Resume of Alfred P. Reaud

(In Microsoft Word Document Format, 2 pages)
(In OpenOffice 2.4 Format, 2 pages)

1104 Columbine Ct, Apt 4, Fort Collins, CO 80521-3710
Cell Phone: (970) 297-8490
E-mail: alreaud@yahoo.com
URL: http://www.oocities.org/alreaud/.

For You:

Capable one-year apprentice with an old school work ethic who shows up every day, doesn't slack, isn't a prima donnna, and can hook you up with a web page or give your computer service.

Professional Profile:

Apprentice Plumber since October, 2007.
Team player who likes working with people, but also able to perform individually with minimal supervision.
Highly versatile in a number of skills.
Speak, read, and write fluently in the English and Spanish languages.
Computer and electronics expert.

Detailed Experience:

Apprentice Plumber
10/2007 - Present Lind's Plumbing & Heating, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Responsible for various tasks related to the plumbing trade. Experience includes excavation, undergrounds (PVC), backfilling, roof drains (iron no-hub), DWV (PVC), PEX (DW/DHW, supply, in-floor heating), copper pipe installation/repair, control wiring, solar collector/fixture installation, sheet metal ducting, delivery driving, service. Familiar with plumbing code as specified in the 2006 IPC.
Self-Employed
2/2001 - Present Happy Cat Technologies, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Owner of a sole proprietorship providing quality software, hardware, and consulting solutions to commercial and private customers. Further services provided included GIMP plug-in development (http://www.oocities.org/alreaud/gimp_plug-in/shapefs.html), appliance/automobile repair, construction (skilled and unskilled), home and animal sitting, trash removal, gardening, chauffeur, mover, etc.
Driver/Shop Helper
8/2003 - 3/2004 Diesel Services of Northern Colorado, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Employed as a safe and conscientious driver for a truck repair company with the primary responsibility of pickup and delivery of truck repair parts in the Colorado Front Range area from Cheyenne, WY to Denver, CO.
Electrical Engineering Technician
8/2000 - 2/2001 Dako-Cytomation, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado.
A team player in the electrical engineering side of the R & D department of the flow cytometer division. Responsibilities included breadboarding, debug, verification, alignment, schematic generation, PCB capture, characterization, failure analysis, data presentation, solution determination, solution follow-up, and documentation.
Temporary Employee
10/1998 - 8/2000 Several Temporary Agencies, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Working as a contract employee for local temporary agencies as an R & D Technician, Scanning-Processing Technician for the CSU Book Restoration Project, Electronics Technician, and as a Transportation Specialist.
R & D Technician
2/1994 - 9/1998 Optotech, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Primarily responsible for engineering support bringing read/write magneto-optical disk drive controller to production. Tasks performed were hardware debug, test development, software verification, and engineering change documentation.

Education:

School	Location	Level	Cirriculum
Purdue University	Online	Undergraduate	ECE 453, Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics, online course by Supriyo Datta. (In progress)
Aerotech Flight Services, Inc.	Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	Vocational	Flight School. 45 hours logged, achieved solo certification.
US Truck Driving School	Pueblo, Colorado, USA	Vocational	Eighteen wheel truck driving school. Graduated and received Commercial Drivers License (CDL) Class A.
Pikes Peak Community College	Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	Associate Degree	Associates of Science Degree in Electronics Technology, nominated Phi Theta Kappa, GPA 3.96.
Pensacola Junior College	Pensacola, Florida, USA	GED	General education development.

Skills:

Plumbing/excavation/electric hand tools, solar collector installation, roof through-holes, connections in copper, PEX and PVC, steel pipe threading, backhoe operation (beginner), jumping jack operation, low voltage electrical wiring, 2006 IPC.
Expert knowledge base in Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, XP; Windows Applications; Linux system administration; Basic programming language (Visual Basic IDE, Visual Basic for Applications, GWBasic, other versions.); C++ programming language (Dev-C++ IDE, Visual C++); HTML 4.01, Dreamweaver CS3; Software Simulation (Cadence OrCad, numerous programming languages); Advanced mathematics; Test instruments; Electronic troubleshooting; Hand rework.