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Kevin Patrick Gilkes Va. Beach, VA.

To whom it may concern,

Loyal and driven with excellent organizational

I would like to thank you for taking the time to review my skills with hands on

attached resume. technical knowledge, superior attention to detail and a strong work

In my previous positions, I developed my talent and experience in the day-to-day administration required to have a successful working environment in a company. Because of the nature of my ethic with over ten years

prior work roles, I've worn a number of hats, including: as an electric utility

producer, camera (video/stills), video editor, grip, chair of focus professional.

teams, supervision of contractors, committee co-chair, task teams, trainer, and scheduler to name a few. My current role,

Self-starter with the ability to analyze current

Project Manager & Estimator, requires acute decision-making, multi-tasking, and ensuring daily operational excellence.

business operations and

My previous Manager, who recognized my high degree of recommend strategies to improve performance.

motivation, assigned me tasks of greater responsibility. I have been involved and successful in all areas of operations ranging from manual labor to the design and implementation of a Safety

Maintains professionalism

Program.

at all times and uses

I continue to stay active in my local community while serving on complete discretion when

the Board of Directors, Virginia Beach Little League as handling confidential and sensitive data.

Information Officer and as Assistant Webmaster and Assistant Coach for Beach Baseball Academy.

Competent “people person” with a constant

I am eager to talk with you about the contributions I can make to your organization and hope that we can find a mutual time desire to learn and grow.

and date to get together and discuss the possibility of joining your team.

Electric utility Professional

Cordially,

Dedicated

Kevin P. Gilkes

-1937 beethoven drive virginia beach, virginia 23454 phone: 757-***-**** email: acb0dm@r.postjobfree.com

Kevin Patrick Gilkes

Resume Va. Beach, VA.

Work HISTORY Professional

B Roll and Projects:

• CDL-A Driver since 1999

http://kevingilkes.com/video-portfolio-broll/

• Mac OS

• Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Windows

Click BLUE Titles for links February 2013

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Distribution Voltages: 120v-40kv

The Tiny Dweller Project

• Transmission Voltages: 115kv-500kv

Charlotte, North Carolina

• WMIS-Electric Utility Management

• SCADA-Electric Utility Management

• TRSi-Electric Utility Management

• TRS 3270-Electric Utility Management

• Optimizer-Electric Utility Management

• ArcFm-Electric Utility Geospatial Mapping System

Producer, Camera, Editor, Narrator Produced short film featured on the following websites: Kickstarter, The Tiny Life, Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, Tiny House Talk, Tiny House Blog, Tiny Revolution, Mother Nature Network

• Arcos-Resource Management System

• Oracle NMS-Electric Distribution

• Web-GIS-Geospatial mapping System

January 2013 Tiny Revolution-On the Road to Life

• MDD-Electric Utility Dispatch System

Barnesville, Lamar, Georgia

• DMS (Distribution Management System-

Producer, Camera, Editor, Narrator Electric Utility)

Produced short film featured on Tiny r(E)volution and other

• Logikal Estimation and Project

websites. Management Software

• GDS Estimation Software

• Contract Forms-RFI-PCO-RFP-CO-AIA G702

June 2012 Tiny Revolution & LP Building Products Barnesville, Lamar, Georgia Semi-Pro

Producer, Camera, Editor, Narrator Produced short film featured on Tiny r(E)volution and other

• Web Analytics

websites.

• Webmaster Tools

• Feedburner-Email Syndication

2011

• RSS Feeds-Web syndication

Graciella’s Gift-Short Film

• Wordpress CMS

Chesapeake, Virginia

• Dreamhost Webhost-Server

• Site to Site Post Syndication

Camera Grip, Electric & Lighting Grip

• Social Media

• Domain registered FTP (file transfer protocol)

• Search Engine Optimization

• Basic Knowledge of XML/HTML

June 2010 to September2012 Scissors & Drumsticks-Blog Writer/Contributor

• DSLR Canon 550D camera (video) & accessories

Professional

• MPEG Streamclip

• Adobe Master Collection CS5-Mac OS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Adobe Photoshop-Mac OS

• Adobe Premiere Pro-Mac OS

• Serif Photo Plus X4-Windows

• C-Panel-Web Management

• Published featured article in Dominion’s on-line magazine.

• Created, crafted, and implemented Dominion's Community

first Safe Driving Model & Training

• 2006/2007 Dominion Safety Committee Co- INTERACTION

Chair. 2007/2008 Chairman.

• Supervised Line Contractors during System

• Former Elected Official-Information Officer/Webmaster-Board of Directors- Coach & Manager Virginia Beach Little League, www.vbll.org

Reliability Projects and emergency restoration efforts

• Founded "Fill the Hardhat" to supplement Dominion regional United Way Campaign

• Assistant Webmaster, Photographer, www.beachbaseballacademy.org

Electric Utility Professional Dedicated

1937 beethoven drive virginia beach, virginia 23454 phone: 757-***-**** email: acb0dm@r.postjobfree.com

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