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Larry L. Tyler
STATUS:
Married for 17 years, 15-year-old daughter (attending Gatlinburg-Pittman High School)
SUMMARY:
- Professional furniture finisher with supervisory experience and strong people skills.
- 13 years in furniture finishing (all aspects of the trade), assembly and installation.
- 5 years as Lead Finisher supervising crews of up to 5 assistants.
- 6 months in furniture restoration, assembly line experience, basic computer skills.
- 3 years in cable TV/Internet/phone sales, auditing, collections and installation.
***Skills:
- Finishing (staining, spraying, sanding, glazing and custom color matching)
- Assembly (pre-finished and final)
- Installation (packaging, transportation, mounting and installation)
- Restoration (stripping, touch-ups, minor repairs and refinishing)
- General (inventory management, ordering supplies and materials, order fulfillment, quality control, retail sales and customer service, payroll administration, auditing and collections)
***Equipment:
- Spray Guns (HVLP, air assist, airless, airbrushes, cup and gravity, Accu-Spray, Binks, Devilbiss, Graco and Kremlin)
- Sanders (random orbital, belt and palm, electric and pneumatic)
- Floor Tools (planers, table, band, scroll, miter and chop saws, pin routers, drill presses, shapers and edge banders)
- Hand Tools (biscuit cutters, burn-in and putty knives, graining pencils, artist brushes, touch-up markers and finisher’s color wheels)
- Safety Equipment (spray booths, respirators, latex and nitrile gloves, glasses and ear plugs)
***Materials:
- Wood (oak, mahogany, walnut, cherry, maple, poplar, pine, ash, hickory, teak, alder and cypress)
- Coatings (conversion varnish, polyurethane, lacquer, water white and tinted lacquer, vinyl and water white sealers, and primers)
- Paints (lacquer-base and latex, all sheens)
- Stains (oil-base, water-base and aniline dyes, and finisher’s glaze)
- Thinners (lacquer thinner, mineral spirits, methanol, naptha, acetone, xylene and retarders)
- Brands (Chemcraft, Sherwin Williams, Valspar, Mohawk, Minwax and Fuller O’Brien)
- General (paint and stain color concentrates, stripping chemicals, aniline powders, wax fill and lacquer sticks, 400- to 80-grit sandpaper, and putty)
***Furniture:
Cabinets, conference/dining room tables, entertainment centers, bookshelves, desks, dressers, chests of drawers, wine racks, mantelpieces, bars, lecterns and presentation boards
EXPERIENCE:
Lead Finisher, Cabinet Concepts & Design, White Pine, TN, 08/08 – 12/08
- Supervised 5 assistants at custom cabinet shop specializing in rustic furniture for log cabins.
- Managed inventory, supplies and materials; performed quality control and assurance.
- Laid off due to lack of work.
Lead Finisher, The Corner Cabinet, Knoxville, TN, 06/03 – 08/08
- Led crew of 2 at cabinet shop specializing in painting/glazing for high-end residential market.
- Built new cabinets out of 100-year-old cypress wood and recovered barn lumber.
- Managed inventory and quality control.
Finisher, Kitchen Craft, Smithville, TN, 01/03 – 05/03
- Primed and painted custom cabinets for high-volume supplier of upscale retail dealers.
Assistant, D&D Woodworking, Rice, MN, 01/01 – 04/01
- Assembled, packaged and loaded cabinets for delivery to commercial and residential clients.
- Machined and sanded cabinets to prepare for finishing; assembled drawer boxes.
Finisher, Design Line Cabinets, Sauk Rapids, MN, 05/98 – 10/98
- Primed and painted custom cabinets for high-end residential market.
Finisher, Sy’s Cabinets, St. Cloud, MN, 03/98 – 05/98
- Stained and sprayed custom cabinets for residential market; assembled face frames.
Finisher, Nevers Industries, Plymouth, MN, 07/97 – 03/98
- Performed all aspects of the trade for supplier of conference room furniture.
Finisher, Alaska Furniture, Anchorage, AK, 01/97 – 07/97
- Completed finishing, assembly and installation tasks at custom cabinet shop.
Finisher, The Restore Store, Anchorage, AK, 09/96 – 12/96
- Stripped and refinished antique furniture; performed touch-ups and repairs.
Finisher, Nevers Industries, Plymouth, MN, 12/94 – 08/96
- Performed all aspects of the trade for supplier of conference room furniture.
Finisher, Wood Design, Forest Lake, MN, 09/93 – 09/94
- Applied seal coating to walnut plaques on finish line; assisted in wood shop.
Assistant, Knapp Woodworking, Ham Lake, MN, 06/92 – 05/93
- Prepared cabinets for final assembly.
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Auditor/Collection Agent, RCH Cable, Cookville, TN (Assigned in FL & NJ), 09/01 – 12/02
- Exceeded sales and collection volume expectations by 20%.
- Performed auditing and remarket sales for Adelphia, Comcast and Charter cable TV.
- Managed crew of 3 auditors, administered payroll, handled disconnects and equipment retrievals.
Cable TV Installer, Halgard Construction, Cookville, TN, 05/01 – 09/01
- Installed Charter cable TV and broadband Internet service, configured Internet settings in PCs.
Outside Sales Representative, Douglass Management, St. Cloud, MN, 07/99 – 10/00
- Exceeded sales volume expectations by 25% for Astound Communications.
- Sold cable TV, broadband Internet and telephone services to new residential customers.
- Converted analog to digital receivers and provided onsite end user training.
Auditor/Site Manager, GE Marketing, Westminster, MD (Assigned in KY & MN), 10/98 – 07/99
- Exceeded audit and sales volume expectations by 15% for Prestige cable TV.
- Managed crew of 4 auditors and administered payroll.
Boatswain’s Mate, US Navy, San Diego, CA, 05/91 – 12/91
- Medically discharged due to knee injury.
EDUCATION:
Cambridge High School, Cambridge, MN (High School Diploma), 1985 – 1989 |