Resume

John J. Walker, Jr.

320 Bethel Drive, Woodstock, GA 30189

404.944.7504 cellular, 770.516.9221 home

Objective:

To be involved with a team on the cutting edge of technology in the computer industry.

Experience:

President/Owner Netwalker Inc. Woodstock, Georgia 404.944.7504

Providing field service to customers at their offices and homes. Doing network consultation and design. Configuring routers, Servers, and workstations. Configuring Internet connections and firewalls along with full server implementations. Currently working with all versions of Windows and Exchange and SQL.

Service Account Manager for Charter Communications 3.00 – 3.01

Video Networks Incorporated/Pathfire, Roswell, Georgia 770.619.0801

Primary duty was to ensure that the Charter Communications sites stayed up and running and that the customer was satisfied. I also monitored the satellite connection regularly. Primary contact between help desk and manufacturing department. As Special Products Engineer I was responsible for research and development of any new options required by the systems at the affiliate stations, design and implementing of prototype and first run machines by our vendors and configuration and setup of the routers and switches going to the remote sites.

Field Network Engineer 8.99 – present

PCD Integrations, Kennesaw, Georgia 770.420.1510

Responsible for fieldwork: diagnosing and correcting customer network problems and needs, to include workstations and servers and all software associated with such. New network installations including setting up and configuring file servers, workstations, hubs, switches, and routers for ISDN and DSL. Gained further experience with Novell, Windows NT, Microsoft Exchange, Novell Groupwise, Microsoft Proxy, Infinite Interchange, and continued path to certification.

Systems Administrator/Network Manager 12.98 – 7.99

Harry’s Farmers Market, Alpharetta, Georgia 770.667.8878

Responsible for implementation of work stations, file servers (maintenance, installation, hardware/software upgrades), setting up users and securities, hub, switch and router configuration and maintenance, troubleshooting network connectivity issues, full end-user support for 3 mega-stores and 5 smaller stores, diagnosis and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN problems, recommendation & purchase of new hardware.

Systems Administrator/Engineer 7.98 – 12.98

Butler Communications, Marietta, Georgia 770.514.1447

Design and implementation of high speed networking systems. Instrumental in installation of network at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta. Experience with satellite dish installation, aiming and configuration. Extensive research and testing of video conferencing equipment from the workstation configuration to the connection between units. Have been introduced and worked some in CAD. Have had experience in installation and configuration of high speed networking equipment including Bay, Cisco, 3com and Extreme routers, switches and hubs. Currently involved in installation and implementation of a gigabit ethernet network utilizing existing type 1, Cat5 and fiber optic cables. Also have experience with Metaframe.

Systems Administrator/Engineer 11.93 - 7.98

E Street Systems, Atlanta, Georgia 770.452.1323

Systems integration to include designing systems and installation and configuration of supporting software and operating systems. Extensive experience in Windows NT 3.5 and 4.0; Exchange Server 4.x and 5.x; Windows 3.x, 95 and 98; MSDOS 3.0 and higher. Have been involved in Beta testing on Windows 95, Windows 98 and NT 5.0. Have extensive certifications from Compaq and in the process of obtaining my MCSE. Also have experience with Novell 3.x and 4.x. I was senior technician and systems administrator at the time of the company closure. Also received experience in networking and troubleshooting and fixing network related problems with Macintosh.

Student 9.89 - 6.92

DeKalb Technical Institute, Clarkston, Georgia

Certifications:

Compaq: Armada 1500, Armada 7700, DeskPro 2000, DeskPro 4000, Proliant 800, Proliant 6000, Proliant 6500, Proliant 7000, Prosignia 200, Workstation 5000, Servicing Compaq Products, Compaq Sales, Designing and Implementing Compaq Netelligent Networks, Cisco Security Reseller Training, Microsoft Installation and Administration for Windows NT 4.0

Interests:

Boating, Off Roading, Horses, Reading, Computers

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