About Me
Ryan E. Shumaker - About Me
I was born and raised in Perry County, PA and am blessed to still call this area home. I graduated from West Perry High School and went to Shippensburg University where I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Education. I later went on for graduate studies at Penn State University in Educational Technology and Bloomsburg University for my Instructional Technology Specialist certification.
I grew up with a father who worked in construction during most of my childhood, and I learned a great deal from him. I went on many remodeling job sites with him throughout Halifax, Millersburg, Gratz, Lykens areas of Upper-Dauphin area as well as in Perry County. I learned my sense of pride and workmanship through him.
After college, I taught at West Perry and went on to work behind the scenes as a computer network administrator for Newport School District only to return to West Perry later in life as their Director of Technology.
It was during my years at Newport and West Perry that I began to work on Telephone System programming and administration on Nortel-Meridan and Avaya telephone systems. I later went to work at Tri-County Telephone Services as their telephone system programmer and administrator for hundreds of customers throughout Central Pennsylvania. I enjoy all aspects of telephone system programming, and with my background in Computer Network Administration, I am well educated and poised to tie in both the telephone arena and networks for VoIP and SIP trunking. I also have my BICSI Technician certification for fiber optics and copper installations and maintenance.
In addition, I enjoy all aspects of hands-on work and do much carpentry and construction, home maintenance, and handyman work. If you look at my Handyman Services Page link above, you can review some of my recent projects.