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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Business development. Service Manager. Project Estimator

North Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Business Development and Operations Manager.I manage the day-to-day business operation and production logistic for movies, political ads, product commercials, and corporate promotion videos.

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

I ran a large team to complete electrical construction projects at the new Salt Lake City Airport.Responsibilities included the deployment and maintenance of all temporary construction power and lighting for trades building the airport terminal. I also managed the lighting installation for the largest open areas in the terminal, ticketing and baggage claim. Maintaining close coordination with other trades was crucial to the success of projects I was assigned.

Cedar Hills, Utah

Master Electrician – Residential, commercial wiring and service.Managed a small team to complete electrical construction and service projects. Most of our business were new homes in the Eagle Mountain area.

Orem, Utah

Journeyman Electrician – Residential/ Commercial Wiring/ ServiceManaged a small team to complete electrical construction and service projects in Utah/ Salt Lake and Davis Counties.

Southern Helmond Province, Afghanistan

Regional Construction Manager for Southern Helmond Province.Primary responsibilities• Secure contracts from the Department of Defense and construct essential projects to assist Operation Enduring Freedom.• Procure local and foreign materials to complete contracted projects.• Manage a team of 16 foreign nationals. Projects Included:• Connecting the hospital and the combat communications compound at Camp Dwyer to a centralized power generation grid. We also deployed and maintained portable power generation equipment for unserved areas.• Drill water well for the Afghan Nation Army to provide a dependable water source.• Design/ construct a precast concrete plant for making very strong culverts to assist in road repair and water management.• Design and construct a multi-station heavy equipment wash rack that would collect, filter and reuse water. This project became the model for all of Afghanistan.• Wiring power infrastructure for new forward operation bases, aka. FOBs.• Work with local Afghan elders to assess and bid the rebuilding of Shura Hall in Nawa.• Provide support to force protection structures and assisting military units to accomplish their mission by providing solutions to day-to-day problems.• Travel to other bases and FOBs to assist secure funds and materials.

Cedar Hills, Utah

Managed and conducted technical review of pre-published courseware. Publishers include: McGraw Hill, Wiley, Cengage, Pearson, uCertify, AXZO Press and others.Exam certification evaluations include:• A+, Server+, Linux+, Security+, Network+• Microsoft Office Suite examsManaged and conducted technical quality assurance testing of courseware to be posted to the Microsoft Courseware Library.Courseware titles personally tested include:• Administering Team Foundation Server 2010• End to End Business Intelligence• Enterprise Desktop Support Technician• Implementing Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 for the Site Owner / Power User• Planning, Deploying and Managing Microsoft System Center Service Manager • Extending Microsoft System Center Service ManagerResponsibilities included: • Working directly with the publishers to bring their publications into Microsoft and CompTIA certification compliance. • Working directly with Microsoft Learning and courseware authors to bring courseware into compliance with regards to technical accuracy, functionality, and instructional design.

Rexburg, Idaho

Co-Owner / Journeyman Electrician in Idaho, Montana, and Colorado.Craft Electric LLC specialized in providing the highest quality electrical, low voltage, and home automation solutions for high-end homes. Projects also included a hotel and the historical Union Pacific Dining Lodge in West Yellowstone Montana.

St. Anthony, Idaho

Deployment of DSL and wireless internet services to the end user. Responsibilities included: Selling and up-selling internet and telephone services Site IT maintenance and supportCisco router configuration for intra-office network and DSL customersCustomer relationsManaging the telephone billing process.Initiate and maintain a Competitive Local Exchange Company (CLEC) for FairPoint Communications. (Resale of QWEST phone lines for FairPoint Communications)

Rexburg, Idaho

Certified Microsoft Technician/ Engineer.Computer consulting firm specializing in networks and hardware for small businesses and schools in the Upper Snake River Valley in Southeast Idaho.Responsibilities included: Selling and up-selling computer systems, cellular phones and service, custom software and networking productsManaging staff Securing business through walk-in and bid processDeveloping good customer relationsProgramming custom software solutionsManaging budgetAccounts receivable and payableStrategic planningInventory ControlAll other computer work pertaining to the operation and execution of the business model.

Bellevue, Washington

Software Support Engineer (Top Tier), Training CoordinatorResponsibilities included: • Co-Product Support Lead - layout/design/testing for roll out of MS Word 6.0 and MS Flight Simulator 4.0.• Servicing Microsoft’s strategic clients, providing information and custom programming solutions to meet their needs, i.e., Pepsi Co., NASA, and US Air Force. • Coordinating and delivering consistent technical training with all other Microsoft support sites. • Creating custom tools to facilitate uniform technical training for all support sites. • Creating and implementing the Microsoft (Hardware Driver) Download Service, MSDL. This service was later incorporated into MSN.com.