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| ROBERT P. HERBST 101 N. JEFFERSON ST. PERRY, FL. 32347 850-584-5355 E-MAIL robertherbst@hughes.net December 12, 2002 OBJECTIVE: I’VE BEEN RETIRED SINCE 1974. I JUST HAVE TOO MUCH TO OFFER TO LET IT ALL GO TO WASTE. MY CHILDREN ARE ON THEIR OWN AND I SIMPLY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO. I NEED A CHALLENGE. THE PICTURE IS FROM 1998. EMPLOYMENT: PERRY OFFICE SUPPLY, INC. 1992 TO DATE 101 N. JEFFERSON STREET PERRY, FL 32347 I STARTED THIS BUSINESS FOR MY CHILDREN. THEY DON’T WANT IT. THEY CAN DO AS THEY LIKE FROM HERE ON OUT. THE BUILDING AND INVENTORY ARE ALL PAID FOR. I HAVE NO DEBT AND THERE IS NO MORTGAGE ON THE BUILDING. I OWN THE BUILDING AND I LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF IT, IN AN APARTMENT I BUILT WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS. IT WAS QUITE A JOB AS I DID ALL THE CARPENTRY, ELECTRICAL WIRING AND PLUMBING ALONE. HERBST BROTHERS SEEDSMEN INC. 9.5 YEARS BREWSTER, NEW YORK PART OWNER I HELPED MOVE THE BUSINESS FROM NEW YORK CITY TO BREWSTER NEW YORK IN 1961. I RAN THE GRASS SEED DEPARTMENT, BUILDING MAINTENANCE, EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, HEATING & A/C MAINTENANCE, IMPORT / EXPORT DEPARTMENT, SHIPPING & RECEIVING DEPARTMENT, INSURANCE, TRACING AND GENERAL BUILDING ENGINEERING. DURING THE 9.5 YEARS I WORKED FOR HERBST BROTHERS; I INCREASED THE GRASS SEED BUSINESS FROM 50,000 POUNDS PER YEAR TO OVER 1,600,000 POUNDS PER YEAR. I ADDED A LINE OF HARDWARE AND FERTILIZER. I STANDARDIZED ALL THE INVOICE FORMS TO ELIMINATE DUPLICATION. I RE-ENGINEERED THE HEATING SYSTEM TO CUT THE HEATING BILL BY FIFTY PERCENT THE FIRST YEAR AND ANOTHER FIFTY PERCENT THE SECOND YEAR. I ENGINEERED A DEEP FREEZE UNIT FOR SEED STORAGE, SUPERVISED THE BUILDING AND OPERATION OF SAME. I SUPERVISED THE FILLING OF SEVERAL ACRES OF SWAMP FOR ADDITIONAL STORAGE AREA. I MODIFIED HEATING SYSTEM TO RUN OFF ONE BOILER. I MAINTAINED ANTIQUE SEED CLEANING EQUIPMENT AND MODIFIED SAME TO DO A BETTER JOB THAN NEW EQUIPMENT WOULD HAVE DONE. AN EXAMPLE; WE WERE THE ONLY SEED COMPANY IN THE WORLD THAT COULD OFFER 98% PURE BETULA SEED. DESIGNED AND BUILT SEVERAL SEED CLEANING AND BAGGING MACHINES. WHEN MY TWO BROTHERS REMOVED MY FATHER AND I FROM THE COMPANY IN 1974, THEY REPLACED ME WITH THREE MEN AND SEVEN WOMEN AND THEY HAD KEPT MY SECRETARY ON THE PAY ROLL. THEY LOST THE USE OF EVERY PIECE OF MACHINERY I HAD MAINTAINED FOR THEM INCLUDING THE BOILER AND A/C UNIT WITHIN TWO YEARS OF MY LEAVING AND THEY WENT BANKRUPT WITHIN THREE YEARS OF MY LEAVING. TRANE COMPANY 2 YEARS FIELD ENGINEER IN NEW YORK CITY LA CROSS, WI. SUPERVISED INSTALLATION AND STARTUP OF LARGE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING EQUIPMENT IN LARGE OFFICE BUILDINGS AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK CITY. THE LAST BIG JOB I DID FOR THEM WAS TO SUPERVISE THE INSTALLATION AND STARTUP OF TWELVE, TWELVE TON STEAM ABSORPTION CHILLERS AT ROCHDALE VILLAGE IN FLUSHING, NEW YORK. WHILE AT ROCHDALE, I DEVELOPED A WAY TO REMOVE EXCESS WATER AND TO TRIM THE STEAM ABSORPTION UNITS WITHOUT USING A VACUUM PUMP. MY NEXT JOB FOR THEM WAS TO HAVE BEEN COOP CITY IN BRONX, NEW YORK. FIELD ENGINEER 1 YEAR NIAGRA BLOWER COMPANY BUFFALO, NEW YORK IN TRAINING AS FIELD ENGINEER AFTER SUPERVISING INSTALLATION AND MODIFICATION OF ONE OF THEIR UNITS IN THE FIELD. THEIR UNIT FAILED AND I RE-ENGINEERED IT TO WORK WITHOUT EXTENSIVE FACTORY MODIFICATIONS WHILE WORKING AT VAN IDERSTEIN. I ALSO ASSISTED IN THEIR TESTING FACILITY. FIELD ENGINEER 2 YEARS VAN IDERSTEIN COMPANY FLUSHING, NEW YORK MY DUTIES WERE THE MODIFICATION AND REBUILDING OF OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT. ENGINEERING OF REPLACEMENT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT. SUPERVISING MODIFICATION OF NEW EQUIPMENT TO FUNCTION BETTER THAN DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS RESULTING IN THE SAVINGS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. NONDESCRIPT JOBS AFTER LEAVING THE AIR FORCE I KICKED AROUND A FEW YEARS BEFORE DECIDING TO RETURN TO SCHOOL. DURING THIS TIME I HELD MANY JOBS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FIELD IN THE LOWER NEW YORK STATE AREA. AT ONE POINT I WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH RACE CARS AND DROVE IN SEVERAL RACES. I NEVER WON ANY OF THEM BUT IT WAS THROUGH NO LACK OF EFFORT ON MY PART. THERE WAS ALSO A PERIOD WHEN I WORKED AS A MACHINIST AT M-TEN-BOSH IN NEW YORK STATE. I BUILT CLOSE TOLERANCE MISSEL AND AIRCRAFT ELECTRO MECHANICAL COMPONENTS. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 3.5 YEARS COMPLETED THREE AND ONE HALF YEAR HITCH WITH AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN AND OKINAWA. I WAS TRAINED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND ACHIEVED THE SECOND HIGHEST MARK EVER IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL UP TO THAT POINT. I WENT ON TO WORK AS PHOTOGRAPHER FOR BALANCE OF HITCH. WHILE IN JAPAN I LEARNED TO READ, WRITE AND SPEAK JAPANESE. WON THE BASE PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST EVERY WEEK UNTIL ASKED NOT TO SUBMIT FURTHER ENTRIES. I HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT THIS PART OF MY LIFE TITLED “NOPOSAN”. NOPOSAN MEANS Mr. GIANT IN JAPANESE. EDUCATION: HIGH SCHOOL 3 YEARS EDISON TECH. & VOC. HIGH SCHOOL MT. VERNON, NEW YORK EXCELLED IN DRAFTING AND MACHINE SHOP. COMPLETED SEVERAL PROJECTS FROM DESIGN TO FINISHED ITEM. EXCELLED IN MACHINE SHOP PROJECTS LEARNING TO OPERATE THE VARIOUS TOOLS INVOLVED. BY THE END OF HIGH SCHOOL I WAS SHARPENING AND BUILDING CUTTERS FOR THE BRIDGEPORT MILLING MACHINE. PHOTOGRAPHIC SCHOOL 1 YEAR U.S. AIR FORCE DENVER, COLORADO ACHIEVED SECOND HIGHEST SCORE IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN 1955. AIRCRAFT DESIGN (NO DEGREE) 2.5 YEARS LAGUARDIA ACADEMY OF AERONAUTICS FLUSHING, NEW YORK ASSISTED OTHER STUDENTS TO FINISH DRAFTING AND MACHINE SHOP PROJECTS. HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING 6 MONTHS BUFFALO COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUFFALO, NEW YORK. LEARNED HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING ENGINEERING AND DESIGN. NATIONAL TRAINING 6 MONTHS 188 COLLEGE DRIVE O. O. BOX 1899 ORANGE PARK, FLORIDA 32067 LEARNED TO OPERATED A VARIETY OF HEAVY MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT. SKILLS: ∙ I AM COMPUTER LITERATE IN WORD PERFECT AND LOTUS. I KNOW COMPUTER REPAIR AND SOME COMPUTER PROGRAMING. I ALSO BUILD COMPUTERS AND NOW HAVE THREE, ALL RUNNING WINDOWS VISTA ULTIMATE 64 BIT ON AMD DUAL CORE CHIPS. ∙ I AM AN ACCOMPLISHED PHOTOGRAPHER AND STILL PRACTICE ON OCCASION. ∙ I HAVE REBUILT COMPLETE HOUSES DOING ALL THE WIRING, PLUMBING AND CARPENTRY WORK ALONE. ∙ I KNOW ELECTRIC WIRING AND HAVE HANDLED UP TO 440 VOLTS 3 PHASE ON MAJOR MACHINERY. ∙ I HAVE SUPERVISED THE INSTALLATION, MODIFICATION AND STARTUP OF MAJOR AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT. (ROCHDALE VILLAGE, FLUSHING, NEW YORK) ∙ I HAVE SUPERVISED THE INSTALLATION, MODIFICATION AND STARTUP OF MAJOR BULK MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT. (VAN IDERSTEIN) ∙ I BUILT AN ENTIRE AUTOMOBILE OUT OF SCRAP QUARTER INCH STEEL PLATE AND DROVE SAME FOR SEVERAL YEARS PUTTING OVER ONE- HUNDRED-FIFTY THOUSAND MILES ON IT. ∙ I BUILT FOUR APARTMENTS IN AN OLD BARN AND MADE MYSELF A THIRTY BY FIFTY FOOT WORK SHOP IN THE SAME BARN. DID ALL MY OWN PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL WIRING, CARPENTRY AND ROOFING. ASSISTED IN THE BUILDING OF A CEMENT FOUNDATION UNDER THE BARN. ∙ I BUILT A THIRTEEN HUNDRED GALLON FISH TANK IN THE CELLAR OF A HOME IN CONNECTICUT AND AT PRESENT HAVE A TWO HUNDRED + GALLON MARINE FISH TANK. I DESIGNED MY OWN FILTRATION EQUIPMENT, IT MUST WORK PRETTY WELL, SOME OF MY FISH HAVE BEEN IN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS. ∙ I HAVE RAISED ALL KINDS OF FARM ANIMALS FROM COWS RIGHT ON DOWN TO CHICKENS IN BOTH UP STATE NEW YORK AND IN FLORIDA. ∙ I OWNED AND RAN A SMALL GROCERY STORE IN CONNECTICUT. THE STORE STARTED AT TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A DAY GROSS SALES AND WHEN I SOLD IT, IT WAS DOING OVER SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY GROSS SALES TWO YEARS LATER. ∙ I RAISED TWO CHILDREN ON MY OWN AND DID A FAIRLY NICE JOB OF IT. I HAD TO FIGHT THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT FOR FIVE YEARS FOR THE RIGHT TO DO THIS AND IN THE END I WON. ∙ I WROTE LIGHT HUMOR FOR MY OWN AMUSEMENT AND HAD IT PUBLISHED IN 1986. ∙ I WROTE A HUMOR COLUMN FOR THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR TWO YEARS. HERE IN PERRY, FLORIDA. ∙ I INSTALLED A COMPLETELY AUTOMATIC TWENTY KW. ELECTRIC GENERATOR IN THE CELLAR OF MY FARM HOME IN PATTERSON, NEW YORK. IT SERVED MY HOME AND THE FOUR APARTMENTS I BUILT IN THE BARN. ∙ I AM ABLE TO OPERATE A WIDE VARIETY OF HEAVY MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT WITH A REASONABLE DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY. ∙ I HAVE MANAGED A FLEET OF AUTOMOBILES I OWNED AND WON SEVERAL TROPHIES WITH THE FLEET AT CONTESTS. ∙ PRESENTLY I STILL WRITE LIGHT HUMOR, I HAVE SIX P. O. D. BOOKS TO MY NAME. PERSONAL: I WAS BORN MARCH 16, 1935 IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK. I AM IN REASONABLY GOOD HEALTH FOR MY AGE EXCEPT FOR DIABETES. I AM INSULIN DEPENDENT AT THE RATE OF 10,(TEN) UNITS A DAY. AT PRESENT I ALSO TAKE ORAL MEDICATION. I HAVE A 70% SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY THAT PREVENTS MY TAKING A JOB THAT INVOLVES WALKING OR STANDING FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME AND I HAVE DIMINISHED CAPACITY IN ONE LUNG. THIS SLOWS ME DOWN A BIT. I AM SIX FEET TWO INCHES TALL AND WEIGH TWO HUNDRED TEN POUNDS. MY HAIR IS STILL BROWN BUT SLOWLY TURNING GREY, EYES HAZEL. NO DISFIGURING MARKS, SCARS OR TATTOO’S. I WILL RELOCATE ANYWHERE. I AM CURRENTLY ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND A 70% MILITARY SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY PENSION. I MARRIED LYUDMILA KHARCHENKO, FROM FEODOSIYA, CRIMEA, UKRAINE, JANUARY 11, 1999. BEFORE MARRYING HER, I SPENT SIX MONTHS LIVING IN FEODOSIYA WITH HER AND HER SON. I HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE CALLED “MY E-MAIL ORDER BRIDE”. MARRIAGE ENDED IN 2005. |
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