Paul Flatt

3326 10TH ST S
MOORHEAD, MN 56560
PHONE: 218-329-1366
E-MAIL: paul@paulflatt.com


WORK
EXPERIENCE

10/2004 - Current
OfficeMax
Fargo, ND
Logistics/Sales Associate

Main tasks were stocking shelves and driving sales in electronics, supplies, and furniture departments. Often helped customers with electronics issues in store and by phone.


7/2003 - 8/2003, 7/2002 - 8/2002, 7/2001 - 8/2001, 8/2000
Independent School District #22 - Detroit Lakes School District
Detroit Lakes, MN
Lab Preparation

Set up new computers. Fixed both software and hardware problems on older computers including installing and upgrading various software packages to be used in labs and teacher workstations across all schools in the district.


7/2003 - 8/2003
Wal-Mart
Detroit Lakes, MN
Stockman

Largely involved parking lot maintenance, cart removal. Helping customers load and unload large packages.


8/2000 - 5/2002
City of Detroit Lakes - LakesNet
Detroit Lakes, MN
Internet Support Technician

Position consisted of two parts:

Main duty was technical support for dial-up connections for the city-owned Internet Service Provider, "LakesNet," solving both software and hardware issues. Most support was done over the phone though on-site, in-house, and email correspondence was also common. Less common LakesNet issues included support of software-related problems for broadband wireless connections, signing-up and adding of new customers, virus removal, and web design.

Second portion of position consisted of support for a wide variety of issues for the computers run at the city offices, police department, and water treatment plant.


2/2002 - 5/2002, 3/2000 - 5/2000
Independent School District #22 - Detroit Lakes High School, Middle School
Detroit Lakes, MN
Lab Supervisor

Helped students with any technical issues, application questions, and ensured appropriate Internet usage.



EDUCATION

North Dakota State University - Fargo, ND
Currently enrolled in the Computer Science B.S. program.

Detroit Lakes High School - Detroit Lakes, MN
Obtained high school diploma graduating with honors. Cumulative GPA of 3.6.

SOFTWARE
EXPERIENCE

Operating Systems: Windows(9x, 2000, XP), DOS, Linux, MacOS (Classic and X), BeOS.
Server Packages: Apache (1.3 and 2.0), openSSH, ProFTPd.
Web Apps: Internet Explorer, Mozilla/Netscape, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Konqueror.
E-Mail Apps: Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Mozilla/Netscape Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Opera Mail, Evolution, Kmail.
Other Internet Apps: PCAnywhere, Timbuktu, Telnet/SSH, VNC, FTP, IM, IRC clients.
Software Packages: Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Photoshop, Dreamweaver.
Programming Languages: Java, C, C++, and PHP.
Other Skills: web design (xhtml + css), TCP/IP networking, comfortable with Windows Registry, virus and spyware removal.


HARDWARE
EXPERIENCE

Comfortable with addition or removal of all standard PC components, BIOS.


PROFESSIONAL
REFERENCES

Linda Olson
Technology Coordinator (Retired)
Independent School District #22 - Detroit Lakes High School
linda@detroitlakes.com
Home: 218-847-5228


Kurt McClain
Communications Supervisor
City of Detroit Lakes Public Utilities
kmcclain@lakesnet.net
Work: 218-847-7609 Home: 218-847-7038