About
Posted on May 2006
Note — This is rather out of date , please e-mail me at this address if you want to see a current one.
Curriculum Vitae
I am currently studying the CISCO course at Ravenswood School in the evening and have passed CCNA1. I plan to continue with this and also to start a Linux course shortly. I have set up a small network to my parents specifications using both wireless and wired technologies. My experience as an assistant scout leader has helped me to understand the necessity of planning my time so that everything gets done.
Key skills
• Self-starter who enjoys the challenge of new responsibilities
• Work well in a team as well as individually.
• The ability to learn new skills quickly and efficiently while improving on old ones.
• Effective at establishing and maintaining a network of business related contacts
• Good presentation skills – able to vary content and style of delivery to maximize impact on audience.
• Fully conversant in desktop and networking technologies applicable to use in business situations. Including the use of the Internet and intranet.
• Remote Network Administration
• Some Mac osx experience
• Some Linux server admin experience.
Key achievements
• Home network setup with both mac and pc’s using LAN and wifi technology’s
• Securing wifi using wep and wpa and providing documentation to non it literate on how to setup on other machines.
Career History
Summer 2005
• Spent 3 weeks in The Gambia helping out a local community.
2004 -2006 Beefeater (Whitbread)
• Kitchen Assistant.
Personal Skills
IT Experience:
• Administration of internet security software
• Experience of Web design see http://john.edmondson-uk.com for more details.
• Fully conversant with all the Microsoft Office products
• Fully conversant with all the Microsoft Operating systems
• Fully conversant with all major desktop publishing software
• Adaware/ Virus Removal
• Setup of disaster recovery process
• Setup of backup process
• Hardware installation
• A few weeks helping computers that work in Oxford
• A month helping in the Ravenswood School ICT department
• A week helping http://abeliansystems.com In Oxford
• Have used some of the major FOSS programs , open office etc.
Qualifications/ Training
Cisco CCNA1
AVCE IT
AVCE Business Studies
1 GNVQ
6 GCSE
Other Interests
• Member of the scout organization.
• Reading
• Writing short stories
• Walking
• Web Broadcasting on a internet radio station
• Photo manipulation
• Model plane flying and1/8th scale nitrogen fuelled cars.