Aspiring Network Administrator

Always learning, always labbing

Hello! My name is Zachery Hull and I am transitioning from a decade in sales and management to pursue a field that is all about helping others connect, sharing ideas and knowledge, and growing as a whole. While I am still new to networking and IT as a whole, I have a hunger to learn and a knack for troubleshooting and finding solutions. When I am not serving at my local church or enjoying quality time with my wife and 3 month old daughter, I am studying and putting my studies into practice in my homelab. If you have any feedback, I am always open to discuss how I can improve myself to help those around me. Come grab coffee with me!

What I’m working on

Physical Home Network Configuration Lab

In April, I purchased and deployed a Ubiquiti Dream Machine, running configurations and optimizing the layer 3 switch for my home environment with the plan to later deploy a Cisco C3850-48P and integrate several WAPs. I then built a network environment that shields main devices behind firewalls from a DMZ...

Projects

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Experience

Advanced Repair Agent

Geek Squad, Advanced Repair Agent
Burleson, TX, USA | September, 2024 - May, 2024

While at Geek Squad, I quickly rose because of my background in sales and communication. I learned on the job and through my studies about what causes more common issues on an end user's system and documented those findings. As an up and comer, management took notice of how I worked with clients and promoted me from being solely on the counter checking in systems to working on the repair bench so that I could have that much more confidence in helping clients to minimize their time and make myself more efficient. I took to the new role and continued to prove that I had a working knowledge of troubleshooting and time management by challenging myself to resolve and close tickets in a way that not only benefited the clients, but in a method that expressed a desire to help my coworkers do the same. While this position was intentionally only a part time position so that I could be at home more while my wife and I adjust to the drastic change that starting a family can be, I have been itching to get back out into the workforce full speed ahead!

Dept. of Events Management Manager

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dept. of Events Management Manager
Fort Worth, TX, USA | July, 2022 - August, 2023

While at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, I took a role on campus to assist the Department of Events Management to utilize my time management abilities and hone in my ability to manage multiple projects at the same time. Often, I would have events planned out months in advance and, with the help and guidance of others, led a small team to turn the department from a cost center into the largest profit center for the campus because of a focus on team culture and a desire to help clients. While I was in this position, I developed a close friendship with many working in the IT department and was able to foster relations that benefited both departments.

Retail Store Manager

Music and Arts, Retail Store Manager
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, USA | June, 2019 - July, 2022

During my time with Music and Arts, I led multiple stores across the DFW metroplex to seeing increased y/y revenue and trained and mentored five new managers. I quickly adapted to an ever-changing world during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, assisting in the integration of all new SOPs and helping many store managers outside of my store with client safety and satisfaction issues. As a musician myself, I hired many retail staff and music teachers while I led a store to being consistently in the top five stores in the nation.

Certifications

CompTIA A+

Badges & Skills

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Education

Joshua High School

Joshua, TX August, 2009 - June, 2013