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Work History

• SWC Technology Partners
• Consultant
• November 2008 to Present

• Named 101 Best and Brightest Companies in Chicago, SWC is a provider of IT solutions to midsize businesses - specializing in managed services, infrastructure, virtualization, SharePoint, business intelligence and custom development - Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, Microsoft Central Region Partner of the Year
  - Operated as systems administrator and domain admin for software developers and clients
  - Designed and completed SharePoint farm infrastructure migration and upgrade for three clients
  - Provided regular ongoing Linux system administration tasks on production servers for three clients
  - Designed and implemented SQL replication infrastructure for a high growth environment where scalability was a factor
  - Designed call center hardware and software infrastructure for over 200 seat operation considering return on investment and scalability
  - Conducted database administration and performance assessments including maintenance, error/failure response and performance tuning

• Informance International
• Application Service Engineer
• April 2007 to November 2008

• Serving multi-national Fortune 500 manufacturing companies with enterprise manufacturing intelligence and software solutions
  - Led as head engineer multi-site enterprise software implementations across international and domestic locations
  - Coordinated efforts of users, managers, IT personnel and executives during implementations
  - Supported technical application issues remotely and on-site for over 30 domestic and international clients
  - Furthered sales initiatives through on-site scoping and perspective client visits
  - Voiced input that led to significant application improvements and further sales initiatives
  - Formally trained medium to large groups on software use and administration

• The Rise Group
• Engineering Co-Op
• June 2004 to January 2006

• Ranked in nation's Top 40 Program Managers - project management consulting for developers of large scale construction projects including commercial, residential high-rise, industrial, and public projects.
  - Paid full time Engineering internship totaling 1.5 years work experience
  - Developed a centralized intranet repository for company-wide documentation saving duplication of efforts throughout the company
  - Created a database solution for tracking change orders which provided better organization and reporting, and cost savings to the client
  - Performed quality control on a contract that prevented potential legal proceedings
  - Presented cost breakdown in clear, accurate and concise manner which enabled easy recognition of potential future budget problems

Education

• Northwestern University
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
• 2002 - 2007

• - Co-operative Education Certificate
  - Ford Dean’s Scholar
  - Concentrations in Nanotechnology and Robotics
  - Designed an original nano-scale optical switch concept and wrote National Science Foundation grant proposal for further study of its commercial viability
  - Statistical MATLAB computer model of ATPase in biological cells for study of protein function
  - Fully autonomous model of a home HVAC system with an original control systems design