Founded in 1971 by Homer and Wayne Ridout, Ridout has grown into the largest privately owned building products and materials dealer in Arkansas. Today, the company operates 12 locations in Arkansas and a location in Joplin, Mo. Ridout supplies a wide range of products to both professional builders and do-it-yourselfers, including lumber, windows, doors, roofing, cabinets, decking and flooring and provides design and installation services. In January, 2017 Ridout Lumber Company, and parent company Arkansas Wholesale Lumber were acquired by U.S. LBM Holdings. U.S. LBM is one of the largest specialty building materials distributors in the United States and recipient of the 2015 ProSales Dealer of the Year award. U.S. LBM operates a network of leading specialty building material distributors across the United States with operating locations in 29 states. U.S. LBM implements the philosophy of local management and leadership to capitalize on the premier reputation of its operating companies and local customer relationships.

Job descriptionSUMMARY The Network Engineer designs, implements, and supports the company voice and data network to ensure availability of all network resourcesRESPONSIBILITIES1.) Install and maintain network hardware, software, and systems to support business goals.2.) Provide technical support to clients by working with network operations, computer operations, and the helpdesk to ensure network availability.3.) Implement Local Area (LAN), Wide Area (WAN), and Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), as well as IP protocols to maximize availability and minimize cost.4.) Ensure availability of all network resources to include routers, switches, gateways, systems, csu/dsus, circuits, wireless, and related hardware/software components.5.) Design and implements remote networks for start-up facilities.6.) Manage the internal infrastructure to include; wiring, equipment changes, vendor coordination and process management.

Network/Database Administrator in a Windows enterprise environment for a Telecommunications Coop (Phone/Data/Video). ✔ Monitored/maintained AD LAN/WAN including four remote offices and 26 remote CO’s. ✔Developed Marketing/Plant/Compliance reports and custom solutions. ✔Managed hardware/software rollouts. ✔Provided in house desktop, and customer internet support. ✔Designed and implemented hardware/software solution for twelve community access channels. ✔Worked to recruit content providers for said channels.

✔Sales and Service of computers, software, technology, and solutions for business.✔Network and software configuration✔Recommend, install, and support small business point-of-sale solutions.✔Developed, installed, supported, and improved custom vertical solutions.