Steve Mckenney Email & Phone Number

Davenport, Iowa, United States

I aim to develop ways to be more efficient with dollars and technology within River Valley Cooperative. Cutting costs and doing things better and more securely is my superpower. That is something that I have and will continue to accomplish now and into the future.I support almost 400 employees and specifically about 250 that use "screens." Each one is unique due to the nature of the business at River Valley Cooperative in the Agronomy, Grain, Feed, and Energy agriculture markets. It has been challenging to learn all those aspects of the company, but nothing hasn't been impossible.I am better at I.T. because of RVC. I have grown in experience, and my education has expanded to a new level that I would have achieved without RVC.Key accomplishments that have developed my professional growth include:1. I developed a revolving 5-year plan that ensured all employees were using modern equipment and were functioning at a high level with their tech hardware.2. I created and implemented a Disaster Recovery Plan that didn't exist before my start date.3. I set up a security awareness training program that ensured employees were being trained regularly to ensure we do our best to secure company, employee, and customer data most efficiently and securely available to the company. I have implemented email filtering at the M365 level and DNS filtering at all 40 locations of the company. I have set up individual access to the company's WIFi APs by certificate-based authentication.4. I established relationships with business partners that ensure our long-term dedication to providing the best IT services at the company.5. I successfully migrated the Domain Controller and all other premises servers to Azure, a significant step towards our company's digital transformation. This migration has not only improved our operations but also set the stage for future technological advancements.6. I lead the project to install over 110 security cameras throughout the company.

Princeton, Illinois, United States

I support 125 PC and mobile users for Ag View FS. I configure and support desktop, laptops, applications, e-mail, telephone and video systems. In addition, I am responsible for anything that uses technology as a vessel to communicate better within and outside of the company. I analyze network workloads and perpetually watch network traffic for unexplained incidents. I have assisted in the development and implementation of several web-enabled business apps. I do all this while looking for better avenues of efficiency in our everyday business. I have supervised and worked with a third party vendor to install a new phone system within the company and recently discovered and implemented a way to cut our printing costs by 15%. In the past, I have supported FS Grain as it transitioned from Northern Grain Marketing. In this time I supported the western territory of FS Grain. This required added support to 27 end users and 6 locations. I have developed and perfected skills that relate to Windows 7/8.(1)/10 and have refined my working knowledge with any of the Microsoft Office Suites, Google Docs or all the open source office suites (i.e. Libre Office).

Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

I served as a second tier technical support, working directly with the technical teams to execute planned maintenance, troubleshoots, installs, and moves and upgrades. In addition to these responsibilities, I provided assistance to customers with installations, configurations of desktop, hardware, software and end user devices. My skills with Windows 98/2000 and NT, MS SQL and Oracle database were intermediate to an advanced level.

Pekin, Illinois, United States

I served as the Network Administrator for the City of Pekin from January 2000 until January 2001. During this time, I supported the employees and administration for the City of Pekin with such things as deskside support, network maintenance, server support and website development.

Moline, Illinois, United States

During this time, I served as a contractor to two different sites as John Deere. One of the sites was involved with the development of the Greenstar project. The other site was located in Moline a few blocks from the Greenstar site where I provided deskside support to the employees that worked there.

East Peoria, Illinois, United States

In my brief time in this position, I was responsible for responding to request for service at different company locations usually for printer repair. It was a great way to break into the IT field and develop and refine interpersonal skills. This was my first position as a civilian after serving over 7 years in the United States Marine Corps.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States

I served in the United States Marine Corps in several capacities in locations around the world and the United States before being Honorably Discharged in November 1998.

Computer Science

Had a specific course of study to enhance my position within Ag View during this time. Classes were focused primarily on functions that.

Computer Science

I attended ICC for two semesters studying different aspects of IT. My primary focus during this time was computer hardware and TCP/IP.

Microsoft Certification Courses, A

This was a 6 week course that taught me the fundamentals of the Microsoft Certifications. Upon completion, it enabled me to successfully.

General Studies

Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

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