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Jarod Wood

Jarod Wood

Canton,GA

Summary

INTP (Logician) personality with great analytical, critical thinking, and proven problem-solving abilities. Analytical development leader well-versed in technical architecture, solution development and deployment support. Valuable in review of proposals, making effective choices and contributing to entire development lifecycle. Excellent communication, planning and decision-making skills. Excellent communication skills and extensive experience working with clients and partners. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification

Work History

NOC Solutions Architect

PlayOn Sports
01.2020 - 12.2023
  • Design Zendesk instance for 50+ technical agents
  • Created solutions to complete 600 technical tickets weekly
  • Trained agents on ticket creation and completion improving solve times by 75%
  • Created and managed 3 teams to maintain 16,000 units
  • Managed vendor relations with the foreign network operations team
  • Accurately diagnosed primary priorities with solutions for core IT business needs
  • Accurately predicted major outages months in advance to avoid millions in damages

Senior Live Events Advisor

Piksel Inc
01.2015 - 01.2020
  • Provided pre and post-sales technical solutions to hundreds of clients
  • Maintained technical cases and solutions for 250 clients
  • Direct customer relations with over 250 clients
  • On-site installations and services provided to 50+ clients
  • On-call 3rd tier support to 600+ clients
  • Build, ship, and support for thousands of units.

Service Delivery Technical Analyst

Endeavor Telecom
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Managed billing and resource allocation for 100+ client sites involving IT installations
  • Provided IT support and expertise to operational installations with Starbucks and McDonald's organizations
  • Completed 20-30 customer incident reports daily
  • 99% completion rating on all incidents and tickets within the project scope

Network Operations - Systems Analyst II

Level3 Communications
01.2007 - 01.2013
  • Network Infrastructure Technician 1 maintaining global backbone network
  • Promoted to NOC Technician 2 after creating Remedy ticketing structure
  • Remedy ticketing structure hard coded so that all future technicians use my ticket creation system
  • Resolved hundreds of outages and incidents yearly in a 24/7 NOC

Education

Bachelor of Science - Geographic Information Systems

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA

Associate of Applied Science - Business Management

Lanier Technical College
Oakwood, GA

No Degree - Organizational Leadership

United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning
Fort Benning, GA

Skills

  • Technical Support and Assistance
  • Critical Thinking
  • Team Training
  • Process Optimization
  • Technical Guidance
  • Customer Relations
  • Performance Optimization
  • Business Process Analysis
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Improving processes
  • Client Engagement
  • Technical Project Management

References

References: Sara Spradlin 678.733.4065, Jermaine Hemby 678.629.6195, Curtis Shelwood 404.319.7834, Reference: Robert Delaney 678.695.5500, Reference: Barton Boyd 404.543.0419

Certification

  • Certified A+, CompTIA
  • Certified Network+, CompTIA
  • Akamai Academia CDN Training
  • CCNA Certification Training

TTRPG Designer

Much like crafting a TTRPG campaign, the ITIL framework requires meticulous design and management to ensure optimal outcomes. In TTRPG design, I employ structured methodologies to develop intricate storylines, define rulesets, and create engaging experiences for players. Similarly, within ITIL, I apply strategic planning principles to design service management processes, establish governance frameworks, and optimize IT operations.

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of 50+ in the development of Zendesk.
  • Achieved client ticket loss through effectively helping with Zendesk process management.
  • Achieved ticket resolve times by introducing priority based design for ticket distribution tasks.
  • Documented and resolved network visibility which led to increased success rate from 77% to 98%.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

Work Availability

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Affiliations

  • IT Professionals
  • ITSM (ITIL) Professionals
  • Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science & Robotics
  • SAP Security & GRC Consultant's

Quote

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Lin Yutang

Software

Word, Google Docs, Grammarly, Wordperfect

Excel, Google Sheets, Odoo

Power Points, Google Slides, Canva

Microsoft Outlook, Help Scout, Gmail

Typeform, Jotform, Conexiom

Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Teams, Skype

Zoho, Slack, Zendesk, Happeo

Sprout Social, Brandwatch

HTML

Interests

TTRPG

Artificial Intelligence

Process Design

Complex Problem-Solving

Study of Civilizations

Timeline

NOC Solutions Architect

PlayOn Sports
01.2020 - 12.2023

Senior Live Events Advisor

Piksel Inc
01.2015 - 01.2020

Service Delivery Technical Analyst

Endeavor Telecom
01.2014 - 01.2015

Network Operations - Systems Analyst II

Level3 Communications
01.2007 - 01.2013

Bachelor of Science - Geographic Information Systems

Kennesaw State University

Associate of Applied Science - Business Management

Lanier Technical College

No Degree - Organizational Leadership

United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning
Jarod Wood