1. THOMAS F. FITZGIBBON
20947 DALTON AVE.
TORRANCE, CA. 90501
CELLULAR PHONE: (562) 682-3615
Skill summary:
• Seven years of experience in management
• Twenty years of auto mechanics
• Ten years of oil refining
• Five years of youth mentoring.
• Taught individuals and large groups in multiple environments.
• Able to help others understand complex subject matter.
• Provided leadership that most corporations have to send employees to school for
at the cost of thousands of dollars.
• Managed the unmanageable, providing structure, motivation, and direction.
• Able to learn any task or operate any piece of equipment.
• Possesses good work values such as integrity, initiative, and ambition to succeed
and develop more efficient ways to achieve an objective.
Company: California State Military Reserve
Position held: Cadre at Youth Challenge Program
Dates worked: October 2012 to June 2016
Phone number: (562) 936-1752
Supervisor’s Name: First Sergeant Gutierrez
Reason for leaving: Expiration of military orders
Duties: Intervened in, and reclaimed, the lives of 16 to 18 year old at-risk youth,
provided them with the education, discipline, and life skills to succeed.
• Provided management, guidance, leadership, structure, team building, and
motivation to young men and women.
• Taught them to operate in a structured environment, then to operate in that same
environment independently of their trainers.
• Coached their performance in order to hone their newfound skills.
• Gave instruction in subject matters of military knowledge, history, leadership,
economics, government, personal affairs, physical fitness, healthy eating habits,
and good values.
• Mentored cadets and helped them persevere through difficult times, teaching them
how to succeed within a 22-week period.
• Lead, planned, and conducted community service events, supervised and
maintained ground facilities.
• Set an example for others to follow.
• Awarded the Soldier of The Year medal for outstanding performance, received
numerous letters and endorsements from graduates who are now successful
members of society.
2. Company: ExxonMobil
Position held: Process operator
Dates worked: August 2005 to 2010
Phone number: (310) 212-2852
Supervisor’s Name: Mitch Shepero, Shane Hartman, and Mark Gobel
Reason for leaving: Looking for better long term opportunities and safer work
environment.
Duties: Operation of hydrogen production plant, hydro-desulfurization treatment unit,
product storage, and quality control.
• Working knowledge in related chemistry, maintenance, and time management
involved in these operations.
• Scheduled and supervised maintenance operations provided by outside vendors,
ensuring company policies and procedures were followed.
• Maintained records and documentation of operations, and assisted with training of
new-hires.
• Proficient in the use and maintenance of all on-sight related equipment and
procedures; to include associated tools, safety gear, and emergency procedures.
Company: Oxbow Carbon & Minerals/AIMCOR
Position held: B-level operator
Dates worked: August 2000 to September 2002/September 2004 to August 2005
Address:
Phone number: (562) 436-5234
Supervisor’s Name: John Mora
Reason for leaving: Better long-term career opportunities with Exxon-Mobil
Duties: Operated petroleum coke unit, coke storage facility, and conveyor systems.
• Worked in tandem with refinery operators to cycle coking unit
• Coordinated with crane and storage personnel to prepare coke for transportation
• Maintained equipment and facilities
• Proficient in the use of pneumatic tools, fire safety gear, loading equipment,
conveyor belts, hydraulic pumps, gear drive-trains, fluid transfer systems, crane
rigging operations, weigh-scale distribution equipment, water-tank trucks, and
cleaning gear.
Company: Garden Grove Hyundai
Position held: Parts Sales and Distribution Specialist, Service and Repair Technician
Dates worked: September 2002 to September 2004
Phone number: (714) 741-3100
Supervisor’s Name: Julie Allen
Reason for leaving: No opportunity for advancement
Duties: Diagnosis, servicing, and repair of Hyundai cars.
• Lubrication and routine maintenance.
• Explaining various problems to customers, as well as providing them with
knowledge of the best desired solutions and implementing them.
3. • Took inventory, kept records, maintained wholesale accounts, and used computer
cataloguing systems.
Company: Winston Tires
Position held: Automotive service technician
Dates worked: February 2000 to August 2000
Address: 17151 Beach Blvd.
Huntington Beach, Ca. 92647
Phone number: No longer in existence
Supervisor’s Name: Kirk Williams
Reason for leaving: Extremely poor pay, no benefits and no room for advancement
Duties: Diagnosis, servicing, and repair of all automobiles (foreign and domestics).
• Brake services
• Wheel alignments
• Engine tune-ups
• Suspension repair and adjustments
• Drive-train servicing
Company: U.S. Army
Position held: Infantryman (first seven years), Mail handling Specialist (last three years)
Dates worked: August 1994 to March 2000 (Active duty infantry), March 2000 to
August 2001 (inactive reserve infantry), September 2001 to February 2003 (regular
reserve Mail and Shipping Specialist), February 2003 to June 2004 (called to active duty
Mail and Shipping Specialist), June 2004 to September 2004 (reassigned to reserve status
and honorably discharged).
Phone number: (562) 997-5234/5235
Most recent Supervisor’s Name: Sergeant First Class Annette Pittman
Reason for leaving: Honorably discharged
Duties: Mortar gunner, and infantry operations.
• Managed and trained personnel in desert warfare
• Lead large groups physical fitness sessions in the place of high ranking personnel.
• Provided instruction on leadership, conduct, land navigation, weapons,
maintenance of military equipment, and radio communication procedures.
• Familiarized with the functions, operating parts, and implementation of numerous
weapon systems, as well as their variants and alternate configurations.
• Trained in Infantry operations, advanced first aid, vehicle operations, high speed
pursuit in hazardous terrain and environments, Soviet combat doctrine, foreign
weapons and munitions, water survival, desert warfare, military protocol and
etiquette.
• Held the positions of vehicle operator, mortar gunner/ammunition specialist,
mortar team squad leader, mail/shipping logistics specialist and shipping
operations team leader.
• Served in E6 (Staff Sergeant) leadership positions as an E4 (Specialist).
• Selected for high profile rolls of responsibility, because of performance,
professionalism, and presentation.
4. • Motivated troops in the absence of higher leadership, and accomplished
missions/given-tasks without guidance, ready to accept responsibility.
• Always the first to be awake and have equipment ready to go in the field, and
participated in real-world alerts and war preparations.
• Expert in all weapons tested.
• Accustomed to extended field training exercises, and volunteered for many
clandestine style training missions.
• Selected by the Company Commander to be his personal driver and assistant.
• Lead operations of a postal platoon while in support of several Marine and Army
units in Djibouti, Africa, and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for
performance in this position.
Civilian Education:
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Long Beach, CA
Military Education:
Course Location Certificate/Rate
JROTC LBP High School, CA Cadet CPT (4 years)
Basic Training/11C OSUT Ft. Benning, GA. M.O.S.11C
Combat Life Saver Course Cp. Pelham, Korea Certified 40 hours
OPFOR Doctrine Ft. Irwin, CA Certified 40 hours
Combat Life Saver (recert) Ft. Irwin, CA Recertified 40 hours
Foreign Weapons Course Ft. Irwin, CA Certified 40 hours
Admin Specialist/71L10 JFTB, Los Alimitos, CA M.O.S 71L10
Combat Life Saver (recert) JFTB, Los Alimitos, CA Certified 8 hours
Postal Operations Course Ft. Jackson, CA F5 identifier
Decorations, Awards, and Citations:
Rank E5 Sergeant
Army Commendation Meddle (2nd
Award)
Army Achievement Meddle (2nd
Award)
Army Good Conduct Meddle
National Defense Service Meddle (2nd
Award)
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Meddle
Global War Terrorism Service Meddle
Armed Forces Reserve Meddle with “M” Device
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon
Expert Infantryman’s Badge
Expert Badge (M16)
Expert Badge (Hand Grenade)
Expert Badge (Mortar)
Fitness Excellence Badge
Seven Certificates of Achievement
