(813) 555-0187 ◇ Tampa, FL
damaris.kimathi@example.com ◇ linkedin.com/in/damaris-kimathi ◇ damariskimathi.com
Technical support professional with 6 years resolving hardware, software, and network issues for a managed services provider supporting 140 small business clients and about 6,000 users. Resolves about 2,400 tickets a year with an 88% first-contact resolution rate, holds a 4.8 of 5 customer satisfaction score across 3 years, and cut average resolution time from 3.1 hours to 1.4. Fixes the problem in front of the customer, then fixes the reason it happened.
Coursework in Operating Systems, Networking Fundamentals, Hardware Support, and Customer Service in IT.
Also holds a Microsoft 365 Certified Endpoint Administrator Associate credential earned in 2024.
- Resolve about 2,400 tickets a year for 140 small business clients and 6,000 users with an 88% first-contact resolution rate.
- Hold a 4.8 of 5 customer satisfaction score across about 1,900 rated tickets in 3 years.
- Cut average resolution time from 3.1 hours to 1.4 by building 45 knowledge base articles and automating 6 common fixes in the remote management tool.
- Handled about 1,800 tickets a year across 90 clients, covering desktops, printers, email, and network connectivity.
- Onboarded about 400 users a year with device setup and account provisioning, with a 99% same-day completion rate.
- Identified a failing firmware version across 60 client firewalls through ticket pattern analysis and coordinated the update with 0 outages.
- Resolved about 25 first-line tickets a week during a 6-month internship alongside a degree.
- Imaged and deployed 120 laptops for a client office move with 0 reimaging required.
- Hired full time at the end of the internship, 1 of 2 interns of 4 offered a position.
Resolution Time Reduction. Analysed 12 months of tickets to find the 20 issue types accounting for 60% of volume, wrote 45 knowledge base articles with step-by-step fixes, and built 6 automated remediation scripts in the remote management tool, which cut average resolution time from 3.1 hours to 1.4.
Firewall Firmware Incident. Noticed a pattern of intermittent connectivity tickets across 8 clients, traced it to a firmware version on 60 firewalls, and coordinated a staged update over 3 nights with the network team, which resolved the tickets and prevented an estimated 200 further tickets.
Client Onboarding Standard. Built a 30-step new user onboarding checklist covering device, accounts, security tools, and a 15-minute orientation call, used for about 400 users a year, which raised same-day completion to 99% and cut first-week tickets from new users by 50%.
- Volunteer technology support for a senior center, running a monthly device help session for about 20 people.
- Member of a regional IT professionals group, attending about 6 events a year.
- Refurbish donated laptops for a school nonprofit, about 40 devices a year.
- Serve as the escalation point for a team of 6 technicians on desktop and Microsoft 365 issues.
- Trained 5 new technicians on the ticketing system, remote tools, and the knowledge base.
- Own the knowledge base of 140 articles and review it quarterly for accuracy.

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