stephan dakessian

information technology support

About

With over 10 years of experience at Intel validating next generation products Stephan helped confirm the stability and market readiness of CPUs and NVMe Drives. * Great troubleshooting skills for both hardware and software. * Proficient in Windows Server 2016, 2012R2, 2008 and 2003 * Excellent documentation skills * Great at Mentoring and Training Others * Planned, built and supported High Volume Validation (HVV) projects by managing 50 + hosts and motherboards with mixed software and hardware configurations

Country

united states

City

folsom

Industry

semiconductors

Skill

microsoft office, customer service, microsoft excel, leadership, microsoft word, project management, powerpoint, hardware, windows, computer hardware, debugging, troubleshooting, semiconductors, networking, testing

Experience

engineering technician

intel via kelly services

2006-11 - 2007-11 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Helped Janus group boot their first new hardware and software systems ever. * Configured, installed and maintained test platforms for all CPU types (mobile desktop and server) * Troubleshot non-functional test platforms and compared board configurations. * Assembled test boards and ensured conformity with revision updates * Installed GMCH and ICH for when new stepping arrived * Worked with debuggers and engineers to meet their needs and requirements * Installed CPU, Graphic, and PCH when new steppings arrived

intel via mindtree intel folsom campus

intel corporation

2018-3 - 2018-6 · 4 mos

* Installed CPU, SSD Drive and DIMM on CRB platform before running stress tests. * Troubleshot Customer Reference Boards (CRB) during initial platform setup. * Performed APSE PC host software removal and installation for test preparation. * Imaged DC3 (which comes with EMMC, NVMe or SATA interface) using Norton Ghost * Imaged CC4 using Norton Ghost suite using an external drive source with the CC4 image.

intel via hcl technologies senior test engineer

intel corporation

2017-7 - 2018-2 · 8 mos

* Senior Test Engineer * Managed IP Addressable PDUs for remotely controlling power through both the command line and web interface * Troubleshot Intel based servers with NVMe DualPort Drive configurations in Windows Server 2012R2, 2016, RHEL7.x, SUSE 12, CentOS7.x, and Ubuntu 14.x * Worked on Intel Optane and other Enterprise NVMe storage devices * Ran tests (automated, and manual) on NVMe drives (I/O stress, PowerLoss, System Cycling, and Feature specific tests) to verify drive health and firmware release readiness * Installed Operating systems (CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows 2016, etc) * Configured network settings and performed troubleshooting for DHCP and DNS * Worked with engineers and co-workers to resolve complex technical and product issues * Deployed server Operating System through PXE boot

system administrator ii

microsemi corporation via superior group

2017-3 - 2017-7 · 5 mos

* Built Servers with Cent OS. Configured systems and networking (proxy settings, drive partitioning etc.) * Executed testing of NVMe and NVRAM devices such as MT. RAMON and MT. CARMEL and reported results to Engineers. * Inventoried devices and tools * Configured network and power devices (PDU, Routers, etc.) * Resolved network issues through troubleshooting

quality service technician

intel via kelly services

2005-5 - 2006-5 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Maintained and assembled test platforms * Validated chipsets for desktop and mobile platforms (ICH7 and Lakeport) * Ensured test results were accurate by diagnosing engineering prototypes such as CPV and OSV boards * Updated BIOS to enable RAID features * Discussed test methods and improvement ideas with engineers ensuring optimal procedures * Reported results into a database on a network and submitted for further ATE testing to check for functional failures * Soldering, re-flowing and cleaning chipsets * Performed solder joint tests using die and peel procedures after thermal temperature cycles of about 3,500 cycles