Christopher Adams
San Francisco,CA
Summary
Adaptable professional recognized for strong problem-solving abilities and a commitment to continuous learning, complemented by exceptional communication skills. Poised to drive team success and deliver positive results through collaboration and innovative thinking. Eager to embrace new challenges while contributing to organizational objectives with unwavering dedication and enthusiasm.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Stay at Home Dad
Stay At Home Dad
01.2024 - Current
- Coordinated school, medical, and developmental appointments
- managed household budget
- Used critical thinking to break down all household problems
- worked and volunteered at daughters pre-school during the week. Assisted teachers in child guidance and school maintenence.
Eng/R&D Lab Technician
Cruise Automation
San Francisco, CA
06.2017 - 12.2023
- Responsible for monitoring software and collecting data of the driverless vehicles
- Operated multiple versions of autonomous vehicles
- Tested hardware and software of the autonomous cars
- Responsible for the training of 75+ autonomous vehicle drivers
- Completed daily reports for the operations staff
- Worked closely with engineering and programming teams to refine and improve systems.
Shipping Coordinator
Bonhams Auctioneers
San Francisco, CA
01.2008 - 01.2016
- Responsible for quoting, packing, and shipping thousands of various high value antiques annually.
- Daily domestic and international shipments.
- Responsible for accurate customs documentation for international shipments.
- Responsible for daily Excel spreadsheet inventory shipment update reports through Outlook 365
- Coordinated offsite furniture storage with third party shipping companies.
- Familiarity with Fedex shipping and quoting software as well as AES customs declarations.
- Responsible for large inter-office domestic and international pallet freight shipments.
Crew
Warehouse Inventory
San Francisco, CA
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Duties included safe transport and placement of antique furniture.
- Responsible for the assembly and disassembly of antique furniture.
- Extensive client interaction.
- Offsite auction ops support.
- Monitored warehouse property inventory
- Supervised two crew subordinates.
Area Representative
Pure Mountain Spring Water
Richmond, CA
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Delivered water to hundreds of private residences and businesses.
- Maintained and repaired various types of water equipment.
- Operated medium to large sized vans, trucks and a forklift on a daily basis.
- Responsible for computer inventory updating.
- Responsible for billing and adjusting customer accounts (Microsoft office 2000, Route manager 2000).
- Responsible for extensive in-person customer service.
E-commerce Courier
Webvan Group, Inc
San Francisco, CA
01.2000 - 01.2001
- Responsible for the delivery of products to the homes and businesses of customers in a very time sensitive nature.
- Responsible for extensive in-person customer service.
- In charge of daily maintenance of delivery vehicle.
- Duties included daily operation of Palm based mobile field computer device, and logging of information in MS Excel programs.
Sales Associate, Public Programs
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, CA
01.1993 - 01.1994
- Responsible for the customer service of hundreds of patrons on a daily basis.
- Recruitment of new members to the museum.
- Responsible for the restocking and rearranging of multiple stores within the museum.
- In charge of transporting books and merchandise to off site lectures.
- Performed maintenance and repairs in the various museum stores.
- High patron volume cashier duties.
- Narrated planetarium shows at the Morrison Planetarium.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Anthropology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CASkills
- Software Testing
- Fedex
- Research & Development
- Equipment Repair
- Outlook
- Microsoft Windows
- Excel
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Computer skills
- E-Commerce
- Technical Support
- Microsoft Office
- Slack
- Communication skills
- Troubleshooting
- MAC
- Courier
- Operating Systems
- Research
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Problem-solving
Certification
CDL C, Driver's License
Personal Information
Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Timeline
Stay at Home Dad
Stay At Home Dad
01.2024 - Current
Eng/R&D Lab Technician
Cruise Automation
06.2017 - 12.2023
Shipping Coordinator
Bonhams Auctioneers
01.2008 - 01.2016
Crew
Warehouse Inventory
01.2006 - 01.2008
Area Representative
Pure Mountain Spring Water
01.2002 - 01.2004
E-commerce Courier
Webvan Group, Inc
01.2000 - 01.2001
Sales Associate, Public Programs
California Academy of Sciences
01.1993 - 01.1994
Some College (No Degree) - Anthropology
San Francisco State University