Heather Dickison Email & Phone Number

United States

San Rafael, Ca

Provide trauma informed massages to the women housed at the Carmelia house (Which provides a safe, supportive home to eight women in collaboration with the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services).

San Francisco Bay Area

• Rebranded organization and reconstituted Mission, Purpose, Vision, and Values• Stabilized nonprofit and executed sustainable financial plan: negotiated new terms with partners, added part-time staff, and bolstered funding sources acquiring 12 new grants in under 2 years.• Created curriculum and trained new volunteers in integrative pain management & trauma informed care • Obtained non-profit mailing status through USPS • Editor and publisher of digital and physical Newsletter as well as social media• Served on a street outreach team alongside a nurse practitioner and licensed talk therapists 3 days a week

San Francisco Bay Area

Massage Therapist in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Craniosacral, Prenatal, Shiatsu, Acupressure, & Ayurveda Massage

Berkeley & San Francisco

Responsible for checking all fluids, starting up generators and engines, prepping air-compressors, switching shore power, and solving issues in the engine room while underway.Acted as 2nd in command during emergency situations.Trained in First Aid, CPR, firefighting, and passenger rescue.

Pier 41 San Francisco

Oversee boarding and disembarking, keep passenger count, sell tickets, attend to passenger safety, & tie up and let go of vessel.2nd in command during emergency situations.Regularly perform normal maintenance work.

Pier 41 San Francisco, Ca

Performed inspections of shackles & life flotation devices.Assisted in fueling operations and line splicing. Acted as 2nd in command during emergency situations.

San Francisco

Lead bartender and cashier; in charge of inventory.

Oakland, Ca

Reviewed & delivered project proposals.Performed Market Sector Analysis & presented findings to the Marketing Team.Assisted with planning & throwing the company Holiday Party.Helped select & order the Client Holiday Gifts.Front desk receptionist.

Watsonville, California

Oversaw a turnaround in organization that resulted in a massive increase in investment & sales opportunities.

Watsonville, Ca

Single-handedly created & implemented the organizational structure, governance, and staffing needed to grow the company from a startup to a thriving business.Obtained & complied with Food Safety and Organic Certifications.Planned & chaired all company meetings.Independently created & managed the WWOOF (Willing Worker on Organic Farm) Program.Established a training program & helped conduct classes for our WWOOF-ers to teach them a variety of homesteading skills.Helped run open house tours for the public so that they could learn more about the largest Aquaponics farm in the world.Applied for grants & met with potential investors.Led day-to-day operations of over 20 permanent employees & 10 contract workers.

Los Gatos, Ca

Was in charge of designing & running Helioscope models which showed energy gains for potential clients. These models helped the sales team move our company from small to large scale projects & increased our market share in the solar industry.Trained & supervised first-time installers on job sites to ensure smooth first installations. Answered customers design questions & ensured compliance with NEC and local building codes.Organized & led training seminars throughout the U.S. and Canada on how to install our products.Directly interfaced with Software & Hardware Engineers to suggest product improvements and to ensure their implementation in a timely manner.Represented the company at trade shows throughout the U.S.Carried out quality control & risk avoidance tests.

Los Gatos, Ca

Initiated and created the first training manual as well as many technical papers for newly hired Technical Support Engineers.Provided technical support to the Sales and Marketing Departments.

Pinole, Ca

Performed a variety of construction, roofing, welding, electrical, & concrete jobs.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Tiled, painted, & performed a variety of plumbing and electrical repairs.Maintained landscapes & repaired pools.

Cairns, Australia

Prepared dilapidation reports prior to demolitions.Worked alongside the team on both demolitions and restorations.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Co-designed & built our wind harnessing prototype from the ground up.Modeled our prototype in Solidworks single-handedly & produced all machine shop drawings. Maintained deadlines and ensured tolerances were held with our machine shop daily.Procured funding from investors & stockholders.

Ucsb Santa Barbara, Ca

Assistant to a blind PhD Mechanical Engineering student.Reviewed projects & assignments for errors.Created timelines to ensure deadlines were kept.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Technical troubleshooting for students and faculty.Independently prepared and taught software and computer literacy workshops for UCSB students.

Certified Massage Therapist 500Hrs, Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage

Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering Student Council, Engineers Without Borders, SWE - Society of Women Engineers, ASME - American.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineering Student Council, Engineers Without Borders, INDUS