- General Contractor

- Managed a comprehensive interior remodel of a single-family residence in Carlsbad, CA.- Coordinated with the City of Carlsbad to obtain two building permits.- Collaborated with an architect to design and structurally endorse the project.- Demonstrated expertise in: - Demolition: Removed electrical, plumbing, drywall, and flooring down to the studs and concrete slab. - Cabinetry: Designed, built, and installed custom cabinetry throughout the residence. - Carpentry: Constructed 11 door, closet, and exterior door jambs, and hung slab doors, each with a 4 hinge mortise. - Flooring: Set and floated 1,200 sqft of limestone flooring. - Plumbing and Electrical: Installed finish fixtures and managed related systems.- Additional features: - Built a 500 sqft pavilion with a waterproof roof. - Constructed an outdoor attached kitchen with amenities. - Designed and built a 300 sqft above-ground deck to support a two-ton spa, including a stair system and handrail.

- Install doors and hardware, cabinet building installation and repair.- All types of trim work, crown molding, base board, cornices, decorative shelves, fireplace mantels.- Window, door, casings, framing, and installation.- Custom built solid core doors, screen doors.- All types of framing, remodeling, room additions, sky- lights, patio covers, gazebos, built in barbecues, outdoor kitchens.- Drywall, hang, tape, texture.- Flooring, hardwood finished, and unfinished, stone, ceramic.- House siding, garage door facing.

Project Manager/ Finish Carpenter- Balancing multiple projects, coordinating subcontractors in a timely manner. Inspecting completed work, working with city inspectors and passing inspections. Worked closely with homeowners on change orders.- Bags on working foreman. Preformed every aspect of home remodeling. - Installed pre-hung and slab doors.

- Door & Window installer/ Glazer. - Fabricated and installed Lift & Slide door systems. - Installed large pieces of glass and learned how to glaze.- Worked in multi-million dollar homes that required a background check.- Performed all types of finish carpentry.- Working with rare hardwoods, metal, high end glass.

- Fabricated and installed 56 door jams; cut, shaped, and hung 56 slab doors, with a four-hinge swing, bore and mortise all doors for hardware. - Milled, shaped, and installed over five thousand lineal feet of base board.- Custom framing including stairs. - Window installation. - Water proofing, and flashing. - Manufactured and installed 63 shade pockets. - Installed handles and pulls on cabinetry. - Adjusted and leveled a car turn table. - Performed a wide range of carpentry skills. - Assisted subcontractors.

- Developed and managed a successful packing and shipping business. - Responsibilities included accounts payable and receivables, managing inventory, sales, design, delivery and advertising.- Developed a business plan, purchased equipment, built renovations, customer base, with high level of productivity. - Sold business at a profit.

- Tending to cement mixer. - Framing in cement forms.- General clean up.- Kept masons supplied with cement and bricks and blocks.- Learned how to mix concrete. - Learned how set bricks and blocks.- Grout. - General landscaping, setting up sprinkler systems. - Drove dumb trucks and hauled loads to dumb.

- Laborer. - Learned how to frame. - General job site clean up. - Moving lumber. - Digging trenches. - Learned how to install baseboards, door casing, and perform general trim work.