CLARENCE SMITH, JR

1217 Beacon St.    East Chicago, IN 46312

Email: clsmithj@alumni.iu.edu   Home: (219) 397-0294      Cell: (317) 457-5153

 

Desired position:          Communications and Technology Specialist

Highest Education

2003 - 2008                 Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)

                                    B.A. in Communication Studies

Employed work experience in IT

2010 - Present            Insight, contracted work through Anu Resources, Inc.

                                    Technician Specialist

·         Performed Hardware refreshes for Chase Bank branches

o   Setting up Platform Workstations, Teller Workstations, MICR Printers, and Servers.

o   Reimaging systems, wiping old systems.

·         Provided on-site computer support assistance to newly installed equipment.

2003 - 2010                 UITS Support Center at IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

                                    Hourly Supervisor and Frontline Support consultant 

·         Provided network connectivity and troubleshooting support.

·         Provided computer software, hardware support for various issues.

·         Provided knowledge and support for computer software installations queries and configuration for Windows, Mac OS X and some Linux distributions

·         Assisted clients with registering and configuring their systems on to our campus internet services.

·         Provided computer access account administering and support for campus students, faculty, staff and guests.

·         Provided Remote Desktop computer support and assistance through live chat.

·         Provided administered support for our campus educational and course registration tools, Oncourse and Onestart for student, staff, and faculty.

·         Provided administered support to all student, faculty, and staff using our email communication tools, Cyrus-Webmail, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Outlook Web Access.

·         Provided email support answering questions related to IT

·         Provided telephone support answering questions related to IT.

·         Provided technical support for mobile computing, Palm OS, iphone, and Blackberry devices for configuring internet connectivity, email including Blackberry Enterprise Service support.

·         Documented and maintain all customer contacts through our Falcon ticketing system for tracking, support, and general referencing.

·         Monitor call center phone grid.

·         Contributed to the IU knowledge base that contains over 14,000 documents that answer questions related to IT.

·         Assisted in hiring and training new call center support staff.

·         Participated in project managing and testing of new IT support services.

·         Answered telephone and walk-in customer support.

·         Provided supervisor support as an Hourly other support center consultants.

 

2002 – 2003                University Client Services at University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN

                                    Computer Support tech                            

·         Troubleshooting and fixing computer problems.

·         Configure new workstation and servers for deployment.

·         Support software installation and configuration.

Skills

·         Extensive knowledge and troubleshooting tech support of Windows operating systems:

o    Windows 95 – Windows 7

·         Extensive knowledge and troubleshooting tech support for Mac

o     OS X 10.2 – 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

·         Experience in building Linux based computing systems with Redhat, Xandros, & Ubuntu distros.

·         Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, version XP (2002) – 2007

·         Microsoft Office 2004, 2008 for Mac OS X

·         Extensive knowledge of IBM/compatible PC hardware components for building, installing, and troubleshooting:

o    X86/x64 Intel, AMD, VIA processors, main boards, memory, hard disk drives, optical drives, and various computer components.

·         Reimaging systems using Norton Ghost.

·         Extensive knowledge in building custom computer systems, configuring computer networks, and web hosting and SMTP service.

o    Setting up File and Print sharing, and VPN

o    Remote Desktop Access and support

·         Setup and administered my personal MySQL database server for hosting my own website based on Windows Server 2008 Standard using IIS 7.0.

·         Studied Computer/Hardware architect,

·         Studied Computer Science Concepts, C programming and Java while in college.

·         Studied Television History/ Direction, and mass media while in college.

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·         Experience in doing Video editing/compositing production using Sony Vegas and Premiere software.

·         Knowledge and experience working with Macromedia Flash creating, developing projects in Flash.