PHILIP A. BUONPASTORE ** Copper Creek Drive

acq081@r.postjobfree.com Dahlonega, GA. 30533

770-***-****

TECHNICAL WRITER and EDITOR with ASSOCIATE EDITORSHIP EXPERIENCE

Technical Writing and documentation, including authoring and editing engineering manuals, and electronic circuit analysis for documentation as well as analog/digital electronic component level repair and field service, technical training and the authoring of user manuals used in training classes and seminars

Associate Editorship for a printed circuit board technical trade magazine, with responsibilities for editing articles from contributing national and international authors for the printed and online versions of the magazine; writing and editing columns, attending trade shows as a company representative, and industry interviews and photographic coverage of events

Author and Freelance Journalist/Photographer, authored the book Shifting Gears at 50, A Motorcycling Guide for New and Returning Riders, published February, 2012 by I-5 Publishing, and freelance journalist and photographer for the national and international motorcycling magazines and political and cultural magazines and newspapers

Experienced user of publishing and image editing software including Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop Elements, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and the Mac programs Pages, Numbers and Keynote, as well as miscellaneous programs used for website posting and editing. Photoshop based editing and correction of images, photographic film to digital image conversion (photographic film scanners) and image format conversion from RAW and DNG to tiff and jpeg

Technical field service, application engineering, R&D engineering technician, professional and consumer audio/video equipment repair, analog/digital electronic and electro-mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic repair, refurbishment and return to field, and systems installation and startup; Technical resume available upon request.

Air Force Photographic Technician, including general photography, photography for training seminars, police investigations, studio work, photographic lab technician, support of Security Police and the Office of Special Investigations, the Charleston AFB newspaper and local area news publications

On Air Television Production (Cable News Network) including the running of on-air programming and scheduling commercial advertisements

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TECHNICAL WRITER and EDITOR, and TECHNICAL TRAINING Writing and editing of technical documentation, user manuals and classroom training seminars for the previous employers: AccuSentry Machine Vision, Emhart Automotive (now Emhart Teknologies), Mitsubishi Electronics, Colonial Pipeline Company and Intecolor (Rockwell International). Hands on technical positions include: Applications Engineer, Machine Vision (vision system) product inspection company, Field Service Engineering; installation and troubleshooting of electro-mechanical systems from automotive welding heads to large product container systems, Field Engineer for a petroleum transportation (pipeline) industry, including SCADA systems, Audio/Vision professional consumer and industrial level repair experience, and R&D engineering technician for same, including system tests and report writing. Field service tech working from a home office for a four-state service area, requiring written reports and record keeping. National and international travel for several previous employers. Full technical resume available upon request.

ASSOCIATE EDITOR, Printed Circuit Design and Fabrication (PCD&F) Magazine 2400 Lake Park Drive, Suite 440, Smyrna, GA 30080 November, 2007 to July, 2008

Daily updates of news items and articles for a monthly circuit board trade magazine and related website (www.pcd&f.com) including the editing of engineering articles and columns by national and international authors, and the editing and posting of industry news and happenings and product information for both the printed and online versions of the magazine, as well as writing columns and conducting in-person and email interviews. Photography of trade shows and image editing generated for periodical and electronic content using Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Word, and internet publishing software.

JOURNALIST, PHOTOGRAPHER and STOCK PHOTOGRAPHIC SALES September 1999 to Present

Travel, product test and opinion-technical analysis articles with photographic credits for the magazines Rider, (Motorcycle) Cruiser, American Motorcyclist, Motorcycle Consumer News, Baggers and Roadbike. Cultural and political articles for The Brown Spectator magazines, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution, among others. Original photography used in the Showtime documentary Sum of the Parts, a history of the progressive rock band Genesis. A list of published articles is available upon request. Photographic work and miscellaneous published articles and article links posted at www.philmages.com, and sold through the commercial photographic website www.alamy.com. Preparation for the posting of photography and written materials for website use includes scanning of original photographic media into digital format. Extensive use of the Photoshop Elements program to edit, color correct, crop, etc. Routine edits and updates to the website as needed.

AUTHOR, Shifting Gears at 50, a Motorcycling Guide for New and Returning Riders Sept. 2009 to February 2012 Published in February, 2012 by I-5 Publishing, Shifting Gears At Fifty, A Motorcycling Guide for New and Returning Riders is a “how-to” book that makes recommendations for appropriate motorcycle training classes and licensing, choosing a motorcycle, suggestions to help improve rider competency, and outfitting a bike with safety and comfort related accessories for travel and long distance riding. Also included are chapters about motorcycle touring in various locations in the US.

FIELD SERVICE, APPLICATIONS ENGINEERING, R&D ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN, and COMPONENT LEVEL ELECTRONIC and ELECTRO-MECHANICAL REPAIR March 1988 to Present

Technical Resume available upon request.

EDUCATION

Associate in Applied Sciences - Electronic Engineering Technology Dekalb Technical Institute / Dekalb College, Clarkston, GA.

Associate of Arts Degree - Music and General Studies Broward Community College, Boca Raton, FL.

USAF Extension Course Institute: USAF 23312 and 23152, Still Photographic Apprentice and Technician Courses

AWARDS / COMMENDATIONS / ASSOCIATIONS

Honorable Discharge, United States Air Force

USAF Letters of Commendation (5)

Deans List, Broward Community College

Dekalb College Quarterly Mathematics Achievement Awards (3) Top Secret Security Clearance (inactive)

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