James R. Kessinger

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DOB 10/26/71-662-***-**** 662-***-****

Email – abkz14@r.postjobfree.com

Education: Shannon H igh School Class of 1990

M ississippi State University – Bachelor of Science: Fitness Management, School of

E ducation

Presidents Scholar spring 1997

I tawamba Community College Tupelo campus course of study Robotics

M ili tary Service: Veteran of the M ississippi National Guard, Desert Storm served from

2/25/89 to 2/25/01 Honorable Discharge as an E-5 Tank Commander, Decorated with an

A rmy Commendation Medal for shooting Top Gun out of the Battalion, two Army

Achievement Medals for meritorious service above and beyond the standard levels, was

chosen to shoot exposition for Govenor Fordice while t raining at Camp Shelby, Pontotoc

National Guard Armory 662-***-****

Special Skills: CPR certified, computer li terate (Word Perfect, M icrosoft Word, Excel, Quick

Books)can operate any fork lift, high lift, pallet jack, scissor lift, I have a class D drivers

l icense and can operate any manual t ransmission, can operate any wood or metal working

tools to include most mills and lathes, can weld to include wire-stick-tig (stainless steel,

a luminum, mild steel) can operate metal break and shear, pipe thread machine, have

p lumbing experience to include pneumatics, water, steam, and gas, have experience with

hydraulics, and some light electrical applications

Work Experience:

P recision Machine and Metal Fab. 502 Crossover RD, Tupelo, MS 38801, Supervisor John

F inley 662-***-**** Duties include: welding, fabricating projects from drawings, painting

t hose projects, millw right work, and some maintenance, to include hydraulic, pneumatic,

and electrical applications, I also worked in the office as a purchaser and inside sales in

w hich I generated computer based work orders, sales orders, purchase orders, and invoices,

a lso worked with accounts receivable and accounts payable in customer service and sales,

worked as a shipping and receiving rep. from Aug. 2004 to April 2009

Timberlake Foods 4141 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38801, Supervisor Brian Estes 662-

842-7190 Duties include: Commodities Broker, bought and sold food commodities to a wide

customer base all over the USA, using a computer generated commodities bulletin and by

observing the food market on a daily basis, worked with Excel sales orders, conformations,

and purchase orders applications, and also brokered t rucks to deliver the commodities,

other equipment used was multiphone line system and adding machine, later moved to

Southern Belle Cold Storage and worked as a shipping and receiving rep. from April 2003

to April 2005

Kyle and Kess Specialties Inc. Main St. Sherman, MS, Partner Tim Kyle 662-***-****

D uties include: co-owner Vice president, installation of garage doors and windows,

construction work, marketing, book keeping (using Quick Books applications), collections,

a lso computer generated contracts using Microsoft Word and Word Perfect, from Dec. 2001

to April 2003

Creative Glass and Overhead Door McCullough Blvd. Tupelo, MS, Supervisor Charles

Warren, Contact Craige Smith 662-***-**** Duties include: Service Technician, install and

service commercial and residential windows, garage doors, operators, to include t rouble

shooting electrical components, and all loading dock equipment, also worked on the glass

cutting table, shipping and receiving rep, warehouse rep from Dec. 1998 to Jan. 2001

I have other professional experience such as: a sales consultant for Metro Ford, L incoln,

Mercury in 1994, A plant piece rate engineer for Prentiss Manufacturing a garment factory

i n 1993, While attending MSU I worked two jobs as a dry cleaning maintenance man.

Church Affiliation: Tupelo Church of God

Sunday school Teacher, Youth Ministry Volunteer, Testimony M inist ry Volunteer

References:

Ter ry Ellis 1399 Birmingham Ridge RD, Saltilo, MS 38866, 662-***-****

Steve Chappell Br iar Ridge RD, Tupelo, MS 662-***-****

Clay McElwain 910 CR 506, Shannon, MS 38869, 662-***-****

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