Gregory Smith: Firefighter in Nisswa, MN

Extinguish fires, search and rescue, auto extrication, community fire prevention instruction.

• Carry out a program of study prescribed in the lesson plans left by the classroom teacher. • Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students. • Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and objectives as indicated in the lesson plans for the lessons, units, or projects assigned. • Employ instructional methods and materials that are most appropriate for meeting lesson objectives.

• Successfully worked with federal, state and local government agencies to establish a production craft brewery, wholesale distributorship and retail tap room • Developed products, managed production schedules, product manufacturing, procurement, sales and distribution, employee resources • Conceived of branding--logo and label artwork--and marketing information • Responsible for accounts payable/receivable, payroll and tax functions • Composed formal business plans, proposals and cash flow projections.

• Configured custom storage systems to meet customer performance and cost requirements in support of the IBM sales team • Functioned as a Subject Matter Expert during quality assurance reviews • Clearly communicated technical specifications and requirements both verbally and in writing.

• Designed sheet metal and plastic hardware for server and storage systems • Mechanical design lead on custom computer-integrated kiosk projects • Documented engineering changes and composed manufacturing, field support and end-user manuals • Functioned as a member of an inclusive development team.

• Liaison between manufacturing and development, identified and resolved product issues effecting manufacturing quality • Composed and formally presented to executives metrics indicating the state of US and Ireland server manufacturing plants • Responsible for Reconfiguration Center quality in China • Efforts resulted in cost savings through reduced scrap and process efficiencies, along with customer satisfaction and improved manufacturing morale.

• Designed and implemented tooling for disk drive testing • Vibration and heat transfer analysis • Extensive vendor interaction.