Carl Granata
Titusville, FL *****
***************@*****.***
Home Phone - 321-***-**** Cell-309-***-****
Qualities
Dedication /Loyalty
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Dependability/Responsibility
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Honesty/Reliability
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Passion/Caring
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Common Sense/Life Sense
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Knowledge & Skills
Flexibility with change/Commercial Awareness/Self Awareness
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Customer Driven/Perseverance {Company and Customer}
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Continuous Learning/Continually striving for excellence
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Develop Skills in others/Great people skills/inspirational skills
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Planning, organization/Achievement minded
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Leadership/Self management/ Self motivated
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Developing Professionalism/initiative taker
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Great Teamwork Abilities/ Dynamic personality
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Listening Skills/Ability to work under pressure/Phone etiquette skills
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Conflict resolution/Problem solving/Decision making
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Collaboration/Direct and objective style/Negotiation & Persuasion
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Microsoft Office/Computer Literate
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Graphic Design/Highly Creative
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Work Experience- Golden Hands Remodeling, Handyman Services Property
Management Services- Home & Commercial.
Owned and operated home remodeling and handyman service for commercial & residential.
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Designed, Personally Completed total renovations for kitchens, baths, in glass and tile
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Skillful and accomplished at all plumbing and electrical installations,
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Highly proficient in water restoration & insurance restoration for customer & agent,
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Interview, hire, fire employees as needed for timely work within any budget/always hired back
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for job well done/money saving ideals for my customers always!
Trained crews for any type of insurance work, commercial, or residential in any type of
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construction venue.
Master tile setter/cutter for all types tile, marble and stone indoors and outdoors
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Outstanding in repair/ types of flooring (carpet, tile, stone, marble and wood)
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Award winning designer and builder/ ponds, fountains, waterfalls, patios and decks
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Superbly install/ stone walls, planters, sprinkler systems, walkways
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First rate experience/ repair work set up of animal environment/cage designs for zoo’s
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Master carpenter /expertise in building/repair furniture and cabinets/Tear outs & re models
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Foremost countertop building using all types of stone, tile, concrete and Formica
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Property manager & maintenance manager of apartment complex’s, commercial properties,
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residential, Hotel & Motel Maintenance Supervisor/AMP Trainer
Extensive experience in window & door repair, install, replacement
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Unrivaled & Superior in designing, interior/exterior repair of all building needs in resorts,
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hotels, motels, realty and property management companies
Outstanding & Very Best /install of building new construction, walls, drywall or repair of any
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kind. Wall texture considered the best in the country/Hand or machine!
Terrific painter using all types of paint products, nothing but perfect outcome.
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Topnotch install/repair of concrete indoors or outdoors.
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Creative & Beautifully complete rebuilds and design hot tubs, roman tubs, walk in showers in
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glass, glass block, stone, marble, onyx, concrete or tile
Creative mosaic tile designer and installer.
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Expert in Creative design and install of tile murals for walls, flooring, and patio in Hotels &
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Motels. Done many/ won awards for Creativity. Highly Artistic.
La Bella Voce Restaurant (The Beautiful Voice)
15 years owned and operated Italian Restaurant and Steakhouse/Lobster
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Skillfully prepared all meals personally from scratch/no frozen
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Sang Arias from famous Operas to my customers for entertainment & customer enjoyment.
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Cultivated atmosphere loved by all.
Created & operated a deli in addition to restaurant to further familiarity, sales and profits.
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Inventory control, ordering, customer relations, training, sales
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Added winery of fine wines and owned label of wine designed for restaurant
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Prepared family hand me down recipes/baked own bread, pizza, soups,
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Over 150 carefully & complete meals prepared for customers.
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Service, Tradition, good business, restaurant stable. Became famous/ best Italian food &
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entertaining restaurant on the West Coast.
American Interior Decorators & Designers/Stevens Bedding - GeneralManager
Owner/Operator of Interior designer business based on residential and commercial venues.
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Wholesaled and retailed complete interior from floor to walls. Draperies, Carpeting,
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Furniture, Hard surface, Mattresses, anything a customer needed to complete home or
business.
Our expertise was based on beauty, color, fabrics, complete home décor and design.
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Helped in room layouts, Paint colors, space planning, colors, complete layouts even moving
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walls if needed.
Finding contactors who were fair and honest, whose work exceeded all expectations, to meet
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all my customer’s needs.
Provided complete Schematic design along with presentation at my studio office.
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Shopping trips along with meetings as required for any project.
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Complete documentation of design complete with drawings, notes, and all specifications.
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Quotes from all dealers and people with whom dealt with for future references.
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Positive Trait of Creativity, Unique Ideas, Total Concept, Timeliness, Complete Follow Thru,
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Totally Precise in all done, financial precision was a must.
Making my customers job being Residential or Commercial a Masterpiece.
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Education & Recognition
• Associates in Business and Business Management/Minor in Social/Behavioral
Psychology.
• Associates Slidell Baptist Ministry/ Studies Theology/Pastoral Care and
Counseling.
• Altoona School of Furniture Building and Antique Repair/Learned the Art of
furniture building, furniture repair and cabinet making. There were 270
people in the school at the time. I was considered best in creativity and
construction. Took 4 semesters from beginners to expert.
• Proud Vietnam Veteran and American
• Studied Opera and Voice in Naples Italy. Later dedicating my voice and myself
to the good of all Veterans and their families.
• Soloist for Civic Opera, Saroyan Theatre in California, Grand Opera in Fresno
California, Sounds of Freedom Military Band and sang on Broadway 3 times.
• Won the Danny Thomas Award at the age of 12 years old/ For singing at the
Claretian Fathers Award Dinners.
• Vice President of the A.U.S.A /Dedicating my life to my country and its ideals.
Over 25 Certificates of appreciation for Americanism and Patriotism.
• Won the Warriors Metal of Valor Award for Patriotism/Awarded over 20
metals by the Vice President of the United States and Generals around the
country for my singing and dedication to America and Patriotism
• Started The Kids Who Care Foundation/Worked with the Red Cross and
taught children of all ages how important they were. The enrichment of
America and their lives depend on their Love of Country. The realization that
they were important enough to make a difference. Kids raised money for
Veterans and their families. Now knowing they are the future of America as
they carry a wonderful importance for us all.