Nelson Hyde Chick 415-***-**** ***@*********.***
I need to work hard.
SKILLS
Ability to fabricate things with a number of materials including wood, plastic, aluminum, steel and many others
Thorough researcher for products, patents, marketing and whatever needs to be investigated
Mold making in a number of different materials from concrete to fiberglass, carbon fiber
Knowledge to take an idea from conception through fabrication and then patenting
Skill in managing others in the pursuit of creating visually and useful objects
Skill with a wide range of machinery to construct useful and beautiful things
A high enough emotional quotient to sell what I have created
Good people skills, able to engage and motivate others
Ability to write patent applications
Good at reading people
Obsessively punctual
Fun to have around
Good negotiator
Good listener
CAD skills
Leader
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Founder Foil Flyer, San Francisco, CA 4 years and counting
Founder Vertical Landscape, San Francisco, CA 3 years
Inside Sales / Project Manager Tournesol Siteworks, Fremont, CA 1 year
Project Manager Garnett Sign Studio, San Francisco, CA 1 year
Designer / Builder / Developer Arbor, San Francisco, CA 1 year
Furniture Builder Vida, Brisbane, CA 2 years
Exhibit Builder General Graphics Exhibits, San Francisco, CA 2 years
Exhibit Builder / Project Manager Sparks Exhibits and Environments, San Carlos, CA 2 years
Display, Point of Purchase Builder / Shop Foreman Macy’s, San Francisco, CA 6 years
INTERESTS
Horticulture
Raised on a ranch, which instilled a deep appreciation of the natural environment. This led to revive abandoned gardens and turn it into a lush verdant habitat.
Led to the creation of wall systems that incorporate vegetation in their design
Environment/Social Awareness
Affiliations include Greenbelt Alliance, Greenpeace, National Arbor Association, Nature Conservatory, Sierra Club, SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban research)
Volunteered for many environmental causes
Flight
A good working knowledge of flying due study of birds and planes and flying hang gliders
Provided inspiration for latest venture, Foil Flyer
EDUCATION
B.A., Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
Supplemented architecture coursework at Berkeley with classes in Landscape Architecture.
Studied structural engineering at Berkeley to better understand the built environment
As an undergraduate at Berkeley, developed a design philosophy that utilizes nature in the built environment, which led to inventing and developing Vertical Landscaping
City College of San Francisco
Completed classes in the following subjects: Landscape Construction, Plant Propagation, Soils and Plant Identification
Seeking an additional degree in horticulture