Patrick Fernandez
Patrick L. Fernandez
7200 S Congress
Austin, TX 78745
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WORK HISTORY
Recording/Mixing Engineer for Will Taylor and Strings Attached, September 2018 – Present
• Record various stringed and plucked instruments such as cello, violin, viola, nylon/steel string guitar, and mandolin via Cockos Reaper .
• Use various microphone recording and pre-gain staging techniques with condenser and tube microphones.
• Use editing techniques such as trimming, alignment, and fades.
• Mixing techniques such as panning, automation as well as dynamics and effects processing.
• Mastering and rendering to upload to various digital streaming platforms such as Spotify, Pandora, and iTunes.
• Music video recording and editing using Final Cut Pro X for social media marketing.
• Recording various musicians performing and being interviewed for both video and audio podcasting.
Support Account Manager (SAM), NetApp Commercial Sector, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, November 2014 – February 2017
• Manage customer accounts by providing technical advice, upgrade requirements, risk aversion, and bug analysis via phone, email, and in person.
• Liaison between Technical Support Center and customer providing any escalation support and priority case handling.
Field Support Engineer (FSE), NetApp Commercial Sector, Washington D.C., March 2010 – November 2014
• 100% travel. On call 24/7 and ability to travel anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice.
• Perform software and firmware updates, installations, storage scaling, diagnostics, hardware error messaging, performance and loop troubleshooting, cluster failover, and data integrity and reliability at customer sites.
Field Site Representative (FSR), General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, 11th Intelligence Squadron, Hurlburt Field Air Force Base, Florida, October 2007 – March 2010
• Provide administration and maintenance of dual Brocade Silkworm 4100 Switches and dual NetApp Fas3050 controllers in a windows environment over 4GB fiber channel to include; Aggregate, Volume, CIFS, and LUN configuration, RAID-DP, Snap Drive, and Snap Mirror data protection.
• Provide onsite customer service and support as well as remote support via phone and email to deployed personnel.
Fiber Optics Specialist, SAIC, Mayport Naval Base, Jacksonville, FL, November 2004 – July 2005
• Terminate, cure, polish and test fiber cable with a variety of mechanical connectors, (i.e.: SC, FC, ST, and LC).
• Perform optical system testing with OTDR's and Power Meter/Light Sources and document fiber splice loss for acceptable readings to meet customer specifications.
Network Integrator, Alabama Air National Guard, Dothan, AL, July 2003 – March 2010
• Responsible for configuring and trouble-shooting all Cisco routers, switches, VOIP, Cisco Call Manager, PIX firewalls, and other associated LAN/WAN network components.
• Experience in designing and implementing IP networking, with strong capabilities supporting routing protocols.
United States Air Force, February 1994 – July 2003
EDUCATION
Degrees
• B.P.S. Electronic Music Production and Sound Design, Berklee College of Music online, expected grad date - 2020.
• M. S. Technology Systems, Computer Networking Management concentration, East Carolina University, 2013.
• B.S. Information Technology, Networking and Telecommunications Specialization, University of West Florida, Cum Laude, 2009.
• A.A.S. Industrial Management Technology, Northwest Florida State College, 2008.
• A.A. General Studies, Northwest Florida State College, 2008.
• A.A.S. Electronic Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force, 2007.
Special Training and Certifications
• Apple Logic Pro X 10.3/10.4.2 (Berklee College of Music courses).
• Propellerhead Reason 10.1 (Mac) (Berklee College of Music courses).
• Pro Tools 12 (PC) (Berklee College of Music courses).
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator on Server 2003 / XP Client (MCSA).
• CompTIA Certified: A+, Network +, and Security +.
• Fiber Optic Theory, Splicing, and Troubleshooting Course (Corning Cable Systems).
General Computer Training
• Operating Systems - Windows /XP/7/2003/2008.
• Networking - X.25, Frame Relay, FDDI, ATM, Ethernet, SONET, SMDS and 802.X. Protocols including TCP, IP, UDP, FCP, iSCSI, FCoE, OSI, SNA, DNA, ARP, ICMP, BGP, OSPF, RIP, RIP v2, IGRP and EIGRP.
References available upon request.
Patrick L. Fernandez
7200 S Congress
Austin, TX 78745
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WORK HISTORY
Recording/Mixing Engineer for Will Taylor and Strings Attached, September 2018 – Present
• Record various stringed and plucked instruments such as cello, violin, viola, nylon/steel string guitar, and mandolin via Cockos Reaper .
• Use various microphone recording and pre-gain staging techniques with condenser and tube microphones.
• Use editing techniques such as trimming, alignment, and fades.
• Mixing techniques such as panning, automation as well as dynamics and effects processing.
• Mastering and rendering to upload to various digital streaming platforms such as Spotify, Pandora, and iTunes.
• Music video recording and editing using Final Cut Pro X for social media marketing.
• Recording various musicians performing and being interviewed for both video and audio podcasting.
Support Account Manager (SAM), NetApp Commercial Sector, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, November 2014 – February 2017
• Manage customer accounts by providing technical advice, upgrade requirements, risk aversion, and bug analysis via phone, email, and in person.
• Liaison between Technical Support Center and customer providing any escalation support and priority case handling.
Field Support Engineer (FSE), NetApp Commercial Sector, Washington D.C., March 2010 – November 2014
• 100% travel. On call 24/7 and ability to travel anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice.
• Perform software and firmware updates, installations, storage scaling, diagnostics, hardware error messaging, performance and loop troubleshooting, cluster failover, and data integrity and reliability at customer sites.
Field Site Representative (FSR), General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, 11th Intelligence Squadron, Hurlburt Field Air Force Base, Florida, October 2007 – March 2010
• Provide administration and maintenance of dual Brocade Silkworm 4100 Switches and dual NetApp Fas3050 controllers in a windows environment over 4GB fiber channel to include; Aggregate, Volume, CIFS, and LUN configuration, RAID-DP, Snap Drive, and Snap Mirror data protection.
• Provide onsite customer service and support as well as remote support via phone and email to deployed personnel.
Fiber Optics Specialist, SAIC, Mayport Naval Base, Jacksonville, FL, November 2004 – July 2005
• Terminate, cure, polish and test fiber cable with a variety of mechanical connectors, (i.e.: SC, FC, ST, and LC).
• Perform optical system testing with OTDR's and Power Meter/Light Sources and document fiber splice loss for acceptable readings to meet customer specifications.
Network Integrator, Alabama Air National Guard, Dothan, AL, July 2003 – March 2010
• Responsible for configuring and trouble-shooting all Cisco routers, switches, VOIP, Cisco Call Manager, PIX firewalls, and other associated LAN/WAN network components.
• Experience in designing and implementing IP networking, with strong capabilities supporting routing protocols.
United States Air Force, February 1994 – July 2003
EDUCATION
Degrees
• B.P.S. Electronic Music Production and Sound Design, Berklee College of Music online, expected grad date - 2020.
• M. S. Technology Systems, Computer Networking Management concentration, East Carolina University, 2013.
• B.S. Information Technology, Networking and Telecommunications Specialization, University of West Florida, Cum Laude, 2009.
• A.A.S. Industrial Management Technology, Northwest Florida State College, 2008.
• A.A. General Studies, Northwest Florida State College, 2008.
• A.A.S. Electronic Systems Technology, Community College of the Air Force, 2007.
Special Training and Certifications
• Apple Logic Pro X 10.3/10.4.2 (Berklee College of Music courses).
• Propellerhead Reason 10.1 (Mac) (Berklee College of Music courses).
• Pro Tools 12 (PC) (Berklee College of Music courses).
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator on Server 2003 / XP Client (MCSA).
• CompTIA Certified: A+, Network +, and Security +.
• Fiber Optic Theory, Splicing, and Troubleshooting Course (Corning Cable Systems).
General Computer Training
• Operating Systems - Windows /XP/7/2003/2008.
• Networking - X.25, Frame Relay, FDDI, ATM, Ethernet, SONET, SMDS and 802.X. Protocols including TCP, IP, UDP, FCP, iSCSI, FCoE, OSI, SNA, DNA, ARP, ICMP, BGP, OSPF, RIP, RIP v2, IGRP and EIGRP.
References available upon request.