OBJECTIVE
Seeking an established successful company to dedicate my full array of talents to. I can start in any position available
EXPERIENCE
US Navy
Personnelman – Crash & Rescue Fire Fighting Squad
>Member of highly trained firefighting squad onboard guided missile destroyer USS John Rodgers (DD-983) responsible for firefighting / damage control and rescue of pilots and crewmembers of helicopter squadron attached to ship responsible for carrying search and rescue swimmers
>Awarded Battle “E” Award for battle efficiency.
>Awarded Letter of Commendation from Italian Admiral in charge of entire allied fleet for professionalism while serving on the Honor Guard as one of 8 US sailors chosen to represent the US Navy to the world during Nato SNFL Change of Command ceremony.
1996-2000
Fairbanks Nissan / VW / Honda
Sales Manager
>Maintained exemplary high closing ratio
>Customer satisfaction survey results consistently reflected happy customers
>Set records that have still not been beat by selling more in one day than anyone in the history of the company to date
>Hired and trained sales staff and call center employees.
2000-2004
Diamond Ridge Motors on Broadway in Denver
General Manager / I.T. Director
>Founded pre-owned car dealership with former owner of Fairbanks Nissan / VW / Honda
>Created first website in the country to collect secure credit applications online that were submitted directly to the lending department at Wells Fargo Financial
>Hired, trained and managed sales staff.
>Engineered secure network spanning two buildings and powered every department.
>Integrated website inventory with Manheim Auction database and AutoTrader.com website database.
2000-Present
LIVE I.T. Pros & LIVEHosting
I.T. Director
>Founded hosting company based on 100% uptime reliability and live support.
>Created SPAM free mission critical email system.
>Created LIVEPlaces.us US business directory with database containing nearly 40,000,000 US businesses.
>Founded LIVE Payment Systems which offers guaranteed lowest processing rates to every business in the US and Canada via online marketing and direct sales.
>Currently overseeing management of international sales team being created for direct sales of I.T. services (hosting, remote support, database development) and merchant services (credit card processing and business loans) to US and Canadian companies.
2007-2010
Skybeam
Network Field Technician
>Installed point to point microwave wireless Internet and voice communications for residential and business customers.
>Network field operations service technician responsible for climbing towers and servicing and managing all aspects of Skybeam’s high speed microwave network.
>Worked outdoors all year round in all weather conditions. On call 24/7 covering network reliability tasks for the state of Colorado, including communications tower climbing and maintenance of remote microwave systems.
EDUCATION
1989-1992
Gresham High School, Gresham Oregon
Certified Communications Tower Climber & Tower Climbing Safety and Rescue
REFERENCES
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