Experience

Field sales with a weather background

Here's the short version. The full resume is one click away.

Work

Founder

Big Burr Birds Eye LLC · Lake Saint Louis, MO

Jan 2024 – Present
  • Fly aerial photo, video, and 360 tour shoots for realtors and home sellers.
  • Run the business myself, from booking to final delivery.

Retail Sales Specialist

Apple · Lake Saint Louis, MO

Oct 2022 – Present
  • Cover 16 carrier and retail partner stores across St. Charles County, working on my own and driving between accounts about 40% of the time.
  • Built strong relationships with partner store teams and improved the in-store customer experience.
  • Helped grow sales year over year across the territory.
  • Trained 100+ partner employees on products, customer service, and fixing display issues.
  • Set up stores for 14 product launches so far: security, device setup and teardown, and new graphics.
  • Log every visit, fix recurring problems, and send weekly feedback to Apple.

Weathercaster

KOMU 8 News · Columbia, MO

Dec 2022 – Mar 2024
  • Built the forecast and the graphics package for each broadcast.
  • Presented the weather on air without a script, using my own graphics to explain it.
  • Wrote weather stories for the station website.
  • Made short videos to help viewers get ready for severe weather.

iOS Technician

Gravity · Columbia, MO

Sep 2019 – Jan 2022
  • Diagnosed iPhone hardware and software problems at the service desk.
  • Replaced screens, batteries, and charging ports.
  • Fixed iOS setup, sync, and restore issues.
  • Set up networks and ran cable for small-business customers.

Certifications

  • FAA Part 107 Remote PilotActive certificate (commercial drone license)
  • Apple Certified Mac TechnicianACMT
  • Apple Certified iOS TechnicianACIT
  • Cisco CCENT2019 – 2021
  • ETA Customer Service Specialist

Education

  • University of MissouriAtmospheric Sciences coursework: synoptic meteorology, thermodynamics, GIS, and calculus
  • South Technical High SchoolSaint Louis, MO · 2019. Studied Cisco networking and earned the CCENT.

Recognition

  • FBLA3rd place nationally in Network Design
  • SkillsUSATop 20 in Customer Service

Skills

  • Territory management
  • Account management
  • Partner relationships
  • Product training
  • Customer service
  • Retail merchandising
  • Drone and aerial data collection
  • GIS
  • Radar and weather data
  • Weather analysis and forecasting
  • Data visualization
  • Technical writing
  • Public speaking and on-camera presenting
  • Networking and cabling