Introduction
If you are an employer (or know of one) looking for an Electronics Technician or Computer Technician in the Yreka, CA (California, USA) area, please take a look at my (brief) resume outlined here. If you feel I fit the bill of whom you are looking for, please contact me with job description and extended details of the employment offered.
Employment:
I am currently employed by a major retail chain since July 2007.
I was with Computer Sciences Corporation/JT3, a government contractor for the US Air Force, from November 1998 to October 2005.
- Frequently sought after for technical assistance on personal computers and workstations.
- Maintained various Telemetry Processing Equipment.
- Performed a wide variety of maintenance and troubleshooting procedures on equipment in my own work-center as well as other work-centers.
- Held and maintained a Security Clearance.
I was an Active Duty member of the US Navy from January 1993 to November 1998.
- Became a member of the Combat Systems Training Team, training personnel both junior and senior to me.
- Advancement to E-5 in just over 4 years.
- Isolated problems and repaired numerous casualties in RADAR equipment, missile guidance systems and digital computer components.
- Held and maintained a Security Clearance.
Equipment Expertise:
Equipment I have operated, maintained and repaired include:
- Various SGI IRIX based Workstations/Servers and Windows/Linux based Personal Computers.
- Countless Networking Equipment to include Modems, NICS, switches and the required cabling.
- Multiple storage devices to include SCSI, UDMA, IDE and large scale tape drive systems.
- Telemetry Processing Equipment including Bit-synchronizers and Decommutators.
Education:
- Attended US Naval Advanced Electronics "A" School from March 1993 to January 1994.
- Attended US Naval Weapons Designation System "C" School from February 1994 to September 1994.
- Attended College of the Siskiyous from January 2006 to May 2007.
Skills:
- Knowledgeable in the operation of various test equipment to include O'Scopes, Spectrum Analyzers, Multimeters and Soldering Equipment.
- Knowledgeable in the use of Technical Manuals and Schematic Diagrams.
- Experienced IT Professional with a knowledge base extending 23 years.
- Network Admin. with MS Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista plus working knowledge of OS X, Linux, UNIX, and IRIX OS's.
- Knowledgeable in the use of MS Office, OpenOffice.org, Dreamweaver, (X)HTML, CSS, and TCP/IP.
- CompTIA A+ Hardware Certified.
Personal Accomplishments:
I currently host my own web site (of which you are viewing right now) from home serving thousands of XHTML pages per day, as well as maintain my own DNS servers via a DSL line:
http://www.blackviper.com/
My web site, my computer knowledge and my Internet alias "Black Viper" have been mentioned in many media outlets around the world to include various published books, radio shows, magazines, and also two live appearances on TV:
http://www.blackviper.com/Admin/best.htm