Handyman at Home repair
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Handyman at Renaisance Handyman svs.
- Past
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- Admin at Prudential California Realty
- Electrician at Hammond Electric
- Warrantee Services Manager at Cruising Yachts Inc.
- Partner at Turbodrive Development Group
- Volunteer at San Francisco Sex Information
- Fenestration Sales Associate at Window Warehouse
- Business Development Support at Bonita Software
- Business machine sales at Office Depot
- Store Manager at CSK Auto
- on site technician / Tech support at Magic Control Systems
- on site technician / Tech support at Magic Control Systems
- Body Shop Manager / mechanic / Pit crew manager at Extreme Motorsports (Sole Proprietorship)
- Education
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- California Maritime Academy
- Diablo Valley College
- College of Marin
- hard knocks
- Connections
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- Industry
- Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Chris O'Sullivan’s Summary
Generalist hands on systems integration from inventory control to product development and refinement. With substantial fabrication experience. High premium on providing innovation.
Chris O'Sullivan’s Specialties:
Precision machining, CAD, ability to communicate across specialties to deliver and relay specification changes and internal/external customer needs. A deep abiding practical skepticism. A wry sense of humor.
Chris O'Sullivan’s Experience
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Handyman
Renaisance Handyman svs.
(Construction industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Electrical, tile, plumbing, wood working, welding etc...
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Admin
Prudential California Realty
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Real Estate industry)
2008 — 2009 (1 year )
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Electrician
Hammond Electric
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
installed electrical and data drops to retail store's registers and powered product gondolas. Traced power sources for 440 service panels etc.
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Warrantee Services Manager
Cruising Yachts Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Maritime industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year )
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Partner
Turbodrive Development Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
July 2002 — 2008 (6 years )
Developing model specific electric turbodrive kits for modification of late model electronic ignition vehicles. Work in conjunction with Turbodine to develop marketing strategies.
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Volunteer
San Francisco Sex Information
(Non-Profit; Education Management industry)
2002 — November 2007 (5 years )
AV support and setup for educational seminars.
Fund raising activities. -
Fenestration Sales Associate
Window Warehouse
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Construction industry)
September 2000 — July 2002 (1 year 11 months)
Interacted with both commercial and walk-in clientele to develop a local building code compliant plan for complete fenestration needs of new construction and renovation. Wrote up cost and delivery estimates for many different lines of windows, doors, hardware and miscellaneous parts.
Read blueprints and spec sheets for order processing suggested alterations for local and uniform building codes related to fire egress and local building codes covering seven counties and two states. -
Business Development Support
Bonita Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1999 — August 2000 (1 year )
System administration, software version archiving and web development for west coast office of bi-coastal mobile device software company partnered with SUN Microsystems. Became familiar with Linux permissions, VPN solutions, Windows user permissions, became the central translator between Office, Star and Mac users and served as concept interpreter between Engineering and Marketing personnel.
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Business machine sales
Office Depot
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)
March 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 8 months)
Retail business machine sales of customized computers, networking equipment, supplies, printers, fax machines etc. covered for other departments as needed.
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Store Manager
CSK Auto
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CAO; Retail industry)
1994 — 1998 (4 years )
Sold auto parts and accessories based on commercial and retail customer need, managed the parts counter and store in the absence of Store Manager, opened, closed, cashiered, performed daily balance and deposit, hourly drops, ran weekly stocking crews, electrical and cooling diagnostics.
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on site technician / Tech support
Magic Control Systems
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)
1992 — 1992 (less than a year)
Sold and installed retail Point of Sales systems tailored to movie rental industry. Equipment included cash drawers, barcode printers, laser scanners, IR scanners, CRTs, CPUs, Token ring, Cat 3 Ethernet and bankcard terminals.
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on site technician / Tech support
Magic Control Systems
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)
1992 — 1992 (less than a year)
Sold and installed retail Point of Sales systems tailored to movie rental industry. Equipment included cash drawers, barcode printers, laser scanners, IR scanners, CRTs, CPUs, Token ring, Cat 3 Ethernet and bankcard terminals.
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Body Shop Manager / mechanic / Pit crew manager
Extreme Motorsports (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Automotive industry)
1988 — 1992 (4 years )
Built and modified stock and Formula V cars for racing at Sears Point raceway, managed pit crews for clients. Worked in conjunction with Toyota Racing Development and Ford.
Chris O'Sullivan’s Education
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California Maritime Academy
2004 — 2007
- Activities and Societies:
- Treasurer for ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers, member ASHRAE American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air conditioning Engineers
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Diablo Valley College
Engineering 2002 — 2004
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College of Marin
2002 — 2003
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hard knocks
Additional Information
Chris O'Sullivan’s Groups:
O'Sullivan Family, San Francisco Sex Information, clubs, The Cerrito Theatre
Chris O'Sullivan’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
