Chris Smith 123 Elm Street DeKalb, Illinois 60115 (800) 660-5000 chrissmith@msn

1. Chris Smith 123 Elm Street DeKalb, Illinois 60115 (800) 660-5000 chrissmith@msn.com What makes an impressive resume? • Experience Summary • Experienced Technical Professional who works well with minimum supervision. • Computer literate, with strong electronic, electrical and mechanical skills. • Customer oriented problem solver with an ability to adapt to new situations. Easy to read and concise • Technical Skills • Programming languages: FORTRAN, C, Pascal, perl, javascript, assembler • Experience w/ computational chemistry programs including SYBYL, MacroModel • Production experience with chemical information systems including Daylight, ISIS, Oracle • Extensive use of HTML, CGI programming, javascript Next Good contact information Next • Professional Experience • Information Systems Manager, ProComp U.S.A., Inc., Cleveland, OH 2007-Present • Managed from planning through completion, a $2.4 million Windows NT workstation and network • printer implementation project. Delivered on time and $600K under budget. • Attained consistent 99% up time by implementing disaster recovery and fault tolerance plans. • Network Administrator, QUALITY AUTO SALES , San Antonio, Texas 2002-2007 • Effectively manage system functionality to ensure ongoing operations, collections of funds, and inventory for a used car dealership with 5 locations doing approximately $2 million in business annually. Support 60 internal and external end users on a daily basis using Microsoft Server 2003 and Wyse terminals. • Defined and implemented improved corporate policies regarding the location, safety and security of servers and equipment. • Designed and implemented Cisco VoIP offices, and managed the Cisco Avvid VoIP network, including unity voice mail and unified messaging. • Recommended modifications to improve speed of operations and system security measures. • Configured and managed AD, Exchange, DHCP, WSUS, WDS, Antivirus and backup servers in the corporate network. Highlights relevant experience Next Includes education and training Next Features skills and abilities Next Describes specific job qualifications Next • Education • Utah State University – Logan, UT • B.S. in Computer Science • American Institute of Computer Science - Chicago, IL • Computer Systems Support Certification

2. Chris Smith 123 Elm Street DeKalb, Illinois 60115 (800) 660-5000 chrissmith@msn.com What makes this resume easy to read and concise • Experience Summary • Experienced Technical Professional who works well with minimum supervision. • Computer literate, with strong electronic, electrical and mechanical skills. • Customer oriented problem solver with an ability to adapt to new situations. The font choice is easy to read, an appropriate size, and not muddled. • Technical Skills • Programming languages: FORTRAN, C, Pascal, perl, javascript, assembler • Experience w/ computational chemistry programs including SYBYL, MacroModel • Production experience with chemical information systems including Daylight, ISIS, Oracle • Extensive use of HTML, CGI programming, javascript Next Some poor font choices might include: • Professional Experience • Information Systems Manager, ProComp U.S.A., Inc., Cleveland, OH 2007-Present • Managed from planning through completion, a $2.4 million Windows NT workstation and network • printer implementation project. Delivered on time and $600K under budget. • Attained consistent 99% up time by implementing disaster recovery and fault tolerance plans. • Network Administrator, QUALITY AUTO SALES , San Antonio, Texas 2002-2007 • Effectively manage system functionality to ensure ongoing operations, collections of funds, and inventory for a used car dealership with 5 locations doing approximately $2 million in business annually. Support 60 internal and external end users on a daily basis using Microsoft Server 2003 and Wyse terminals. • Defined and implemented improved corporate policies regarding the location, safety and security of servers and equipment. • Designed and implemented Cisco VoIP offices, and managed the Cisco Avvid VoIP network, including unity voice mail and unified messaging. • Recommended modifications to improve speed of operations and system security measures. • Configured and managed AD, Exchange, DHCP, WSUS, WDS, Antivirus and backup servers in the corporate network. ALGERIAN AR Berkley AR Hermann Blackadder ITC Next One or two pages allows the recruiter to quickly see all the information. • Education • Utah State University – Logan, UT • B.S. in Computer Science • American Institute of Computer Science - Chicago, IL • Computer Systems Support Certification Next

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