It Manager
Miller Auto Plaza
St. Cloud, Minnesota Area
As the only IT person in the dealership I assisted the dealerships 150+ clients with their problems, ranging from a simple reboot of their PC, setting up an IP printer, removing viruses, setting up a network drive, installing software, configuring their email to re-installing a fresh copy of Windows. Being the only IT person I had to prioritize my schedule to make sure that things got done, that would sometimes mean I had to stay late or work a weekend. I had no problem staying motivated, I liked my job and found the job challenging as well as rewarding. Setup 10/100mps Ethernet wired and indoor/outdoor 802.11g wireless networks using equipment such as Engenius and Linksys wireless access points, Cisco routers, Cisco and 3com managed and un-managed switches, point to point outdoor antennas. Built and configured a Linux Smoothwall Firewall that the company used for 3 years. Setup a Cisco VPN to a remote store location so that they could access the servers.Worked with companies such as Ford, GM, IDS, and Reynolds and Reynolds with integrating their servers, Printers, and Software to work seamlessly with the dealerships networks and PC’s, I did this through setting up IP Addresses for their use, configured users computers to access their servers by installing any needed software such as Reynolds Era Access, GM Autobook, and setting up VPN access to their servers.Setup and configured users accounts on MS Server 2003 through Active Directory for network storage.One of my responsibilities while working as the IT Specialist at Miller Auto Plazawas the research and purchasing of software and hardware including Dell Windows XP – Windows 7 PC's, Samsung, Lexmark, and HP Laser Printers, Engenius, Cisco, Dlink, Netgear, and Linksys Wired and Wireless equipment, software such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, and AVG Anti-Virus products resulting in a substantial savings to the Company.