Jason Palmisano

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FORWARD

I welcome the opportunity to discuss any potential career positions with you!

GOALS

Seeking a career that challenges me to use my technology, customer service, and verbal & written communication skills as well as my passion for social media/networking, web development, and photography.

PROFILE

Methodical, organized, creative, detail oriented, eager to learn, customer service and results driven, and, frankly, just really passionate about technology and the internet!

TECHNICAL SKILLS

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

MDStreetScene.com

Owner/community admin/manager/web content editor/photographer

• I own and manage the day to day operations of a website and 4,400+ member community forum for Maryland automotive enthusiasts

• The forum is a vBulletin based system with numerous tweaks, add-ons, and modifications stored within a MySQL database

• I built and manage a WordPress website/blog that provides coverage of area automotive events,  information about area events as well as information about the car community

• I communicate with event promoters/coordinators to acquire media credentials while also promoting their event on MDStreetScene.

• I provide photographic coverage of automotive culture events to share with the MDStreetScene community as well as other web media outlets

• In addition to smaller local events, I've covered the following events, with media credentials, on behalf of MDStreetScene

  • SEMA, PINKS All Out!, D1GP, Formula D, New York Auto Show, Washington Auto Show, Baltimore Auto Show, Import Faceoff, Ocean City Car & Truck show, Timonium Motorcycle Show, Carlisle Performance & Style, HyperFest

• I maintain an active social media network to promote the site - Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube

• The site receives an average of 15,000 unique visitors per month w/ 1million page views

Protech Associates, Inc

Network Administrator (August 2010 – Present)

• WSUS (internal and customer deployment)

• Windows Deployment Services

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.x

• Remote Desktop Services (MS Svr 08 R2)

  (Lead project to replace existing Citrix environment)

• VMware ESXi - Installed and configured ESXi on Flash media to replace ESX 4 on HDD's

• Active Directory, Group Policy

• SharePoint 2010

• Windows Server 2008, 2003

• SQL Server 2005/2008

• Internal technology support
  Windows 7 PC's, printers, projectors, servers, account setup & maintenance)

• External customer support

  (Primarily issues surrounding their Dynamics CRM environment - from server, to SQL, to CRM, to client issues)

Cowan Systems, LLC

IT Technical Analyst (June 2009 – May 2010)

• Resolved 50+ software and hardware issues/requests locally and remotely per week

• Responded to service request as they came into the IT HelpDesk system

• Communicated daily with local and remote clients as well as vendors and service providers

• Planned and tested a new Windows 7 deployment to 150 PC’s

• Setup remote offices in Virginia, Arkansas, and Atlanta

• Created and managed users in Active Directory and Exchange

• Configured and managed phones and extensions with Cisco Call Manager

• Built and deployed PC images using Symantec Ghost and Windows Deployment Services

• Deployed and replaced PCs

• Created and managed SharePoint sites and lists

Stevenson University

Office of Information Technology – Technology Associate (January 2006 - May 2009, 3 years)

• Worked daily with students, university staff, and professors

• Resolved PC software and hardware issues

• Installed new software and hardware

• Deployed and replaced PCs for computer labs, University staff, and Professors

• Re-imaged classroom computer labs each semester using Symantec Ghost

ONLINE WORK

My online projects/work can be found here.

These are side projects for my interests and affiliations. The site also provides more experience in managing/tweaking a WordPress installation.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photographer who’s eager to shoot and simply loves to capture the moment with a photograph.

You can view a sampling of my favorite photos here.

More photos can be found on my Flickr collection, which has received 38,000+ views.

EDUCATION

Stevenson University (formerly Villa Julie College), Stevenson, MD - Graduated May 2009

Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems: Network Design - 3.2GPA

RELEVANT COURSES

College courses that have assisted in past and present projects

• Windows Server Architecture (incl. Exchange)

• Networking/Network Security

• Technical/Business Writing

• Writing for the Web

• Web Architecture/Design (2 IT & 1 Art)

• Creative Essay writing

• Technology Law

Non-web Version - PDF

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