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IT GURU & TECH TRAINER
WEB DESIGNER, MULTI-MEDIA ARTIST
I'M
Ricky Cortez.
Ricky Cortez’s Highlights in Professional & Community Activism
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Witness.org and International Human Rights non-profit - Director of Technology.
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Diversity Task Force at Lake Naomi Club - Communications Liaison.
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Poconos Sewing Volunteers in immediate grass roots response to COVID-19 - organized local teams, and distributed 1,500 masks to essential workers and local organizations like the Pocono Hunger Pantries and Clymer Library & Fire Dept.
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Poconos Vacation Rental Owners - A Community Reporting and Communication tool to bridge the gap between Residents, Owners who flexibly rent and our Visitors.
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Rent Responsibly - Area alliance representative for the Pocono Region.
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Township STR Task Force - Logistics, Research, Implementation, Enforcement
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LNVHHA - Executive Member. The Lake Naomi Vacation Home Host Alliance community exists to support and promote effective management of vacation rental activities within the Lake Naomi community.
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ALROA - Member. Goal is to ensure ongoing, positive contributions from owners who flexibly rent and overall activities in the ALCA community.
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AirBnB Ambassador & Expedia/VRBO Alliance member - Dedicated to proper training, regulations and balance locally and nationally for travelers.
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Relevant Professional & Community Experience
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670 President Coop - Board Member of Coop in Brooklyn, when he lived there
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LGBT Families - Founding Board Member. Creating safe space for non-traditional family planning.
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Tuscan PTA - Board Corresponding Secretary. Website, Newsletter and Community Communication liaison for Parents, Staff and Students.
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OWN Charter School - Director of Technology + Media & Community Outreach Coordinator
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01 BIOGRAPHY
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02 Experience
2010-2014
WITNESS
IT Manager, Help Desk
System Administrator for over 10 servers, SAN, NAS , VPN, Backup & remote access.
Managed budget, vendor relations & interns
Help Desk for over 30 clients.
2006-2008
O.W.N. CHARTER SCHOOL
Director of Technology
Administer over 250 Mac/PC servers, printers and mobile home client computers with VPN. OS X Server Administration, SuccessMaker, PowerSchool, developed newly created positions, implement CSL Program (Computers as a Second Language).
1993-2003
A LIFE IN THE THEATRE
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and Actor’s Equity Association (AEA)
Director, Choreographer, Actor, Singer and Dancer. Over forty professional productions, Two Broadway National Tours; West Side Story & Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2003-present
MEDIA STAR
Owner
Web designer, graphic designer, network technician, server administrator, multi-media a/v technician, onsite IT tech & instructor.
2008-2010
VOLCHOK CONSULTING
Director of Professional Services
J. Walter Thompson, Ogilvy, Wonderworks Construction, Weinstein Company, Anomaly, Peoples Revolution, Access IT, Scherman Foundation, Tourism Ireland, Argo, whY-Q. Managed all aspects of corporate relations, including: hardware and software sales and upgrades, system repairs, and all IT services
2004-2006
TEKSERVE
Onsite Services Manager
Managed customer’s onsite needs including system repairs and technical support. Directed the restructuring of multiple departments to optimize efficient client services. OS X Help Desk, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage, Parallels, FileMaker Pro, Adobe Creative Suite, Now Up to Date and Contact, iWeb, Pages, iLife
03 PORTFOLIO
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CONTACT
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