journeyman painter, auto restoration, mid-level body work, prepper

RESUME OF JOHNNY L. REGUERA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Johnny L. Reguera

Contact Information: Cell #707-***-**** Home #415-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

WORK HISTORY

Journeyman Painter/Mid-Level Bodyman

May 2014 - Present

Randy Hanson Auto Body, Santa Rosa, CA

Supervisor: Randy Hanson 707-***-****

Auto Restorations, prep and paint, color matching, body work, rust and fiberglass repair

Combo Journeyman Painter/Mid-Level Bodyman

November 2013 - March 2014

Complete Coach Works, Alameda, CA

Supervisor: Jeff Blunck 951-***-****

Journeyman Painter, body work, rust repair, fiberglass repair, prep for paint

Combo Journeyman Painter/ Mid-level Bodyman

July 2013 - November 2013

Thorsson’s Auto Center, Novato, CA

Supervisor: Vinny Thorsson 415-***-****

Restoration on vintage cars, prep and paint

Prep and Painter

October 2012 - July 2013

Industrial Body Shop, San Francisco, CA

Supervisor: Kevin Watson 415-***-****

Auto restorations, prep and paint, taking car down to bare metal. Refinished all body work and bond, prime

and block, paint complete, color, sand and buff. Also did production painting, color matching, and spot

work. Paints used were auto color (the European line of PPG) and waterborne.

Journeymen Painter and Tow Company Manager

November 1994 - August 2012

G & C Auto Body & Towing Company, Santa Rosa, CA

Supervisor: Gene Crozat 707-***-****

I began working at journeyman level for G&C Auto Body whereby my duties included collision repair, color

matching, auto body painting and restoration. I was later offered a position by the owner to start up a towing

company and became the manager, which I have done for the past few years. Responsibilities in towing

included public relations and procuring new contracts, managing the towing employees, maintenance of eight

tow trucks, maintaining impound yard inventory, selling lien sale cars and processing lien sale documents. I

handled all monthly accounts receivable with our commercial and private property accounts with various

companies in the Santa Rosa area. I also worked very closely with various security companies, the Santa Rosa

Police Department, and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department.

Body Shop Owner

December 1990 - October 1994

Precision Auto Body, Fairfield, CA

Owner of a small, full-service body shop with six employees specializing in insurance work and auto restoration

of vintage autos. In 1994, I sold my business, and later was offered a job for a large company in Santa Rosa, CA.

Apprentice Painter

June 1980 - November 1990

Travis Auto Body, Fairfield, CA

Supervisor: Bob Felch 707-***-****

Detail, prep for paint, shop clean-up

EDUCATION

Sept. 1976 - May 1979

Armijo High School, Fairfield, CA

Graduated in the Auto Mechanic and Industrial Arts Program

NOTES

Attended PPG Training Center, Cordelia, CA in 1996, and received my blue and silver certificates.

I have over 30 years experience in PPG, Sherman Williams, Dupont, and Nason paint. Experienced in all types

of fillers and adhesives, auto color, single stage, two stage, three stage, and waterborne paints. Type of

systems included acrylic, enamel, polyurethane, solvent base coat, waterborne base coat, clear coats, etch

primers, and other types of primers. I have my own paint guns, sanders, buffer and hand tools.

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