Experience

Anderson Pens

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President, CEO, & Co-Owner

  • Jan 2010 - Present

  Co-owner of a successful e-commerce and brick and mortar business specializing in fine writing instruments, primarily fountain pens but also rollerball, ball point pens, and pencils. Other areas of interest are calligraphy pens and ink, over 1000 colors of fountain pen ink, and paper products including the hottest in Japanese fine paper. We carry both vintage and modern writing instruments and I also repair vintage fountain pens and provide supplies for the home repairman. Co-owner of a successful e-commerce and brick and mortar business specializing in fine writing instruments, primarily fountain pens but also rollerball, ball point pens, and pencils. Other areas of interest are calligraphy pens and ink, over 1000 colors of fountain pen ink, and paper products including the hottest in Japanese fine paper. We carry both vintage and modern writing instruments and I also repair vintage fountain pens and provide supplies for the home repairman.



Anderson Pens Chicago, Inc.

• President, CEO, and Co-Owner

  • Mar 2018 - Present



Ministry Health Care

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• System Administrator

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2015

  Worked on the Data Center Operations Team handling various aspects of day to day operations including server builds, break/fix, and WSUS. Worked on the Data Center Operations Team handling various aspects of day to day operations including server builds, break/fix, and WSUS.



Silver Star Brands, f/k/a Miles Kimball Company

• United States
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Infrastructure Engineer II

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2013

  Handled Server Hardening as part of PCI Compliance section 2.2. Qualys scanning of servers and remediation as well as identifying and securing insecure and unnecessary services for all servers in the PCI Zone. System Administrator with general administrative responsibilities including but not limited to Active Directory, DNS, and IIS. Also performed penetration testing with tools lke Metasploit, Back Track and Armitage. Handled Server Hardening as part of PCI Compliance section 2.2. Qualys scanning of servers and remediation as well as identifying and securing insecure and unnecessary services for all servers in the PCI Zone. System Administrator with general administrative responsibilities including but not limited to Active Directory, DNS, and IIS. Also performed penetration testing with tools lke Metasploit, Back Track and Armitage.



Heid Music

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Specialist

  • May 2001 - Jul 2012

  I managed nine servers and approximately 70 desktops over five locations. I also did some FoxPro development and successfully migrated the company to a new ERP system including data conversion. I am interested in Terminal Services, VMWare, Active Directory and many other aspects of server and network monitoring and maintenance. I managed nine servers and approximately 70 desktops over five locations. I also did some FoxPro development and successfully migrated the company to a new ERP system including data conversion. I am interested in Terminal Services, VMWare, Active Directory and many other aspects of server and network monitoring and maintenance.



American Music Group

• Store Manager

  • Jan 1996 - Jul 2001

  Managed internal staff and road rep as well as all external accounts and all aspects of store success. Managed internal staff and road rep as well as all external accounts and all aspects of store success.