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Delaware, Ohio, United States

Delaware, Ohio, United States

- Designed and created the Time v3 Astronomical Clock. + Wrote Python software that projects and animates Sun, Moon, planets, and constellations on the sky of any photograph with pixel-accuracy in real-time: https://github.com/rr34/Time-v3-Astronomical-Clock + Created an open-source Python library for tagging photographs with directional orientation data: https://github.com/rr34/AstroWideImageMapper + Configured software to account for different camera/lens combinations. + Constantly improve user experience by distributing beta versions, incorporating feedback into software, and writing clear documentation.- Established electronics shop with mission of empowering consumers through technology education. + Provide technical support to consumers, consult on computer / software purchases, data recovery, repair electronics, fix watches, replace watch batteries. + Maintain a blog with clear and concise technology articles about computers, software, audio equipment, networking, photography, and more: www.timev3technology.com- Programmed in JavaScript an application that shows the time since sunrise, day length, moon phase, and season by showing the sun, moon and stars rotate around the user’s location on Earth. + Implemented on personally-managed server at with Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. + See www.timev3.com and enter a location name and latitude / longitude to generate a user-specific link.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

- Consistent and reliable real estate agent of 5 years + Utilize various real estate software tools, particularly systemized searches and pricing applications. + Assist clients to confidently make life’s largest financial decision, fitting desires into budgets with organization. + Generated referral business with post-sale support to ensure satisfied clients by demonstrating genuine care.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

- Completed a successful 7-year investment in a 9-unit apartment building: + Improved from 33% vacancy with loss to full occupancy, profitability, and 80% appreciation over 7 years. + Systemized and optimized management to include maintenance, leasing, and renovation decision-making. + Authored book from meticulously-documented notes, The Landlord’s Operating Manual, available on Amazon, modeled after aircraft operating manuals to organize any real estate investment.

- Piloted the technically-complex CH-53E transport helicopter while concurrently serving as a squadron officer, an intense dual-duty responsibility unique to the Marine Corps. + Flew 1181 hours without incident during training and execution of four 6-month deployments. + Maintained currency throughout career on complex military aviation flight manuals and procedures, plus their sources and authority hierarchy, to include understanding the version control system of updating rules and procedures – very similar to software version control. + As the squadron senior functional check pilot, participated in the squadron-level decision-making, clear documentation, and personnel training for functional check flight procedures. + Delivered countless flight plan presentations in the high-pressure environment of combat and culture of intense peer scrutiny. + Direct supervisor of up to 62 Marines in a combat zone.- Selected as the functional check pilot for special mission to retrieve CH-53E helicopter from contract engineering maintenance in Sacheon, South Korea. + Documented written daily flight results into clear organized criteria for engineers to promote daily communication and efficient task completion. + With clear written English, proper terminology, and attention to detail, overcame language barrier with South Korean engineers who were extremely capable when given organized written flight evaluations. + Led the team as the senior officer of the independent maintenance team of 6 Marine flight personnel. + After efficient completion of flight checks, returned the CH-53E helicopter to Okinawa, Japan from Korea.- Designed and maintained the audio-visual system for the squadron “ready-room” for use by hundreds of personnel. + Selected technology, worked with technicians, wrote concise manual, and trained squadron members on its use. + The system was copied by other squadrons because of high user satisfaction.