Joshua Anthony
Norfolk,VA
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Full-time Employee
Mathews County School Board
06.2020 - Current
- Responsible for uptime and service for about 1000 people with aa team of 2 full-timers and 1 part-time worker.
- This is also when my boss left for retirement, and I had to adjust to a new technology director's methods
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment.
- Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Became a full member of the staff, and started being held responsible for the integrity of our infrastructure and expected to operate completely independently for multiple days at a time without losing focus or growing complacent
- I was expected to understand nuances of education here was well, as for the first time I had to help students of all age, many of whom required a gentle hand, many of whom simply wished me harm
- Experienced in first-time setup of Cisco Switches and maintenance
- Experienced in deploying scripts and policies using AD
- I also was held to secrecy on many confidential topics, including sensitive student information, SOL Testing, and staff information
- I was also tasked with investigating issues and doing a fair bit of detective work - Children love to steal technology, and figuring out who stole what wasn’t just my job, it was a necessity, given our budget being the lowest of all the departments.
Part-time Employee
Mathews County School Board
11.2016 - 06.2020
- Despite having learned allot about IT in my time as a volunteer, this is the first time I was held to a standard of responsibility
- When I was a volunteer, I would always be able to leave when it was the end of the day, but starting at this position, I was expected to finish a job before leaving
- I was expected, as a 14-year-old boy, to instruct teachers and staff and to troubleshoot important issues hindering the learning environment, with very real issues
- During emergencies, I would actually be removed from class to help troubleshoot network outages and the like
- Here I learned what the term work ethic meant, and I was also tasked with managing the other part-timers and volunteers
- My boss at this job was quite strict, and when he told me I’d be managing the others, the first thing he told me is that anything that happened under my supervision was my responsibility
- This instilled in me an understanding of the necessity of the command structure, and of caution.
Volunteer
Mathews County School Board
07.2014 - 11.2016
- Initially, my responsibilities simply included simple tasks, like taking out the trash, wrapping ethernet cables, and basic network and program troubleshooting
- However, as I continued with my volunteer position, my role expanded to that of something of a volunteer manager and instructor
- I was tasked with helping new volunteers learn about technology, and I was no longer simply practicing the craft; I was teaching it
- Furthermore, it helped me transition into longer working hours into my part-time position
- My skills were also honed at the edge here, as I was often tasked with fixing things that I had no knowledge of at the time.
- Facilitated community outreach to expand participation and support.
Education
Associate degree in arts and sciences (Transfer Oriented Degree) -
Rappahannock Community College
Glenns, VA06.2024
Advanced diploma, DE Modeling and Simulation, DE English Composition, DE US History, Honors Spanish I-IV, AP Literature, Principles of Technology I & II, Many other Honors Classes -
Mathews County Public Schools
Mathews VA06.2020
Skills
- Strong Work Ethic
- Advanced Windows Troubleshooting Skills
- Advanced Network Troubleshooting Skills
- Advanced PC Repair Skills, with a deep understanding of the inner mechanisms of a PC
- Advanced Understanding of deployment of devices and users in the Google Admin Console
- Advanced Knowledge on Printer Troubleshooting, Both Commercial and Personal
- Basic understanding of Cisco setup & maintenance
- Patient and Effective at Instruction of Staff
- Strong understanding of Batch Scripts and other deployment methods
- Advanced Understanding of Windows Domains and AD
- Very Strong Intuition as to What Might Be Causing Issues
- Years of Working Delicately with Both Students and Staff
- Analytical Thinking
- Strong Public Speaker & Presenter
- Calm Under Pressure
- Team Management & Leadership
Certification
- Amplified IT Admin Level 1
- Currently Studying for COMPTIA A+ Certification
- Also Intend to Acquire Net+ and Sec+ when it is monetarily advisable
Activities
- Rowed on the Crew Team in the top boy’s boat in High School.
- Worked on Coding a video game in Unity for SkillsUSA competition prior to COVID Shutdown in High School.
- After High School I learned and now teach violin, and I’m also an aspiring composer. I wrote the hold music at MCPS. I also played in an amateur orchestra for 3 years.
- I also am an experienced writer, having written over 250 pages of World-Building and story creation.
- Recently, I’ve become much more experienced working with CHATGPT, and more specifically, making purpose-built GPTs for things like Writing and Tech Support.
Violinist and Composer
I picked up violin after high school, and since have begun teaching. I am also an amateur composer, always looking for feedback. I've played in an amateur orchestra for nearly 3 years.
Timeline
Full-time Employee
Mathews County School Board
06.2020 - Current
Part-time Employee
Mathews County School Board
11.2016 - 06.2020
Volunteer
Mathews County School Board
07.2014 - 11.2016
Associate degree in arts and sciences (Transfer Oriented Degree) -
Rappahannock Community College
Advanced diploma, DE Modeling and Simulation, DE English Composition, DE US History, Honors Spanish I-IV, AP Literature, Principles of Technology I & II, Many other Honors Classes -
Mathews County Public Schools
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