John D. Chaney
 PO Box 5292
 Concord, NC 28027
 704.467.2946
 john@chaney-consulting.net

Employment

dHinnant Business Solutions, Inc., Kannapolis, NC
IT Consultant – September 2006 - Present

• Hardware/software installation, troubleshooting, maintenance and repair.
• Network installation, troubleshooting, maintenance and repair.
  • Data & telephone cable installation.
  • Lightning protection installation.
  • CAT 5 & 6 cable termination.
  • Audio/visual system installation.
• PowerPoint presentation, desktop publication, Web and graphics design.

Chaney Consulting, Concord, NC
Owner/Operator – July 2003 - Present

• Web site/graphics design for small business, churches, not for profit organizations and personal needs.
• Multimedia presentation, flyer/brochure, and business card design.
• Operating system and software installation, troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Computer system consulting and custom building, troubleshooting and repair.
• Computer network design, installation and maintenance services.
• Available for contract IT services.

Maintenance & Industrial Services, Inc. @ Pillowtex/Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc., Kannapolis, NC
(An operations and maintenance division of the Fluor Corporation)
Plant 1 – Towel Greige Division.
Electronics Specialist – January 1990 - July 2003

• Troubleshooting, repair and maintenance of industrial/process/electro-mechanical controls in a modern textile manufacturing environment.
• Managed operations and maintenance of multi-story rotary storage conveyor systems.
• Managed operations and maintenance of automated bulk chemical batching systems.
• Managed operations and maintenance of computer networks integrated with production machinery (HMI/SCADA).
• Trained fellow service technicians and machine operators on the proper software/hardware operations and safety procedures of plant production and support equipment.
• Performed preventative maintenance and calibration procedures to maintain manufacturing quality and efficient operation of production machinery.
• Implemented plant/company safety programs, recommended safety procedures and generated Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LO/TO) procedures and Job Safety Analysis (JSA) surveys as required by OSHA.

Diebold Inc., Charlotte, NC.
Field Service Technician – August 1988 - January 1990

• Troubleshooting, repair and maintenance of automated teller machines (ATMs), electronic/physical security and remote banking equipment.
• Maintained inventory of repair parts required for service territory to maximize customer uptime.
• Thoroughly documented all service/maintenance calls for service territory.

Education

R.E.T.S. Electronics Institute, Birmingham, AL

• AAS Electronics Engineering Technology, August 1988
• Certificate of Academic Achievement, February 1988
• Certificate of Academic Achievement, July 1988

Diebold, Inc., Charlotte, NC

• Certification: Basic Alarm Devices, November 1988
• Certification: MDS-1000 Automated Teller Machine, December 1988
• Certification: 910/911 Automated Teller Machine, March 1989
• Certification: Visual Auto Teller III, June 1989

Maintenance & Industrial Services, Inc. @ Pillowtex/Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc., Kannapolis, NC

• Schlafhorst, Inc, Charlotte, NC
  • Certification: Schlafhorst AUTOCORO Rotor Spinning Frame (Electrical), February 1992
• American Savio Corporation, Charlotte, NC
  • Certification: SAVIO "FRS" Rotor Spinning Frame (Electrical), September 1992
• Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley, Raleigh, NC
  • Certification: PLC Basics w/RSLogix, October 1999
• Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley, Charlotte, NC
  • Certification: PLC Maintenance & Troubleshooting w/RSLogix 5, December 1999

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Concord, NC

• Certification: Hardware/Software Installation and Maintenance, May 2005
• Certification: Microsoft (Networking) Track Certificate, May 2005
• Certification: Novell (Networking) Track Certificate, May 2005

Competencies

   Computer Experience

• Hardware: IBM Compatible PCs
• Microsoft Windows Operating Systems: ’95, ’98, NT, ME, 2000, and XP
• Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, Visio, and FrontPage
• Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, GoLive, and (Macromedia) Dreamweaver
• Internet/Web: HTML/XHTML/CSS, Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape, IE, Opera, and FTP

Activities

FCC licensed amateur radio operator – N4JDC 
Active member of the Cabarrus Amateur Radio Society – Technical Committee/Webmaster
Assistant Emergency Coordinator – Amateur Radio Emergency Service ( Cabarrus County, NC)
Active member of the ARRL – The National Association for Amateur Radio

References

Available upon request.