| William J. Kibler | |
| E-mail: pinwiz.geo @ yahoo.com (remove spaces)
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| QUALIFICATIONS | |
| Wide range of personal skills and
experience, including design, repair, and maintenance of complex
electronic and electromechanical devices, customer service, manufacturing
and service shop management, and various office and shop skills.
Experience with computers, hand and machine tools. Extensive reading in
many technical fields. | |
| WORK HISTORY | |
| 2001-2010 | Maintenance Technician, Sports Plus Ohio, Evendale, Ohio
Performed maintenance and repair of amusement machines, rides, Laser Tag and other equipment. Resolved customer complaints. Trained ride operators and other employees. |
| 1998-2000 | Maintenance Technician, Time Out
on the Court, Forest Park, Ohio A subsidiary of Namco Cybertainment, Bensenville, Illinois Performed maintenance and repair of amusement machines, rides, and other equipment. Resolved customer complaints. Occasionally trained and supervised other employees. |
| 1990-1998 | Owner, Bill's Pinball Works,
Loveland, Ohio Provided service and repair of amusement machines for Malibu Grand Prix, other businesses and residential customers. Communicated with customers, suppliers, government agencies. Specialized in restoring classic and antique pinball machines, bowlers, and other electromechanical machines. Searched for replacements for old and obsolete parts, or manufactured them if necessary. Repainted or repaired cabinetry as needed. |
| 1982-1990 | Owner, Bill's Game Repair,
Cincinnati, Ohio Same description as previous business, different name and location. |
| 1980-1982 | Vice-President of Engineering,
Polar Bear Enterprises, Mount Clemens. Michigan Was appointed Director of Research and Development when Polar Bear was acquired by Midwest Coin Machines. Was promoted to Vice-president the following year. Designed electronic circuits, circuit boards, and mechanical assemblies. Supervised design, assembly, and installation of coin-operated remote-control attractions for 20+ amusement parks and other locations across the United States and Canada. |
| 1978-1979 | Service Manager, Midwest Coin
Machines, Mount Clemens, Michigan Supervised amusement machine maintenance and repair concession at Kings Island amusement park. Was responsible for maintenance of over 150 machines, supervised six other technicians. In fall of 1979, Midwest acquired Polar Bear Enterprises, began using that name for business in 1980. |
| 1973-1978 | Erector, G. A. Gray Company,
Cincinnati, Ohio Construction of heavy machine tools. Duties included precision assembly, use of all types of machine tools, hand tools, and precision instruments, and occasional supervision and instruction of other employees.
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| EDUCATION | |
| 1966-1969 | Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas - 90 semester credit hours completed, roughly equivalent to 135 quarter credit hours. |
| 1962-1966 | Moeller High School, Cincinnati,
Ohio - Graduated 1966. SAT verbal 696, math 699. |
| COMPUTER SKILLS | |
| Experience with word processors,
spreadsheets, drafting, and drawing programs. Experience with HTML, BASIC,
and 1802 machine language programming, DOS, Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, and XP.
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| OTHER INTERESTS | |
| Active in Internet and World Wide
Web design since 1998. Have produced four complete Web sites, and pages for numerous other sites. Active in electronics since 1959.
Active in electronic music production since 1969. Designed and assembled
studio-type analog music synthesizer 1978-1982. | |
| REFERENCES on request |