James M. Van Dorn
117 Broadway #106
New Virginia, IA 50210
Home phone: (816) 399-3676

Cell Phone: (515) 577-8755
Email:
cv@vandorn.net

eFax Number: (717)326-6601


CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE:


NETWORK MANAGER for 3 Corporations of AEC GROUP:

Applied Electronics Corporation, St. Charles, IA,

AEC Enterprises, New Virginia, IA,

Agro-Globe Engineering, Johnston, IA, St. Charles, IA 50240 Justin Lundberg, Vice President of Operations (515) 975-8808

April 20th, 2009 - Present

I.T. SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

J and D Computer Services, Grimes, IA 50111 Jason Shiffer, President (515) 249-1374

November 2003 - Present, (after hours, weekends - on call)

TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST

State of Iowa - Department of Human Services, Woodward Resource Center, Woodward, IA

November 2003 - Present


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES SPECIALIST

State of Iowa - Department of Human Services, Woodward Resource Center, Woodward, IA

June 2003 - November 2003

State of Iowa - Commission of Veterans Affairs, Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, IA

October 2002 - June 2003

*Reduction in Force Layoff date:01/10/02; TOOK CLASSES AT DMACC; recalled to State Employment - October of 2002

State of Iowa - Department of Human Services, Boone, Dallas, and Story County DHS Offices

May 2000 - January 2002*

I.T. FIELD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (Central, Northern and Eastern Iowa)

Trisec Computer Service, Omaha, NE

July 2002 - October 2002


SCHOLARS STUDENT - CIETC: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Des Moines Area Community College

January 2002 - July 2002

Certificate of Completion, July 2002


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTOR - USPS

Brooks and Stewards, Perry, IA

May 2002 - July 2002


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTOR - USPS

D&M Computer Service, Des Moines, IA

January 1998 - April 2000


COMPUTER OPERATOR

Communications Data Services, Boone, IA

August 1997 - January 1998


STAFF ANNOUNCER

KMXD-FM 106.3 mHz, Des Moines, IA

June 1996 - August 1997



CERTIFICATIONS/ACCREDITATIONS:


CompTIA: Network+ Certified Professional and CompTIA: A+ Certified Professional

Certificate Validation Network+ Exam (N10-002) #: M1BDTT5102

Certificate Validation A+ Core (220-101) #: DDFDTT1334

Certificate Validation A+ DOS/Microsoft Windows (220-102) #: DE1DTT5783

MS OFFICE Administrative Professional Coursework:

MOUS: Completion of 18 New Horizons Tech Courses (Beginning through Advanced):

Access, Intro to App Dev, Word, Outlook, W2k, W9x, Access, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Tips/Tricks/Macros,

Web Page Development Accreditations: Quilogy professional training in:

Web Development Technologies: Microsoft Training Course 1912a

STATE OF IOWA DAS-ITE Computer-Based Training (Smartforce, now SkillSoft.com)


EDUCATION:

164 Collegiate Credit Hours earned

Simpson College, Indianola, IA: (1987-1992)

Music Major, Computer Interests in BASIC, SQL, QBE, and rDBMS

Drake University, Des Moines, IA: (1984 - 1987) and (1993 - 1994)

Music Major

DMACC (periodically, for credit and non-credit coursework)

Information Technologies Scholars Program (2002)

Basic Piano Tuning and Repair - 60 CE Hrs. (2006)

Simpson Cornerstone Transfer Coursework

S.T.O.P. Bus Transportation Annual Training

New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Des Moines, IA

Microsoft OS, AppDev and MOUS Courses

Skillsoft CBT, State of Iowa DAS-ITE eLearning IT Courses (Smartforce) 2000-2003

CBT SkillChoice IT Collection; W2k Server/Workstation, COBOL, AS400, Project Management, Active Directory


HOBBIES, ACTIVITIES, HONORS:


Emertis, REGISTERED AGENT, PRESIDENT and VOLUNTEER of a 501(c)3 Non Profit Org.

PEGASUS, Inc. - Television Ch. 12, Perry, IA, (December 1994 - August 2004)


LICENCED AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR (HAM RADIO) - KB0PXN (1994-Present)


PROFESSIONAL PERCUSSIONIST:

CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE, * Timpanist and Percussion 2006 - Present

CENTRAL IOWA SYMPHONY, * Timpanist, Ames, IA, 2008

Sacred Heart's SAX N BRASS, Principal Percussionist, 2003-Present

University of Illinois Alumni Band, FISAF Recording Artist, Percussion, 2006 - Present

Des Moines Community Playhouse Percussionist - (1980s and 1990's)

Emeritus, Des Moines Musician's Union Local 75, Community Bands, etc.


Computers at Home: Microsoft Windows and Linux-Debian-based Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop/Server on Personal LAN

Development at Home: Writing and Supporting Dynamic Web Pages for Non-Profit Organizations


REFERENCES:

Available upon request.


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jmv