Student at Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama Area
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- Student at Auburn University
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- President, Talk of the Town Club #673826 at Toastmasters International
- Personal Banker at Charter Bank
- Agent at AIG American General
- Manufacturing Engineer at Briggs & Stratton
- Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Team Leader at General Electric
- Education
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- Auburn University
- Tuskegee University
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- Industry
- Computer Software
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Martin Lindsey’s Summary
I am a mechanical engineer by training and I am transitioning to computer science and software engineering.
I have completed Java I - Programming, Java II - Data Structures, Discrete Math. and Algorithms. I took golf as a refresher to my eventual re-entry back into the corporate world.
This semester I'm taking C++, Digital Logic Circuits, Artificial Intelligence and Principles of Programming Languages. I'm taking a white water kayaking class for mental defrag.
Should the opportunity present itself it would be nice to work overseas. I took two years of French in high school. That was years ago but I mastered it at the time and it wouldn't be difficult to refresh myself and get back up to speed on my basic conversational vocabulary.
I also took a Japanese for Busy People course while employed with General Electric in the 90's. A refresher in the conversational basics wouldn't take very long for me to recall with this language either.
The golf and kayaking classes will prepare me for social and cultural integration into any number of countries don't you think? That's why I don't mind the non-technical courses.
Martin Lindsey’s Specialties:
My interests at this point lie towards movie/documentary animation, educational software and educational gaming. The path will begin to be more specifically defined as the fall semester starts.
Martin Lindsey’s Experience
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Student
Auburn University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Full time student working on a second bachelor's degree. I'm also a member of Toastmasters International and working on improving my communication and leadership skills before I re-enter the workforce. Taking a golf class this semester for the same reasons.
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President, Talk of the Town Club #673826
Toastmasters International
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2007 — June 2008 (1 year)
Led our local chapter of international non-profit public speaking organization. Ensured that club members accomplished their goals in improving their public speaking talents and leadership skills. Also worked to ensure that the club retains its Distinguished Club status. In fact we became a President's Distinguished Club - the highest club recognition awarded by Toastmasters International - for the first time in our club's history this past club year.
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Personal Banker
Charter Bank
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)
2006 — August 2007 (1 year)
Opened checking checking and savings accounts for the public. Also opened certificates of deposit, IRA's and money markets.
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Agent
AIG American General
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AIG; Insurance industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years)
Sold life insurance policies and health supplements including cancer policies and critical care policies.
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Manufacturing Engineer
Briggs & Stratton
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; BGG; Consumer Goods industry)
January 1999 — April 2003 (4 years 4 months)
Designed and installed automated assembly machines to large engine assembly lines.
Reconfigured and retrofitted small engine assembly line to be able to produce the new model 20 large engine into production.
Lead project team in the same process to reconfigure a small engine assembly line to expand the production of the V-Twin model large engine.
Assorted other duties including ergonomic work station improvements for assembly line workers, troubleshooting machine faults, maintaining assembly machinery and conveyor systems. -
Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Team Leader
General Electric
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Financial Services industry)
January 1992 — October 1998 (6 years 10 months)
Design Engineer:
Designed electric range components for the radiant range appliances team. Included designing parts on 3-D graphics platform. Also performed thermal evaluation of parts before introducing them to production.
Manufacturing Engineer:
Performed time motion studies to rebalance electric range assembly line staffing and assembly work assignments for production increases and decreases.
Team Leader:
Team Leader on Radiant Range assembly line for a time and on self cleaning range line for a period. Responsible for staffing assembly personnel at the beginning of shift and ensuring production schedule was met each day.
Martin Lindsey’s Education
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Auburn University
Computer Science and Software Engineering 2007 — 2011 (expected)
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Tuskegee University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1986 — 1992
Additional Information
Martin Lindsey’s Websites:
Martin Lindsey’s Interests:
programming, public speaking, blogging, golf, reading
Martin Lindsey’s Groups:
Toastmasters International, Association of Computing Machinery, The STARS Alliance
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Toastmasters International Members
Martin Lindsey’s Honors:
Earned Toastmasters International Competent Communicator (CC) certification, February 2, 2007.
Earned Toastmasters International Competent Leader (CL) certification, June 20, 2007.
Currently pursuing the Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB) certification.
Martin Lindsey’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
