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Brent Jones
Objective Experience Use my skills and gifts to motivate and train people to excel
Computer applications teacher at Manley High School, Chicago, IL (2008-2009) Chemistry teacher at Englewood High School, Chicago, IL (2007-2008) Database Analyst at Loyola University Health Services (2006--2007) Chemistry teacher at Proviso West High School, Hillside, IL (2002--2006) Senior Computer Support Analyst: Database and PC support West Suburban Hospital Physician Services, Oak Park. (1999 – 2002) Computer Analyst: Database administration & queries, webmaster, PC and network support at Centennial Express, Lombard, IL (1996--1999) Software Applications Trainer at Catapult Software Training, Chicago, IL (1994--1996) Christian Missionary to Pakistan with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (1985--1994) Studied Urdu, Taught English to Afghan refugees, Managed a recording studio with staff of 5, Taught and supported computer users. Chemistry, Physics and Physical Science teacher at Stevenson H.S., Lincolnshire, IL (2 years) and Proviso East H.S., Maywood, IL (5 years)
Education B.S. in Science Education from the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 1973 Chemistry specialty Graduated magna cum laude M.S. in Education from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 1975 Instructional Media specialty Graduated summa cum laude
Interests
Reading, computers, gardening
Computer experience
Microsoft Certified Professional Win NT 4.0 LAN installation and administration—Ethernet 10/100 Novell LAN installation and administration—ARCnet, Token Ring Lotus cc:Mail installation and administration Install & configuration of modems, DSU/CSU, MAU, hubs, routers, switches, wireless networks Repair and upgrade PCs: motherboard, RAM, power supplies, etc. AS/400 to PC data migration / translation Extensive experience with MS Office—Win 3.1x; 95; 97;2000; XP; 2005 Corporate Trainer: DOS 1 through 8 , Win 3, Win 95, WordStar, MultiMate, DisplayWrite II, Word Perfect, Word, Lotus 123, Symphony, Framework, Quattro Pro, Excel, Access, Netscape Communicator, Internet Explorer, Relational database design in dBase II to IV, Access 1, 2, 95, 97 including replication, simple Visual Basic coding SQL query design Web site design
Special Ability
To learn technical processes for myself and be able to translate and explain jargon and complex processes so that I can train other to effectively use technology.