PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Yavapai College, Fall 2007 to Present
Residential Building Technology, Faculty
Chino Valley Agribusiness Center
- Responsible for residential contracting (oriented) courses, e.g., blueprint reading, construction management, estimating, scheduling, building codes, etc.
Neal Klein Construction Corporation, 2004 to 2007
Assistant Director of Operations
Prescott Valley, Arizona
- Estimating residential house costs; approximately 70 homes per year–moderate to custom specs.
- Supervising (as well as designing/drafting/Code issues) CAD department–3 employees.
General Contracting Partnership, 1998-2004
Prescott, Arizona
- Contracting partnership. From design (and drafting) to constructing of primarily custom remodels. Mainly residential but a few small commercial projects. Employing, on average, several craftsmen able to handle most of our smaller projects in-house. Projects ranged from $7,500.00 to $360,000.00
General Contractor: Residential & Small Commercial, 1985-1991
Prescott, Arizona
- Employing on average 10 craftsmen: carpenters, masons, roofers and concrete finishers.
- 1988 to 1991, designed, drafted, and constructed 6400 sq. ft. home, supervised 100 plus workers, and performed surveying, rough/finish carpentry and marble installation and assisted with masonry, electrical and plumbing
- Other architectural jobs that I constructed: 2 residential houses— $200,000.00 range, (3) 4500 sq. ft. triplexes—$150,000.00 each, and 18 residential remodels ranging in price from $25,000.00 to $85,000.00
- I functioned as bookkeeper, accountant, estimator, and designer/draftsman.
Building Inspector/Assistant Zoning Administrator, 1984-1985
Town of Chino Valley, Arizona
- Sole building inspector responsible for knowing the UBC, UPC, and NEC
- Developed computerized permit system, designed/drafted 9000 sq. ft. senior center, organized postal numbering system
- Administered, interpreted and enforced the Chino Valley Zoning Code and represented the Town and private petitions before the Zoning Board
Diverse Construction Experiences, 1977-1983
Arizona, California, Idaho
- Director of Operations of Manufactured Home Development, Chino Valley, Arizona
- Involved in a utility financed energy saving program, Moscow, Idaho
- Remodeled tuberculosis sanitarium, Weimar, California
- Field Engineer, 9100 sq. ft. U.S. Post Office, Sedona, Arizona
- Carpenter detail, Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant, Palo Verde, Arizona
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, cont.
Construction/Miscellaneous skills:
- Carpentry, masonry, cabinetry, concrete, electrical, plumbing, roofing, painting, siding—wood, vinyl, and aluminum—solar water heating systems, drywall, surveying, estimating, and architectural design and drafting. I am computer literate on PC and MAC systems and skilled w/ SoftPlan CAD.
Certifications:
Substitute teacher, Arizona: K-12
Community College, Arizona
Arizona B-2 General Contractor
Wilderness First Responder
Arizona B-02 General Small Commercial Contractor
EDUCATION
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Az. 1996-1997
Enrolled in Ph.D. program in History
M.A. in History, with distinction 1994
Field: Modern Colonial Era/Intellectual/World. Specialization: North America, Europe
Scholarly Paper: "An Inquiry into the Nature of Liberty, embodied in The Declaration of Independence, as interpreted by some Twentieth-Century U.S. Historians"
Advisor: Dr. William R. Baron
Languages: French & German
San Diego State University, San Diego, Ca.
A.B. in Arts & Sciences 1975
Special Major: History, English and Political Science
Languages: French & Hebrew
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Yavapai College, Construction Technology Department, Prescott, Arizona Fall 2004
Adjunct Faculty, Certified
International Residential Code, 2003 Edition
Residential Blueprint Reading
Humboldt & Prescott Unified School Districts, Prescott Valley/Dewey, Prescott, Arizona
Substitute Teacher 1995-1996
Subjects Taught: music, computers, band, choral, French, mathematics
Co-taught guitar and music theory
Subjects Taught: architectural and mechanical drafting, history, band, music 1993-1994
Special Assignment: 3 weeks for Prescott High School band instructor 1988-1989
Cirkusschule für Kinder/Sommerschule für Theater u. Strassentheater, Graz, Austria 1993-1995
Administrative Assistant & Stage Manager
Two three week summer programs. Assisted with enrollment, coordination of instructors,
students and locations, and stage managed simultaneously multiple performances. Required
to conduct business in German with various local, state and federal government offices.
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 1993-1994
Graduate Assistantship, Department of History
Graded exams and book reviews for two courses: "Modern European History, 1789-Present"
and “The Holocaust.”
Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona 1983-1988
Instructor
Developed Home Maintenance and Home Improvement courses for the retirement
college program. Worked with non-traditional, adult, returning students.
Weimar Institute, Weimar, California 1980-1981
Instructor
Developed courses to instruct college age students in the hands-on art of construction,
cabinetry and small remodeling projects.
Laconia High School, Laconia, New Hampshire 1977-1978
Instructor
Team teaching "developmentally educatable" high school students. Responsible for
instruction in the construction trades, small engine repair, architectural and
mechanical drafting, machine shop, and cooking.
Midway Jr. /Sr. High School, San Diego, California 1973-1974
Student teacher
Continuation school. Responsible for English and drama courses.
Private Instruction 1991-1995
English instruction in Paris, France and Graz, Austria
Primarily conversational English as a second language.
Guitar and music theory instruction, periodically 1971-2002
LIFE EXPERIENCE
Artistic
Co-translated: 5 children's books, German to English, Graz, Austria
1 poem in a "livre d'art": D'Ambrosio's DAVID
4 collections of original songs
Music/Acting
Guitarist, pianist and singer. Performed with Yavapai College Choir Mozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York, two seasons with the Arizona Jamboree, Prescott, Arizona, and in the orchestra with the Prescott Fine Arts Association, Prescott, Arizona—"Man of La Mancha," "A Chorus Line," “Quilters,” and “Little Shop of Horrors.” Night club acts performing solo and with numerous duos, trios and bands playing and arranging folk, blues, rock and country music. Acting credits with the Prescott Fine Arts Association include Freddie in "My Fair Lady", bottle dancer in "Fiddler on the Roof", young Joe Hardy in “Damn Yankees,” Valentino in "Twelfth Night, Schroeder in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and numerous other musical roles, 1984-2002. |