
937 Phillips Lane, Louisville, Kentucky –
Supervisor: Will provide upon tequest.

·         Mend A Bath International – 2003 – Present, - On Call Assistant (Bathtub Resurfacing Assistant, preparing bathtubs) –New Albany, Indiana 47150 – Supervisor: Will provide upon request.

·         Atlantis Water Park May 2003 – August 2003, - Water equipment management - 505 Marriott Drive, Clarksville, Indiana 47129 - (812) 283-4411 – Supervisor: Will provide upon request.

·         Holiday Inn Lakeview January 2004 – August 2004, Position as Bellman (Guest services, room deliveries, luggage handling, front desk assistant) - 505 Marriott Drive, Clarksville, Indiana 47129 - (812) 283-4411 – Supervisor: Will provide upon request.

Education

·         Currently attending Ivy Tech (Sellersburg) – Cisco CCNA Academy (Cisco 2 Course). Going through curriculum ICDN1 to receive CCENT, afterwards will be going through ICND2 to receive CCNA. Desire to continue education for CCNP, CCVP, CCIE and other Cisco certifications.

·         New Albany Senior High School – Graduated with High School Diploma in May 2007

·        Prosser School of Technology: Computer Networking. Graduated with Diploma and 9 College credit hours for Ivy Tech.

Volunteer experience

·         Setup and maintaining a Folding@Home server farm for cancer cure research and development hosted by Stanford University. (See more at http://folding.stanford.edu/).

·         Volunteered at the Green Valley Nursing Home.

References

·         Will provide references upon request.