WORK HISTORY
July, 2008 – Present
Hydro X, LLC
Gillette, WY
General Manager
- Set company goals and objectives.
- Work order procurement and scheduling.
- Personnel scheduling and dispute resolution.
- Set Company EHS policies and over see their implementation.
- Over see accounts payable and accounts receivable processes.
- Class B CDL with air and tanker endorsements.
- Current MSHA.
April, 2005 – May, 2008
Raymond Hartman
Oelrichs, SD
Farm Hand
- Operated tractors, swathers and combines.
- Pulled disks, sweeps, drills and balers.
- Performed general maintenance on equipment.
- Troubleshot and repaired electrical, hydraulic and
mechanical failures.
- Worked, processed, fed and hauled cattle.
- Combined and hauled wheat.
- Put up and hauled hay.
October, 1995 – May, 2008
Cee Heart Quarter Horses
Edgemont, SD
Ranch Hand/Webmaster
- Worked, processed, fed and hauled horses.
- Worked, processed, fed and hauled cattle.
- Website creation and maintenance.
April, 1987 – February, 2008
Pine Ridge Cable TV, Inc.
Pine Ridge, SD
CATV System Owner/Operator
- Designed and engineered head-end and distribution plant.
- Erected tower and installed satellite and off-air antennas.
- Designed and fabricated multi-feeds for satellite antennas.
- Aligned satellite and off-air antennas using
electronic meters.
- Constructed aerial and buried distribution plant.
- Installed head-end electronics and spliced
distribution plant electronics.
- Operated trenchers, vibratory plows and backhoes.
- Performed pole work utilizing climbing hooks, safety belt and
ladders.
- Trouble shot and repaired head-end and plant
problems.
- Located underground utilities using electronic
location equipment.
- Located faults in underground wiring using a
time-domain reflectometer.
- Performed sweep and signal leakage measurements.
- Performed head-end and plant alignments.
- Programmed custom computerized Customer Management
System.
- Established CRM policies and procedures for 500
subscriber system.
- Trained and supervised office and technical
personnel.
- Created business plans for bank when required.
June, 1985 – July, 2007
Standing Rock Cable TV
Fort Yates, ND
Engineering Technician/Consultant
- Designed, engineered and constructed plant extensions.
- Erected tower and installed satellite and off-air antennas.
- Aligned satellite and off-air antennas using
electronic meters.
- Designed and fabricated multi-feeds for satellite antennas.
- Updated head-end equipment as required.
- Trouble shot and repaired head-end and plant problems.
- Performed head-end and plant alignments.
- Performed sweep and signal leakage measurements.
- Located underground utilities using electronic location
equipment.
- Located faults in underground wiring using a time-domain reflectometer.
- Operated trenchers, vibratory plows and backhoes.
- Authored business opportunity reports and appraisals for the
BIA.
September, 1985 – March, 1987
Schindler’s Cable TV
Belcourt, ND
Engineering Technician/Supervisor
- Designed and engineered head-end and distribution plant.
- Installed head-end and supervised installation of original buried plant.
- Designed, engineered and constructed plant extensions.
- Updated head-end equipment as required.
- Trouble shot and repaired head-end and plant problems.
- Performed head-end and plant alignments.
- Performed sweep and signal leakage measurements.
- Located underground utilities using electronic location equipment.
- Operated trenchers, vibratory plows and backhoes.
- Provided preconstruction engineering data projecting ERP and
coverage areas for LPTV system.
- Submitted FAA forms and engineering data for LPTV Tower.
- Designed and fabricated jig and erected 250’ guyed Rohn LPTV
tower.
- Ordered and installed LPTV transmitters, power combiners, coax
and broadcast antennas.
- Authored business plans for BIA loans.
November, 1983 - August, 1985
Ecklund Construction
Hazen, ND
Engineering Technician/Supervisor
- Designed and engineered head-end and distribution plant for ten small CATV systems.
- Produced drafted construction maps.
- Trained construction and splicing personnel.
- Installed head-ends and supervised installation of distribution plant.
- Performed pole work utilizing climbing hooks and safety belt.
- Performed head-end and plant alignments.
- Located underground utilities using electronic location equipment.
- Operated trenchers, vibratory plows and backhoes.
April, 1982 - October, 1983
Dakota Telecommunications Network, Inc.
Eagle Butte, SD
Engineering Technician/Supervisor
- Assumed responsibility for a troubled CATV project in Eagle Butte, SD.
- Redesigned and reengineered as necessary.
- Cleaned up head-end installation.
- Assumed the foreman responsibilities of the aerial construction crew.
- Performed pole work utilizing climbing hooks, safety belt and bucket truck.
- Designed and engineered head-end and distribution plant for Dupree, SD.
- Installed satellite and off-air antennas.
- Aligned satellite and off-air antennas using electronic meters.
- Constructed aerial distribution plant.
- Installed head-end electronics and spliced distribution plant electronics.
- Performed head-end and plant alignments.
November, 1980 - March, 1982
Self Employed
Enning, SD
Serviceman
- Designed and installed low voltage control system for Cammack Ranch Supply feed mill.
- Trouble shot and repaired residential and commercial high voltage electrical problems.
- Trouble shot and repaired low voltage control systems for HVAC and commercial refrigeration systems.
- Trouble shot and repaired refrigeration systems(display cases, walk ins, etc).
- Installed residentual and commercial HVAC systems.
- Installed refrigeration equipment for walk in coolers and freezers.
- Silver soldered, evacuated and charged refrigeration lines.
- Designed and installed custom commercial compressor brown out and restart protection systems.
March, 1979 - October, 1980
Cliff Chord Construction
Sturgis, SD
Carpenter
- Layed out, formed up and poured footings, walls and floors per blue print specifications.
- Finished concrete with hand and power screeds and trowels.
- Rough framed residential and commercial structures per blue print specifications.
- Applied roof and wall sheeting.
- Put down flashing, paper and shingles.
- Installed doors and windows.
- Installed soffit and siding.
- Installed insulation and hung sheet rock.
- Installed cabinets, interior doors and trim.
- Operated power saws and air nailers.
November, 1976 - February, 1979
Prill Brothers, Inc.
Sheridan, WY
Sheetmetal Worker/HVAC Installer/Serviceman/Salesman
- Performed sheetmetal layout and duct fabrication.
- Operated power hammers and shears, Pittsburgh lock forming machines, crimpers and flangers.
- Installed HVAC systems, complete with equipment, ducting and low voltage wiring.
- Installed residentual and commercial coal fired air and boiler systems.
- Trouble shot and repaired low voltage control systems for HVAC systems.
- Performed general HVAC maintenance(filters, leak detection and etc.).
- Calculated heat loss/gain figures and determined unit and duct sizes needed.
- Assisted in the controls design for the Prill Coal Furnace.
- Sold and designed coal fired heating systems(furnace size, duct size and routing, etc).
May, 1974 - October, 1976
Isley's Home Service Inc
Mesa, AZ
Heating and Refrigeration Installer/Serviceman
- Installed HVAC systems, complete with equipment, ducting and low voltage wiring.
- Performed Planned Maintenance System HVAC maintenance(filters, leak detection and etc.).
- Trouble shot and repaired low voltage control systems for HVAC and commercial refrigeration systems.
- Trouble shot and repaired refrigeration systems.(display cases, walk ins, etc)
- Silver soldered, evacuated and charged refrigeration lines.
February, 1973 - April, 1974
Honeywell Service
Phoenix, AZ
Electronics Technician
- Trouble shot and repaired test equipment.
- Performed test equipment alignments and calibrations.
- Worked on oscilloscopes, signal generators, power supplies, voltmeters and spectrum analyzers.
January, 1971 - January, 1973
United States Navy
Yokosuka, Japan
Electronics Technician
- Responsible for the maintenance and repair of HF, VHF and UHF transceivers.
- Responsible for the maintenance and repair of associated transmission lines and antennas.
October, 1969 - December, 1970
Isley's Home Service Inc
Mesa, AZ
Sheetmetal Worker
- Performed sheetmetal layout and duct fabrication from shop drawings.
- Operated power hammers and shears, Pittsburgh lock forming machines, crimpers and flangers.
June, 1968 - September, 1969
Scott Hughes
Broadus, MT
Ranch Hand
- Built miles of new range fence using barbed wire, steel line posts and wood brace posts.
- Put up several hundred tons of hay and straw in loose stacks.
- General equipment maintenance.
- Cared for stock.