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TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT PROFILE: Zak Keith |

Last update: Dec. 2008
Curriculum Vitae
My professional life as an Technology Consultant revolves around my technical, management, creative, language and social skills. On receiving my certifications with Microsoft in 1996, I began working as a technician at Ericsson, trouble-shooting problems on their LANs & WANs. My subsequent tasks included the defining and implementation of technical plans for systems integration. By 1999, I had moved on to programming assignments, web design and the development of client-server applications run across Intranets and the world-wide web. That same year I became a certified instructor at Learning Tree International, eventually utilizing these skills to supervise up to 150 technicians at a time in week-long seminars.
In 2000, I joined Accenture as an IT-management consultant, learning about the business side of the telecom industry. My area of focus became e-Commerce, IP-delivered media, data-matching technologies, and client-server software development. My assignments involved redefining software architecture according to Usability & Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) sciences, creative writing, the analyses of technological and cultural trends, and finding innovative solutions for the translation of human business needs into interactive computer functions.
Performance-oriented by nature, some merits I've earned include: Employer of the Month awards, Best Network Trouble-shooter Award, and Best Customer Service Award. I passed all certification exams on my first try at a time when the average was 3.8 tries, and received A's in Excel programming. Apart from employment in the IT-sector I have also worked as a volunteer in South-east Asia (’80s), as well as an English teacher and music instructor in several countries (early ’90s); through my own company, I provided proof-reading services, authored educational material and sold computer equipment.
My current goals are to work in environments which challenge me to grow and allow me to exercise my initiative; to further develop my IT and interpersonal leadership skills; to keep pace with and continue to specialize in web-delivered applications development and computer/network security issues. I work well in teams or independently. My socio-creative-analytical personality allows me to work both with general management (planning, product strategy and account management), as well as with intricate technical detailing and hands-on coding.
Thank you for your interest. Please feel free to contact me for any job offers or proposals you may have.
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BRIEF SUMMARY: quick overview |

Management Experience:
- Accenture (Andersen Consulting) — IT Management Consultant
- Jazzpuben Stampen AB — Marketing and Technical Manager
- Dell Computers — Project Leader
- Ericsson — Project Leader for Network Administration, Maintenance & Development
- Soul Enterprise — Band Leader
Personal Background:
| country of birth : |
England |
| citizenship : |
British |
| residence : |
Sweden |
| lived & worked in : |
Sweden, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany... Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand...etc. |
| languages : |
English (mother tongue), Swedish (fluent) Spanish (hobby), Russian (Hobby),
Thai, Hmong Tribal, Laotian (conversational, acquired through volunteer refugee work in the 80s) |
Overview of Computer Skills:
 (authorized to use MCP logo)
Operating Systems: UNIX NT Workst & Server Novell Core Windows XP, 2000 pro
Windows 9x, 3.x WFW 3.11 MS-DOS
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Programming: Perl CGI, HTML, XHTML, XML Javascript
Java Turbo Pascal, Delphi BASIC, VB, etc ASP (SQL query, etc) Excel (Macros, VB, etc) WML
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Applications: Dreamweaver, Flash NetObjects Fusion
PhotoShop, PSP pro InDesign Finale, Cubase FP 2000, IIS Office 9x — 200X Memo for Windows etc.
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LAN/Internet: UNIX, Apache NT, IIS Novell 4.11 Remote Access TCP/IP
Firewalls, Proxies, Routers, Antivirus Encryption etc.
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REFERENCES: Job & Education |

| Employment & Assignments |
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References: |
Jazzpuben Stampen AB Marketing & IT Manager F & B research, creative writing, print production, web-applications design |
2003—2007 |
Josef Haddad +46-70-7427013 |
Accenture(formerly Andersen Consulting) Communications & High-Tech Division Creative Design Management Team Management Consultant, Interactive Design • client list confidential |
000501—030531 |
tel: +46-84513414 |
International Development Europe
Networking Systems Consultant, Webmaster, Web-Applications Programmer for the following clients: |
970401—000430 |
Ulf Werngren tel: +46-8-52290100 |
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Swedish Defense Network Project Manager, ESOE Computer Support |
000306—000430 |
Klas Engström tel: +46-8-7191000 |
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Dell Computers, Sweden Compilation of complete support library for Dell Scandinavia, programming |
991227—000118 |
Johnny Dahlberg tel: +46-8-59005521 |
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Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden Y2K security, upgrading and optimization of ESOE computers
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991115—991210 |
Patric Ahleby tel: +46-8-7191000 |
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AP Fund 4, Stockholm, Sweden Installation of network, hardware and software, server/client computers |
991104—991110 |
Anders Petterson tel: +46-8-7877500 |
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Ericsson Software Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden Migration from Novell to NT master domain, support & installation of ESOE computers
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990515—990630 |
Torbjörn Grahm &/or Hamid Davoodi, tel: +46-455-395000 |
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Ericsson LME, Telefonplan, Sweden Installation of ESOE computers for upper management core |
981017—990130 |
Hamid Davoodi, tel: +46-8-7191000 |
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Ericsson Radio Systems, Kista, Sweden Administration, management & onsite maintenance of LAN, specialized print-servers & graphics workstations |
980120—980630 |
Sören Wallin,
tel: +46-8-7571000 |
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Ericsson Data, Telefonplan, Sweden Administration of LAN, installation & support of workstations, training junior technicians
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970401—980109 |
Johnny Andersson, Sten Lundin tel: +46-8-7190000 |
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Learning Tree International Instructor |
certified since 1999 |
Leif Hörnell tel: +46-8-6818727 |
Artist Galleriet Webmaster |
980501—991231 |
Maria Modin tel: +46-8-7555722 |
Södertälje District Kulturskolan, Sweden Computerisation of Music Library, arrangment & printing of scores for 18-piece jazz band |
950801—960105 |
Claes Eriksson tel: +46--8--55021539 |
Södertälje District Kulturskolan, Sweden Computerised layout and printing of music scores |
940101—940601 |
Claes Eriksson tel: +46--8--55021539 |
KMH - Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm Extra resource Instructor in improvisation and guitar studies |
1992—1995 |
Claes Eriksson tel: +46--8--55021539 |
Lidingö District, Bodalskolan, Sweden Teacher -- Music & English |
910815—921220 |
Ingemar Jansson tel: +46--8--7650223 |
Hanninge Kommun, Ribbyskolan, Sweden Teacher -- English |
910201—910608 |
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[company name removed] (own company) Production and distribution of Music Educational matierial |
1989—1994 |
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McGrath Corp. (USA/Thailand) Proof-reading and Secretarial services; Investment consultancy |
1987—1988 |
Moira French Atlanta, GA, USA |
RSPCA & various organizations Volunteer |
1982—86 |
K. McGrath SE-Asia Res-Rep, UN
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| Education & Certification: |
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References: |
| UNIX - Sun Solaris 7.0 System Administration |
Feb. 2000 |
Bengt Skyllqvist Sun microsystems |
| Train the Trainer |
Dec. 1999 |
Learning Tree International |
| Designing Great Web Pages, 487 |
Dec. 1999 |
Learning Tree International |
| Webpages using ASP |
Apr. 1999 |
Informatör |
| Intranetware 4.11 Administration (CNA) |
Dec. 1997 |
Joakim Ganse Data Construction |
Microsoft Certified Professional Product Specialist NT wkst & NT srv |
Jan. 1997 |
Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 tel: +1 206 882 8080 fax: +1 206 936 7329
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Windows NT Systems Engineering (MCSE) C3L (Komvux), Tyresö |
1996 |
Göran Hillgren tel: +46--8-7429990 or Tony Kiiskinen Microsoft Certified Instructor, TKI |
Data Processing Management Camstrat AB (Komvux) Bromma |
1996 |
Parvis Kamjou |
Grund-SFI Basic Swedish |
1990 |
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| Music & Pedagogoics |
< 1980 |
Various countries |
| Science/Technical |
< 1980 |
Various countries |
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