Certifications and Recognition

CompTIA A+ Certification, May 26, 2004

CompTIA Network+ Certification, December 11, 2003

Business Professionals of America 2003 - 2004 competition

• 1st place regional champion, Computer Networking Technology
• 1st place state champion, Computer Networking Technology
• 8th place national finalist, Computer Networking Technology

Professional and Technical Skills

Operating Systems (OS): Windows 95/98/2000/2003/XP, Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Conceptual: Backup procedures, information security, troubleshooting routines, OSI seven layer model, client/server architecture, peer-to-peer architecture, Active Directory management

Hardware: Processors, Motherboards, RAM, Hard Drives, Optical Drives, Expansion Cards, Hubs, Switches, Routers, Bridges, Network Interface Cards (NICs), Cabling

Software: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access), Visual Studio 2003/2005, Adobe Photoshop, Samba Server, MySQL Database Server, Apache Web Server, BIND, Drupal, phpMyAdmin

Protocols: TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Post Office Protocol (POP3), Internet Relay Chat (IRC), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Ethernet (802.3), Wireless (802.11)

Computer Languages: PHP, C/C++, Visual Basic .NET, SQL, Shell Scripting, JavaScript, XML, HTML, XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Regular Expressions

General: Attentive listener, strong writing comprehension, excellent math understanding, clear communicator, positive attitude, reliable worker with perfect attendance

Experience

09/2004 - Present, Freelance Computer Technician (Kentwood, MI)

• Diagnose and repair both hardware and software errors for a variety of customers while maintaining and protecting customer data
• Replace numerous hardware components with newer equipment and install software packages

09/2004 - Present, Freelance Web Programmer (Kentwood, MI)

• Write server-side scripts and client-side markup for various clients to manage content published on the Internet
• Maintain third party extensions of published websites and continually keep software up to date with the most recent security patches and bug fixes
• Ensure all websites are written in clear valid code with extensive documentation and correct functionality in popular modern Internet browsers

Education

Associates of Applied Science in Computer Network Systems
ITT Technical Institute. Grand Rapids, MI (Expected Sept. 2007)

• Highest Honors with cumulative GPA: 3.94

Computer Technology - Studied computer hardware/software, networking concepts
Allegan Area Vocational Technical Center. Allegan, MI (Sept. 2003 - June 2004)

• Student of the Year, 2003 - 2004