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Film Maker / Telecom
Technician / Writer
Visionary
Founded The Vegetation Management Video Project Committee to promote
vegetation managment and prevent a Berkeley Hills type fire from striking
suburban San Mateo County. Wrote 15 page script, gathered letters of endorsement,
arranged venues, organized political support, and secured financial support.
Activist
Attended nearly all San Mateo County Fish & Wildlife Committee meetings
since the advisory group formed, numerous Parks & Recreation Commission
meetings, as well as Fish & Wildlife Commission meetings in neighboring
counties.
Team Player
Worked with the Wildlands Restoration Team eradicating exotic invasive
plant species in the Santa Cruz Mountain area State Parks. (Forest of
Nicene Marks, Gray Whale, Sunset State Beach etc.) Also participated in
Pescadero Creek Steelhead Habitat Enhancement Projects.
Volunteer
Obtained Department of Fish & Game permits before stocking Waterdog
Lake with trout in the Belmont hills. December 1991
Ranch Hand
Marys River Ranch near Elko, Nevada. Drove a hay rake tractor rig and stacked
hay. July to September 1981 and 1982
Fraternity Member and Officer (secretary)
Theta Chi Fraternity, 1977 to 1982. Used parliamentary procedure and took
minutes of meetings. Performed all chapter correspondence with national office.
Put out alumni newsletters. Cal State Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Camp Counselor
Camp Greenmeadows February 1979. Taught wintertime nature studies and survival
skills to 5th and 6th grade boys near Fish Camp, CA.
The author of The Cannonball Express "spins on a nozzle"
during training
for the 1977 fire season. A rare lightning storm later that summer
put the author's crew on the road for 12 consecutive days, including
at least 3 days on the Mt. Diablo fire near Concord, CA.
Seasonal Firefighter
California Department of Forestry June to September 1977 and 1978. Wildlands,
structural and vehicle, fire prevention and control at Howard Forest and Woodlands
stations in Mendocino County. Watched Mt. Diablo burn (from the firelines) in
August of 1977. Volunteered on 320 acre control burn at Big Basin State Park
in October and November of 1997.
Volunteer
Student Conservation Association April to May 1977. Our work group rebuilt a
rock wall corral, did trail work, removed old sections of water pipe and dug
a leach field for a chemical toilet in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
Corpsman
Youth Conservation Corps July to August 1976. Our work group built a footbridge,
did extensive trail clearing, picked up roadside trash and painted a picket
fence for an historic home restoration project near Whiskeytown Lake, due East
of Redding, CA.
Student
California State University, Stanislaus Turlock, CA. BA English and minor
in Political Science
Graduated May 1982
Film Maker
/ Telecom Technician / Writer
Objective: A position as a Voice, Data and Fire Alarm
Cable Installer or Fiber Optics Tech
Skilled at . . . Building/Climbing/Designing/Planning/Organizing/Scheduling
Experience working independently and with project teams in telecommunications,
construction, semiconductor industries and in other output oriented organizations
in factories, office buildings and in the field in all weather conditions.
Clean DMV. Have tools. Will Travel.
Technical Skills
Siemens FPI-32 Programmer Tester for Smoke Detectors, Beckman
Electrical Meter, Hilti Gun,
Brother P-Touch, LANcat, PentaScanner, 4 Pair Tester, Tone Detector/Generator,
Scissor Lift and Roto-Hammer. Computer literate! Studied Telecom at OICW
and Cisco Networking at ROP
Technological Background
1990-92 & ‘97-04 Fire Alarm & LAN Installer
for CableTech, Rosendin, Sasco & PCIS.
Installed voice, data, cable TV, LAN systems, terminated & tested
connections, read blueprints.
Built & hoisted 10' diameter parabolic cell phone dishes up antenna
masts for CCR Professional.
1992-1997: Sales Associate for Fry's Electronics, Price
Club and Montgomery Wards.
Sold software, accessories, computers, printers, components (hard drives,
SIMMS and CPU's)
Wrote informal training guides for software department, components and
returns desk trainees.
1985-1990: Photocopy Technician for Modern Office Machines
and Caltronics.
Field repaired Konica-Royal copiers. Diagnosed problems, replaced parts,
adjusted and tested.
fire alarm blueprints
Education
Certificate, SMJATC's Fire Alarm & Life Safety. Passed
State Exam in June 2004. Card No. 104645
Certificates, OICW's Telecom, Electronics, Fab & Assembly Class in
Menlo Park in 2003
Certificate, CET's MMIC Microwave Technology Class in San Jose in 1985
Junior College Credits from ongoing education in Telecom, Local Area Networks,
Cisco Networks and Fiber.
Certificates, Electronics Theory, Assembly and Fabrication from OICW in
Menlo Park in 2003
Certificate, MMIC Microwave Technology from CET in San Jose in 1985
Junior College course work in Telecom, Local Area Networks and Fiber Optics
Memberships:
Former Board Member, Menlo Park Fire Prevention District
Executive Producer, The Vegetation Management Video Project Committee
Film Maker /
Telecom Technician / Writer
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EXPERIENCE:
Contract Writer/Documenter/ Proofreader
Symbol Technologies, VARs Inc. and Eloquent Software
1997-2000
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Wrote a Start Here Guide, for Symbol, enabling
VARs to create a development platform for client/server systems using
Spectrum24 wireless LAN terminals. Wrote a Users Guide, for VARs Inc.,
to be used as a reference manual for system administrators and as
a text book to train fab workers to use an image archiving system.
Proofed transcripts, for Eloquent, against audio recordings of seminar
presentations. |
Computer Sales
Fry's, Wards,
& Price Club
1992-1997 |
Sold software, Sony Play Station games,
books and music CD's. Also worked in computer sales, components, accessories
and RTV (Return To Vendor) departments. Used hands-on work experience
to sell telephone wire, lineman's tools, oscilloscopes and electrical
meters. Wrote training materials for Fry's components department sales
associates. |
LAN Installer
CWA & IBEW.
1990-2003 |
Installed 10 Base T point to point LANs.
Ran twisted pair copper wire for voice, data, and LAN PDS (premisis
distribution systems). Supplemented job training with night classes. |
Electronics Tech
Modern Office
1985-1990 |
Repaired Konica Royal photocopiers. Used
knowledge of electronics to troubleshoot to circuit board level, replace
defective parts, adjust, test, and perform PM's. Developed sales skills
while selling maintenance contracts and supplies. |
Technical Editor
Microwave News
1984 |
Proof read typeset copy against manuscripts
written by microwave engineers. Wrote several monthly columns and
the sidebars for supplementary articles on ferrite devices. Participated
in STC activities. |
| Skills |
Software |
Hardware |
| Grant Writing |
Microsoft Word |
Oscilloscope and Volt-Ohm Meter |
| Editing |
Word Perfect |
Signal Generator and 4 Pair Tester |
| Indexing |
FrameMaker |
HP Scalar Network Analyzer |
| Interviewing |
Web site design |
Tone Generator/Detector |
PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING: |
Various STC seminars on writing and editing.
Printing Techniques and Writing for Public Relations.
Cisco Networking.
Microsoft Front Page. |
EDUCATION &
COURSEWORK: |
BA English California State University, Stanislaus Certificate
C.E.T.'s MMIC Microwave Technician Class
Data Communications, BASIC, Konica Copier School |
| AFFILIATIONS: |
The Vegetation Management Video Project Committee
Producer of "The Cannonball Express" http://www.canonbal.org |
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