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KEVIN PATEL

 EDUCATION

University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX May 2010
Master of Business Administration, May 2010
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, May 2006

 EXPERIENCE

DPK, Inc. D.B.A. Subway, Dallas, TX November 2007 - Current
Multi-Unit Supervisor, Business Development

  • Maintain, update and deploy IT systems (POS, LAN, Remote Access, Surveillance, Online Training)
  • Explore new business franchises and locations
  • Keep stores in compliance with headquarters

Nortel, Richardson, TX May 2006 - October 2007
Operations & Tools Specialist, Emergency Recovery

  • Reduce system recovery times during emergency outages globally 24x7
  • Develop and implement Disaster Recovery for server outages and infrastructure plan for system engineers
  • Design and maintain knowledge bases in SharePoint, Livelink and Knova CMS Systems
  • Participate in Lean 6 Six Sigma activities and develop tools as needed for implementation
  • Contribute to process and tool enhancements to improve efficiency and simplify as required
  • Participate directly or indirectly with the ER team to review all internal process/tools and streamline for efficiency
  • Support the Outage Analysis team with tools for ETTR/30MSR and outage analysis reporting
  • Maintain: All servers, websites, workstations and knowledge bases that are used during severe network outages
  • Consolidated servers, databases and websites into a single seamless instance. Accomplished using VMWare ESX Servers, Windows Server 2003, mirrored SQL 2005 databases and ASP.Net
  • Planned proposals for reducing time to connect to customer network using VMWare Lab Manager
  • Business Continuity Plans: Viruses, Data Centers, Network Outages, Evacuations, Communications
  • Deployed Nortel's first development MOSS 2007 farm  

Various Companies, TX
Technology Contractor

  • Montague boot company, Nocona: Consultant on need to upgrade away from legacy systems
  • Norris Systems, Dallas: Rectified rack mount systems, demonstrating analytical skills.
  • Keller Williams Realty, Richardson: Designed and installed technology infrastructure, which improved company’s overall operating efficiency
  • Family & Sports Medicine Clinic, Denton: Modified scheduling software, which contributed to company’s productivity
  • OMNI Eye Care, Plano: Repaired medical equipment hardware, showing technical skill

 LEADERSHIP

 AWARDS

  • 1st place Association of Information Technology Professionals Graduate Application Development Regional Contest
  • 2nd place in region for Computer Associates International Case Competition
  • Global Business Strategy Simulation Winner
  • Student Government
    • Executive Committee Chairman of the Year
    • Senator of the Month & Year
  • 1st place for manned hovercraft in Garland ISD Power Technology Transportation Competition.

 CERTIFICATIONS

Network Overviews

  • UMTS, GPRS, GSM & GSM-R
  • CDMA, TDMA, CDMA 2000 1xEV-DO
  • Packet Core Data
  • Voice Core Data

Nortel Products

  • Versatile Service Engine
  • DMS & XA-Core
  • Universal Signaling Point
  • Core Billing Manager
  • SupeNode Data Manager
  • Home & Visitor Location Registries
  • Packet MSC

 COMPUTER SKILLS

  • CAD: AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Visio
  • Computer Languages: Assembly, C, C++, C#, Petri Nets, Prolog, Scheme, SML, SQL
  • Database: MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle
  • IDE: Borland Turbo C++, Eclipse, Rational Software, Visual Studio
  • Mainframe: z/OS
  • Multimedia: Maya, Photoshop, Premier Pro
  • Operating Systems: DOS - Windows 7, Linux/Unix, SOS, VMWare, Windows NT - 2008 R2
  • Office Productivity: Access, Acrobat, Communicator, Excel, InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook, Project, Word
  • Server: Hyper-V, IIS, ISA, RSA Authentication Manager, SharePoint, VMWare ESX
  • Web: ASP.Net, Google Web Toolkit, HTML, PHP

 INTEREST

  • Wake Sports
  • Snow Skiing
  • Rugby
  • Scuba Diving
  • Traveling

 ABOUT ME

  • United States Citizen
  • Clearable