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I.T. Consulting company and Technical SupportI advise small and medium size business owners on the purchase and setup of computers and software for their business. Hardware: Hardware setup and support for Hewlett Packard, Dell, and IBM and Compaq Servers. Desktop hardware support for Toshiba, Acer, Compaq, HP, Dell and IBM desktop and laptop computers.Printer repair and support for Canon, HP and Dell laser printers. SAN support for EMC Celera NAS-based arrays.Setup and maintenance for Domains, User permissions, Active Directory in Microsoft Server 2003 & 2007Server monitoring support for Microsoft, Novell, Unix, and Linux servers Setup and Support for Active directory sync to BlackBerry Servers and mobile devices.Set up and Maintenance of Citrix Servers, Web Servers, Firewalls and VPN’s Microsoft SQL Servers and Fortis Server and administration (QFA Certification)Avaya Phones, Wireless conference Phones, Web Conferencing systems and VoiP phones.Software:Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 & 2010 Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Project, Publisher.SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Designer 2007 Web Page design in HTML, Desktop publishing, Adobe Creative Suite CS4, CMS Web in Joomla, Drupal and DotNetNukeAutoCAD, Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 Operating System: 2000 Professional, NT 4.0, XP Professional, Vista and Windows 7 PlatformsE-mail accounts, antivirus and internet security, data backup and recovery solutions. Hardware A+ Core training and certifications. Computer network diagramming management, asset management and disaster recovery procedures. I also install switches, routers, network cabling as well as testing and certifying voice and data lines. set up software, document standards and procedures for maintaining the equipment. Point of Sale stations, Security systems, Videoconferencing cameras and wireless IP networking equipment.

Duties included Server and user computers maintenance and support for over 52 Attorneys and 55 Support staff personnel as well as Printers, Copiers, Dictation and Transcription setup and support for the entire office. Helped with the complete overhaul of the server room from 8 main servers that needed replacing to 24 new servers running all new updated software. Trained staff and attorneys on Microsoft Products such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access as will as specialized network based dictation and transcription.Also set up Fortis, a Document Management program and hold a Certified Fortis Administrator Certificate from Westbrook Technologies.

M.I.S.I began working with Re-Deux as a consultant and then joined them full time to setup the Re-Deux company as a new business operation. I installed all office equipment, networks, phones, computers, software and laid out the building as facilities manager. Designed and wrote custom programming and Web sites that allowed Re-Deux to see over 45,000 of their products scattered over the United States and be able to allow the 32,000 source clients to interact with web based software to facilitate the recovery of product. Designed and set up a product receiving, inventory and Point of Sale system for the day to day operations of the company.

Responsible for many business locations throughout Western Michigan including Pioneer Construction, Tailored Building Systems, Centennial Country Club, The Boardwalk Apartments and American Seating Park; Set up multiple networks in over 17 different business and linked them via multiple protocols and Operating systems. Worked with 3Com, CISCO, Netgear, Linksys and D-link networking equipment.The company grew from 3 computers in one location to 8 different locations with over 120 computers linked with Citrix and custom web linking. As part of Pioneer and TEB Enterprises I did all of the technical support for the business and holdings for the company as well as setting up computers, installing software and training users on the day to day operations.

Oversaw the transition from the Magnetics Assembly Group (M.A.G.) to Sealed Power Corp (SPX). Trained personnel on ongoing projects. Prepared budget/cost analysis for establishing two new manufacturing facilities. Purchased all computer systems including specialized design and testing equipment. Set up two facilities with multiple CNC driven equipment linked to a common control database. Designed custom testing and analysis computers. Interviewed and hired new employees, wrote safety standards, set up MSDS books and reviewed procedures. Company grew from a start up venture to over 10 million in sales in 1990

Purchased the assets of Carbonneau Industries Research & Development division to continue work Served as a consultant to Sealed Power Corp. in new product development. Interacted with customers. Designed built and tested 1st article products and was awarded 5 new product contracts. Sold the assets of M.A.G. to Sealed Power Corp.

Director of Research and developmentDesigned new customer lines and set up test controls. Started cost control system and station time studies. Conducted presentations to all employees on costs and efficiency. Set up their first computer system and trained the staff on use and operations. Performed market research on a new product line which generated 10,000,000.00 in new business.

Computer Science

I worked part time in the Computer Lab back in the 70's. Remember Tape Drives, Disk Drum Cartridges and Impact Printers? Lesson.

Business Administration