Thursday, July 1, 2010

Resume


Daniel Wayne Johnston
Daniel.Wayne.Johnston@gmail.com

Objective
  • To further my skill-set, experience, and grow with the company.

Skills
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Sony Vegas
  • Audacity Audio Editor and Recorder
  • 5 years+ Customer Service experience
  • Data Entry and Analysis experience
  • MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access
  • Aspect - eWorkforce Management, Real-time Adherence, and Empower
  • Network systems administration

Education
UTPB
  • Pursuing BBA in Business Administration – Major Degree in Management

Experience
Midessa Television Company - IT Engineer
September 7th, 2011 - Present
  • Maintain and install station equipment
  • Responsibilities include operating, repairing, and troubleshooting station computers and other IT equipment
  • Support employees with day to day computer and software needs
  • Network administration
  • Troubleshoot down to component level
  • Maintain, set up, and administer software
  • Monitors equipment for quality of operation and compliance with FCC standards, rules, and regulations using test equipment, including DUM, waveforms, vector scope, and oscilloscope
  • Sets up, operates, and maintains the electronic equipment used to transmit the station’s television programs
  • Operates, repairs and troubleshoot transmitters, satellite equipment, and receivers to broadcast the station’s television programs
  • Monitoring strength, clarity, and reliability of incoming and outgoing signals, and adjusting equipment as necessary to maintain quality broadcasts
  • Conducts general maintenance of station equipment

KWES*TV - Master Control Operator
September 23rd, 2010 - September 6th, 2011
  • Maintain Clean On Air Operations
  • Switch Commercial Breaks For All Stations
  • Enter Commercials Into Servers
  • Transfer Commercial Production
  • Record Satellite Feeds
  • Maintain On-Air Log
  • Take Transmitter Readings
  • Record / Segment & Ingest KTLE Newscast
  • Run CG / Ticker Programs
  • Operate All Skycams
  • Maintain Audio & Video Levels
  • Set Up Live Shots From Studio
  • Perform Production Asst Duties As Necessary

Sinclair Communications – Clear Sales Rep
September 3rd, 2010 – September 22nd, 2010
  • Generated sales via marketing campaigns
  • Advised store patrons of various rate plans and devices
  • Technical Support - Installation, Configuration, Optimization
  • Inventory tracking

Petsmart Inc. – Cashier
February 15th, 2010 – April 25th, 2010
  • Met or exceeded all goals in value branding efforts
  • Handled cash, credit, & check payments using electronic point of sale machine
  • Pet Care certified to handle pets available for purchase
  • Knowledgeable in various pet care products
  • Setup Grand Opening of store / continued stocking duties

Telvista Inc. – Intraday Assistant
February 12th, 2007 – August 10th, 2009
  • Analysis of call center metrics
  • Produced hourly reports to advise management regarding
    • Productivity
    • Schedule adherence
    • Voluntary time off / overtime
    • Service level goals and projections
  • Monitored employees' schedule adherence, staffing levels and agent productivity
  • Accurately entered exceptions and time-off requests into timekeeping system.
  • Answered the call-in line to keep track of and report absences and real-time staffing.

Telvista Inc. – Technical Support
July 10th, 2006 – February 12th, 2007
  • Answered incoming inquiries, responded to customer questions and solved problems according to standardized procedures while maintaining a courteous manner.
  • Investigated & identified customer needs via telephone.
  • Troubleshot to diagnose and solve software, hardware, & network problems via
    • Multiple client tools
    • Client specific reference materials/scripting
    • Customer service savvy
  • Logged on/off secure customer care system and accessed account files.
  • Accurately captured all customer and issue related information in the proper database.
  • Lead customers through documented process of troubleshooting software, hardware, & network problems.
  • Stayed current with latest technology changes.
  • Provided support to Technical Support Representatives and took escalated calls.

Telvista Inc. – Customer Service
April 17th, 2006 – July 7th, 2006
  • Accessed account files, took orders and processed orders.
  • Asked focused questions and gathered information to determine customer needs.
  • Investigated & identified customer needs via telephone.
  • Used client specific reference materials and customer service skills.
  • Explained products, services, options and related charges clearly and concisely.

Odessa College – Continuing Education Registration Assistant
March 22nd, 2005 – April 14th, 2006
  • Advised and registered students
  • Entered and processed payments for students through telnet terminal into database
  • Processed professor evaluation forms into Excel

References
Available Upon Request