
Owner & Head Designer at WineCountryWebs.com
San Francisco Bay Area

Owner & Head Designer at WineCountryWebs.com
San Francisco Bay Area
I have had a wide range of experience in many different areas. I have worked all aspects of a production line; assembly, production supervisor, QA, stockroom, shipping & receiving. I have assembled and tested data backup drives and industrial heater wiring harnesses. I have also been briefly involved in silicon wafer fabrication and testing.
Along with my industrial/technical experience, I have also been successful in various sales venues, eventually becoming the owner of a video rental store I had worked at for over a decade.
My primary interest, however, has always been computers and computer programming. In 2002, I began designing websites as a business, forming WineCountryWebs in 2003.
To be honest with you, my ideal job would involve working on a series of projects with a creative group of people.
customer service, graphic design, website design
(Self-Employed; Internet industry)
February 2003 — Present (6 years 10 months)
Quality, affordable custom web design & maintenance, small network setup & maintenance, computer hardware and software upgrades, custom computers built to customer specification.
(Retail industry)
March 1997 — October 2008 (11 years 8 months)
At one time, it was the largest independent video rental chain in Napa county with four locations. After working there for over a decade, I became the owner. Due to economic factors, we had to close our doors in October, 2008.
(Public Company; COP; Oil & Energy industry)
July 2001 — May 2003 (1 year 11 months)
Worked at a Circle K store in Lincoln, CA. At that time, Circle K was owned by ConocoPhillips.
(Internet industry)
July 1996 — March 1997 (9 months)
Served hot and cold drinks and food to customers, managed 3-5 employees, taught internet classes.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 1996 — July 1996 (6 months)
Top salesman many weeks running, both in "cold calls" and "taps", was successful in both business and residential phone sales.
(Restaurants industry)
September 1995 — July 1996 (11 months)
Built & maintained daily lunchtime catering route, serving food, drinks and snacks on location, inside company breakrooms and lunchrooms.
(Public Company; Semiconductors industry)
March 1995 — September 1995 (7 months)
Worked in the cleanroom, involved with baking, aligning, inspecting, etching, and cleaning silicon wafers. I had to quit due to an intolerance of the working conditions; I am mildly clausterphobic and I just could not handle dressing up in the cleanroom suits for 12-hour shifts.
(Computer Hardware industry)
June 1991 — March 1995 (3 years 10 months)
After splitting off from Mountain, Summit continued to build data backup tape drives, competing with Colorado Systems for that market. I was promoted to Swing Shift Production Supervisor soon after the split, and I managed 8-10 employees while ensuring that production quotas were met or exceeded.
(Computer Hardware industry)
March 1989 — June 1991 (2 years 4 months)
Worked as an assembler on the assembly line until Nakamichi decided to spin off a company called Summit Memory Systems. I volunteered to join the new company and leave Mountain.
(Public Company; Restaurants industry)
February 1988 — March 1989 (1 year 2 months)
Everyone has to start somewhere, right? Now can I take your order, or can I help the person behind you?
Networking Certificate , Computer Networking & Security, HTML, CSS & JavaScript , 1998 — 2001
Received my Networking Certificate and took numerous classes in programming languages used to develop websites.
N/A , Telecommunications , 1994 — 1996
N/A , General Studies , 1988 — 1989
Electronic Assembly , 1987 — 1989
website design, graphic design, photography, video production, sound production, writing