FRANK A. TAYLOR, JR.
2405 Park Lake Lane Norcross, GA 30092
Voice Mail:(404) 726-0729
e-mail: [email protected]
OBJECTIVE
Consulting or management position in a network environment that integrates
Novell and Microsoft platforms and provides challenging growth opportunities.
EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Master of Science in Management, June 1996
Activities:
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Computer Planning Committee,
Entrepreneur's
Club, Christmas in April, Intramural Basketball
Winning Team
Member - 1996 NAIOP School Challenge
Southern College of Technology
Marietta, GA
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Technology, June 1989
Activities:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vice Chairman
EXPERIENCE
Technical Instructor Atlanta, GA
New Horizons Computer
Learning Center, August 1996 – Present
• Served as instructor
for Certified Novell Networking Courses, various application courses and
A+
Hardware
Certification Courses.
• Performed routine
tasks pertaining to management and upgrading of the New Horizons local
area network.
Multimedia Presentation Developer
Atlanta, GA
Georgia Tech School
of Management Multimedia Lab, June 1995 - Present
• Created multimedia
presentations for classroom instruction using Power Point, Astound, Adobe
Photoshop, and
various graphical and audio editing software.
Volunteer Information Services Coordinator
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Committee
for the Olympic Games (ACOG), July 1995 - Present
• Helped run networking
cable and performed other tasks related to venue network set-up.
• Assisted in solving
networking problems at World Championship and Olympic sports venues.
• Helped scorekeepers
and results personnel troubleshoot software and hardware problems on laptops
and network
PC’s.
Freelance Personal Computer Systems Consultant
Atlanta, GA
Various Individuals
and Organizations, June 1995 - Present
• Performed various
consulting tasks including software training, PC analysis/optimization
and presentation
development for several Professors and local companies.
Operations Supervisor - Technical
Fremont, OH/Maryville, MO
Eveready Battery Company,
February 1990-May 1994
• Supervised
manufacturing, maintenance and project operations in several departments.
• Served as
local network administrator
• Performed
planning and scheduling functions for manufacturing processes.
• Organized
support staff and directed business teams to achieve goals.
• Coordinated
training programs and planned implementation of new procedures.
• Increased
efficiency of lantern battery manufacturing process by 90% through maintenance
and operational
improvements.
• Introduced
new recovery procedure which lowered scrap by 5%.
• Developed
mix manufacturing procedure which lowered scrap by 8%.
• Created and
published the first informational newsletter for employees.
CERTIFICATIONS
A+ Hardware Certification
October, 1996
Certified Novell Instructor
(CNI) December, 1996
Certified Novell Engineer
(CNE4) February, 1997
Certified Novell Engineer
(Intranetware CNE) August, 1997
COMPUTER SKILLS
Experience with both IBM and
Macintosh personal computers. Knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Word,
Excel,
Access and several other
software packages. Experience with Internet, World Wide Web,
HTML programming and
several on-line computer
services.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Volunteer member of Mountain
View Personal Care Home Fundraising Committee
Volunteer computer instructor
for Atlanta Boys and Girls Club
ADDITIONAL DATA
Enjoy Basketball, racquetball,
skiing, water sports, traveling, scuba diving, computers and model R/C
airplanes.
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