Jamie Hill\'s Resume +Refs Updated 07-13-2010

1. 6270 Terrace View Lane SE
#F106
Auburn, WA 98092
Home (253) 447-8255
Cell (541) 974-7306

3. Obtain a position with a company,
who sees itself as more than a mere
peddler of goods or products, but
as a company whose most important
product is its service, and expresses
this importance with its willing
acceptance of integrated concepts
and strategies to extend the
market, while increasing sales, of
this most important product, service.

5. August 2008 to Current
• Estimation and Design Services (ESP) Manager
• Responsible for assessment, planning, and implementation of new estimation services for the company.
• Supervision of three product specialists/designers in local Auburn office
• Additional direction of three additional staff members located in separate branch offices (Portland, Oregon and Phoenix, Arizona).
• Customization of Autodesk AMEP 2010 (AutoCAD/Architecture) to work in conjunction with Microsoft Excel, Access, and Microsoft SQL Server/Express 2008R2.
• Initiation of standards and practices to produce hyper-accurate documentation
• Whole house list of building materials
• Fabrication diagrams (framing drawings/plans)
• Specification, testing, and usage of a custom private-public web-based portal
• Site project collaboration features
• Customer submission
• File storage and version management
• Status and tracking with notifications
• Storage and cataloging of past projects
• Site team collaboration features
• Team member, branch, customer and contact based status
• Prioritization of customers, projects, and locations
• Tendering and reuse of project designs and files to common projects but uncommon customers
• Key performance indicators (KPI’s) and reporting
• Storage of additional project life cycle data linked to but separate from customer available project data
• The private/internal/employee site is based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
• The public/external/customer site is based on IIS6.0, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5.
• Other responsibilities include discovery and testing of software packages and usage techniques to reduce design and material estimate production time.
• The result of the tremendous amount of effort and time spent analyzing POS/PDM internal systems, our customers’ business models, and how to best implement the new system, to work
with each.
March 2002 to May 2004
• Engineered Wood Products Design Technician
• Production design of floor system placement diagrams and member size calculation
• Working with customers (lumber yard salesmen and contractors) to find cost effective solutions to their framing problems (“Value-Engineering”, actually re-engineering).
• Other duties included; blueprint reading, creation of material quotes, beta testing and software development, computer maintenance, contacting architects and engineers to resolve blue
print and site issues, and occasional delivery of materials to customers locations or sites.

6. February 2007 to July 2008
• Engineered and Manufactured Products Salesman
• Field sales of high higher value, manufactured products
• Metal-plated wood floor and roof trusses
• Prefabricated stick framed wall panels
• Engineered wood; I-joists, LVL, Glulam
• Additional duties included
• Review of design calculations and shop drawings against original blueprints
• Material estimation and quotation from customer provided blueprints.
• General sales development of cold-calling, product sourcing, and problem solving.
July 2004 to May 2006
• Wall Panel Design Manager
• Wall panel placement plan design and detailing. Material quotes, contact with customers, architects and engineers to resolve design issues.
• New
• Other duties included; software package review, configuration, and use, internal billing and quoting processes, and system and procedure training of staff members.
May 2004 to February 2005
• Engineered Wood Products Specialist
• Floor system design
• Production of placement diagrams
• Sizing and specification of structural framing members
• Working with project design professionals to reduce site, day of installation problems and delays, to streamline the design build cycle
• Quoting, and pricing of projects in addition to sourcing of necessary materials
• Selling and cold calling customers (mainly framing sub-contractors) , and arranging of material orders and deliveries.
• Contacting General contractors, owners, and developers in addition to architects and engineers to substitute products, resolve blue print and site issues.

7. October 2004 to September 2007
• Information Systems and Technology Administrator (Truss Division)
• Wall Panel Design and Production Modernization
• Establishing a physical connection between the sales office and the production facility more than ¼ mile away.
• Configuration of a workgroup database and application server, with Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and Windows Server 2003 with Terminal Services.
• Replacing WalsPlus design and production software with MiTek eFrame and ShopNet
• Upgrading of VirTek LaserMC saw stations with domain capable solution
• Deployment of MiTek Software Suite via Terminal Services
• Major transition of 5 truss and 3 wall panel fabrication facilities, with 85 users of MiTek’s software suite.
• MBA (MiTek Business Application), 20-20 (engineering analysis), eFrame (3D modeling), WalsPlus (wall panelization)
• In addition to almost 20 additional applications for design, production, administration or management.
• Complete configuration and installation of Active Directory 2003, on redundant machines
• Database server set up with Microsoft SQL Server 2000, and separate databases for each of the production facilities
• File Server set up with separate folder and file structures for each of the facilities, with job role based security
• 3 terminal servers configured with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Terminal Services, in a network pooled fashion to be load balanced and redundant.
• Tarantella TSE (purchased by Sun, later by Oracle) was selected as a cost effective alternative to Citrix Metaframe 4.x.
• Web-based remotely deployed applications were configured to aid remote sales and field repair staff members
• Load balancing and redundancy was further enhanced from network pooling
• Mitek applications were deployed without having to install software locally to the users desktop
• System greatly enhanced Houston’s ability to stay current with MiTek's latest released versions
• Significant time was saved, not having to physically touch the nearly 90 stations every 6 to 8 weeks.
• All of ACH’s fabrication facilities and users were on the same version of MiTek’s software (a company first)
• The staff engineers were able to review and approve the calculations created by the numerous designers, with the same data and codes used initially
• Tested, selected, then deployed Neoware thin clients, to most of the PC work stations, reducing the number of client break-fix requests
• Cyber(AT) Remote PC Reconfiguration
• Replaced the dated Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 98 Industrial All-In-One touch screens for 4 stations in all.
• New system was a company standardized Mid-Tower PC inside of a NEMA enclosure with cooling system, sending signal to monitor using Lon Range KVM/CAT5 technology.
• Citrix Xenapp Company-wide Deployment
• Played a major role in moving the remaining 120-130 branch office workers and additional 8 locations into the Terminal Services system
• Assisted in the conversion from Tarantella to Citrix Metaframe
• Actively involved in transition from frame-relay to MPLS remote office connections, configuration of the Compellant SAN, and relocation data to the SAN LUNs
• Branch Office Closures
• Successfully, removed branch office from Houston’s network, set up new domain, transitioned users, files, and applications to create separate temporary company.
• Indio joint venture with Tandem West Framing, known as Boulders West, was successfully transitioned to BMC-Select
• Setup of a new file and database server, 12 design and admin client systems
• Connected several automated saws through a new fiber connection, and established interterm internet connection via point-to-point wireless, allowing the entire transition
to speed along in about 3 weeks.
• Farmington New Mexico location, in addition to 3 other facilities were transitioned successfully to Home Lumber
• Moved user accounts, databases, and files to Home’s Citrix/Windows Terminal Services system, which was completed in 10 days.

8. 1996 to 2002
• Lumber and Building Products Dealer and Distributor Roles
• EWP Technician – Cascade Capital
• Contractor Salesman – Bayview Building Materials
• Contractor Sales Assistant – Lumbermen’s
• Warehouse Manager – Westcoast Mouldings & Millwork
• Truck Driver – Barlament & Son Trucking
• Retail Salesman – Dunn Lumber Company
• Stock Person – Bud’s Lumber
1993 to 1996
• Fishery Management, and Scientific Field Assistant Roles
• Fish Hatchery Manager – Glenoma Farm
• Field Technician (intern) – United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Research Assistant (intern) – United States Geological Survey
• Aquatic Chemical Application Specialist – Washington State Department of Ecology
• Fish Hatchery Worker (intern) – Washington State Department of Fisheries
July 2003 to Current
• Computer Aided Drafter/Residential Designer
• Provided architectural and in some cases structural, and other specialty design services to owner-builder, small developers, and general contractor/handyman service providers.
• Projects have ranged from additions, landscaping, decks, all the way to full designs for tract houses of 5000+ square feet with multiple elevations.
• This work has been done in 2D and 3D using Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Architectural Desktop (AutoCAD Architecture/MEP/Building Solutions), and some limited time spent using
Autodesk Revit Architecture.
February 1998 to Current
• Entrepreneur (aspiring)
• Prototyping and developing a (blue-sky vaporware), web-based configurator, for the residential construction market.
• Currently looking for additional developmental and financial stakeholders, while creating documentation and detailed specifications for the entire project and the deliverable milestones.
• The project has had several working aliases and codenames over the years, but “BIMTalk” or “BI-Xtrk-M” are the current names.
• Development of various data mining-mapping-storage-query techniques, like XML, SQL, ETL,
March 2007 to July 2008
• Computer Repair Technician (Part-Time)
• On-site computer repair and troubleshooting services.
• Solving hardware and software issues, in addition to, support of, and sales to residential and business customers alike.
• “Normal calls”, were correcting issues with individual PC’s and small Windows based networks.
• This experience has exposed me to varied people with very different personalities, in their own homes in most cases, working on countless programs, and very different platforms.

10. 1990 to 1994
• Raymond High School - Raymond, WA
• Primary field of study was college preparation
• Secondary fields of interest
• Biology and life sciences
• Industrial Arts
• Wood Working
• Drafting
• AutoCAD R10 and R12
• Computer Technology
1994 to 1995
• Grays Harbor Community College - Aberdeen, WA
• Primary field of study was Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Additional interest fields
• Computing Technology
• Windows 3.1
• Office Applications
• AutoCAD R12 and R13
• USCG 100 ton Master License (Skippers License)

12. • Tyler Crawford
• General Manager
• A.C. Houston Lumber Company (Indio Yard)
• Address : 83490 Indio Blvd, Indio, CA 92201
• Phone: 760-578-6013
• e-mail: tcrawford@houstonlumber.com
• Relationship: Direct supervisor at A. C. Houston Lumber from 2004 to 2005, in direct superior 2006 to 2008
• Scott Babin
• Application Engineer Manager
• AmeriCAD - ITW-BCG Company
• Address: 202 East Bethany Drive, Allen, TX 75002
• Phone: 972-747-7880
• e-mail: scottb@americad.com
• Relationship: Software Vendor 2008 to 2009
• Richard Toy
• Product Manager
• Huttig Building Products
• Address: 525 C Street NW, Auburn WA 98001
• Phone: 253-735-9370
• e-mail: rtoy@huttig.com
• Relationship: Co-worker 2001 to 2004 and 2008 to Current
• Shawn Harris
• Independent Design Professional
• Address: Medford, OR 97501
• Phone: 541-282-4368
• e-mail: fj40harris@hotmail.com
• Relationship: Service provider/consultant and friend for 6 years
• Michael Tucker
• IT Administrator
• LMI Aerospace
• Address: 101 Western Street, Auburn, WA 98001
• Phone: 253-261-9583
• e-mail: mike@t4-design.com
• Relationship: Friend for more than 10 years

13. Jamie Hill
253-447-8255
541-974-7306