Marc C Brands 
117-R Paxton Ave
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 280-3338
resume@marcbrands.com
http://resume.marcbrands.com

 
Objective  Achieve a challenging position in a managerial information technology related field with potential for advancement. 
Education
Aug. 2000 – present
Carnegie Mellon University
 Pittsburgh, PA 
  • Currently, I am a flex-time student at the Graduate School of Business Administration and working on a Masters of Business Administration, specializing in Finance, Economics and Information Systems.
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Aug. 1997 – May 2000
 West Liberty State College
 West Liberty, WV 
  • B.S. in Business Administration. Specialization in Computer Information Systems and Economics/Finance. – GPA 3.84. 
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Aug. 1996 – Aug. 1997
 FH Aargau
 Brugg-Windisch, Switzerland 
  • Attended FH-Aargau (HTL Brugg-Windisch) Engineering School in Computer Science. 
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Aug. 1993 – Aug. 1996
Siemens (Landis & Gyr)
Zug, Switzerland 
Work Experience
Aug. 2000 – Dec. 2000; Feb. 2001 – present
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 
  • Systems Manager

  • Administer and maintain a 60 machine Windows NT domain.  Manage a team of staff programmers developing in-house software.  Perform both custom and off-the-shelf hardware and software installation.  Responsible for the fabrication of custom hardware and equipment.  Troubleshoot hardware and software failures. Maintain and develop real-time C++ software for experimental control and data acquisition. Administer Microsoft Access Databases.
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Aug. 1998 – May 2000
West Liberty State College
West Liberty, WV 
  • Computer Lab Assistant

  • Assist Student users with Software problems pertaining to Microsoft Office, Windows Operating Systems, Internet applications, etc.
Aug. 1993 – Aug. 1996
Siemens (Landis & Gyr)
Zug, Switzerland 
  • Software and Hardware Development

  • 9 month of Software and Hardware development for production devices and databases. Languages used: Turbo Pascal and Borland Delphi.
  • Service & Repair

  • 12 month of Customer care and repair of Customer devices.
  • Electronic Assembly

  • 3 month of practical Electronic Application.
  • Research & Development

  • 12 month intensive practical and theoretical laboratory study of electronic component characteristics, behavioral function and interaction.
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Language skills
  • Fluent in German and English
Academic honors
  • NCBMA – National Collegiate Business Merit Awards
  • Delta Mu Delta – National Honor Society in Business Administration (certificate)
  • AITP – Association of Information Technology Professionals (certificate)
  • Listed on The National Dean's List
  • Alpha Chi – National College Honor Scholarship Society (certificate)
  • Foundation's General Non Endowment Scholarship Fund
  • Computer Knowledge
    • Programming Languages
      • Pascal (Knowledge: Extended)
        Delphi (Knowledge: Extended)
        Visual C ++ (Knowledge: Extended)
        C (Knowledge: Extended)
        COBOL (Knowledge: Good)
        Ada (Knowledge: Good)
        Basic (Knowledge: Limited)
        Visual Basic (Knowledge: Limited) 
  • Operating Systems
  • Windows 3.1-98; NT-XP (Knowledge: Extended)
    MS Dos (Knowledge: Extended)
    Unix (Knowledge: Limited)
    VAX / VMS2 (Knowledge: Limited)
    Linux (Knowledge: Limited)
  • Applications
  • All widely common software packages 
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