Shawn Foret

picklescoop@hotmail.com
Phone 504.914.3351

EDUCATION:

Delgado Comm. College             New Orleans, LA                      1998-December 1999
Associates of Science (Computer Network Engineering Technology)
3.5 GPA overall

University of New Orleans        New Orleans, LA                       1996-1997, 2000-2003

Grace King Senior High              Metairie, LA                               1996
3.25 overall GPA

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:

Technologies and Concepts: SAN and Virtual Server environments, PC repair,
Networking: peer to peer, client/server, Cisco, Timeplex, Spectra Logic Library solutions.
Software: VMWare, Microsoft Office, Zen for Workstations, GroupWise, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft IIS, HTML, Confluence, WordPress, basic Protools X
Backup Applications: ArcServe, CommVault, Tivoli Storage Manager, Acronis, Arcserve D2D,  Veeam
Operating Systems: DOS, Windows (3.X, 9X, ME, XP, Vista, 7, 8.x, NT, 200X) , Novell Netware, Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu), Mac OS X
Audio recording

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:

MCITP – Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
COMPTIA Network +
Commvault Certification of Administration
Commvault Certification of Support

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

My IT LLC                                       Metairie, LA
Network Administrator                                                            Sept 2008-present
Provide PC and technology support to clients, plan and implement server & application upgrades/replacements, Disaster Recovery.

Capital One Bank
Hibernia National Bank              New Orleans, LA

Senior Associate/ Backup Administrator                               April 2004 – Sept 2008
Troubleshot LAN and WAN issues, administration on 500+ Microsoft and Novell servers, maintenance of user data, implementation of new software and servers, troubleshot single user issues, Disaster Recovery, and administration of 3 backup environments.

Network Systems Monitor                                                        Feb 2000 – April 2004
monitor Network connectivity, troubleshoot and dispatch personnel to repair computer equipment.

CompUSA                                       Metairie, LA                     1997-1998
Retail Salesman
Maintained inventory, provided customer service, product knowledge

Salmen Scout Reservation          Perkinston, MS                 Summers 1998-1999
Administrative Assistant/Computers Merit Badge Counselor
Created digital slide show, taught Computers merit badge, maintained camp database, performed computer maintenance, administered peer to peer network, provided customer service, answered phones.

AWARDS:

Eagle Scout
Young American Award
Melvin Jones Fellow

REFERENCES:

Available upon request