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From writing instruments to timepieces; history to art; architecture to engineering; and philosophy to computers…my passions cover a broad range of topics and ideas. I studied architecture in my first years of high school and progressed to mechanical engineering; even helping teach along side the instructor my senior year. My interests in art carried me into industrial design and almost earned me a spot on the patent paperwork for a part I designed while working as a summer draftsmen when I was seventeen. My passion in computers and how people used them took over that same summer. I went from my first office job at fifteen helping in basic computer tasks to now supporting 30 employees and the company’s computer infrastructure.

My current job responsibilities are: helping our employees, working with clients on incentive programs, creating a department budget, creating corporate policies while maintaining the computer security and technology backbone of our company.

My free time is divided between reading books –ranging from classics, to reference- and volunteering at a Library & Museum. I am the corporate Vice President for the Library & Museum and my responsibilities cover: developing a strategic business plan, organizing the public relations committee and chairing director’s meetings when the President is absent.

Objective:
Positions in business and information systems, where I can use my extensive computer experience, communication skills and business knowledge to act as a technological liaison between users, technical staff and clients; while helping maintain and refine current business processes.

Education:
1998 – Present: University

• BS in Management Information Systems / Minor in Economics & Operations Management
• Expected graduation Fall 2007

1995-1997: Community College

• Associates in Science
• GPA 3.0 overall

Professional Experience:
Vice President / Board Member
February 2004 – Present: Library & Museum

• Develop and maintain current strategic business plans
• Coordinate and conduct meetings with the board of directors
• Oversee the public relations committee and it’s press releases

Network Administrator / Systems Analyst
May 2001 – Present: Marketing/Advertising Agency

• Maintain corporate infrastructure
• Develop and maintain business resumption plan
• Conduct new user training sessions and orientation of new employees
• Administer corporate security policies
• Develop efficiency and enterprise project management solutions

IT Internship / PC Support Level II
June 2000 – May 2001: Automotive Supplier

• Supported 300 users at branch location
• Maintained user equipment: computers, PDAs, printers
• Helped level I support with advanced questions

Technology Editor / Web Editor
January 1999 – January 2000: College Newspaper

• Maintained and designed newspaper’s web site
• Composed columns for both print and online edition of newspaper

MIS Assistant
May 1999 – June 2000: HR/Benefit Services Company

• Designed, develop and maintain company Intranet
• Conducted new user training sessions and orientation of new employees
• Administered corporate security policies through firewall

Network Administrator / Summer Intern
Summer 1997: Global Engineering Company

• Designed, develop and maintain company Intranet
• Configured PC’s for network, installed new software and trained users on OS and software

Design Engineer / Summer Intern
Summer 1996: Global Engineering Company

• Developed two new parts for prototype product
• Participated in meetings illustrating importance of new part concepts

Draftsmen / Summer Intern
Summer 1995: Global Engineering Company

• Maintained blueprints for current and archived part assemblies
• Created changes to part assembly blueprints as directed by manager

Help Desk / Summer Intern
Summer 1994: Global Engineering Company

• Created and maintained Access based database to track software licenses
• Installed new software and hardware on existing PC’s with daily user interaction

1. I was born the same year Star Wars IV came out

2. I have an older brother

3. I have an older sister

4. When I was little I wanted to “be the guy that makes buildings”

5. Later I said construction worker

6. Later still I wanted to be an architect

7. When I was in high school I switched to mechanical engineering

8. In college I switched to computers

9. All because someone did something to my computer on a network and I was hooked

10. I graduated when I was 17…

11. Not because I was smart, but because I started school early

12. I always made friends with girls quicker then guys

13. In college I had more guy friends then girl friends

14. Growing up I was not a fan of reading books…

15. Now I read an average of 4 books a month

16. When I was little I wanted to know why things were and how things worked

17. As I got older I always wanted to know “Why?”

18. I tend to be secretive with my life

19. I used to think I wanted to be in the CIA…be a spook

20. Now I just dream about it

21. I like sailing…

22. Rock climbing

23. Camping / Hiking

24. Bicycling

25. Tree climbing

26. I went to Miami University – in Ohio

27. I have over 400 CDs that I purchased

28. I have over ___ CDs that I didn’t (I plead the 5th!)

29. I love almost all music

30. I hate country music

31. I have a watch fetish

32. I have a time fetish…all my clocks have to be accurate within seconds

33. I am rarely on time

34. I love organizing and reorganizing

35. Sometimes everything I have is disorganized

36. I dream big

37. My imagination runs away with wild ideas

38. I have 9 computers

39. …they are all in my bedroom

40. I went to Community College and got an Associates degree in Science

41. I like Asian art

42. I enjoy Eastern thought and philosophy

43. I used to draw decent

44. …now my stick figures look like I was blindfolded when drawing them

45. I print vs cursive

46. I wear glasses

47. I didn’t wear jeans for 5 or 6 years

48. I wore kaki pants for 5 or 6 years

49. I love French cuff shirts

50. …if I could afford it, every shirt I own would be French Cuff

51. I like dark colors

52. My favorite color is indigo

53. My Nicknames are: “J” “Just” “Just”

54. I LOVE graph paper

55. I am particular about my pens, they have to write and feel a certain way

56. I love cartoons

57. I still watch cartoons

58. I like business cards

59. I made my own business cards and handed them out instead of my real ones

60. I want to learn to speak Japanese

61. I spend more then I earn

62. I earn less then I want to spend

63. I’m not a church go-er

64. I went to Sunday school for 14 years (no lie)

65. I like dark and creepy art

66. I like dark and creepy music

67. I like flowery and cheesy art too

68. I used to work as a light jockey at night for a club

69. …that was one of my favorite jobs ever

70. I saw Wesley Snipes spin reggae one night after-hours

71. Who hasn’t tried this number before? (haha)

72. I like to consider that crime does pay sometimes

73. …then I talk myself out of it because I know I would get caught

74. I used to make my own report cards in middle school

75. …and in high school

76. I used to print my own progress reports as well

77. …I used to make those and report cards for my friends

78. I was held back in 9th grade math because I wouldn’t do my homework even thought I said I knew the material

79. …I went to summer school against the consoler’s recommendation

80. …I almost got an A

81. I almost didn’t graduate high school because I didn’t have enough English credits

82. …I got a D in my last English class; so I passed and graduated

83. …I got strait A’s in college in every English course I took

84. …and never less then a B on my papers in all of my classes

85. I graduated with good grades and an associates degree in science

86. I got kicked out of the next college I went to

87. …bad grades

88. I snuck into Oakland University and took classes for 3 years

89. …I got booted there too for bad grades

90. …the catch was my grades there were fine, but they didn’t know about Miami

91. I still have 8 classes left for my Bachelor’s degree

92. I have worked for 12 years in an office within my career path

93. I tend to ramble…and often

94. I can fall asleep in a car with ease

95. I love New York City!

96. I like reading inspirational quotes

97. One of my “theme songs” is by Neil Young: Searching for a Heart Of Gold

98. I am Armenian

99. I have to think of just one more thing

100. I hope I can save someone’s life one day

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Oh how cliché! Start up a blog and make yourself or your readers think that the world might change through your blog or your life might suddenly become more important if you let out all of your feelings.

Okay enough ripping on the blog world. What the hell do I intend to do with my blog? Who knows! A little bit of everything I presume. From ripping on types of people to talking about work, life, random things in general.

Make a note: this blog is really for me and not for you. :)

Cheers,

– J