| Joshua Yale Levitsky CISSP, EMTD, MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MCP |
353 East 83 Street |
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Objective: To obtain a challenging position of responsibility in a computer engineering or information security group with potential for growth and advancement. I am looking for something that will always keep me thinking and that offers new technologies to learn year after year. There must be at least one new, job relevant, certification allowed each year in the job I would want. |
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Professional Profile:
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Work Experience:
| Company: Time Inc. Position: Systems Engineer Location: New York, NY Dates: May 1998 to Present |
Description: Responsible for maintaining standards compliance on all PCs purchased by Time Inc. In charge of finding solutions to enhancing images being ghosted to new PCs. Many special custom projects too numerous to list. Co-managed Year 2000 project in addition to other projects. Involved in VIP On-Call support. Worked with Director of Information Security on many security issues and projects. |
| Company: CMP Media, Inc. Position: Help Desk Supervisor Location: Manhasset, NY Dates: April 1997 to May 1998 |
Description: In charge of managing the schedule at the help desk, making sure all calls are closed in a timely manner, and that training is attended at the appropriate times by the help desk staff. Worked with the other supervisors and managers in IT to ensure proper communication between groups, and to help out divisions that were short on staff when needed. Worked with Windows 95, 3.x, NT 4.0, and Macintosh systems. |
| Company: The Internet Access Company Position: Network Operations & Field Technician Location: New York, NY Dates: April 1996 to April 1997 |
Description: Setup the ISP’s network in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Washington D.C., and then maintained that network. Equipment to configure included Cisco 2501 routers, DigitalLink DSU/CSUs, Motorola Bitsurfr Pro ISDN boxes, Livingston Portmasters, USRobotics Netservers, as well as all telephone equipment and wiring. |
| Company: IDT Corporation Position: Escalated Technical Support and Billing Location: Hackensack, NJ Dates: August 1995 to April 1996 |
Description: Hired to eliminate 1700 letter backlog in their billing email system. Users were waiting two weeks for responses to billing questions. Eliminated the backlog by getting an additional billing employee, and by implementing automation to the email system. People were able to get answers without us needing to respond. When email response was down to 2 hours I was put in charge of the Tech Support email as well. In addition to these responsibilities I was third level phone tech support when needed. |
| Company: Simon’s Hardware & Bath Position: Assistant to Purchasing Manager & Technology Consultant Location: New York, NY Dates: Summer 1995 |
Description: The inventory control system failed, and in the time between it’s failure and the new system going up I was in charge of maintaining inventory control through Excel spreadsheets to keep the company going. For about four months I created all the purchase orders for the Manhattan store, and Long Island warehouse using complex formulas to determine if inventory should be moved between the warehouse and the store or ordered. |
| Company: Park House, Inc. Position: Direct Care Counselor Location: Smithtown, NY Dates: 1995 to 1996 |
Description: Helped 10 severely mentally ill and/or mentally retarded adults to integrate into society. The goal of the house is so that eventually they will move out of the house, and live on their own. Provided them with emotional support, assistance in staying on schedule with medications, and offered instruction on day to day activities that they had difficulty with such as working with money when shopping or wearing the right clothes to Church verses clothes they should wear when gardening. |
| Company: Self Employed Position: Consultant Location: New York, NY Dates: 1989 to Present |
| Description: Worked on many Windows, Mac OS, and Linux based systems for various companies. Work was on an on-call basis. When equipment would fail or services were needed I would be available via pager. This included phone support, email, on site replacement of parts, as well as sending machines in for repair. |
| Company: Camp Ramah Position: Administrative Assistant / Office Assistant Location: Berkshires, NY Dates: Summers 1989 - 1994 |
Description: In charge of the LANtastic network at the camp that would connect all the office computers, and printers. Responsible for making sure that everything on the network could see the server. Additional responsibilities included being the camp driver, working in the kitchen, working with maintenance, taught Stage Lighting and electrics to campers in a special theatre class, and was a camp EMT. I was known as the person that could get anything done in camp. |
| Company: ComputerED Summer Camp Position: Office Assistant Location: LaSalle & Babson Colleges Dates: Summers 1987 - 1988 |
Description: In charge of two classes, and some office work at a highly technical summer camp for children that enjoy working with computers. |
| Company: Leigh’s Computer World Position: Computer Sales and Inventory Location: New York, NY Dates: 1987 to 1988 |
Description: Assisted the sales staff when they were short handed, and in addition made sure magazines were in stock, receipts were filed properly, and obtained RMA’s on defective product. |
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| Will consider offers for work in New York City, Queens, Brooklyn, or Northern New Jersey. Able to be on-call 24 hours a day except when conflicting with Orthodox Jewish holidays and the Sabbath. References available upon request. |