EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Huttig Building Products Auburn, WA
August 2008 to 2010
v Estimation and Design Services (ESP) Manager
Sole responsibility for assessment, planning, and
implementation of new estimation services system for the company.
Supervision of three product specialists/designers in
local Auburn office.
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Additional
direction of three additional staff members located in separate branch offices
(Portland, Oregon and Phoenix, Arizona).
Customization of Autodesk AMEP 2010
(AutoCAD/Architecture) to work in conjunction with Microsoft Excel, Access, and
Microsoft SQL Server/Express 2008R2.
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Initiation of
standards and practices to produce hyper-accurate documentation
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Whole house list
of building materials
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Fabrication
diagrams (framing drawings/plans)
Specification, testing, and usage of a custom private-public
web-based portal
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The Project
site for public/external/customer
Site is based on IIS6.0, Microsoft SQL Server 2008,
and Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5.
Site features
Customer submission
File storage and version management
Status and tracking with notifications
Storage and cataloging of past projects
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The
Collaboration site for private/internal/employee
Site is based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
(MOSS) 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Site features
Team member, branch, customer and contact based status
Prioritization of customers, projects, and locations
Tendering and reuse of project designs and files to
common projects but uncommon customers
Key performance indicators (KPIs) and reporting
Storage of additional project life cycle data linked
to but separate from customer available project data
Other responsibilities included
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Discovery and
testing of software packages
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Development of
usage techniques to reduce design and material estimate production time
The result of the tremendous amount of effort and time
spent analyzing POS/PDM internal systems, our customers business models, and
how to best implement the new system, to work with each.
March 2002 to May 2004
v Engineered Wood Products Design Technician
Production design of floor system placement diagrams
and member size calculation
Working with customers (lumber yard salesmen and
contractors) to find cost effective solutions to their framing problems
(Value-Engineering, actually re-engineering).
Other duties included
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Blueprint reading
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Creation of
material quotes
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Beta testing and
software development
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Computer
maintenance
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Contacting
architects and engineers to resolve blue print and site issues
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Occasional
delivery of materials to customers locations or sites
A.C. Houston Lumber (Sales) North Las
Vegas, NV
February 2007 to July 2008
v Engineered and Manufactured Products Salesman
Field sales of high higher value, manufactured
products
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Metal-plated wood
floor and roof trusses
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Prefabricated
stick framed wall panels
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Engineered wood;
I-joists, LVL, Glulam
Additional duties included
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Review of design
calculations and shop drawings against original blueprints
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Material
estimation and quotation from customer provided blueprints.
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General sales
development of cold-calling, product sourcing, and problem solving.
July 2004 to May 2006
v Wall Panel Design Manager
Wall panel placement plan design and detailing
Creation of material quotes
Contacting customers, architects and engineers to
resolve design issues.
Other duties included
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Software package
review
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Configuration,
and use, internal billing and quoting processes
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System and
procedure training of staff members.
May 2004 to February 2005
v Engineered Wood Products Specialist
Floor and roof system design
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Production of
placement diagrams
Sizing and specification of structural framing members
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Working with
project design professionals to reduce site, day of installation problems and
delays, to streamline the design build cycle.
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Contacting
General contractors, owners, and developers in addition to architects and
engineers to substitute products, resolve blue print and site issues
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Quoting, and
pricing of projects in addition to sourcing of necessary materials
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Selling and cold
calling customers (mainly framing sub-contractors), and arranging of material
orders and deliveries.
A.C. Houston Lumber (IT) North Las Vegas,
NV
October 2004 to September 2007
v Information Systems and Technology Administrator
(Truss Division)
Wall Panel Design and Production Modernization
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Established a
physical connection between the sales office and the production facility more
than mile away.
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Configuration of
a workgroup database and application server, with Microsoft SQL Server 2000,
and Windows Server 2003 with Terminal Services.
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Replaced WalsPlus
design and production software with MiTek eFrame and ShopNet
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Upgraded of
VirTek LaserMC saw stations with domain capable solution
Deployment of MiTek Software Suite via Terminal
Services
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Major transition
of 5 truss and 3 wall panel fabrication facilities, with 85 users of MiTeks
software suite.
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MBA (MiTek
Business Application), 20-20 (engineering analysis), eFrame (3D modeling),
WalsPlus (wall panelization)
In addition to almost 20 additional applications for
design, production, administration or management.
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Complete
configuration and installation of Active Directory 2003, on redundant machines
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Database server
set up with Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and separate databases for each of the
production facilities
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File Server set
up with separate folder and file structures for each of the facilities, with
job role based security
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3 terminal
servers configured with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Terminal
Services, in a network pooled fashion to be load balanced and redundant.
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Tarantella TSE
(purchased by Sun, later by Oracle) was selected as a cost effective
alternative to Citrix Metaframe 4.x.
Web-based remotely deployed applications were
configured to aid remote sales and field repair staff members
Load balancing and redundancy was further enhanced from
network pooling
MiTek applications were deployed without having to
install software locally to the users desktop
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System greatly
enhanced Houstons ability to stay current with MiTek's latest released
versions
Significant time was saved, not having to physically
touch the nearly 90 stations every 6 to 8 weeks.
All of ACHs fabrication facilities and users were on
the same version of MiTeks software (a company first)
The staff engineers were able to review and approve
the calculations created by the numerous designers, with the same data and
codes used initially
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Tested, selected,
then deployed NeoWare thin clients, to most of the PC work stations, reducing
the number of client break-fix requests
Cyber (AT) Remote PC Reconfiguration
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Replaced the
dated Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 98 Industrial All-In-One touch
screens for 4 stations in all.
New system was a company standardized Mid-Tower PC
inside of a NEMA enclosure with cooling system, sending signal to monitor using
Lon Range KVM/CAT5 technology.
Citrix XenApp Company-wide Deployment
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Played a major
role in moving the remaining 120-130 branch office workers and additional 8
locations into the Terminal Services system
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Assisted in the
conversion from Tarantella to Citrix Metaframe
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Actively involved
in transition from frame-relay to MPLS remote office connections, configuration
of the Compellant SAN, and relocation data to the SAN LUNs
Branch Office Closures
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Successfully,
removed branch office from Houstons network, set up new domain, transitioned users,
files, and applications to create separate temporary company.
Sacramento and Roseville plant consolidation
Merged databases and files for both locations into a
single system
Indio joint venture with Tandem West Framing, known as
Boulders West, was successfully transitioned to BMC-Select
Setup of a new file and database server, 12 design and
admin client systems
Connected several automated saws through a new fiber
connection, and established interterm internet connection via point-to-point
wireless, allowing the entire transition to speed along in about 3 weeks.
Farmington New Mexico location, in addition to 3 other
facilities were transitioned successfully to Home Lumber
Moved user accounts, databases, and files to Homes
Citrix/Windows Terminal Services system, which was completed in 10 days.
EXTENDED
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1996 to 2002
Lumber and Building
Products Dealer and Distributor Roles
EWP Technician Cascade Capital
Contractor Salesman Bayview Building Materials
Contractor Sales Assistant Lumbermens
Warehouse Manager Westcoast Mouldings & Millwork
Truck Driver Barlament & Son Trucking
Retail Salesman Dunn Lumber Company
Stock Person Buds Lumber
1993 to 1996
Fishery Management,
and Scientific Field Assistant Roles
Fish Hatchery Manager Glenoma Farm
Field Technician (intern) United States Army Corps
of Engineers
Research Assistant (intern) United States Geological
Survey
Aquatic Chemical Application Specialist Washington
State Department of Ecology
Fish Hatchery Worker (intern) Washington State
Department of Fisheries
EDUCATIONAL
HISTORY
1990 to 1994
Raymond High School -
Raymond, WA
Primary field of study was college preparation
Secondary fields of interest
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Biology and life
sciences
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Industrial Arts
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Wood Working
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Drafting
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AutoCAD R10 and
R12
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Computer
Technology
1994 to 1995
Grays Harbor
Community College - Aberdeen, WA
Primary field of study was Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences
Additional interest fields
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Computing
Technology
Windows 3.1
Office Applications
AutoCAD R12 and R13
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USCG 100 ton
Master License (Skippers License).
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