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William Linamen

William Linamen

Deskside Support Technician
Bowling Green,KY

Summary

Well-versed in building positive relationships with customers and other stakeholders. Strong requirements gathering, scope development and inventory coordination abilities. Skilled at overseeing complex, high-value technical projects with excellent planning competencies.

Overview

3
3
Certifications
2
2
years of post-secondary education
13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Deskside Support Technician - Site Focal

IBM
Nashville, TN
02.2014 - Current
  • Collaborated with business partners and internal stakeholders to optimize scheduling of repair and upgrade jobs, minimizing resource availability disruptions.
  • Maintained inventory of installed desktop hardware and software components to keep records accurate and updated.
  • Documented and updated known fixes in knowledge base for future reference.
  • Leveraged ticket tracking system to prioritize, track and document problem resolutions and notify customers of issue status.
  • Installed new or upgraded hardware and software and coordinated installation and follow-up with user to achieve customer satisfaction.

Infrastructure Support Specialist

Metro Nashville Public Schools
Nashville, TN
01.2013 - 02.2014

As a grant initiative, Metro Schools rolled out “full density” wireless internet to all of the schools in the district. I managed this rollout in my assigned area by coordinating with onsite staff as well as Beacon Technologies. Weekly progress report meetings were required.

  • Manage wireless upgrade in schools assigned
  • Communicate with Beacon Tech to make sure wireless project is on schedule
  • Create MS Visio drawings for upgrading wireless in assigned schools
  • Manage inventory of equipment deployed
  • Meet with school TSS to discuss wireless needs prior to wireless upgrade
  • Meet project deadlines as assigned on Sharepoint
  • Provision wireless Access points for deployment using Aruba web UI
  • Configure 3Com/HP Switches
  • Create and Manage Buildings/Access Points in Aruba Airwave

Technology Support Specialist

Metro Nashville Public Schools
Nashville, TN
07.2008 - 01.2013

Assisted in a District-wide inventory initiative, which was a 6 month project where I managed a group of 6 people. We had daily as well as weekly goals to meet. This included supporting the Director of Schools and monthly school board meetings.

  • Supported 2 High-Schools and maintained over 1000 pieces of equipment
  • Successfully managed rollout of equipment to replace aging teacher and admin workstations
  • Meet with Principals to discuss technology plan for school
  • Provides Training support for MNPS Software Applications
  • Created and deployed silent install packages in multiple labs where specialized software was required

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Technology

Nashville State Community College
Nashville, TN
08.2002 - 05.2004

Skills

Project Management

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Certification

CompTIA A+

Timeline

CompTIA A+

01-2020

CompTIA Security+

01-2020

ITIL Foundation - IT Service Mgmt

12-2018

Deskside Support Technician - Site Focal

IBM
02.2014 - Current

Infrastructure Support Specialist

Metro Nashville Public Schools
01.2013 - 02.2014

Technology Support Specialist

Metro Nashville Public Schools
07.2008 - 01.2013

Associate of Applied Science - Computer Technology

Nashville State Community College
08.2002 - 05.2004
William LinamenDeskside Support Technician