Patrick McKay

Patrick McKay has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Patrick is currently working as an Enterprise Desktop Administrator at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union since January 2022. Prior to this, from 2019 to 2021, they were an Information Technology Professional 1 - User Support at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. In this role, they provided hardware and software purchasing consultation, coordinated with vendors, and served as a liaison for IT recycling.

Before that, Patrick worked as an IT Support Consultant at Pretty Good Support LLC from 2017 to 2018. Patrick also gained experience as a Junior Quality Assurance Engineer at TADS from 2016 to 2017. Additionally, they held the position of End User Support 1 at the University of Minnesota, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences from 2012 to 2016.

Patrick also had roles as a Technical Support Analyst at The Johns Hopkins Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences in 2012 and as an Information Technology Professional at the University of Minnesota, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences from 2007 to 2011. Patrick served as an Information Technology Professional at the University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development from 2006 to 2007 and from 2005 to 2006.

Patrick's early career included serving as an Office and Administrative Specialist at Century College from 2004 to 2005 and as an Office Specialist at the University of Minnesota, School of Kinesiology from 2001 to 2004. Overall, Patrick McKay has a strong background in user support, IT consulting, and technical analysis.

Patrick McKay's education history includes several academic and professional certifications. Patrick attended Century College in 2005, where they pursued studies in Information Technology. In 1989 to 1990, they studied fine art at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Additionally, Patrick completed their secondary education at Winona Senior High School.

In terms of certifications, Patrick obtained the following:

- In June 2016, they completed "Relational Database Fundamentals" at Lynda.com.

- In April 2015, they finished "HTML5: Structure, Syntax, and Semantics" at lynda.com.

- In March 2015, they became a "Certified Casper Technician" at JAMF Software.

- In December 2014, they completed "PHP with MySQL Essential Training," "Up and Running with Bash Scripting," "Drupal 7 Essential Training," "Installing and Running WordPress: MAMP," "JavaScript Essential Training," and "Git Essential Training" at lynda.com.

- In October 2011, they obtained "CompTIA N+" certification from CompTIA.

- In December 2010, they obtained "CompTIA A+" certification from CompTIA.

- In September 2009, they became an "Apple Certified Macintosh Technician (ACMT)" certified by Apple.