Resume/CV

Nicholas Gemas (sounds like Jim us)

McKinney, Texas 75070 USA

ngemas[at]yahoo.com

nicholasgemas.com

Job Objective:

I’ve worked as a college and university instructor (in the social sciences and adult basic education), academic researcher, senior specialist (for a major U.S.-based corporation in the information technology field), and other related positions. I’ve edited and written for corporate newsletters and other enterprise-focused publications.

My objective is to find a full- or part-time position in writing, editing, teaching, or music (or a related field such as corporate training). This position can be in the office or work-from-home.

I’m always looking for new opportunities to collaborate. I’m also interested in freelance or one-off projects.

Skills:

  • Experienced classroom teacher/instructor/lecturer at the college/university level
  • Teaching and lecture in the online and traditional classroom environments
  • Corporate training
  • Copy writing for professional distribution and publication
  • HTML4, HTML5, publication for desktop and mobile web browsers
  • Digital and film still photography
  • Photo editing in applications such as Adobe Photoshop and the GNU Image Manipulation Program
  • Copy editing
  • Audio editing and production using Audacity and other digital audio workstations
  • Motion picture review and criticism
  • Music performance and composition (tuba, trombone, other low brass, piano/keyboard, conducting, arranging)
  • Narration and voiceover artist (demos available upon request)
  • Broad array of knowledge in the fields of music, audio engineering, computers (hardware), audio equipment (microphones), and mechanical keyboards for personal computers and workstations
  • Blogging and microblogging

Geographic:

Familiarity with urban centers:

  • New York City
  • Newark, New Jersey (my father’s hometown)
  • New Haven, Connecticut (lived there 2003-05)
  • Lawrence, Kansas (lived there 2007-16)
  • Wichita, Kansas (my hometown)
  • Memphis, Tennessee (my mother’s hometown)
  • Southeastern Kansas (lived there 2017-18)
  • Galveston, Texas
  • Dallas and north Texas (my home since 2018)
  • Tucsón, Arizona (I visit regularly)
  • Cancún, Mexico

Technology:

  • Hardware: fluent user of modern computing products, including Amazon Kindle, Android and Apple iPhone cellular telephones, iPad, Apple Macintosh computers, Intel-based computers and Microsoft Windows (v10/11), Blu-ray disc players, electronic keyboards and digital pianos by companies such as Casio and Yamaha.
  • Software: fluent user of modern consumer computing applications such as Microsoft windows (v10/11), Apple MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, Android, Adobe Creative Cloud, Corel WordPerfect Office, Microsoft Office.
  • Familiarity with professional audio equipment including microphones, interfaces, mixers and public-address systems.
  • Experienced webmaster and online publisher of textual, image/graphic and video content.
  • Experienced YouTube content creator/editor.
  • Experience in streaming applications such as Open Broadcast Software (OBS).
  • Experienced audio engineer with experience in sound booths and live studios. Experience with many kind of microphones and mixer setups.
  • Experienced troubleshooter for audio chains involving condenser and dynamic microphones and analogue and digital signal chains.

Use Applications:

  • Knowledge and familiarity with the U.S. healthcare and health-insurance industries. Former licensed health and life insurance agent. Former outsourced senior customer service representative for major United States federal government-sponsored health insurance programs.
  • Expertise in many technical-related fields due to simply having been employed in diverse jobs. I’m a quick learner and excellent troubleshooter.
  • Experienced web publisher on the GoDaddy and WordPress platforms. My websites function fully without JavaScript.
  • I co-chaired the meeting of the Kansas Board of Regents’ “Introduction to Sociology” Core Outcomes Group in 2017 (Topeka, Kansas).

Current Employment:

  • My current employer (company name/location), supervisor’s name and contact information, and title are available upon request.

Employment History:

  • My employment history (1996 to the present) is available upon request.

Music Performance Positions Held (Professional):

  • Principal tuba, Wichita Grand Opera, 2005-07
  • Substitute tubist, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, 2005-06
  • Tuba freelancer, New Haven, Connecticut, 2003-05

References:

  • (available upon request)

Education:

Other Training/Studies:

  • Completed a photography course at the New Haven (Connecticut) Free Public Library in 2003
  • Multiple corporate training sessions in the health and life insurance industries with emphasis on U.S. government-sponsored health insurance programs (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, ACA), 2008-16
  • Computer hardware maintenance and repair
  • Copy editor/editing news for online publication (trained in the 1990s)

This document was last updated on September 18, 2022.