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ronald.ratzlaff's Profile

• Member Since:

  1 September 2010, 08:27 PM

• I Am A:

  Job Seeker

• Organization:

  Senior Systems Administrator

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  I was born and raised in Fresno, California. After 9/11, I joined the California Air National Guard in 2002 as a Communications Computer Systems Operator and served at the 144th Fighter Wing Fresno Air National Guard base till 2005. I accepted an AGR (Active Guard Reserve) active duty position at the 176th Wing Kulis Air National Guard base in Anchorage, Alaska and served as the base Network Administrator till March of 2010. While I was serving in Alaska I completed my Community College of the Air Force Associate of Applied Science degree in Information Systems Technology in 2006. I also completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Wayland Baptist University in 2008 in Anchorage, Alaska as well. I decided that I would like to be a double bachelor recipient so I decided to enroll at Florida Tech University back in 2008 and use my GI Bill. I am majoring in Computer Information Systems and I am almost done with this second degree with just under one year left. I resigned my active duty status but remained a reservist in March 2010 and accepted a position as a Senior Systems Administrator for a large defense contracting corporation to work on the F-22 Raptor program at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. I have been working in the IT field now for about 10 years and I have acquired several IT certifications including the MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer), MCSA (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator), Security+, Network+ and A+. I am simultaneously working on IT certifications while in school as well which keeps me very busy. My goal is to concentrate in the IT Security area within the IT field. I will eventually be certified as a CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), CISSP and many other certifications that focus on IT security including CCNA, CWNA and the GIAC.