Extensive background in multiple industries
David A. Gray
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Professional Summary
I have an extensive work history in two different and distinct industries and bring valuable experience in sales, management, and accounting. My 17 years of construction experience in selling and installing prefabricated fireplaces in the custom home industry gives me extensive sales and engineering experience with luxury goods. My fourteen years as a bookkeeper and office manager at an independent auto dealer has given me a thorough background in all the accounting disciplines, as well as the regulatory aspects of operating an automotive dealership in California.
• 17 years of construction experience in the Southern California Custom Home market
• 14 years of office experience as bookkeeper and office manager at independent auto dealer/broker
• USC Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences
• Held CA state Contractor’s Licenses in two classifications. (B and C-61 specialty, as Responsible Managing Officer)
• Passed in the top 20% in the nation on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
• Passed California State Real Estate Exam
Education and Licenses
Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, Univ. of Southern California CA State Contractors License, as RMO, Responsible Managing Officer, 1990-2003
Employment History
Vote Center Installation Technician, L A County Registrar of Voters, 10/20-11/20.
Duties include installation of election equipment for the 2020 General Election for in person voter locations. Include installation of equipment for security of election materials, and proper distancing/Covid-19 protocols for in-person voting. Short term appointment includes installation and removal of equipment after election.
Census Field Supervisor, US Census Bureau, Santa Clarita, CA 2/20-10/20
My duties as Census Field Supervisor include field supervision of my team of enumerators, who are obtaining census interviews from residents who have not completed Decennial census via mail or online response channels. Duties also include certifying payroll records for my team of enumerators, as well as ensuring they are properly equipped in the field and their field contact for troubleshooting. My experience also includes training other supervisors to perform the same functions. I served as training assistant in my own CFS training class. Served as ‘training IT department,’ given as contact person for 35 CFS personnel trained in July after Covid-19 related shutdown of operations, for training, mentoring and contact with bureau. I also participated in several other programs (Service Based Enumeration, Group Quarters Advanced Contact, and Targeted Non-Sheltered Outdoor Location,) in the Decennial Census, serving other operations in the position as CFS. The assignment was completed in mid-October 2020.
Priced to Sell, Woodland Hills, CA 10/05-12/18
Bookkeeper/office clerk
Duties included: accounts payable and receivable, billing, collections, merchant services and PCI compliance, Red Flag compliance, which deals with customer credit and identity information protection, wholesale and retail title transfers with DMV, state regulatory compliance, minor vehicle reconditioning, vehicle retrieval and transport from purchases made from out of city/state.
Working knowledge of office software, including MS Office, Outlook, and Quickbooks 5.1
Cal--Fire, Inc Chatsworth, CA 6/83-5/03
Outside sales/sales manager
1983-86 during college, worked as installer of prefabricated fireplaces and accessories. From Fall 1986, inside and outside sales, consulting, design, and troubleshooting. Worked directly with architects and home builders to facilitate custom design of
fireplaces in custom homes. Trained other sales staff, office staff and installation staff in their duties. Operated forklift and trained employees in use of same. Performed minor maintenance on forklift for nearly 10 years.
Assisted with office duties including accounts payables, receivables, scheduling, payroll, and personnel logistics. Was loaned out to other vendors by manufacturers for training their staff in increasing sales and improving product mix to increase sales/profits in higher margin products. Gifted a vacation as reward for having the highest profit product mix from manufacturer in entire nation. A different manufacturer gifted a different vacation in Hawaii for excellence in profitability based on quality of product mix and sales production.
Worked with Building Department after 1994 Northridge earthquake to ensure protocols for proper retrofitting of earthquake damaged masonry chimneys.
Education
Univ. of Southern California, Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences 1986
Emphasis on neurobiology. Held position during senior year as lab assistant with Professor. Hired on as summer lab assistant at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. At the beginning of summer, fabricated shipping containers, packed up lab for transport across country for summer experiments. During summer research on Loligo pelaii, the Woods Hole Squid, as anatomy specifically advantageous for neurobiology of nerve fibers, duties included materials ordering and gross dissection of squid 'giant synapse’ for study of nerve impulse transmission.
David A. Gray
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Professional Summary
I have an extensive work history in two different and distinct industries and bring valuable experience in sales, management, and accounting. My 17 years of construction experience in selling and installing prefabricated fireplaces in the custom home industry gives me extensive sales and engineering experience with luxury goods. My fourteen years as a bookkeeper and office manager at an independent auto dealer has given me a thorough background in all the accounting disciplines, as well as the regulatory aspects of operating an automotive dealership in California.
• 17 years of construction experience in the Southern California Custom Home market
• 14 years of office experience as bookkeeper and office manager at independent auto dealer/broker
• USC Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences
• Held CA state Contractor’s Licenses in two classifications. (B and C-61 specialty, as Responsible Managing Officer)
• Passed in the top 20% in the nation on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE)
• Passed California State Real Estate Exam
Education and Licenses
Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, Univ. of Southern California CA State Contractors License, as RMO, Responsible Managing Officer, 1990-2003
Employment History
Vote Center Installation Technician, L A County Registrar of Voters, 10/20-11/20.
Duties include installation of election equipment for the 2020 General Election for in person voter locations. Include installation of equipment for security of election materials, and proper distancing/Covid-19 protocols for in-person voting. Short term appointment includes installation and removal of equipment after election.
Census Field Supervisor, US Census Bureau, Santa Clarita, CA 2/20-10/20
My duties as Census Field Supervisor include field supervision of my team of enumerators, who are obtaining census interviews from residents who have not completed Decennial census via mail or online response channels. Duties also include certifying payroll records for my team of enumerators, as well as ensuring they are properly equipped in the field and their field contact for troubleshooting. My experience also includes training other supervisors to perform the same functions. I served as training assistant in my own CFS training class. Served as ‘training IT department,’ given as contact person for 35 CFS personnel trained in July after Covid-19 related shutdown of operations, for training, mentoring and contact with bureau. I also participated in several other programs (Service Based Enumeration, Group Quarters Advanced Contact, and Targeted Non-Sheltered Outdoor Location,) in the Decennial Census, serving other operations in the position as CFS. The assignment was completed in mid-October 2020.
Priced to Sell, Woodland Hills, CA 10/05-12/18
Bookkeeper/office clerk
Duties included: accounts payable and receivable, billing, collections, merchant services and PCI compliance, Red Flag compliance, which deals with customer credit and identity information protection, wholesale and retail title transfers with DMV, state regulatory compliance, minor vehicle reconditioning, vehicle retrieval and transport from purchases made from out of city/state.
Working knowledge of office software, including MS Office, Outlook, and Quickbooks 5.1
Cal--Fire, Inc Chatsworth, CA 6/83-5/03
Outside sales/sales manager
1983-86 during college, worked as installer of prefabricated fireplaces and accessories. From Fall 1986, inside and outside sales, consulting, design, and troubleshooting. Worked directly with architects and home builders to facilitate custom design of
fireplaces in custom homes. Trained other sales staff, office staff and installation staff in their duties. Operated forklift and trained employees in use of same. Performed minor maintenance on forklift for nearly 10 years.
Assisted with office duties including accounts payables, receivables, scheduling, payroll, and personnel logistics. Was loaned out to other vendors by manufacturers for training their staff in increasing sales and improving product mix to increase sales/profits in higher margin products. Gifted a vacation as reward for having the highest profit product mix from manufacturer in entire nation. A different manufacturer gifted a different vacation in Hawaii for excellence in profitability based on quality of product mix and sales production.
Worked with Building Department after 1994 Northridge earthquake to ensure protocols for proper retrofitting of earthquake damaged masonry chimneys.
Education
Univ. of Southern California, Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences 1986
Emphasis on neurobiology. Held position during senior year as lab assistant with Professor. Hired on as summer lab assistant at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. At the beginning of summer, fabricated shipping containers, packed up lab for transport across country for summer experiments. During summer research on Loligo pelaii, the Woods Hole Squid, as anatomy specifically advantageous for neurobiology of nerve fibers, duties included materials ordering and gross dissection of squid 'giant synapse’ for study of nerve impulse transmission.