Real Estate Sales

Alan Cramer

P.O. Box ******

Austin, TX *****

970-***-**** cell

*****@***********.***

Profile

. 13+ years as an electronic technician / programmer / project developer

. 20+ years management experience / business owner

. Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills

. Excellent written and verbal communication skills

. Excellent customer service skills

. Ability to direct complex projects from concept to implementation.

. Goal-oriented individual with strong leadership capabilities.

. Proven ability to work simultaneously with staff, vendors, and

customers of multiple companies.

. CompTIA A+ Certification

Employment History

Technician III, Sky Ute Casino Resort October 2008 - July 2009 Ignacio

Colorado

. Troubleshoot, repair, install, refurbish, and maintain IGT, WMS,

Atronics, and Bally Slot Machines networked with Oasis 2.5 CDS

database (specific to casinos) and networking system.

. Traced connections and created diagram in Photoshop mapping out

Paltronics progressive network including Servers, Jackpot Controllers,

Switches, etc. to over 700 slot machines.

. Programmed / Implemented Oasis Diagnostic SQL System to track

failures and repairs.

. Board level troubleshooting and replacement, troubleshooting and

installing network and data lines, NIC cards, controllers, graphics,

audio, mechanical parts, etc.

CompuCom - Ignacio, Durango & Pagosa Springs March 2009

. Temporary position through Corestaff Technology Group for CompuCom.

3 day install (35 hours)

. Installed over 60 new computer systems, and 8 multi-function printers

in three Wells Fargo branches

Technician I/II/III/ Senior Tech, Hewlett Packard - Boise, Id, Greeley

Co 1979 -1991

. Calibrating, testing, troubleshooting and repairing circuit boards.

Calibrating, testing and troubleshooting tape and disk drives.

. Solved highest warranty / reliability problem on 7905 disk drive

determined non-solvable by Production Engineering.

. Developed / Designed / Programmed Automated Diagnostic PC board "bed-

of-nails" Test Systems for circuit boards that diagnosed failures and

printed failure tickets specifying components to be replaced by non-

technical employees.

. Designed test fixture improvements integrated into 3065 Test System.

. Designed microprocessor based test fixtures reducing test time and

increasing throughput. (Example: 4 minutes to 8 seconds.)

. Recruited to Greeley, Colorado Hard Copy Division in 1983

. Recommended PC board design / revision changes to Lab Engineers.

. Provided throughput process improvements and procedures for new

production lines.

. Coordinated with Lab and manufacturing to deliver high throughput test

solutions for new product releases.

. Managed projects from initial Lab specifications to final release to

manufacturing / production.

SimpleGains, LLC. Founder 2007 - Present

. Internet Info-marketing company selling downloadable information

products

. Developed websites including Squeeze Page, Sales Page, Up-sale Page,

and Download/Thank You pages.

. Outsourced ghost writing, web creation / graphics through Rent-a-

coder and Elance for shorter market cycle.

Property By Owner, Inc. - Founder / President / Publisher 1985 -2007

. Created one of the first For Sale By Owner real estate marketing

systems in U.S.A.

. Installed, repaired, and maintained 15 PC's on two peer-to-peer

networks

. Created an automated magazine production system that reduced

production time from 4 days to 6 hours.

. Created database which reduced support staff requirements by over

60%.

. Automated upload of photos and data from database to website

. Designed sales copy and marketing campaigns including brochures,

radio, television, Sales Letter Websites, Google & Yahoo! PPC (pay-per-

click campaigns), etc.

. Co-hosted Property By Owner Radio Show on Talk Radio AM600 - 1 Hour

show Saturday mornings 2002 - 2004

. President of the National For Sale By Owner Network Association

. Self-published audio book called FSBO Secrets. Website

www.FSBOsecretsCD.com

. Taught Continuing Education class 1 day per semester at Colorado

State University on Selling Real Estate By Owner.

. Managed staff of up to 12 employees

. Proficient in Photoshop, PageMaker, InDesign, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

photography, etc.

. Specified vendor requirements for magazine printing, distributing,

etc.

. Seminar speaker - Educated consumers and sold services from the stage

Priority One Real Estate, Inc. - Founder / President / Managing Broker

1991 -2007

. Installed and maintained 10 PC's on peer-to-peer.

. Installed cat5 to all offices, added hubs, WAP, networked copiers,

lasers, etc.

. Developed automated upload of real estate listings from database to

website

. Founded one of the first reduced commission hybrid real estate

companies in the U.S.A.

. Managing Broker of largest independent Real Estate office in Larimer

County based on number of listings

. Trained new agents' technical skills of real estate contracts and the

entire sales process.

. Created library of clauses to be plugged into real estate contracts

by agents

. Managed staff of up to 10 agents and employees

. Hired, trained, evaluated, and coached employees and agents

McCall, Hibler & Allen, Inc. Insurance - Nov 2009 - Present

. Commercial Insurance Agent - Solution Based Sales and Risk Management

. Updated /categorized current clients, and archived old clients in

Instar Database

. Renewed existing clients in admitted and non-admitted markets

. Sold and placed unique, difficult to insure new businesses with non-

admitted markets

. Researched and sold new business prospects, searched admitted and

non-admitted markets for solutions

. Prospected Emerging Technologies & Commercial Real Estate prospects

. Created marketing brochures, postcards, sales letters, email, etc.

. Apartment Association Trade show Exhibitor to tap apartment managers

referral base

Education DeVry Institute of Technology - Graduate 1979

CompTIA A+ Certification - Nov 2009

Colorado Real Estate Brokers License 1991 - 2009

Texas Property & Casualty Insurance License 2009

MLIS designation (Management Liabilities Insurance Specialist)

2010

References Gordon Esplin - Attorney 970-***-****

Deb Hoffmann - Hoffmann Book Keeping 970-***-****

Matt von Riesen - Real Estate Agent 970-***-****

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