Akron, Ohio
March 20, 2003
Dear Sir or Madam:
Here's a copy of my resume'and
a bit more about me.
More specific information
and references are available upon request.
I cut my teeth in broadcast engineering including
but not limited to the following tasks:
1.) Doing
field proofs.
2.) Testing,
fixing, and tuning directional AM stations of between 2 and 11 towers.
3.) Doing
allocation studies for new stations.
4.) Improving
existing stations.
5.) Perfecting
AM and FM transmission systems.
6.) Building
and improving studios.
7.) Adding and adapting automation.
I have been the supervising engineer for
up to 7 directional AM, and 7 FM stations
concurrently in one position, and 96 FM
and translator stations in another position.
My last full-time position required that I supervise
3 full time and 87 part time employees.
My most recent experience,
in the last 7 years or so, has been as a contracted project engineer for,
but not exclusively, for
XYZ**** Broadcasting. ( references provided to serious inquiries
only )
For them, I have built numerous broadcast facilities,some
of which are analog and some that are digital.
Most often, but not always, I have been the lead engineer,
or "project manager" on behalf of the owner.
These projects included:
1.) Studios.
2.) Office
computer networks.
3.) Program
automation networks.
4.) Network
origination studios.
5.) Transmitting
facilities including FM and AM and AM directional.
Some of these projects began
in existing buildings, some projects started in open fields.
More details can be found
in the resume'.
I have interfaced directly individually with customers
and end users as well as large departments in
marketing, sales, and management
at all levels. I can work as a one man show, or as part of a team.
I am no stranger to managing
and getting along with people. In addition to myself, I
have available personnel
that can handle all aspects of construction projects.
You can see from the
resume'
that I am and have been an innovative and ingenious
engineer in the broadcast
field for some time. My background in electronics is extensive,
and possibly unmatched. My
background in computers is also extensive, although "formally"
undocumented. I even had
a small part in working with the Apple LISA, prior to development
of the Macintosh.
In working with computers,
I have had great success working with custom software and/or
hardware combinations. I
have integrated new software into existing environments with great success,
sometimes having better success
than the author. I currently provide some on-line tech support for
a couple of Internet Service
Providers. For this reason I am familiar with networking and the internet.
My computer software experience includes but is not
limited to:
1.) Beta testing of new software under
multiple environments.
2.) Virus
scanning and removal.
3.) Software
support.
4.) Data
recovery for many reasons.
Operating systems I am familiar with includes but
is not limited to:
1.) All versions of Microsoft DOS
and Windows.
2.) QNX,
a real time operating system.
3.) Linux.
4.) Other
versions of UNIX including SCO and SUN Solaris.
I have extensive experience working with IBM compatible
hardware.
This experience includes
but is not limited to:
1.) Installing and configuring SCSI
cards and devices
2.) Installing
and configuring sound cards (both analog and digital)
3.) Installing
and configuring modems
4.) Installing
and configuring network cards
5.) Building
and troubleshooting hybrid Microsoft / *nix networks.
6.) Wiring
buildings for networking.
7.) Building
and configuring network servers and workstations.
I have had experience doing data recovery off of drives
that had data that was mission critical to the end user.
I, with my business partners,
have written custom software to read drives with damaged partitions.
I have also recovered data
off of drives that were declared unrecoverable by other companies doing
data recovery.
Thank You for taking the time to review the resume'.
Sincerely,
curt@netzero.net
Broadcast Engineer