CHAD W.

CLOTHIER
11813 Maxwell Court, Oregon City, Oregon 97045
Phone: (503) 320-6388
Email: cwclothier@clear.net
OBJECTIVE
Find an occupation that takes advantage of my broad range and depth
of technical skills and knowledge and makes me want to get up and go
to work every day.
CAREER SUMMARY
Completed a very successful 5-year enlistment in the US Navy
Submarine Force, and then retired after 15 years in the US Naval
Reserve's Craft of Opportunity Mine Unit 1102, and Inshore Boat Unit
13. Then I worked over 20 years multi-divisional North American
corporation as a Support Technician, then 17 years as a Network
Hardware Integration Engineer serving a customer base of over 10,000
customer data processing systems. Since then, I earned my Oregon
State DPSST Private Security Certification and was licensed as a
Health/Life Oregon State Insurance Producers license. I held two
short-term positions in both disciplines; Money Processer in a bank
vault and Health Insurance Broker for a national brokerage.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
SECURITY:
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Earned Oregon State DPSST Certification (PSID: 49049).
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Recently received this private security certification, and am
planning to attain certifications in armed security, mace usage,
application of handcuffs, etc.
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Nuclear topside and below decks security watch qualified.
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Responsible for management and control of US Naval Top Secret
materials.
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Craftmaster of both COOPMINEUNIT and Inshore Boat Unit boats crew,
craft security, and the security missions tasked to these units.
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Earned Marksman Award on .45 caliber pistol, Mark 14, 16 and 30
rifles.
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Performed back-up security duties and customer shadowing while
employed at Fred Meyers.
HEALTH/LIFE INSURANCE:
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Earned Health/Life insurance license (# 760108).
ANALYSIS TOOLS:
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Variety of LAN/WAN/Wireless network test, measurement, analyzers,
emulators and load generators.
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Lab tools like oscilloscopes, digital multi-meter, Optical TDR,
Variable PS, RF Generators, and cable testers.
PRODUCTS:
_Products from a wide variety of manufacturers and suppliers
include:_
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Sync/async fiberoptic/analog modems, multiplexers and F/T1 CSU/DSUs.
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TCP/IP based infrastructure products like router/switches and
wireless products like APs, bridges, clients, etc.
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Multi-pair cable designing, multimode fiberoptic and structured
cable systems.
TECHNOLOGIES:
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IEEE802.1D/p/Q/X, IEEE802.3, IEEE802.11a/b/e/g/i/n, TIA/EIA-568A/B,
TSB-36, RS232 and V.35.
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DHCP, DNS, HTTP, ICMP, UDP, SNMP, MIB I/II, HDLC, RADIUS, EAP, SSL,
VPN, PKI, QoS, OSPF, EIGRP and OSI.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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LICENSED HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE PRODUCER FOR THE STATE OF OREGON.

Oregon license number: 760108. Worked as a Field agent selling

supplemental injury, accident, and whole life/term insurance. Then
brokered for customers from approximately 23 major, nationwide
insurance companies in over 40 states.
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 DPSST UNARMED CERTIFIED FOR THE STATE OF OREGON.
Recently received this private security certification, and am
planning to attain certifications in armed security, mace usage,
application of handcuffs, etc.
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VERY PROFICIENT USING MICROSOFT, WORDPERFECT AND OPENOFFICE OFFICE
APPLICATION SUITES.
Also have excellent Microsoft Visio skills, and am familiar with
Microsoft Project.
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EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS.
Remote Customer Support Technician for 3-years. Instrumental in an
effort to stand up the first department dedicated specifically to the
support of over 10,000 foreign data communications infrastructures.
This meager beginning eventually grew into a fully supported 3-teir
system which the companies customer support system relied on as an
essential element of their support model.
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EXCELLENT WRITING SKILLS.
Wrote and published a wide spectrum of detailed and accurate
documents to a corporate intranet. These documents were clear and
concise, written for both internal and external target audiences.
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EFFECTIVELY MANAGED TIME AND DELIVERABLES IN A MULTI-PROJECT WORK
ENVIRONMENT.
Efficiently managed work on 3 consecutive complex projects,
including collateral duties, without missing any deliverables or
project milestones.
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EFFECTIVE PARTICIPANT OF NUMEROUS CROSS-FUNCTIONAL RESEARCH AND
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS.
Effectively represented department interests on a variety of
project teams. Assisted team members and management with the
technical subject matter they needed to complete their project
deliverables.
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EXPERIENCED PROVIDER FORMAL/INFORMAL TRAINING.
Taught company trainers on new products; and made several
PowerPoint presentations to management and others. In addition, and
while in the US Navy, developed numerous lesson plans that were
designed to facilitate training on subjects by individuals that may
have little practical experience or knowledge on the subject.
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ISO9000 INTERNAL AUDITOR CERTIFIED.
Conducted 15 internal audits as a member of the ISO9000 Quality
System implementation team. These audits were instrumental in a 100%
success rate for official certification audits. Supervised own
department's implementation of their ISO9000 system process and
documentation requirements.
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PROVIDED FINAL TIER ENGINEERING LEVEL SUPPORT AS A NETWORK HARDWARE
PRODUCT INTEGRATION ENGINEER.
Responsible to hardware and software QA/QC, the entire Remote/Field
Technical Support organization, software and hardware development
groups and project teams, management, our clients, and an eclectic
mix of hardware manufacturers, suppliers, and sub-contractors.
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SIGNIFICANT PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IN COMPLEX IT PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Collaborated with the Hardware Project Managers; helping them
develop effective and efficient project plans that met documented
goals. This collaboration facilitated an excellent opportunity to
learn about, and gain insight, into the skills and abilities needed
to manage a project.
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VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PROFICIENT IN NAVIGATION, PILOTING AND
CARTOGRAPHY.
Served 5-years aboard US Navy submarines in the Navigation
Department; and 15years in the US Navy Reserves as a Craftmaster
piloting survey and security crafts in a wide variety of complex and
dangerous waterways. Assigned special project to create non-standard
navigation charts for a variety of atypical scales, and coverage
areas.

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MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE OF UP TO 30 INDIVIDUALS.
Managed a submarine's Quartermaster Department of 5 as the
Assistant Navigator. As Craftmaster of a mine/channel survey craft at
the mouth of the Columbia River. As Craftmaster of a security craft
providing protection for high value military assets in littoral
waterways. Managed 30 people as Command Chief of a three security
craft command. All management situations demanded high mission
readiness, including logistics, effective work and training
environments, counseling, discipline, and personnel evaluations.
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EXPERIENCED WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM MANUFACTURERS,
SUPPLIERS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS.
Experience gained while addressing proprietary product
modifications, defect resolution/corrective action plans, quality
issues, product availability and life cycle issues.
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DEVELOPED BRAND AGNOSTIC, REPEATABLE TEST PLANS.
Test criteria based on product specifications, regulations and
standards, and consistently identified and documented all product
noncompliance's, defects.
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POSSESS EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TROUBLESHOOTING AND PROBLEM
RESOLUTION SKILLS.
Tested and evaluated 2 or 3 prospective products in a controlled
lab environment for each development project I was assigned. This
excellent opportunity enabled developing troubleshooting skills
spanning countless configurations and encompassed the entire OSI
stack.
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EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE USING A WIDE RANGE OF NETWORKING TEST AND
MEASUREMENT TOOLS.
Product development and integration demanded the effective use of a
wide range of T&M tools including, but not limited to, DVMs, BOBs,
power supplies, optical generators, data scopes, network analyzers,
data/traffic generators, client emulators, WAN/LAN emulators, data
and performance analyzers, etc.
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CAN ACCURATELY INTERPRET BUILD-READY BLUEPRINTS..
In addition to reading blueprints, I created proprietary cable
assembly build-ready blueprints prior to the ratification of
TIA/EIA-568A/B cabling standards. As Team Leader, I accurately
interpreted and translated into production a wide range of
build-ready blueprints for pre-stress and pre-cast concrete products.

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PARTICIPATED IN A COMPREHENSIVE, DIVISION WIDE, RISK ASSESSMENT
PROJECT.
Scope included corporate intranet, links to the internet, corporate
data processing centers, and thousands of satellite, VPN, and Telco
circuits to customer facilities. Identified all potential risks and
developed corrective action plans that either mitigated, or
eliminated the risks.
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INCREASED USER EFFICIENCY 50% AND REDUCED ADMINISTRATION COSTS BY
60% ON A CORPORATE INTRANET DOCUMENT LIBRARY.
Evaluated established library system and identified key system
failures. Developed corrective action plan, which after implementing,
resulted in a online library that was simpler, more intuitive, and
implemented stronger version control methods.
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KNOWLEDGEABLE IN CABLING THEORY, DESIGN AND INSTALLATION PRACTICES.

Sole engineer tasked with the design, development, and sustaining

engineering support of all cable products and cabling infrastructure
solutions common to 10,000 customers. The scope of this duty included
designing proprietary copper and fiber optic cable assemblies, as well
as supporting the EIA/TIA568 and TSB36 Structured Cabling
Standards.
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DEVELOPED FULL SUITE OF ENTERPRISE CLASS, VALUE-ADDED, IEEE 802.11
WIRELESS NETWORK PRODUCTS AND INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS.
Developed a complete wireless solution as an alternative to
traditional copper/fiber cabling infrastructures. Possess a solid
understanding of RF network technology, planning process, surveying
issues and practices, installation issues and practices, and
technologies like antennas, cables, and mounting hardware.
Instrumental in developing the procedures, logistics and training
required to roll-out a complete wireless alternative to wired
cabling.

WORK HISTORY
HEALTH/LIFE INSURANCE BROKER, Pacific Benefits Group, Beaverton, OR,
7/10 to present
CAPTIVE FIELD AGENT, American Income Life, Lake Oswego, OR, 5/10 to
7/10
ATM DEPOSITS AND CASH PROCESSOR, Pendum LLC, Portland, OR, 12/09 to
3/10
INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYST II, City of Portland, OR, Technology
Services, 6/08 to 9/08
HARDWARE ENGINEER I, II, III, ADP Dealer Services, Portland, OR,
1/86 to 7/06
GROUP LEAD/NIGHT CURING TECHNICIAN, Morse Brothers Concrete
Products, Clackamas, OR, 9/79 to 12/85
QMC(SS), COMMAND CPO, US Navy Reserve, Inshore Boat Unit 13,
Portland, OR, 9/82 to 6/97
QM2(SS), ASSISTANT NAVIGATOR, US Navy, USS Pogy (SSN647), Pearl
Harbor, HI, 6/74 to 6/79
EDUCATION
BS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, University of Phoenix, Clackamas, OR
Graduated: 2/08, GPA: 3.63
AS, ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, ITT Technical Institute,
Portland, OR
Graduated: 12/85, GPA: 4.00
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
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Life, Health & Oregon Insurance Code course from Intellipass.
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Oregon State DPSST Private Security Certification.
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ISO 9000 standards, certification, and internal auditing
procedures.
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Project management.
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Interpersonal communication techniques and conflict resolution.
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Management concepts, techniques and counseling.
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EIA/TIA-568-A/B and TSB-36 cabling standards, system design and
installation.
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Fiber optic cable theory, design and installation.
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RF networking, site surveying, network design, planning,
installation, security and administration.
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TCP/IP ethernet theory and applicable technologies.
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Navigation, piloting and cartography.