Experienced auto tech and landscaping Forman

Date: 2012-10-09, 10:42PM EDT

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Summary

I have an athletic background, playing ice hockey for 15 years, which sent me all around the United States, Canada, and Europe. I used my strength and abilities to land a job at a small engine repair shop, and about five years later I progressed into the NASCAR industry, working as a mechanic, fabricator, and pit crew member.

Working in small engine repair led me to obtaining a job as a head mechanic for a landscaping company. I worked my way up, sharpening my skills, to becoming a foreman in the industry.

Ultimately, I would like to become a crew chief in NASCAR, or run/own a successful landscaping company, depending on which direction life takes me.

Experience

Landscape assistant

Brook's Nurseries

July 2012 -- Present (4 months)

Maintaining properties in the Charlotte area

Lawn maintenance ( cutting grass, string trimming, hedge trimming, aeration, fertilization, seeding)

Hardscaping (planting, bed building,sod installation,irrigation maintenance and installation)

Mechanic

Venturini Motorsports

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Sports industry

April 2012 -- Present (7 months)

i travel with the team as an on the road mechanic on a race weekend i assist the team in getting the race car through technical inspection and for practice i assist in making changes to the car to make it better. On race day i am the Front tire changer and help set up the pit box and get things ready for the race

Mechanic

JTG-Daugherty Racing

2012 -- 2012 (less than a year)

Assisted the parts manager in watching over the parts room when needed. Also transported race cars to different venues, such as chassis dyno,wind tunnel, and NASCAR Headquarters.

Car chief

Make Motorsports

January 2011 -- April 2012 (1 year 4 months)

Built the race cars weekly for each track we went to on the NASCAR circuit, which included installing motors, transmissions and gears. Built and installed all suspension on the cars, then made sure the race car was set up properly and loaded in transporter. At the track I made all changes on the car during technical inspection, practice, qualifying and race time.

Landscape Foreman

Greener Pastures Landscaping

March 2008 -- February 2010 (2 years) Mooresville

Team leader of four men, in charge of going to more than 40 accounts and doing routine weekly lawn maintenance (cutting grass; trimming edges; trimming bushes; raking and picking up leaves, brush, etc.), irrigation installation and maintenance, building landscape beds, installing lawns for those accounts.

Alignment technician

Tire Kingdom

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Automotive industry

August 2003 -- January 2004 (6 months) Charlotte, North Carolina Area

One of the lead mechanics in the shop, diagnosing vehicle problems then going over the problem with the customer, telling them the cause and how to fix it. Also performed tune-ups, brake changes, front-end alignments, and four-wheel alignments.

Courses

Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician

Universal Technical Institute of North Carolina

Automotive technician and repair

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Education

Universal Technical Institute of North Carolina

Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician

2003 -- 2004

Attended school for six months, then made the decision to leave school after being recruited by a NASCAR team for shop duties and pit crew.

This education is associated with:

1 Course

Northbridge high school

Diploma

1999 -- 2003

Personal Information

Phone:

774-***-**** (mobile)

Address:

Kannapolis NC 28083

Birthday:

August 19, 1984

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