Currently

Right now I am finishing up a personal break from work. During this time I traveled to New Zealand and backpacked around the country for 6 months. After NZ I came back state side and went on a road trip with my father to many of our national treasures including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Tetons, Badlands, Mount Rushmore, and the Black Hills. After the road trip I embarked on a 12 day 170 mile hike around the beautiful Lake Tahoe on the Tahoe Rim Trail. I believe this hike to be one of the most therapeutic things I will do this summer. In the future I would like to embark on other long distance hikes like the John Muir Trail and also the Colorado Trail.

About Me

Dedicated technologist and people person with comprehensive video broadcast, audio, network, server and client experience. Expertise in communication, stress management and customer service. Adept at solving technology, and people problems. Effective at self learning and training laypersons. Strong interests in innovative broadcast technologies.

Education

Western Nevada College
Associate in Applied Science
Computer Network Technologies
Spring 2012

General Skills

Recent Work

Grass Valley a Belden Brand

Technical Customer Support Engineer
Field Project Engineer

January 2017 - January 2019

While working at Grass Valley I specialized in the install and support of an automated video playout platform called ITX. An average day would consist of commissioning many Microsoft Server Installs along with the deployment our specialized software. During my time with Grass Valley I was able to work on projects ranging from $9MM(USD) projects with world leading TV providers all the way down to $10k(USD) upgrade and maintenance projects for small community funded TV Stations. Most of my time was spent on-site working directly with internal and external key stake holders to ensure a successful project. Many times we would need to help the customer make configuration and design modifications to existing customer infrastructure to grantee performance and expected system functionality. This would include but not be limited to networking, storage, and monitoring systems.

City of Carson City

IT Systems Technician

April 2015 - January 2017

While working with the City of Carson City I spent most of my time participating in a breadth of normal IT related work. Everything from working the support line, rebuilding desktops/laptops, upgrading existing infrastructure, implementing new systems, and maintaining an array of legacy systems. One of the highlights of working at the City of Carson City was helping with the upgrade of the Public Safety Software system called Tiburon. When I started with the City of Carson City I was asked by the Assistant to the Sheriff to do my best to bring this project back on track. It was a common complaint that IT had been dropping the ball left and right on this upgrade project. I am happy to say that many long nights and weekends we were able to bring the project back on track and enjoy a successful on target launch of the new Tiburon system. To make this happen we had to have many conference calls and internal meetings to first turn around the rapport but also better solidify project deliverables with all parties involved.

Vitamin Research Products

System Administrator

July 2014 - April 2015

VRP had a small IT department consisting of just 3 people at the time. The Director, Business Analysis, and myself. My role in this position was to take care of everything that I could and bring in outside contractors when needed. When I started with the company I was tasked with fixing the lack of Disaster Recovery and also turn around the opinion of the IT department inside of the organization. I am glad to say that after about 6 months both of these tasks were completed. From a day to day standpoint I would take care of everything ranging from break fix to system upgrades. Very quickly this job became very boring and almost depressing knowing that I would arrive at work with only a few tasks to complete for the day. I left the company when they were acquired by a competitor and the office was shutdown.

Other Work Experience

City of Carson City

Theater Technician

September 2013 - April 2015

The Bob Boldrick Theater was a great job to do while finishing up my associates degree. There were a lot of overlap between live bands but also a lot of new concepts required in regards to set design and over head rigging. Overall it was a great 'in between' job.

Moon Lighting and Sound

Sound Engineer / IT Technician

June 2007 - August 2013

I worked many years with Moon Lighting and Sound, most of the years were doing on call based work during the summer show season. Later on this job provided with enough cash flow to support myself while attempting to get Bits of Simplicity off of the ground. The best takeaway from working with this company was how much of a premium you can charge for exceptional work.

Bits of Simplicity

Co-Founder

August 2011 - April 2013

A few failed startup ideas.
Many lessons were learned during this time. It was a great time for personal growth and learning how to deal with failure. I hope one day to take another swing a starting a business.

Knitting Factory Music Venue

Sound Engineer

December 2009 - August 2011

During my time at the Knitting Factory I was able to work over 300 concerts ranging from major touring artists like Willie Nelson and Charley Daniels to up and coming local bands. It was an experience I wouldn't trade for anything.

City of Carson City

IT Intern

April 2006 - May 2010

While attending High School I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to intern with the City of Carson City's Information Technology Department. During this time I was able to cut my teeth in a professional IT setting.