Jared Kierstead

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CEO / Senior Engineer @ Ascendion Solutions
charlotte, north carolina, united states
Jared Kierstead's Location
Greater Myrtle Beach Area, United States
About Jared Kierstead

IT Consulting 🔷 Infrastructure Planning 🔷 System Administration 🔷 Asset/Endpoint ManagementWith a career spanning over 17 years across many different industries, I am a dependable, analytical Systems Engineer with exemplary communication, decision making, and problem-solving skills who specializes in optimizing company infrastructure and processes with the proper planning to support future business needs.Working in significantly different business environments has provided me with a wealth of experience solving uncommon and complex problems. By thinking outside the box and employing superior troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution techniques, I tackle complex IT issues with speed and precision.My body of knowledge goes far beyond IT, and over the course of my career I've developed my skills in sales, marketing, and design, along with a variety of other industries. This allows me to truly understand business needs and address IT pain points appropriately and economically.In 2018 and 2019 alone, I have helped clients relocate, optimize infrastructure, reduce annual expenditures by tens of thousands, and grow exponentially (in one case, from 50 employees to 150+ employees) all while maintaining IT stability and working within their budget.Being highly flexible and adaptable empowers me to be a tech guru at heart and a leader by nature!

Jared Kierstead's Current Company Details
Ascendion Solutions

Ascendion Solutions

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CEO / Senior Engineer
charlotte, north carolina, united states
Employees:
3
Jared Kierstead Work Experience Details
  • Ascendion Solutions
    Ceo / Senior Engineer
    Ascendion Solutions Sep 2018 - Present
    Charlotte, North Carolina Area
  • Intelligys
    Senior Systems Engineer
    Intelligys Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
    Charlotte, North Carolina Area
    At Intelligys, I filled a key role as primary or secondary point of contact overseeing IT infrastructure for a diverse range of clients in need of enterprise IT services and support. My duties included overseeing the administration of Office 365 and Google G-Suite deployments with over 200 users combined, deploying and maintaining Windows, MacOS, and Chrome OS workstation infrastructure, and building and provisioning physical servers and cloud-based software as required.I also assisted clients with completing SOC-1/2 audits and PCI audits, and submitting asset escrow bundles within deadlines. Additionally, I provided leadership and training to IT teams that procure and configure infrastructure on client sites (computers, network hardware, software, desks, etc.) and allocated tasks to resources based on available bandwidth and skill set.On the back-end, I took on additional roles as needed to support client success initiatives, marketing/outreach, client acquisition, and on-site evaluations. I provided pre-sales assistance as well as specifications and requirements for proposals to support client capture strategy targeting small businesses in various industries.♦ Managed and maintained key hardware and software infrastructure for over 5 client sites concurrently.♦ Assisted with design of onboarding process to enable a client to rapidly hire staff while mitigating lost productivity and successfully brought the client from ~50 to ~150+ employees over nine months, all while maintaining IT stability.♦ Assisted a client with a service contract review that resulted in a new solution, which will save the client over $10k annually.♦ Recognized as ‘Star of the Month’ and earned a Client Acquisition Bonus for exemplary pre-sales work.♦ Consistently received accolades from company leadership and clients.
  • Quick-Fix Mobile Services
    Ceo
    Quick-Fix Mobile Services Nov 2014 - Aug 2018
    Charlotte, North Carolina Area
    As CEO, I offered clients enterprise IT services as well as on-site and remote technical support for home and business. My duties included overseeing all processes from conception to completion, including marketing, administration, and finance. This required superior attention to detail and strong rapport-building to get the business where it needed to be. Over the course of three years, established over 25 regular clients and built a reputation as a reliable, knowledgeable technical support provider in Charlotte, NC.♦ Assisted a client with an ISP SLA review that resulted in a new solution, which will save the client over $20k annually.
  • Chubby'S Karaoke, Inc.
    Technical Director
    Chubby'S Karaoke, Inc. Aug 2015 - Mar 2018
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    As Technical Director I acted as primary point-of-contact providing on-site / remote technical support for a small entertainment company. I remained highly focused on back-end technology, including the design and assembly of reliable, cost-effective x86-based show presentation systems using off-the-shelf hardware, deployment and modification of web applications to modernize customer experience, and audio equipment upgrades and troubleshooting. My duties as Technical Director also included supporting entertainment presenters in the field and ensuring all hardware and software assets performed reliably.♦ Modernized the technical landscape of the company during my tenure.♦ Launched initiative to build custom show presentation systems instead of buying issue-prone used assets, which has potentially resulted in saving the company over $2K annually on cost-of-ownership alone.
  • Nites Corporate Services
    Executive Director
    Nites Corporate Services May 2011 - Nov 2014
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    As Executive Director, I offered studio-based creative services to actors, singers, and musicians and built all web-based software and internal services infrastructure to support company operations from existing open-source tools. Under my leadership, Nites played a pivotal role in shaping the development of the NoDa and Plaza Midwood, Charlotte, NC neighborhoods during the time period by establishing a presence in the area via photography, music & film production, and guerrilla marketing campaigns. During this time, I also developed and managed branding, press kits, social media, and web presence for actors, musicians, and models.♦ Established major sponsorship and strong sales in year one by photographing nightlife, parties, and social events, and uploading photos on website and social media, including Facebook, Twitter, etc.♦ Generated public awareness for local neighborhood businesses and increased clients’ revenues 20-40% in first quarter.
  • Trac2Mobile
    System Administrator & Support Technician
    Trac2Mobile Mar 2009 - May 2011
    Huntersville, Nc
    At Trac2Mobile, I supported the largest private-sector field deployment of Panasonic Toughbooks (1500-2000) in the U.S. and assisted in allocating tasks to a team of 3-5 support technicians. I also acted as a primary point of contact on technical support issues and provided hardware and software support. My daily duties included deploying and supporting unique Windows-based infrastructure in the field while managing multiple asset tracking tools, e.g., Computrace and Kaseya, to support client operations.♦ Specialized in setup of cellular networking in NASCAR transports for network connectivity on the track.♦ Offered superior customer, software, and hardware support for a multi-billion-dollar userbase.
  • E-Planet Technologies
    Managing Partner And Co-Founder, It Support Specialist
    E-Planet Technologies Jul 2006 - Mar 2009
    Mooresville, Nc
  • Computerman Of Lake Norman
    On-Site Support Director
    Computerman Of Lake Norman Apr 2002 - Jul 2006
    Mooresville, Nc

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