Scheduler; Planner; Buyer; Administrative Assistant; Customer Service

CARL CAHANIN

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in History

Concentration: World History

Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 2011

Associates Degree in Liberal Arts

Concentration: History

Hillsborough Community College Tampa, FL 2008

INTERNSHIP

Virginia Department of Historical Resources June 2011– December 2011

My assignment was to work on the rural historical cleansing and enrichment projects. Required intense analysis, examination of supporting historical documentations and entry into Resource Data Sharing Systems and updated the GIS System while

Ingenco Distributed Energy Richmond, VA

Scheduler and Power Grid Analyst 2011 – 2012

Schedule Peak and Economic company generation resources into PJM’s Day–Ahead Energy Market based on the financial impact and the consequential conclusion

Analyze Real–Time prices and data of the relevant nodes within the PJM RTO to identify and self–schedule Ingenco generating facilities to increase profit while negating the base costs for production

Evaluate and research new and existing PJM markets for strategic economic gain planning explicitly for profit gaining opportunities separate from Real–Time and Day–Ahead scheduling

Initiated new procedure for generating facilities submission of daily statistics onto corporate database for informal access and continuous spreadsheet updates for daily, weekly and monthly reports

Amplified profit margins 20 percent

UPS Freight Richmond, VA

Billing and Rating Associate 2010 – 2011

Transcribed, valued and studied high end contracts for the Federal Government, Lowes, GE, BASF, DaimlerChrysler, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Grainger along with middle to lower end clients as well

Helped my billing team to raise our production levels and statistics through rationalization of the procedures while staying within the distinct clients criteria, and laterally with state and federal guidelines

Spoke with clients regarding billing issues such as overpay, delayed delivery time due to weather instabilities, et cetera

Vigorous contribute in the hiring of new personnel and qualified them to the anticipations of UPS

Tampa Bay Shipbuilding Tampa, FL

Assistant Planner and Scheduler 2005 – 2009

Abetted in the development of new and repair vessel construction blue prints

Predominantly concentrated on construction of a new seven vessel oil tanker fleet contract with emphasis on the double hull and its corresponding counterparts

Scheduled the receiving of raw materials and daily activities based upon progress of construction

Inspected fabrications on the new vessels for accurate measurements, geometrics, welds, et cetera

As a counterpart to my position, I preserved and updated multiple databases and spreadsheets within the Planning Department as well as various other departments in a timely detail orientated manner

Persistent work ethics combined with articulated planning allowed for contract completion ahead of awarded scheduled deadline date

Personnel One Tampa, FL

Database and File System Analyst 2003 – 2005

Pioneered and rationalized VOIP System for Brighthouse Networks order processes after systematic analysis of prevailing databases in order to reach higher production level outputs

Qualified management and personnel for usage of this new complex VOIP database, including troubleshooting

Renovation of Motiva Gas Distribution’s internal database and filing system to be linked with Royal Dutch Shells international databank

Persistent work ethics and articulated planning allowed for completion of both contracts ahead of scheduled completion dates

Awarded Personnel One’s Employee of the Year in both 2003 and 2004 for my perseverance and innovation in undertaking difficult tasks and targets

Capital One Tampa, FL

Retention Manager 2003 – 2003

Customer Service requiring extensive phone usage and product knowledge

Statistics based environment handling the retention of customers wishing to close their credit card accounts

Underwent constant training on new products and services being offered

Software Spectrum (ECE) Tampa, FL

AOL Broadband Technical Support Team Lead 2002 – 2003

Customer Service supporting America Online client software and both dial-up and broadband connectivity problems

On the phone supervisor for Broadband Technical Support Team

Personally handled on average 80 - 100 consumers daily in addition to supporting team members with their calls

Facilitated the training of new personnel on both connectivity services

Brown & Brown Insurance Tampa, FL

Administrative Assistant 2000 – 2002

Performed general office duties, including faxes, copying, mail distribution, binding and special projects

Entered New Business Portfolios into company database on daily basis

Reconstructed and continuously maintained various filing systems

STRENGTHS

Tactical Vision and Execution Effective Team Player Time Management

Multitasking Abilities Organization Research and Analysis Robust Business Ethics

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

PJM Generation System 101, 201, 301 PJM Operations PJM Electrical Theory and Principles Microsoft Excel Microsoft Access GIS Resource Data Sharing Systems

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Windows 7 Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (Word / Excel / Access / PowerPoint / Outlook / SharePoint) GIS Virginia Architectural Resources Data Sharing System

ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATES

-National Parks Conservation Association: Member since cleaning and landscaping nature trails

-Surfrider Foundation: Member since 2007 helping to keep the beaches clean and litter free

-VCU Green Unity: Member since 2009 renovating Richmond’s green footprint on the Chesapeake Watershed

-Central Virginia Food Bank: Volunteer since 2009 in the Community Kitchen I serve meals to people in need, while at the Food Bank I distribute packaged food rations to help curve hunger in the Richmond community.

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