Chris Mcclendon Email & Phone Number

Reno, Nv, Us

Reno, Nevada Area

IT Manager who can consistently deliver solid levels of alacrity and accountability for people, hardware, software, and business processes within the Operations group at The Office of Information Technology for the University of Nevada, Reno.

University Of Nevada, Reno

As a senior windows server administrator I managed the core central storage (Dell EMC Isilon) of 212TB, delivered a Remote Desktop Services environment to 4,000+ users a semester, and shepherded the OneDrive/SharePoint ecosystem for campus.I take the challege of using skillful means to heart in completing my duties, so automation, scripting, active montioring, rich reporting, and informative semesterly analysis of each of my environments all contributed to the health and success of all my areas of responsibility, ultimately helping to qualify me for a promotion to lead then management.

Dishwasher. Janitor. Cook. Waiter. Assistant Accountant. Scheduler. Manager. Evangelist of the Pneumos.I performed nearly every job that this business had to offer, and I did it with as much integrity, intensity, and insanity as I could at that age. I worked under two owners of the business and saw the restaurant through an amazing arc of its life. I was a living, breathing part of this machine for years. The 'at service' attitude I learned at this job has brought tremendous joy to my subsequent jobs. This place allowed me to forge a rock solid work ethos that is my very own to this day. I earned longtime friends through this time at the Pneumatic.

I was hired as a bagger which was great fun. I did well and was promoted. I learned how to check and give correct change by counting it back to the customer. I opened, closed, stocked, cleaned, organized, ordered merchandise for departments, set up displays, helped decorate during holidays and events, and was well liked. 1-hour photo machines were brought into the company in 1994, and I learned how to operate and maintain the kodak-style machine quite well. I was also employed by the Pharmacy for a year. I learned how to read prescription shorthand, got to know my way around the register and some insurance transactions, and considered being a pharmacy tech for a short while. Calm diplomacy was developed quickly at this point in my career. I learned a great deal about management styles, regular life, and how a retailer operates from many different angles. I met some really wonderful people and am glad that I had this job at a young(er) age.

I operated a 3' wide dustmop every other weekday morning on the floors of local Reno drugstores. I learned how to get up on time for work, repair the small engines that powered propane buffers, operate and maintain the buffers themselves, and how to conduct myself professionally.I learned about the value of regular work that was challenging to me personally, and I learned how to choose what matters from what does not matter.