EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
PATRIOT Launcher Crew Member/Maintainer
August 2006-Present
U.S. Army, Fort Hood, TX
Maintained two PATRIOT Launchers, one Guided Missile Transport, and two Humvees valued in excess of nine million dollars at a 95% combat readiness. Created a local public affairs program from the ground up. Trained and supervised 10 personal in maintenance of equipment and performing their jobs at a 95% combat readiness. Maintained a secret government security clearance.
Freelance Photographer/Graphic Designer
June 1999-Present
Duane Fish Photography, Killeen, TX
Responsible for shooting, digitally enhanced, and submitted photographs for local newspapers. Published photographs and stories in Elko Daily Free Press, El Paso Inc., Fort Bliss Monitor, What’s Up Weekly Magazine and Air Defense Artillery Magazine. Purchased and maintained one Nikon D70 digital camera, two Nikon FM-10 35mm film cameras, one Nikon N65 35mm film camera, two computers valued in excess of three thousand dollars. Created and maintained an internet website: http://www.duanefishphotography.com. Created graphics for multiple business needs from CD/DVD covers to creating company logos. Created multiple slide shows in both Microsoft Movie Maker and Vegas movie maker.
PATRIOT Launcher Crew Member/Maintainer
November 2001-August 2006
U.S. Army, Fort Bliss, TX
Maintained two PATRIOT Launchers valued in excess of four million dollars each at a 90% combat readiness. Collaborated with the post weekly newspaper to publish photographs and news articles. Trained and supervised 10 personal in maintenance of equipment and performing their jobs at a 95% combat readiness. Maintained a secret government security clearance.
Alarm Monitor
March 2001-September 2001
Sonitrol Security, San Jose, CA
Supervised silent audible alarm from around the nation in the biggest and busiest security firm in the United States. Setup restrictions on alarms, created logs of alarms that went off, notified police and owners of unlawful entry.
Draftsman/Graphic Designer
June 2000-March 2001
Richard L. Fish A.I.A., San Jose, CA
Designed blueprints in AutoCAD of multimillion dollar buildings. Created color renditions of blueprints in Adobe Photoshop at a 85-95% color accuracy. Collaborated with the City of San Jose to have blueprints approved through different city departments. Upgraded the firm to increase productivity and storage by 150%.
Graphic Designer
May 1998-March 2000
Elko Daily Free Press, Elko, NV
Created advertising for a daily newspaper using Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand and MultiAD Creator using Macintosh operating system. Singly dealt with the second biggest advertising account the newspaper received. Worked with customers and advertising representatives to achieve multiple views of their advertisement.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Advance CPR Course, Ft. Bliss, TX, 2003
U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School, Ft. Bliss, TX, 2002
Spring Creek High School, Spring Creek, NV, 1996
SOFTWARE
Adobe Photoshop 7.0-CS2, Macromedia Freehand 10, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office (To include: Word, Excel and Powerpoint), GIMP 2.0 for Linux, OpenOffice.Org software, Linux OS, Windows 3.1-XP OS, Quark Xpress, computer security, and HTML Coding.
REFERENCES
Available upon request