Brent Wadey

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Chicago, IL 60632 630-***-**** (cell)

EXPERIENCE: • More than twenty-one years in all aspects of automotive, heavy truck, and aircraft

repair and maintenance, fourteen years as an instructor.

Extensive training in virtually all levels of engine and automotive repair and other mechanical applications.

ASE Master Automobile Technician.

ASE Truck Certified.

ASE Undercar Specialist.

ASE Parts Specialist (Automobile).

Featured guest speaker at UnderCar Digest convention (9 years).

EMPLOYMENT: AutoZone, Chicago, IL 2012 to Present

Sales Associate

Parts Specialist

Merlin Corporation, Geneva, IL

Service Manager 1993-2010

Hired, supervised and trained shop personnel.

Proficient at point-of-sale procedures and software including credit card sales and end of day and end of week sales reconciliation.

Worked with technicians to diagnosis and resolve issues with customers’ vehicles.

Trained shop personnel in EPA and OSHA regulations.

Technical Trainer/Support Services

Wrote curriculum for and taught a broad spectrum of technical training classes.

Taught operational and safety instruction for all shop tools, equipment, and lifts. Supervised maintenance of same.

Supervised compliance to EPA regulations concerning the repair and maintenance of automobiles throughout corporate and franchise stores.

Supervised compliance to OSHA regulations throughout corporate and franchise stores.

Supervised all aspects of new store openings to company specifications. (Eleven years experience).

Instructed corporate and franchise personnel in both technical and management areas.

Brake Parts, Inc., a division of Dana, McHenry, IL 1998-2000

Technical Trainer

Instructed clients in brakes, chassis, steering, and suspension curriculum.

Developed PowerPoint presentations for curriculum.

Grossinger’s Pontiac, Chicago, IL 1992-1993

Auto Mechanic

Performed wide variety of car maintenance and repair duties.

U.S. Marine Corps 1981-1992

Sergeant, E-5

Metal smith and air frames mechanic in USMC (4 years).

Supervised maintenance of ground support equipment at naval air bases in Tennessee and Illinois.

Directed mechanics in the maintenance and repair of KC-130 squadron.

Certified aircraft safe for flight following maintenance.

TRAINING: Instructor in all phases of automotive repair at the Naval Air Technical Training

Center, 1988-1989.

Successfully completed Staff NCO Training Program in 1987.

Successfully completed NCO Leadership School in 1986.

CERTIFICATIONS: ABS Automotive Brake System (Triton College)

ASE Master Automobile Technician

ASE Undercar Specialist

ASE Parts Specialist (Automobile)

ASE Truck Certified

Auto Engine Maintenance and Repair (USMC)

Automotive Brake System (USMC)

Automotive Power Trains (USMC)

Axle, Propeller Shaft and Universal Joint (GM)

Body Electrical (GM)

Computer Command Control - Fundamentals (GM)

Delco Moraine Antilock Brake System (GM)

Ford ABS Braking System (Triton College)

Ford Electronic Engine Controls (Triton College)

Heavy Duty Truck Areas: Gasoline Engines, Electrical and Electronics Systems

Illinois State Exhaust Emissions Control (Triton College)

ASE R-12 refrigerant recovery and recycling equipment

Supplemental Inflatable Restraints (Triton College)

EDUCATION: DePaul University, Chicago, IL

School of New Learning

B.A. in Education 2014

3.5 average on 4.0 scale

College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

Associates Degree in Education. 1998

Associates Degree in Applied Sciences. 2003

Automotive Technology

EXTRA-

CURRICULAR: Pit crew member of UMP class racing division late model stock car.

Member of Disabled Veterans Association.

Member of Golden Key Club (Top 15% of students academically)

MACS member

Contributing writer to UnderCar Digest

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

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