ABOUT Kevin Hodge

Who is Kevin Hodge?

Simply put, I am Kevin Hodge and I am someone who enjoys computers a bit too much sometimes. I have been tinkering around with this stuff since the early 90's back when I got my first computer, an AppleIIe with two big floppy disk drives it had. I had "Crossed over" into the IBM clones around 1993-1995 while learning Windows 3.1 and then windows 95 when it came out. Either rate I have enjoyed working with computers and watching them grow as systems even today it amazes me the types and kinds of items you can get to make your system work.

I am also a technician that enjoys helping out other people. For some reason most people don't like some IT technicians. I usually make them think twice about "Categorizing" us geek's. I am a down to earth guy that understands that you may not know everything but you sometimes want to know or are eager to learn. I can fill that void if you like or If you rather, fix your stuff and leave you alone. I cater to any type of work environment, due to my Military Experience, I am able to deal with stressful situations and remedy them in the most efficient and time effective manner possible. I also worked for a Utility company in which if the systems were down they could cause problems with monitoring equipment. I currently am employed by a City Government and am tasked to maintain over 700 desktopser, 150 Servers, 900 users, 300 network devices, telephone operations, and data networks. This is inclusive of our 911 area support, Fire Department, and other public services for my city.

What is Kevin's qualifications?

Well my qualifications spans from the fact that I have dealt with computers and networks since elementary school with Apple computers and appletalk networking. Moreover I enjoy computers and the challenges that come with setting them up together. A brief overview of my experience is the following :

Associates Degree in Networking from University of Phoenix
Cisco Certified - CCNA
Well over 120 College Credits working towards a Bachelors Degree

Years computer hardware repair - 12
Years of networking experience - 9
Years of Telephony experience - 9
Years of VoIP experience - 7

Software:
Microsoft operating systems - Windows 95/98, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 2003 server, Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft Exchange 5.5, 2003 Administration as well as Microsoft SBS.
Microsoft office suites - Office 97 to Office 2007.
Novell Servers
Adobe Acrobat Pro and Standard through 9.
Unix - Ubuntu / Knoppix / Solaris / AIX
ESX Virtual Machines / Microsoft Hypervisor
Cisco Call Manager 4.X to 7.X
Unity 4.X with unified communications
Emergency Responder
SA Announce
Cisco IPCC Contact Queue software
Netmotion and RSA Integration
Cisco ASA / RSA Integration
Solarwinds Orion Network Performance Monitor
RSA Security Server
Syslog tools / implementation.


Hardware:
Compaq / HP servers - variety of servers from ML270 to the DL380
Dell Servers - variety of servers from SC400 to Power Edge 6750, including R900's, and the Dell Blade Enclosures / Servers.
All types of Desktops including home built desktops with Pentium, Celleron and AMD chip sets.

Networking:
Cisco networking gear - including VoIP, routers (Core and Access), switches (Core and Access), Cisco ASA / PIX Firewalls, Checkpoint Firewalls, SNORT IDS, Orion Solarwinds Network Monitor, implementing QoS, Spanning Tree, Call Center applications, Cisco VoIP Telephones (7910,7940,7960,7970), Unity, Call Manager Administration, Call accounting, SA Announce, all Linksys home and small business routers and firewall's, and more.
Nortell Networks - Routers, Switches, implementation of security for these devices.
Netgear switches, routers, and medium switches.
3 Com switches.
Dlink routers and switches.
Good understanding of the following routing protocols - RIP (v1 and 2), OSPF, EIGRP, & BGP.