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Crafty Hands continues to evolve as a media technology company. The studio in Winterstown offers 48 digital tracks of recording capability, a Yamaha baby grand piano, and acoustically correct mixing and live room spaces. Building projects include a new project studio in Pennsylvania, Sonic Adventures Studio in New Jersey, and the Paul Reed Smith Dragon Crossing Studio. Recording projects include track work on Happy The Man's "Muse Awakens", and the Oblivion Sun debut CD, as well as recording and mixing the entire "High Places" project by Oblivion Sun. www.craftyhands.net

Supervised the project management of high end remodeling projects in Northern Virginia area; estimated and sold projects. Duties included interfacing with customers and crews, materials acquisition, job tracking, preliminary design and estimating, sales, computer template design for tracking, web site development and implementation, kitchen and ceramic tile installations as side projects.

Design, test, and fabricate high end speaker systems for audiophile and discerning listeners.* Create 3D CAD drawings.* Simulate and prototype circuits and enclosures.* Define assembly and production parameters for shop deployment.

As owner and operator of Wyatt Woodworking my job description covers a lot of ground: * Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising. * Business plan & sales strategy development. * Project design, estimating, and contracting. * Development in-house proprietary construction techniques. * Employee resource management.

Designed, built and operated a 7,500 sq. ft. cabinet shop and showroom. This shop specialized in high end custom kitchens and built in furniture. I developed a unique system for cabinet construction and designed all projects using Cabinet Vision CAD. Costs were controlled using several innovative materials acquisition methods, and several custom manufacturing systems were designed and built in house, including dry-kilns, spray booths, and dust collection.

I was the licensed Class B contractor (Equivalent to Virginia Class A) supervising operations for the renovation of several properties. Duties included the design, drafting, permits, scheduling, materials take off and acquisition, hiring subcontractors, and general management of the projects. Properties were luxury tourist accommodations with a focus on marble and intricate woodworking.

ACB was a small sub-contracting company concentrating on framing, roofing, siding and close in for general contractors in Hawaii. ABC Custom Cedar Homes, from California, was the principal employer. I also designed and built two spec homes in this period.

I provided construction management for owner builders and contractors. Services included setting up complete offices for general contracting and all the duties of managing those offices and operations, estimating, purchasing, subcontracting, permits, inspections, accounting, and on site supervision. CCS provided the same services for owner builders and also included drafting, design, and blueprinting.

Virginia Class "A" general contractor. A three division company; new residential construction, home improvements, and commercial/light industrial construction. Built approximately 400 homes in Northern Virginia up to one million-dollar price range each. Ran up to thirteen projects concurrently, performed all the duties of a general contractor, and specifically focused on operations management.Frank Wyatt

Project foreman for commercial renovations at Pepsico world headquarters, Bank of New York, IBM, and New York Telephone. Worked as a carpenter on HUD renovation in Poughkeepsie, NY for one year.

Renovated brownstones in Manhattan. I supervised all the sub-contractors and was the lead carpenter converting spaces into European styled restaurants. Romano Valle, a master Yugoslavian cabinet-maker, trained me in shop carpentry. I became full partner in a new company with Romano, European American Carpenters and General Contractors.

Supervisor of field operations and lead carpenter for the Israeli architect Ari Bahat. Projects included the Ed Weiss advertising agency on Fifth Avenue, and the community center at Fire Island Pines, Long Island, NY.

Framing and trim carpentry subcontracting company. We framed houses for Pulte, Corbitt, and Ryan Homes in the Northern Virginia area.

Worked as a rigger and hook-up for red iron structural steel, and then changed trades to carpentry working summers while attending James Madison University.

Computer Programming; Media Technology

Music And Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Madison Jazz ensemble.

General Studies