Experience

Saralux

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Network Administrator

  • Feb 2012 - Present



Alabama Education Association

• Montgomery, Alabama Area

• IT Director

  • Sep 1997 - Dec 2011

  •Responsibility for Technical Services consists of Network infrastructure, including Wide-Area Networking and 4 remote offices. Also have responsibility for User Services, which consisted of user support, help desk, telephone support, network security, electronic mail (Exchange 2003 and 2010) and network administration. Developed standards for software deployment on servers, workstations and implemented software distribution. Managed the design of LAN/WAN consisting of 100BaseT & 1000BaseT, Fiber-Optics and connectivity to our nationwide public and private WAN. Administrator and Tools: Cisco, D-link, 3COM, Cabletron Hubs-Switches and routers, 3Com Routers •Server Development, Client (Desktop) Server & LAN •Administrated network consisting of 26 Dell (Windows Server 2008 and 2003), Novell servers and 2 MAC servers, LAN, WAN, serving 250+ clients and over 100,000 members through web services. Firm understanding of IPX/SPX & TCP/IP protocols. Services such as Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, SQL 6.5, Exchange 2000 and 2003, IIS 6.5 and 7.0. •Designed and setup VPN connections, laptops, printers applications software for 50+ users working from home to include outlook active sync, outlook IMAP on laptop and phones (Blackberry and I Phones) •Do all repairs to hardware to include printers, servers, workstations, scanners and supervised all other repairs by all technicians. Also do all patches, fixes to all operations systems, bios, hardware and software. •Designed and Configuring the WAN infrastructure and security, consisting of multiple T1 and T3 lines, Cisco routers, Cisco switches, and Dell servers. Created and managing the VLAN on the switches and VPN on Firewall. Enabled remote users to access corporate LAN with VPN connectivity. •Redesign of Internet connectivity infrastructure for meeting bandwidth increased demands and requirements. This involved negotiating with ISPs, which included adding Flexible T3 lines to 2 present T1 connections. Show less



Computer Tech Enterprises

• Owner, Operator

  • Feb 1985 - Sep 1997

  Responsible for all aspects and operations of the company. I took a company from the ground up and created a multi-million dollar company in a year and a half. With over 2000 customers I did many of same things I do with my present employer but on a larger scale. Maintain and repaired computers all over the southeast for customers such as Police Departments, Dept. of Humane Resources, Sheraton Inn and 40 different school systems. Hired and supervised 6 technicians, 30 data entry personal, 4 office personal and one sales person. Assisted customers to determine their technology needs and implement this technology from start to finish. Installed networks from the point of running cable to installing and building servers, workstations and off the shelf ready software. Factory certified and trained to repair center brand name computers, scanners and printer such as IBM, Okidata, Star, Panasonic and many more. Supported government contracts at Gunter and Maxwell AFB to repair Zenith computer systems Installing and administering LAN hardware (Intel-based PCs, thin Ethernet and twisted pair); network operating systems (Novell Netware 4.11, Windows, Windows Sever); end-user software applications. Installation, upgrades and Configuration of various types of Personal Computers and Printers. Installation of different operating systems on Intel based PC's. - Installed Hard disks, Floppy drives, CD Drives, Sound Blaster cards, CPU, Memory, Power supply unit, Network card, Video graphics card, Hard disk controller card on PC systems - Troubleshooting of computer equipment to include LAN, WAN, desktops, servers, printer and all other Show less



U.S. Army

• Advance Radar Support Technician

  • Feb 1981 - Feb 1985

  Worked as member of the advance support team which was responsible to repair the logic boards from the Vulcan Air Defense System to the component level. Used test equipment such as oscilloscope, 115 test van, volt meters and microwave generator to repair components from the computer, radar, low voltage system and servo logic system of the Vulcan Air Defense system. Also had to repair the logic board from our test vans down to the component level. Training included computer logic, voltage system, and klystron and radar technology. Also supervised 4 technicians on 2nd shift when back log increased. Show less