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Stephen
William 17 Oak Tree Drive Austin, TX 77346
OBJECTIVE
To secure a challenging career opportunity that utilizes the experience
and education I have to offer in the area of Desktop Support, technical writing
or training.
EXPERIENCE
October/2001 to Present Crown Computer Corporation - San
Marcos, Texas HARDWARE SOFTWARE TESTER Duties include:
- Identify and prepare test data.
- Maintain test facilities.
- Execute and evaluate test results and make pass/fail determinations.
- Maintain test case libraries, test environments and an inventory of
automated tools.
- Maintain version control on test equipment and related documentation.
- Consult on the use of test facilities and automated test tools and
procedures.
- Review and validate functional and technical specifications.
- Test new software releases and report any problems with the new release or
conflicts with other software or operating systems.
- Troubleshoot errors that have been reported by recreating the exact
hardware/software environment in which they occurred.
May/2001
to October/2001 SELF-EMPLOYED WHILE OBTAINING A+ CERTIFICATION
During this time I have taken various courses and been involved in the following
short term contract jobs:
- Hub and UPS installation for IS&T
- Windows 2000 Rollout for IS&T
- PC Consultant at Wildflower Inc.
- PC Consultant at Living Reporting
1997 to
May/2001 Riverbank Consolidated, Previously known as Champion - Austin,
Texas SOFTWARE SUPPORT/TRAINING COORDINATOR/TECHNICAL WRITER As
part of my daily routine as Technical support, which includes but is
not limited to,
- performing software and hardware upgrades and installations,
- technical writing on all aspects of the software,
- workstations and paper machine upgrades,
- including graphics creation for the booklets,
- planning,
- coordinating,
- performing the training for the end-user, this includes assisting in the
creation and support of the online CBT s.
Software Support:
Responsibilities for this position include:
- Fulfilling network and application requests and assisting internal
employees with technical troubleshooting including identification, resolution,
escalation, referral, and follow-up with PC, network and application issues.
- Software installations include Lotus Notes 4.5, MS Office, 95 , 97 and
2000, NT Workstation 4.0, Windows9X, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe PhotoShop.
- CBT support for end users.
- Software startup support for end users.
- Y2K testing for the Champion Product Tracking System.
- Redesign of NMS. Donohue Industries Product Tracking System.
- Key Player in the training and implementation of the Majiq product
tracking system that is currently being used today.
Technical
Writing/ Documentation:
- I determine training needs by administering performance analysis, then
interview SME s and managers to obtain and develop information used to create
storyboards that are submitted for review.
- On approval these storyboards are used to develop the final products,
which are learning guides, job-aids, troubleshooting manuals as well as
training aids such as agendas, overheads, hand-outs and pre/post assessments
which are used to determine the level of knowledge achieved.
- I have worked on several projects where my involvement included learning
software so that I could develop training material and job-aids, which were
used in training end users, and then supporting the startup.
- Develop and edit graphics that are used in the creation of training
material using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
- I create and maintain reports that are requested by management and
operation personnel as well as continually update training manuals to meet
OSHA requirements, which include graphical representation of the procedures to
be performed in training and also for safety issues.
1996 -
1997 Champion International - Austin, Texas TRAINING
COORDINATOR
- As the number 7 Training Coordinator, I planned, scheduled, aided in the
development and support of the interactive computer based training material;
which included; media, programming, technical writing, and curriculum
development to implementation. This included the video, graphics, voice-overs
and student records.
- Facilitated training steering team meetings, coordinated Technical Writer
and subject matter expert interaction and performed Dacum task analysis.
- I reported employee training to management via written reports,
spreadsheet analysis and presentations.
- Duties include Curriculum Development; coordinating resources for the
development of training materials, evaluating effectiveness of training,
facilitation of Training Steering Team meetings, coordinate training with
outside vendors.
Applications and Utilities:
This includes not only installation experience but also extensive working
knowledge of each application: MS Office 95 , 2000 DreamWeaver Access
Dialup Networking Excel Eudora Mail PowerPoint Lotus Notes v. 4.5
Word Outlook Express Word Perfect, Macintosh Cute FTP Corel Draw
Cute HTML Corel Flow Hot Dog Pro 2.0 Adobe Exchange Netscape Composer
Adobe Illustrator v.7 & 8 WS_FTP Pro v 4.1 Adobe PhotoShop v.3, 4, 5
& 5.5 Internet Explorer v. 3.0 - 5.5 Kai s Power Goo Netscape 2.0 - 4.6
Photo Impact by Ulead McAfee True Space v.2.0 Regclean
Operating Systems:
DOS v 5. - 6.2 Windows 95 /98 /ME/2000/XP Windows 3x Win NT 3.5/4.0
Hardware Knowledge:
Gateway Nic Cards, 3com, Realtek Hewlett Packard LaserJet Macintosh
IBM Compatibles Sony 166 - 200 CD ROM Lexmark DVD Players CPU
Hard Drives Digital Cameras Internal/External Modems Hubs LAN Home
Networking Mother Boards ATI rage & Matrox Video cards Sound Cards
Routers Iomega Zip Drives
Hobbies:
Web page design and HTML markup language, example can be seen at building
computers, computer repair, football, basketball, fishing, and camping.
Education
June/2001 A+ Certification Houston, Texas 1977 - 1979 McNeese State
University Lake Charles, Louisiana Major - Business
1996 - 1999 Various corporate training courses include:
Information System Design Microsoft Excel Creative Writing Microsoft
Word Adobe Photo Shop Dacum Facilitation Adobe Illustrator Project
Management Microsoft Access 8.0 Time Management
References available on request
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