Outside Sales, Retail hardware sales, customer

K E N N E T H E . P O S T O N

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RETAIL EXPERIENCE

Retail Clerk. (summer, part time), Good Hardware, Juneau, AK. 2008-2009. Stocking, customer service, cashier. Retail Clerk. Young’s True Value Hardware, Columbia, SC. 1986. Stocking, customer service, cashier, kerosene heater cleaning and maintenance.

Store Manager, Oakland Hardware Inc., Sumter, SC, 1986-1993. Inventory and personnel management, bookkeeping, seasonal purchasing, set up and maintenance of computerized sales and inventory system. Assistant Manager, Oakland Hardware, Sumter, SC 1984-1986, Inventory management, bookkeeping. Retail Clerk. Shaw-Oakland Hardware Inc., Sumter, SC 1974-1986. Stocking, customer service, cashier, certified LP Gas refiller.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Signature Product Specialist, Productions Unlimited Inc., (PUI) January 2025-present. Sales and promotion of major Signature Product lines, “Tdeck®” portable platforming and “safepit® Orchestra Pit Safety systems, including estimations and proposals, technical design and drafting of submittal drawings, project management of fabrication and installations, preparation and delivery of “As Built” drawings and Operation and Maintenance documents. Outside Sales Rep, PUI, Roebuck, SC. September, 2022-December 2024. Customer service, hardware and materials procurement, and sales lead for Signature Products. Technical Director, University of Georgia, Dept of Theatre, January-May, 2022. Faculty and project management of departmental theatrical productions, including, budget management, supervisions of students and staff Technical Director. Art Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head, SC. September, 2019 – December, 2021 Technical Director. University of Houston, School of Theatre and Dance, Houston, TX September, 2014 – May 2019.

Technical Director. Houston Shakespeare Festival, Houston TX. June-August, 2015 - 2018. Technical Director. Savannah College of Art and Design, Department of Production Design, Savannah, GA. September, 2010 – May, 2014.

Technical Director. Perseverance Theatre, Douglas, AK, July, 2008-September, 2010 Production Manager/Technical Director. West Chester University, West Chester, PA . 2003-2004. Assistant Technical Director. Trustus Theatre, Columbia, South Carolina. 1999-2000. EDUCATION

University of Delaware, Professional Theatre Training Program. MFA, 2003. University of South Carolina. BA, Theatre. 1998.

TRAINING & SKILLS

Computer skills:MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project, AutoCAD 95-2026 . Mangement skills: Crew hiring, training, scheduling, supervising. Inventory control, ordering, researching, stocking, selling.

Shop skills: Carpentry, CNC router operation (Vcarve, Mach 2, Shopbot, EZRouter, Painting, Upholstery, tool maintenance.

General training in equipment for stage lighting, sound, rigging and scenery fabrication and operation. Other skills: LP gas cylinder inspection and refill, Key duplication, Glass cutting, window and screen repair, plumbing pipe threading, equipment assembly for display and customer service.

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