Roy Crowe

Experience

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  South Kitsap High School

  Sept 1996 - Jul 1998

  Theater Technician

  • Stage management, stage construction, crew management, sound re-enforcement, light design and production assistant.

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  Central Washington University

  Sept 1998 - Jul 2003

  • Live sound re-enforcement, system design, crew management and equipment acquisitions for the university music department. • Lab monitor in the music computer lab with midi keyboards and Macintosh computers.• Assisted students with hardware and software, fixed minor equipment malfunctions and equipment security.

  • Audio Engineer

    Oct 1998 - Jul 2003

  • Music Midi-Computer Lab Monitor

    Sept 1998 - Jul 2003
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  Taco Bell

  Jun 1999 - Sept 1999

  Kitchen Staff

  • Food preparation including assembly, heating product and frying.• Drive-thru order taking and cleaning floors and equipment.• Counting inventory and maintaining proper amounts of fresh product.

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  Private Contractor

  Jul 1999 - now

  Independent Technician & Crew Chief

  Audio-visual engineer and designer for various performance ensembles, venues and production companies. This includes time as audio engineer, audio designer, crew management, hiring, scheduling, motivating, and streamlining efforts of both union and non-union hands, video editing, and stage management. I have operated equipment including PAs, consoles, microphones, lights, EQs, compressors, and more.

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  The Gorge Amphitheater

  May 2000 - Aug 2003

  Kitchen Staff - Manager

  • Food preparation including assembly, grilling, deep frying, chopping, and pouring drinks.• Register sales and customer complaints.• Management of personnel and product storage, re-order and cleanliness.

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  Safeco Field

  Jun 2002 - Sept 2002

  Kitchen Staff

  • Re-heating prepared foods and grilling meat.• Food delivery to the customers on the club level of the stadium.• Pour beer for the delivery personnel to deliver to the customers.

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  Prosser Piano & Organ

  Jan 2004 - Mar 2005

  Sales Associate

  • Piano and Organ sales, customer relations, and follow up.• Data entry and implementation including sales figures and customer tracking.• Product placement, cleaning and maintenance enhancing sales environment.

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  MZW Productions

  Jan 2004 - Mar 2005

  Audio Engineer

  • Live audio engineering, temporary union and non-union crew management, stage management, sound design, and audio equipment maintenance.• Kitsap County Fair, Darrington Classic Rock Festival, Tulalip Casino and Silver Reef Casino.• Styx, Joan Jett, Hermann's Hermits.

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  Glory Bound Publishing

  Mar 2005 - Jun 2005

  Business Developer

  • Web store development including e commerce.• Business systems and database development.• Graphic design and book layout for publication (Primarily Adobe).

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  The Brick Saloon

  Jun 2005 - Dec 2009

  Entertainment Technician

  • Live sound reinforcement and stage lighting operation, design and maintenance. • Public relations for weekly entertainment. • Operated equipment including Mackie 3208 console, Behringer 3208 console, Lecicon MX100, Alesis MicroVerb4, Behringer MDX4600 compressor, DBX DriveRack PX, Sure 58s, 57s, 52, and McCauley speakers.

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  Ellensburg Daily Record

  Sept 2005 - Jul 2006

  Circulation Manager

  • Delivery staff management includingrecruiting, hiring, motivation, and discipline.• Sales including single copy and bulk sales.Door to door sales, mailers, carrier incentiveprograms and telemarketing research.• Other duties included data mining, marketresearch, market analysis, rackmaintenance, and route delivery

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  Ravencrowe

  Jan 2010 - now

  Owner

  • Scheduling, booking, managing, and promoting performance and tours. • Building merchandise supply chains, marketing and sales techniques. • Writing, arranging, recording and production of original music.

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  The Corvallis Weekly Independent

  Sept 2011 - May 2012

  Publisher

  • Journalism, graphic design, advertising,marketing, HR, business developer, board ofdirectors, community relations and branding.• Crew management including hiring,scheduling, motivating, and streamliningefforts of both staff and volunteers.• Bicycle, foot or skateboard delivery of everycopy that was printed.

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  Unstable Atmospheres

  Jun 2012 - Apr 2016

  Musician - Web developer

  • Perform with the group on keys, bells, trombone and backing vocals. • Web site design, development and implementation. • Marketing assistance and advice.

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  Wild Rose Studios

  Aug 2012 - Nov 2015

  Recording Engineer

  • Operate Pro-Tools Studio system with a Digidesign Docmmand ES24 console.• Microphone set up using Neumann U-87Setz, KM184, Sennheiser MD421, Earthworks DK25R, Shure Beta 52 and Beta 57s.• Re-wired the studio using audio snakes, Switchcraft patchbay, Digidesign 192s, db-25, XLR and 1/4 inch connectors.

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  Contractor-Pro.us

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2020

  Owner Developer

  I perform Web site and application development using HTML, JS, PHP, AJAX, MySql, and Apache for business development including financial, accounting, structure, marketing and customer relations. The whole application is developed with a focus on optimizing ease of use from standard computers, tablets and smart phones.

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  Work Unlimited

  Jun 2014 - Dec 2015

  Department Manager

  Employee scheduling, hiring, discipline, policies and management including clients with disabilities.Business development including inventory tracking, sales reporting, marketing and acquisitions.Barista including making great coffee and other drinks, training employees to be great baristas.Working with clients that have developmental disabilities including training in CPR, First Aid, etc.

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  People Power LLC

  May 2015 - now

  Managing Owner

  We provide a business incubator for creative ideas that enable localized production of goods or services, while seeking ways to decrease our dependence on fossil fuels. Currently we have a traditional European Folk music orchestra that performs in various venues across the North West. We narrow our performance zones, schedule shows in similar areas together, and target localized markets in order to reduce the total carbon impact.

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  Comfort Heating & Cooling

  Dec 2015 - Jan 2017

  Managing Partner

  Management of a HVAC company that offered a full service of heating and cooling systems on the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas. We specialized in Ductless Heat Pump and Unitary Heat Pump installations and service. I managed the contracting business and also worked in the field as a service and installation technician.

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  Estate of Roger Crowe

  May 2016 - Jan 2020

  Real Estate Manager

  The estate is comprised of 8 properties of which 6 have rental units.The job entails creating rental contracts, performing rent collections, general repairs and maintenance, discovery and management of utilities, paying bills and taxes, and financial management.

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  C&R Real Estate Services Co.

  Jun 2017 - Dec 2017

  Assistant Property Manager

  Assisting in the management of a 139 unit apartment complex including leasing, scheduling maintenance personnel and outside vendors, regularly updating marketing materials, outside sales, employee mitigation and discipline, resident service and rule enforcement, emergency response, pool maintenance and other tasks.

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  Local Grocer LLC

  Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  Company Owner

  Business development including physical store build-out, equipment acquisitions, brand development, graphic design, web store development, inventory tracking system development, accounting software development, procedure development, product acquisitions, product placement, delivery logistics, and general maintenance.

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  Lyft

  Jan 2020 - Feb 2021

  Lyft Driver

  • Operating personal motor vehicle for passenger service.• Providing excellent customer service to all the riders in my vehicle.• Provided over 2000 rides with a 4.9 average rating.

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  Instacart

  Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  Personal Shopper and Home Delivery

  • In store shopping and operating personal motor vehicle for delivery service.• Providing excellent customer service to all the customers in app and in person.• Provided over 500 deliveries with a 4.8 average rating.

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  Grubhub

  Nov 2021 - Feb 2022

  Restaurant Food Delivery

  • Retrieving orders from restaurants and operating personal motor vehicle for delivery service.• Providing excellent customer service to all the customers ordering food on the platform.• Provided over 1500 deliveries with a 4.8 average rating.

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  Life 2 NFT

  Jan 2022 - now

  Founder

  We work directly with independent artist by creating collections of NFT's, marketing and selling these collections on various market platforms such as OpenSea, WAX - AtomicHub, Nifty's, SuperRare and OneOf. We are creating a community for the good of the border-less NFT marketplace.

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  Best Buy

  Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

  Sales Advisor

  Sales professional specializing in Home Theater and Appliances. Greeting customers and finding the best solutions for customers. Operation of product demonstrations and Magnolia theater center.

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  AUDIX

  Aug 2022 - Jun 2024

  Service Coordinator

  Coordinate service department including technical support, warranty and non-warranty service evaluation, processing and customer interaction.