Sales Quality

Robert Kelly Edwards

*** ********* ***. ***. *** Savannah, Ga. 31405

Cell Phone 912-***-****

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EDUCATION

High School- H.V. Jenkins Savannah, Ga.

Savannah Technical College- Business/Marketing/Management Major

University of Phoenix- Business Major (currently attending)

Special Training and Certificates: Army Traffic Safety Program, Nation Safety Council D.O.T. Flagging

Procedures, National Youth Sports Coaches Association, GSI PPE Training, Quality Respirator Teacher,

GSI Hazcom Training, VT Griffin Hunter Army Airfield Certified Forklift Lic. With compliance with

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178, Ft. Stewart/ HAAF Diver Improvement Program

WORK HISTORY

Survivor Glam Squad

08/12 to Current

Board of Directors Secretary

Duties: attend board meetings on a regular basis. Host and promote fund raisers. Cold calling/Solicit

business to business for donations and fund raisers. Create and critical thinking a major tool highly used

in the organization. Coordinate with local news stations to promote our cause and events. Supervise small

groups at fund raisers.

Desperados

05/12 to 08/2012, Business closed

Head of Security (part time)

As head of security I plan and secure all events that happen in the establishment. My job is to defuse

any negative situation before it escalates out of control. Work alongside with security on any special

events that involve celebrities performing a concert. Inventory customers so the building will not exceed

its capacity limit in case of a fire or natural disaster.

Children’s hope Savannah

CEO/Founder

11/08 to Current

As CEO of CHS my duties are to hold fund raisers, to raise funds to help children that are in need. Cold

calling business to business to sell raffle tickets, ask for donation, and look for volunteers to help children

that are in need of assistance. CHS is in the process of putting together a Board of Directors to help the

organization in many areas. All website, book keeping, public speaking are all my responsibilities until

the organization is going strong and a good Board of directors can help problem solve and input new

ideas.

Lummus

Senior Painter

11/2007 to 08/2008

Duties: Managing a crew of 3 to 5 people. Priming fabricated parts for assembly. Once all parts are

assembled, the machine comes back to the paint dept. for final coating, and then shipped to destinations

throughout the globe. I was responsible for all maintenance on equipment. It was vital to keep the paint

line going to produce quality and volume of Cotton Gin Machines. I was able to improve the paint dept.

by improving the equipment and bringing structure to the work area. Safety was improved by 100%,

quality by 100% and completing projects on schedule by 100%. I was able to put together a program that

improved the quality of the work and lower overhead by a considerable amount. I was able to utilize my

program to document all work and maintenance and document anything that was OSHA standards. No

short cuts were taking to a finish a job. I never sacrificed quality or safety to finish a product. Over all I

cut cost in maintenance, supplies, and man power which increases profits. Vice president would come

directly to me for input instead of my immediate Supervisor because I am able to problem solve on the

spot without losing time on important projects.

VT Griffin Services Inc.

Senior Painter – FT. Stewart/ Hunter Army Airfield

7/2001 to 606/2007

Duties: Complete painting projects on base, including all buildings, streets, runway, taxiway, and landing

pads or anything that was ordered to be painted by the Commanding Officer.

Additional duties were to fabricate all nonelectrical signs for FT. Stewart/ HAAF. This includes sheet

metal cutting and shaping. Covering with special vinyl’s that were heat sensitive. Measuring for logos and

lettering to be placed as requested. Special art work was requested to replace unit logos due to my art

skills. After fabricating signs they were installed as requested.

Special Projects: G-8 Summit, the coming of the World Leaders to HAAF. Worked on projects that

involved the President of the United States arriving either at HAAF or Ft. Stewart Ga. Helping with

deployments and returning troops. Worked with Special operations on low profile projects.

Gave support to ; Garrison HQ, Special OPS 160th Night Stalkers, 1/75th Ranger Bn., 117th Air National

Guard, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3 Aviation, 260th QM Bn., 559th QM Bn., 603rd ASB, 159th 3rd ID, AVN BDE 3rd

ID, 15th AOSS, 24th Corps SP Group, Military Police, Coast Guard Air Station of Savannah, Army Corps

of Engineers, DPW, Marine Reserves, Civilian Contractors, DAG Base airport

Royal Tile Co.

Owner

09/1998 to 07/2001

Duties: Supervised a crew of 6 men to install ceramic tile and marble. I was responsible for sales and

marketing. Completed all filing of payroll and contracts.

Projects worked; Hitch Village (Govt. housing project), Clear View Apartments (Govt. housing), Homes

with in Skidaway Island and Dutch Island.

Contractors worked with; Hallmark Home, Reardon Brothers, Savannah Restaurants (Burger King), Mr.

Hughes (McDonald’s fast food)

Stone Container

Operator B

09/1992 to 09/1998

Duties: Started ground level and was promoted up 3 positions within 4 months of employment. Working

12 hr shifts making brown paper to be used to make boxes. Within two months was promoted again due

to extreme hard work, as operator B, stocking and loading transport trucks and railroad cars. Special

forklifts were used to life 5,000 to 7,000 lbs rolls of paper. After working 6 months as an Operator B,

promoted to Supervisor of Recycling Dept. because of my problem solving talent and organizational

skills.

Special projects; Loading special made paper to be shipped to Japan.

Stone Container closed its Savannah Plant in 1998 which put 458 employees out of work including

myself.

Savannah Brush & Chemical

Travel Salesman

08/1988 to 07/1992

Duties: Started as warehouse labor. Mixing chemicals, bottling labeling, loading trucks for delivery.

Promoted within one year to outside sales. Traveling to parts of Ga. and SC. selling cleaning Chemicals,

steam cleaners, pressure washers, and commercial swimming pool chemicals.

ORGANIZATIONS

Children’s Hope Savannah

CEO/ Founder

Children’s Hope Savannah was created in November of 2008. The organization is still at its beginning

stage and growing. The goal of the organization is to give children incentives to stay in school and

continue through college. CHS is funded only by donations and volunteer workers. If one child is helped

then that is one child that does not become a statistic.

Childrenshopesavannah.com

Extreme Home Make-Over (Savannah)

Volunteered

Duties: traveled business to business to load donated furniture and bring back to its final destination

(newly built home.) Worked alongside with scene directors and coordinators to safely place furniture in

holding area. Helped clean and remove debris. Set up barrier to keep the public from entering into the

scene or filming area.

MSBL/SABL

Player

MSBL/SABL is a Nationwide baseball league that gives back to the community. Savannah is a host for

MSBL/SABL. The league was introduced to Savannah in 2005 and is getting stronger every year. Food is

donated to local charities throughout Savannah. MSBL/SABL is also a baseball league where adult men

can enjoy life outside of work. There are Doctors, a Senator and many community leaders that play and

support the local league.

OTHER

Movie filmed with in Savannah Ga. “The Legend of Bagger Vance” I was an extra in the film and had the

great pleasure to converse with Robert Redford, Matt Dameon and several supporting actors.

1989 tried out with the Cincinnati Reds organization. Injured shoulder during try outs.

1991 tried out with Kansas City Royals organization. Made the team but during batting practice was

struck in the head with a 92 mph fast ball that ended my career before it could begin.

Special Skills: Drafting and blue print reading, Extensive sales exp., Managing exp., Painting,

Construction, Consulting, Leadership, Hazardous Chemical Handling, Word 2010, Excel 2010, Access

2010, Business/ Marketing training, Artistic ability, Athletic, Teaching safety classes, Speaking in front of

large groups, and always helping as many people as possible.

Languages; English and Czech

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