Steve Kerr

Steve Kerr

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Vice President | Citrix Technical Engineer (III) at M&T Bank

  • Education

    • DeVry Online - Game Programming and Simulation

      2006 - 2009
      Bachelor's Game Programming
    • The Art Institutes

      1995 - 1997
      Associates 3D Modeling and Animation

      Activities and Societies: Areas of study included: Color Theory, Life Drawing, Scultping, Anatomy, Traditional Animation and 3D diciplines. Also studied video production and worked with classmates on their video projects from time to time. Spent most of my final semester living in the SGI lab, learning Alias Wavefront.

    • Erie Community College

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      Cisco Networking Technologies
    • Erie Community College

      2014 - 2015
      Network Support Cisco Route & Switch A

      IT Essentials I & II, Route & Switch, MS Server, Networking Fundamentals, Accessing the WAN

  • Experience

    • SpiderNet

      Sept 1998 - Nov 1999
      Pixel Wrangler

      Built 3D models using Alias Studio for internal and external websites.

    • The Crocodile Lounge

      Dec 1999 - Aug 2002
      Shipping Manager - Network Administrator

      Helped start a mail order company. Daily activities included product shipping and network maintenance. Also generally helped out wherever possible, including phone support with customers. Also built and maintained company website.

    • Freelance Animator

      Jan 2000 - Jun 2004
      Animator

      Helped build and animate product demonstrations using 3D Studio Max & Maya for EDT Productions in Jamestown NY.

    • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

      Jun 2002 - Feb 2004
      Benefit Administrator

      Daily activities included managment of client policy records and coordination of client information between partner companies.

    • The Crocodile Lounge

      Apr 2004 - Jun 2007
      Shipping Manager - Network Administrator

      Handled product shipping as well as network administration. Also in charge of company website development and maintanence.

    • Steve Kerr

      Jul 2007 - Jun 2018
      Freelance - Web Developer / Designer Extraordinaire

      Graphic design for print and web using InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Web site planning, development, programming and maintenance, including custom PHP, Java scripting and custom SQL implementation/integration. Hosting preparation, 301 redirects, Google SEO/Webmaster familiarity and "best practices" implementation. Platform detection, CSS responsive designs. DNS migration and management.

    • Buffalo International Film Festival

      Sept 2008 - Apr 2014
      Volunteer Designer/Animator

      Help to create a number of assets including the 2009 animated BIFF logo which was run out to 35mm motion picture film. Created 2008/2009 UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage posters. Helped to design and produce the program book for the Mickey Mouse Movie Masterpieces event at Shea's in April of 2009. Produced countless promotional materials.

    • Marketing Technologies

      Feb 2009 - Jun 2010
      Marketing Services Manager

      Use After Effects to create animated 15 - 30 second advertisement spots for the Boulevard Mall LCD display array. Also work with InDesign, Bulk Mailer, and Excel to help produce dynamic, variable data driven marketing materials.

    • InterLattice.Net

      Sept 2012 - Aug 2014
      Web Developer / Designer Extraordinaire

      Small to medium sized network management, web development (html, css, php), custom Quickbooks integration with Java based UniCenta POS using NetBeans IDE, MySQL, DB triggers and OpenSync. Systems administration, repair, backups. Data drops, Wireless AP installation (UniFi system). RDP remote management.

    • PCI

      Aug 2015 - Jun 2021

      Helping to bridge the gap between project development, deployment, and servicing across all departments, locations and clients. Work as LAN Admin for a number of Enterprise class clients. Grant access via AD group memberships. Manage client tape backups and shadows, coordinate offsite tape storage with multiple rotation schedules. Configuration of VDI's. Server patching and decoms. Powershell scripting.

      • Project Integration Team, Systems Engineer Level II

        Dec 2015 - Jun 2021
      • LAN Administrator

        Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
    • M&T Bank

      Jun 2021 - now
      Citrix Technical Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching

      Cisco
      Jul 2015
    • Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician

      Cisco
      Jun 2015