Joshua Kairis
mrkairis@egames4kids.com
Professional Experience:
Geneva Public School District 304 , District-wide Computer Technician
January 2006 – September 2008, Geneva IL
•Provided hardware and software support to staff and students in all 5 elementary school buildings and staff as well as the district's central office.
•Installed and setup new technology equipment ranging from computers, printers, and mobile phones.
•Consulted district staff on new technology purchases.
Projects & Achievements
  • Designed and developed new methods and ways of installation and set up of new equipment dramatically increasing effeciency.
  • Oversaw installation of numerous large scale computer deployments and installations.
  • Developed and redesigned inventory management system for elementary schools..
Egames4kids.com & TR4EE.org, Webmaster/Founder
June 2004 – Present, South Elgin IL
• Responsible for original site design, creation and implementation.
• Performing all of Internet marketing for the website.
• Maintaining and updating the website, information and statistic tracking, developing new content ideas and plans for implementation.
Projects & Achievements
  • Created and designed over 20 different educational software packages.
  • Maintained and updated website since its launch date and devised.
Otter Creek Elementary School, Computer Instructor
August 2003 – January 2006, Elgin IL

• Consulted technology committee on hardware and software to purchase.
• Worked with teachers to design and create educational games for students.
• Provided hardware and software support to staff and students.

Projects & Achievements
  • Designed and developed many software applications to educate and help students.
  • Taught numerous software packages to students and teachers.
  • Designed and started Egames4kids.com, a website used by students to play the software developed.
Argonne National Laboratory, Help Desk Support Manager
May 2002 –August 2003, Argonne IL
• Provided technical support to the users of Educational Networking Consortium.
• Maintained and managed network servers – SQL, Web, and Mail.
• Trained and supervised new technical support employees.
• Provided desktop support to office staff resolving internal network problems.
Projects & Achievements
  • Designed and created a database used to gather valuable system-wide information
  • Planned and created an instructional CD, used by all new accounts.
  • Successfully reduced number of support calls by 75 percent.
  • Designed queries to analyze data and then created reports using that data.
  • Aided in design of multiple databases and network applications.
Technical Skills:
Languages:
Web - HTML, JavaScript, VBscript, PHP, Macromedia Flash Actionscript 2.0
Application - Java, Visual C++, Visual Basic
Database – SQL
Graphics
- OpenGL
Software Packages:

Microsoft – Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista, Office XP/2003/2007
Linux – Red Hat 8.0, Workstation & Server, Ubuntu
Anti-Virus – Norton, McAffe, AVG, Trend Micro, NOD32
Web Servers – Windows IIS, Apache 2.x
Database Servers – Microsoft SQL, MySQL
Adobe - Photoshop CS3, Premiere CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3, Fireworks CS3
Education:

North Central College, Naperville IL
Bachelor of Science, June 2003
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
Cumulative GPA: 3.0

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