Jess Ashby, CTS - Technology Background

2011 - Present	Design Associate — Electrosonic Assisting consultants in the design of large-scale audio, video, and control systems in venues ranging from theme parks to cruise ships to museums.
2011	Product Development Specialist — TMB Spearheaded the development of new and improved products for the stage lighting, special effects, and video industries, and remained on-call to assist customers and users with technical support issues.
2009 - 2011	Product Specialist — TMB As product developer, brought to market the ProPlex OptoSplitter 2x8 DMX data splitter and made significant headway with five additional products. As product trainer, conducted international training seminars and demonstrations with media servers and lighting consoles. As product support, provided customer assistance with lighting fixtures, lighting controllers, video controllers, and more. As product marketer, proofread and brainstormed technical advertisements.
2006 - 2010	Student Crew Chief — Ferguson Center for the Arts A/V and lighting technician in a 4-hall facility including 1700-seat and 440-seat proscenium roadhouses, a 300-seat modified thrust theater, and a 200-seat black box.

2007	Director of Technical Operations — Digital Media Productions Group at Christopher Newport University Played a key role within IT Services' Digital Media Productions Group by setting up and maintaining newsroom computers and video equipment. Also sat on the content development team and implemented streaming media as webmaster of our PHP-driven site.
2006 - 2007	SMART Cart Technician — IT Services at Christopher Newport University Participated on the IT Services team that maintained and repaired the SMART panels, SMART boards, computers, and other audiovisual equipment in university classrooms. Assignments included developing a training video for faculty.
2005 - 2006	Conference Operations Shift Lead — Airlie Conference Center Ensured the satisfaction of guests and managers by overseeing event setup teams, completing setups with various audiovisual and networking elements, and maintaining audiovisual equipment inventory. Also received Certified Technology Specialist credentials from InfoComm International.
2004 - 2005	Conference Support Person — Airlie Conference Center Demonstrated above-average attention to detail and a technical proficiency with regard to conference room and event setups, and became the recognized night shift specialist for audiovisual and telecommunications support.

2006 - 2009

Information Technician — Airlie Conference Center
Administered servers, workstations, and telecommunications systems for business-critical and guest applications, maintained and expanded voice and data networks, generated schematics and documentation, provided voice and data support for guests and employees, and served as a resource for auxiliary audiovisual services. Major projects included:

Site analysis, implementation strategy, and installation of a 600-pair voice and data cross-connect (2008)
Integration of a WLAN across the main 40-acre campus, including site evaluation, planning, and installation (2007)
Voice and data wiring for a dormitory renovation (2007)
Installation of temperature monitoring system for a three-room industrial refrigerator (2007)
Various voice and data cable installations (2007-08)
Installation of ISDN lines (2007)
Site investigation and creation of a highly detailed infrastructure manual for the Center's voice and data systems (2006)

Also administered Active Directory, DNS, Exchange, Terminal Server, IIS, and Windows file servers, as well as voicemail, switches, firewalls, and an Avaya PBX consisting of 500 analog, digital, and VoIP extensions.

In August 2008, I installed this 600-pair cross-connect at the hub of Airlie's main campus. This project used a quarter-mile of new wire, and affected voice and data connectivity in the majority of campus buildings.

I worked 28 hours in the first 32 hours after disconnect in order to get all critical systems back online. I completed the last connection by hour 48.

These are before and after photographs.