About
Chris YargerSummary
Open Minded individual, Determined, and Willing to go to great lengths to accomplish my goals. I plan on continuing my education and furthering a lifelong career in the IT Industry.
Experience
Representative
Self-employed
Jan 2019 - Present (3 years 8 months +)
General Laborer
May 2014 - Present (8 years 4 months +)
General labor, Assembly, Repair, Refurbishing and Cleaning of Wood pellet central heating systems.
Independent Contractor
2010 - Present (12 years 8 months +)
Electronics Engineering, IT system development, Linux server administration
Educator
Jun 2008 - Present (14 years 3 months +)
Training, Development, and advocating Open Source systems
Owner / Manager
2006 - Present (16 years 8 months +) IT consulting services.
Focusing on Open-Source computing, Networking, Computer repair and Training.
Lighting Technician
Apr 2018 - Feb 2022 (3 years 11 months)
Lighting Designer
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018 (4 months)
Field Service Technician
Jul 2015 - Sep 2015 (3 months)
Service Commercial, Industrial and residential customers, both on site and in shop.
General Laborer
Town of Burnettown
Jul 2013 - Jan 2014 (7 months)
My responsibilities include, Landscaping, Municipal water system Maintenance, Municipal repairs and maintenance
Computer Repair Technician
Jul 2013 - Jan 2014 (7 months)
in shop service of customers computers
General Laborer
International Innovations Incorporated
May 2012 - Nov 2012 (7 months)
General labor, Assembly, Repair, Programming, Testing, Running, Refurbishing and Cleaning of automated and non-automated down draft Gasification systems for green energy production
IT Technician, IT Training
Hedding United Methodist Church 2008 - 2009 (2 years)
Maintained computers, Managed Linux computer lab, Trained members in basic computer usage, and Operated A/V Soundboard.
IT Specialist
Aug 2007 - Nov 2008 (1 year 4 months)
information technology setup, security and management. Trained in and used windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Windows XP.
Technology Director
Turning Point Center of Central Vermont
Mar 2008 - Aug 2008 (6 months)
Installed and maintained small network of computers and website aimed for general use by the public. Used Ubuntu Linux through Secure shell(ssh) and / or Webmin for the administration of the server/client model. Used Google Apps for the management of email-system and website.
Education
US Army Signal Center
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications 2007 - 2008
GVBOCES
CIS, IT 2005 - 2007
Wayland-Cohocton high school
Regents Diploma, Information Technology 2001 - 2007
Skills
Ubuntu • Linux • Arduino • VirtualBox • Webmin • OpenSSH • Linux System Administration • Microsoft Office • Microsoft Excel • Customer Service • C++ • Python • Bash • Custom Smart Home Design • Lighting Design