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.
 

Back
Back