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Joseph Mendis

Columbus,OH

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Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Cable Technician

TEKsystems
07.2025 - Current
  • Installed and patched fiber and copper cabling between data center equipment, ensuring signal integrity and network performance.
  • Implemented and maintained structured cabling infrastructure for new and existing data center hardware.
  • Followed established installation procedures and best practices for cabling and rack deployment.
  • Managed inventory of tools and materials, ensuring readiness for upcoming projects.

Low Voltage Technician

E2 Optics
04.2025 - 07.2025
  • Installed, tested, and ported Cat6/e and fiber optic cabling to support
    enterprise-scale network infrastructure, ensuring connectivity for critical systems across data hall environments.
  • Interpreted and executed network layouts and build documents to complete hardware rack/stack tasks and cable routing & porting according to structured cabling standards.
  • Collaborated with technicians and engineers to troubleshoot patch panel connectivity issues, support equipment deployments, and maintain compliance with power, cooling, and safety specifications.

Resident Advisor

Ohio School for the Deaf
08.2024 - 04.2025
  • Work with students from K-12 grade to help facilitate a healthy dorm lifestyle/living.
  • Teach students how to clean, cook, laundry, regulate emotional intelligence and behavior, help with homework, and other life skills.
  • Oversee dorm programs and field trips.
  • Help students achieve independent living skills and goals based on their IRP, Individualized Resident Plan.

STAMP Tutor (Information Technology)

Gallaudet University
11.2020 - 08.2022
  • Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills, and correct weaknesses relating to Information Technology material.
  • Supported students with helpful study habits and exam strategies to help motivate them to build self-confidence towards learning and studying.
  • Provided students with walk-in hours and one-on-one tutoring in a friendly, personalized atmosphere through Zoom or in person.

REU AICT Internship

Gallaudet University
05.2021 - 07.2021
  • Worked closely with a project partner to research captions UI/UX for a 10-week summer research program focusing on accessible information and communications technologies for undergraduates.
  • Develop materials for the research study by filming videos with edited captions to display two potential ways to display emotive & paralinguistic information in captions into surveys.
  • Analyze participant data using statistics and thematic analysis to develop a research paper, presentation, and poster board.

Closed Captions Student Research Assistant

Gallaudet University & RIT
06.2020 - 08.2020
  • Worked remotely with a team of other students, professors, and a recent Ph.D. graduate Dr. Akhter Al Amin, through Slack.
  • Developed a Python code to extract critical information from JSON files to help edit SRT files and test different speaker indicators to differentiate who speaks on closed captions.
  • Burn the edited SRT files onto video clips using Python and develop surveys on a web server with the different speaker indicators with questions to collect data on their usability.

Bioinformatics Student Internship

Gallaudet University
08.2019 - 03.2020
  • Developed a bioinformatics database on Excel which took important genetic and DNA information from public bioinformatics databases like GenBank and NCBI using Python, BLAST, MEGA7, and TextWrangler to analyze, collect, and organize data on Yersinia pestis.
  • Worked closely with Dr. Gaurav Arora on his Horizontal Gene Transfer Project by meeting twice a week about his research project to have short seminars to learn about bioinformatics and Yersinia pestis.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Gallaudet University
Washington, DC
12-2022

Skills

  • Microsoft Suite
  • Windows, macOS, & Linux
  • Cable installation
  • Cabling layouts
  • Data analysis
  • Network configuration
  • Troubleshooting skills
  • Python & Java
  • Professional Research
  • Project Management
  • Leadership & communication
  • OSHA compliance

Timeline

Cable Technician

TEKsystems
07.2025 - Current

Low Voltage Technician

E2 Optics
04.2025 - 07.2025

Resident Advisor

Ohio School for the Deaf
08.2024 - 04.2025

REU AICT Internship

Gallaudet University
05.2021 - 07.2021

STAMP Tutor (Information Technology)

Gallaudet University
11.2020 - 08.2022

Closed Captions Student Research Assistant

Gallaudet University & RIT
06.2020 - 08.2020

Bioinformatics Student Internship

Gallaudet University
08.2019 - 03.2020

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Gallaudet University

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