AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RESUME:
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1946-1964 Born 4/1/46
Work experience prior to graduating high school:
Newspaper Carrier
Grocery Clerk
Quality Control Inspector - Bristol Meyers
1964 Graduated Seton Hall Preparatory School
Began classes at Newark College of Engineering (now called
New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Employed by Supermarkets General
1966 Married my present wife, Patricia Marie Whitney
1967 Began employment with International Business Machines (IBM)
as Customer Engineer (CE) Trainee for the Field Engineering Division
(Newark, NJ Branch Office)
Attended 3 month IBM Basic Training School at Endicott, NY
First son, Devin, born
Promoted to Associate CE after completing Basic Training (received
award for maintaining "A-B" average)
1968 Only daughter, Patricia Jane, born
Promoted to Customer Engineer at IBM
1969 Began 2 year assignment on 2nd shift
Joined Edison Volunteer First Aid Squad #2
1970 Obtained certification to teach Basic and Advanced
First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
from American red Cross
1971 Elected Lieutenant in First Aid Squad
Received first "IBM Means Service" Award
Promoted to Senior CE
1972 Second son, Christopher, born
1973 Purchased first house at 99 Cherry St., Iselin, NJ
Resigned from First Aid Squad (due to relocation)
Promoted to Field Engineering Specialist
1974 Received second "IBM Means Service" Award
Shared joint "Suggestion Award" for $12,000 with another co-worker
Joined Iselin Volunteer Fire Department
1975 Two-month temporary assignment rewriting teleprocessing documentation
Completed the "Digital Industrial Electronics" course from DeVry Institute
of Technology (correspondence program)
1976 Assumed responsibilities of assistant engineer with the Iselin
Fire Department
1977 Received third "IBM Means Service" Award
Elected Lieutenant in the Fire Department
Began teaching in township Fire School
Instituted an "Account Management" Program in
my branch office
1978 Elected Captain in the Fire Department
Six month temporary assignment testing new products
in Raleigh, NC
1979 Promoted to Field Support Center Specialist
Relocated and bought home in Raleigh, NC
Resigned from Fire Department (relocation)
Joined Junior Achievement as Advisor
1980 Promoted to Associate Service Planning Representative (SPR)
Received fourth "IBM Means Service" Award
Junior Achievement Advisor
1981 Reassigned to product development function
Junior Achievement Advisor
1982 Promoted to Service Planning Representative
Junior Achievement Advisor
Assumed responsibility for teleprocessing education and
documentation for FE Division
1983 Completed Dale Carnegie Personal Development Course
Junior Achievement Advisor
1984 Promoted to Advisory Instructor for Information Systems
Education, Irving, TX
Received fifth "IBM Means Service" Award
Relocated and purchased home in Bedford, TX
1985 Received certification to teach Standard First Aid and
CPR from American Red Cross
Joined Bedford Fired Department as a volunteer
Received an IBM Group Director's Award for work in putting
together a Region Designated Support training and implementation program
1986 Coordinated a training program to pursue certification for
volunteer firefighters
Continued teaching First Aid and CPR classes
Attended the Firefighter I training program presented by Texas
A&M University Extension Division
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RESUME:
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1963-1981 Born January 28, 1963
Work experience prior to graduating high school:
Car Wash Attendant
Dietary Department Porter
1981 Graduated from Trinity High School with Certificates of Honor
for Academics and Scholarship
Began full-time employment at Marymount Hospital as Cook
Enrolled in Emergency Medical Technician school - Cuyahoga
Valley Joint Vocational School
1983 Worked on the "Jim Deka for Council" Campaign - Garfield
Heights, Ohio
1985 Began full-time employment with the City of Bedford, Division of Fire
Enrolled in State of Ohio Full-time Firefighters School - Cuyahoga
Community College
1986 Attended Fire/Arson Detection Class - Ohio Fire Academy
Enrolled in Emergency Medical Technician - Advanced School at
Brentwood Hospital
Bought first house in Bedford, Ohio
Attended Firehouse Exposition Seminars - Baltimore, Maryland
1987 Attended HazMat Class - Ohio State Fire School - Bowling Green
State University
Attended HazMat Class - Cleveland Fire Training Academy
Worked on campaign committee to eliminate the City of Bedford's
residency requirement for municipal employees
1988 Appointed to Bedford Firefighters Association Grievance Committee
Attended Building Construction/Principles Class - Ohio Fire Academy
Received certification as CPR/Basic Life Support Instructor - American
Red Cross
Attended Firehouse Exposition Seminars - Philadelphia, PA
1989 Attended Building Construction/Non Combustibles - Ohio Fire Academy
Attended Preparing for Incident Command Class - Ohio Fire Academy
Enrolled in Emergency Medical Technician - Defibrillation School
at Meridia Suburban Hospital
Attended HazMat Incident Analysis - Ohio Fire Academy
Attended Commanding the Initial Response - Ohio Fire Academy
Began part-time employment with Metropolitan General Hospital Life Flight
as Communications Specialist
Attended HazMat/Pesticide Challenge Class - Ohio Fire Academy
1990 Appointed Bedford Firefighters Association Muscular Dystrophy
Fundraising Chairman
Appointed as charter member of the Chagrin/Southeast Regional
Hazardous Materials Response Team
Attended Basic Trauma Life Support Class - Meridia Suburban Hospital
Attended Emergency Vehicle Operation Class - Cuyahoga Valley
Joint Vocational School
Attended HazMat Awareness Class - Ohio Fire Academy
Attended HazMat Operations Class - Ohio Fire Academy
Attended HazMat Technician Class - Ohio Fire Academy
Enrolled in Fire Safety Inspection School - Cuyahoga Valley
Joint Vocational School
Served on purchase/specification committee for the purchase of
new aerial ladder - Bedford Fire Department
1991 Appointed Acting Shift Officer - Bedford Fire Department
Appointed to Bedford Firefighters Association Labor/Management
Committee
Appointed to Bedford Firefighters Association Safety Committee
Gave presentation at Independence High School for Career Awareness Day
Attended Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Basic Training - John
Carroll University - American CISD Foundation
1992 Joined the Cuyahoga County Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team
as a Peer Support Team Member
Attended Incident Command Systems Class - Ohio Fire Academy
Attended HazMat Tactical Considerations - Ohio Fire Academy
Attended Association of Air Medical Services Communications
Specialist Course - Cincinnati, Ohio
1992 Attended Basic Vertical Rope Rescue Class - Southwest General
Hospital - Cleveland Metroparks
Attended Fire Department Instructors Conference - Cincinnati, Ohio
1993 Appointed to City of Bedford Safety Forces Fitness Center Committee
Served on purchase/specification committee for purchase of new rescue squad - Bedford
Fire Department
Sold house in Bedford, Ohio
Built house in Valley View, Ohio
Taught class on Emergency Services Stress at the State of Ohio Full-time
Firefighters School - Cuyahoga Community College
1994 Attended Incident Command for HazMat Incidents - Ohio Fire Academy
Married Donna Hanzely
Attended Fire Department Instructors Conference - Indianapolis, IN
Worked on campaign committee to pass a levy for paramedic service
in City of Bedford
Taught classes on Emergency Services Stress in Cleveland Heights and Columbus
for public safety dispatchers
1995 Attended CAMEO Computer Course - Ohio Department of Public Safety
Cuyahoga Valley Joint Vocational School
Served on Interview/Selection Committee - Metro Life Flight
Appointed to Bedford Firefighters Association Negotiations Committee
Served on purchase/specification committee for purchase of new pumper -
Bedford Fire Department
Attended Confined Space Rescue Class - Cleveland State University
Attended Response to Radiation Incidents Class - Cleveland Fire
Training Academy
Attended Railcar/HazMat Class - Dupont Chemical Corp.
Taught class on Emergency Services Stress at the State of Ohio
Full-time Firefighters School - Cuyahoga Community College
1996 Appointed Acting Shift officer - Bedford Fire Department
Received Meritorious Service Award for Exemplary Performance of
Firefighting and Rescue Procedures - City of Bedford
Taught classes on Emergency Services Stress at the Cleveland Fire
Training Academy and State of Ohio Full-time Firefighters School -
Cuyahoga Community College
Received certification as instructor - Coaching the Emergency
Vehicle Operator - National Safety Council
Served as committee chairman for Cuyahoga County CISD Team
two-day basic training seminar
Attended Fire Officer Training Academy - Cuyahoga Community College
1996 Appointed HazMat Control Officer - Chagrin/Southeast Regional Hazardous
Materials Response Team
Attended Fire Officer Training Academy - Cuyahoga Community College
Appointed HazMat Control Officer - Chagrin/Southeast Regional Hazardous
Materials Response Team
Published article on Metro Life Flight Emergency Services News
Attended Firehouse Exposition Seminars - Baltimore, MD
Attended Basic Supervisory Skills Course - Kent State University
1997 Attended Line of Duty Deaths in Emergency Services Workers
Seminar - Cuyahoga County CISD Team
Appointed as co-chair of the Terry Tench Fund
Appointed to Bedford Firefighters Association Worker's Compensation
Committee
Joined the Cleveland Firefighters Memorial Pipe and Drum Bagpipe Band
Served on purchase/specification committee for purchase of new rescue
squad - Bedford Fire Department
Published article and photos of Cleveland fire/hazmat incident -
Emergency Services News
Attended Pump Operations Class - Pennsylvania State Fire School
Attended Firehouse Exposition Seminars - Baltimore, MD
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RESUME:
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1955-1959: Born 3/25/55
Lived with parents in Van Wert, Ohio
1959: Moved with parents to South Bed, Indiana because of father’s job transfer
1969: Moved with parents to Kankakee, Illinois because of father’s job transfer
1971: Moved to Port Clinton, Ohio because of father’s job transfer
Work experience prior to graduating high school:
Baby-sitter
Fast food counter worker/fry cook
Office Assistant in tire factory
Typist in a CPA firm
1973: Graduated from Port Clinton High School
Worked as a waitress in a local Port Clinton Restaurant
Worked as an office assistant in a wholesale sporting goods
1973: Married my first husband, Alan Kendall
Moved with husband to San Diego, California where he was stationed in the US Navy
Worked in a donut shop as a counter clerk
Worked in Enlisted Club as an Office Manager/Bookkeeper
1975: Moved back to Port Clinton, Ohio after husband discharged from Navy
1976: Began work at WSOS Community Action Commission, Inc. as a CETA participant
(typist)
Hired by WSOS CAC, Inc. as a permanent employee
Purchased first house at 406 E. 4th Street, Port Clinton, Ohio
1978: Promoted to Youth Leader at WSOS, Inc. placing 14-21 year olds in CETA employment
1980: Promoted to Adult Leader at WSOS, Inc. placing adult workers in CETA employment
1981: Only daughter, Emily Kathleen, born with multiple birth defects in her heart
Laid off from WSOS, Inc. because of CETA funding cut
1982: Began work at Ottawa Residential Services as Home Aide/ Office Manager
Daughter operated to correct birth defects at Toledo Medical College
1983: Moved to Marion, Ohio because of husband’s job transfer
1984: Moved to Ashtabula, Ohio because of husband’s job transfer
1985: Worked as a checkout clerk at K-Mart in Ashtabula, Ohio
1985: Divorced and moved back to Port Clinton, Ohio
Began work at WSOS CAC, Inc. as Local Office Manager
1986: Promoted to Intake and Assessment Specialist at WSOS CAC, Inc.
Participated in Job Club Leader Training to be certified to conduct Job Clubs
Volunteered in the Ronald Mac Donald House Marathon in Port Clinton, Ohio
1987: Laid off as Intake and Assessment Specialist because of funding cuts
Worked as office clerk for three months in the Ottawa Co. Prosecutor’s Office
Hired as Older Worker Program Manager at WSOS CAC, Inc.
Volunteered in the Ronald McDonald House Marathon in Port Clinton, Ohio
Volunteered for Immaculate Conception School Fund Raisers (including Bingo work)
Volunteered as a typist for the Port Clinton High School Distributive Education program
1988: Laid off as Older Worker Program Manger because of funding cuts
Hired as Program Developer for the Technitrain Program at WSOS
Completed Lotus 1-2-4 training course at Vanguard Vocational School, Freemont, Ohio
Volunteered for Immaculate Conception School Fund Raisers (including Bingo work)
1989: Worked on the economic development committee for Immaculate Conception School
Volunteered for Immaculate Conception Fund Raisers (including Bingo work)
Volunteered at the Bay Township Volunteer Fire Department fund raisers
1990: As part of work related training, attended the Apple Institute 1-week intensive training
in Cupertino, California
Completed OSU Department of Development correspondence training at WSOS
Worked in conjunction with state funding agencies as one of the founding members of
the Ohio Infrastructure Financing Committee
Completed individual writing course at Terra Community College, Fremont, Ohio
Volunteered at the Bay Township Volunteer Fire Department fund raisers
1991: Prepared funding applications for five Ohio Migrant Labor Camp owners with all
applications selected for funding and one application receiving the first place in the state funding
selection
Married my present husband, Robert H. Gray
Volunteered at the Bay Township Volunteer Fire Department fund raisers
1992: Moved to Rocky River, Ohio where my husband is a Certified Public Accountant
Worked as a consultant to WSOS in administering the Technitrain program in Kentucky
Continued working with the Ohio Infrastructure Financing Committee as a consultant
through OSU in preparing a Train the Trainer Curriculum
Completed the Technitrian assignment in Kentucky
1993: Completed Train-the Trainer Curriculum with the Ohio Infrastructure Financing
Committee
Worked as an advertising sales executive for Scene Magazine in Cleveland, Ohio
1994: Father died June 1, 1994
Moved mother from Van Wert, Ohio to Westlake Village Retirement Community
Assisted with Mother’s care
Began classes part-time at Lorain County Community College
Was given the 3rd highest rating in the Writing portion of the admissions assessment in
the history of LCCC
1995: Continued part-time classes at LCCC
Began work at The Richard E. Jacobs group as an accounting clerk
1996: Mother died July 20, 1996
Resigned from The Richard E. Jacobs Group to enable me to attend classes at LCCC full time
Joined the LCCC/Cleveland State University Liberal Studies Partnership Program
1997: Decided that I should pursue a degree in Urban Studies at CSU
1998: Graduated from LCCC with an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts
Began classes at CSU working towards a BA in Urban and Regional Studies
Began work at TDH Enterprises, Inc. as a program developer
Completed OMTI training in Screen Resistant Resume Writing
Promoted to Area Director of TDH Enterprises, Inc. with responsibilities including
Supervision of 2 full-time employees (job developers) and 6 intermittent employees (job coaches and interpreters) and ensured delivery of services to Lorain, Cuyahoga, Summit and Lake Counties
1999: TDH Enterprises, Inc. closed their Cuyahoga County office, terminated services to Cuyahoga, Summit and Lake Counties and moved all operations to the Port Clinton, Ohio office, eliminating Local Area Director’s Position