Dylan McFarland is a Quincy High School Senior and a student in the Computer Networking Technologies program at the Branch Area Careers Center.\u00a0 For his OJT position, Dylan is an IT Helpdesk Assistant for the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities. He is supervised by Sheila Puffenberger, Josh Smith and Craig Figueroa. Dylan\u2019s duties include monitoring Helpdesk tickets in a timely manner, taking care of IT problems that may occur and assisting with monitoring inventory.<\/p>\n
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