Jeremy E. Cook
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Objective
Currently I am seeking to utilize and expand my current skill set to it's maximum potential.
Experience
December 2003 - March 2006
Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Ltd., Tucson, AZ
Network/PC Support
- Provided computer and network administration and support for 3 Phoenix Valley
area offices, 1 office in Flagstaff, and 35+ group support homes/day programs.
- Increased exposure to the Sprint Protegè and Nortel Norstar PBX systems.
- Assisted main IT staff in tucson with additional support when required.
Experience
October 2003 - December 2003
Intellimark IT Business Solutions, Coppell, TX
Installer
- Installed Remote update server and re-imaged workstations in 23 branches statewide as part
of a rollout program for a financial client.
March 2002 - August 2003
ACCRAM, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Field Engineer
- Received Certification for the CompTIA A+ program.
- Service Computers, printers, and other equipment on customer premise.
- Certified on Kyocera printer models FS-1000+ and FS-1800/3800
- Exposure to project management.
- Implemented VPN solutions for several clients.
- After hours support for end-user high-speed Internet access.
- Installation and support of Internet and Bill-pay kiosks in convenience stores.
August 2000 - March 2002
Global Crossing USA, Rochester, NY
Based in Phoenix, AZ
IP Field Services Engineer, Access Planning and Implementation
- Decommissioning of un-neededand and obsolete legacy sites including building/site cleanup, equipment removal, and arrangements to transport equipment to central warehouse for storage/redeployment.
- Installation of equipment in telecommunication central offices, data centers, and remote sites.
- Assisted in bringing networking equipment into production use.
- Became Proficient with proper procedures for running all manner of cable (data, power, and fiber) in telecommunication switch sites.
- Became proficient with hi-capacity data circuits on all media types (coaxial, UTP, Fiber).
- Exposure to both single and multi-mode fiber, including termination and testing.
- Exposure to commercial electrical wiring, including AC/DC power wiring and OSHA safety requirements for electrical work.
- Became proficient with installing and terminating hi-capacity (DS1 - OC3) circuits from de-marc points and troubleshooting circuit issues using industry standard test equipment.
- Exposure to router configuration and troubleshooting.
- Exposure to ISP level security and filtering of Internet traffic.
- Became Cisco CCNA certified.
- Assisted with installation of 250+ Cisco VoIP telephone stations, and network side equipment.
- On-call 24/7 to service down or failing network locations across the United States.
- Assisted in-house systems administrator with daily network operations.
- Assisted with design and installation of test lab.
October 1999 - July 2000
ACCRAM, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Field Technician
- Service Computers, printers, and other equipment on customer premise.
- Installed Ethernet-based high-speed Internet access in apartments in the Phoenix valley area.
- Became HP Certified to repair HP Products.
August 1999 - October 1999
Teksystems, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Computer Technician / Installer
- Completed Windows 98 conversion project involving approximately 250
PCs and laptops over a 40 day contract.
Oct. 1997 - August 1999
Desert Schools Federal Credit Union, Phoenix, AZ
Computer Technician / Field Technician
- Supported 600+ users at 16 locations across Metro Phoenix area.
- Maintained and repaired printers, PCs, servers, and networking equipment.
- Assisted in implementing bar-coding asset management technology
- Maintained inventory database for department.
- Was primary contact for all third party PC and printer issues, and warranty issues.
- Was backup operator for Novell 4.11 Servers using Seagate Backup-exec.
June 1997 - September 1997
Techstar, Inc., Tempe, AZ
Call Management Specialist
- Route problem tickets to proper group for handling
- Answer user calls about ticket status.
July 1996 - April 1997
Adecco / Microage, Phoenix / Tempe, AZ
Level One Help Desk Operator
- Answer calls and troubleshoot computer, printer, modem and/or software
problems, and provide excellent customer service.
- Order supplies for clients
- Was contracted for 120 days, and was hired full time.
Education
June 1995-1996
High Tech Institute, Phoenix, AZ
- Occupational Associates in Computer Electronics.
- President's List for Academic Achievement
- Director's List for Perfect Attendance
Certifications and Skills
I am HP Certified. ID available upon request.
I am CCNA Certified. ID available upon request.
I am CompTIA A+ Certified. ID availible upon request.
Misc. Skills:
- Working knowledge of warehouses, large equipment handling/crating,
inventory management, and shipping/receiving procedures.
- Raised floor management and "data center room" environments.
- Proper RMA Procedures for Juniper and Cisco equipment repair returns.
- Familiar with generic requirements for Commercial Electrical wiring for AC
and DC wiring.
- Proper procedures and requirements for Telco-style cable management in both
remote offices/locations and Central Office style installations.
- Working knowledge of Kiosk installation and maintenance.
I have experience using/configuring the following equipment and software:
Hardware:
- Common test equipment for computers and networking (Multi-meters, cable
testers, etc.). This includes both single- and multi-mode Fiber, and WAN
circuits (T-1, DS3, etc.), including the TTC T-BERD 310 circuit analyzer.
- Most Cisco routers. Complete list available upon request.
- Juniper routers. The M5 through the M160 Backbone routers.
- Most Rack, Cabinet, and Telco-style (center mount) rack mount systems, and hardware for
securing equipment in them.
- Compaq Rack-mount and freestanding servers.
- Most Intel x86 based PC hardware, including laptops.
- Macintosh 68K, PowerPC, and G4 based hardware.
- Dot matrix printers, especially the Okidata 320 ML series.
- Certified on many Hewlett Packard laser printers.
Software:
- Cisco IOS release 11.0 and later. Exposure to the CBOS used in the 67x series of DSL routers.
- Juniper JUNOS 4.3.
- Windows 3.1/95/98/2000/XP Pro.
- Windows NT 4.0/2000 Server/Advanced Server/Datacenter and Server 2003.
- MacOS 6.0 - OS 10.x .
- FreeBSD 4.x in both Workstation and server usage and administration.
- Citrix MetaFrame/Winframe, both Client and server side.
- Windows Terminal Services for Windows 2000 Server and 2003.
- Office 97/2000/XP/2003, Corel Suite 8 and later.
- Novell Groupwise 5.x, MS Outlook/Outlook Express.
- Puma Intellisync for Palm Pilot V 3.0
- Palm OS based hardware, including the treo smartphones and Symbol 1700 series scanner.
- Novell Netware 4.11 and 5.
- Veritas Backup exec for Netware and NT.
- System Administration of Netware, NT, and Unix Servers.
- ARCServe for Novell servers.
- Dantz Retrospect for Windows.
- Most Anti-Virus packages.
Future Educational Goals:
I am continually expanding both my skill set and knowledge base.
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