ZACHARY NELSON

US Army Veteran with 8+ years as a information technology subject matter expect and troubleshooting professional. I'm highly motivated to continue to expand my knowledge base and show what I know. I have excellent communication skills, verbally, written, and spoken. I seek to provide the best service I can to the customer or my team.

Independence Non-Traditional School (Prince William County, Virginia)                                                         2021-Present

Teacher’s Assistant

• Current place of employment. K-5 Special Needs Teacher’s Assistant.

United States Army                                                                                                                                                        2011-2017

Air Defense Air Battle Management Systems Operator

• Division Level Supervisor for Air Missile Defense Operations for 2nd Infantry Divisions (Camp Red Cloud, Republic of Korea).
  • Monitored real time radar systems and responded to simulated emergency conditions.
• Team Leader, Sentinel Operations, 10th Mountain Division (Fort Drum, NY).
• Graduated in the top 2% of the Military Occupation Specialty training class. 
• Supervised and led 10 junior employees in technical training and routine operations.
• Performed detailed record keeping for Military equipment.
• Responsible for maintaining equipment with a value of approximately $12.5 million. 
• Completed routine troubleshooting for complex Military computer systems.
• Maintained important paperwork in the unit and wrote peer and employee evaluations.   
• Built and improved network architectures to improve efficiency and productivity. 
• Awarded a Commendation Medal for leadership as a lead watch supervisor.

Independent Hill School (Prince William County, Virginia)                                                                                      2009-2011

Teacher’s Assistant

• Worked with an educator to create innovative and engaging curriculum for a class of 13 autistic children. 
• Worked as a team with 2 other assistants to accomplish daily learning objectives. 
• Responsible for record keeping of regular class attendance, curriculum calendar building, and writing classroom memoranda for the educator. 
• Awarded 2010 Employee of the Year for exceptional service in the classroom.

• Mary Washington College (Fredericksburg, Virginia) BLS, Computer Science Degree, Cybersecurity    Continued
• Germanna Community College (Fredericksburg, Virginia)                                                                          Dec 2021

Associate Degree in Applied Science, Major: Cybersecurity

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Member, Magna Cum Laude

• Germanna Community College (Fredericksburg, Virginia)                                                                          Dec 2020

Associate Degree in Applied Science, Major: Advanced Networking

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Member, Magna Cum Laude

• JT-102 (MAJIC) Multi-TDL Advanced Joint Interoperability Course (Osan AFB, South Korea)            May 2013

Advanced Technician Training

• U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Corps (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)                                                                       May 2013

Specialist Training, 140 hours

• Mountain View High School (Stafford, Virginia)                                                                                           May 2008

Advanced Honor Diploma