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Zak Keith: IT-management Consultant

Quotable Quotes:

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. ”

Bill Gates

 

TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT PROFILE: Zak Keith

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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 company Keith Productions, 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

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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:

Microsoft Certified Professional
(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
Programming:
Perl CGI,
HTML, XHTML, XML
Javascript
Java
Turbo Pascal, Delphi
BASIC, VB, etc
ASP (SQL query, etc)
Excel (Macros, VB, etc)
WML
Applications:
Dreamweaver, Flash
NetObjects Fusion
PhotoShop, PSP pro
InDesign
Finale, Cubase
FP 2000, IIS
Office 9x — 200X
Memo for Windows
etc.
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

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Employment & Assignments   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
Swedish Defense Network
Project Manager, ESOE Computer Support
000306—000430 Klas Engström
tel: +46-8-7191000
Dell Computers, Sweden
Compilation of complete support library for
Dell Scandinavia, programming
991227—000118 Johnny Dahlberg
tel: +46-8-59005521
Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Y2K security, upgrading and optimization of
ESOE computers
991115—991210 Patric Ahleby
tel: +46-8-7191000
AP Fund 4, Stockholm, Sweden
Installation of network, hardware and software, server/client computers
991104—991110 Anders Petterson
tel: +46-8-7877500
Ericsson Software Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden
Migration from Novell to NT master domain, support & installation of ESOE computers
990515—990630 Torbjörn Grahm &/or
Hamid Davoodi,
tel: +46-455-395000
Ericsson LME, Telefonplan, Sweden
Installation of ESOE computers
for upper management core
981017—990130 Hamid Davoodi,
tel: +46-8-7191000
Ericsson Radio Systems, Kista, Sweden
Administration, management & onsite maintenance of LAN, specialized print-servers & graphics workstations
980120—980630 Sören Wallin,
tel: +46-8-7571000
Ericsson Data, Telefonplan, Sweden
Administration of LAN, installation & support of workstations, training junior technicians
970401—980109 Johnny Andersson,
Sten Lundin
tel: +46-8-7190000
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  
Keith Productions (own company)
Production and distribution of Music Educational matierial
1989—1994
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:   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
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
Music & Pedagogoics < 1980 Various countries
Science/Technical < 1980 Various countries

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