Olivia Cook
Wentzville,MO
Summary
Collision refinishing technician with over 15 years of experience in automotive collision and marine finishes. Specializing in high quality paint application, color matching, and custom graphics. Experienced with multiple paint lines, including refinishing high-performance offshore racing boats requiring exceptional precision and attention to detail. Certified PPG Technical Representative with a strong background in technical knowledge, trouble shooting ability, and experience supporting both products and customer relationships.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Head Painter
Gerber Collision And Glass
Wentzville, Missouri
03.2022 - Current
- Prepared surfaces by sanding, cleaning, and masking areas for painting.
- Applied paint using spray equipment and buffed all vehicles to replicate a factory appearance.
- Inspected completed work for quality assurance before delivery to customers.
- Documented inventory levels of paints and supplies for effective resource management.
- Traveled to multiple locations to assist in technical support, painting, subbing while other painters are on vacation, or new location builds to get paint department up and running.
Territory Manager/Technical Representative
Painters Supply And Equipment
Arnold, MO
10.2021 - 03.2022
- Maintained direct personal contact with all assigned Body Shop accounts and fostered relations with new ones aiding in IT, and technical support. Filling in and tinting colors for all accounts.
- Educated customers on ppg product and technical application of all waterborne and solvent based paint lines.
- Certified PPG Technical Representative
- Holds PPG certifications in Advanced Estimating, PPG Deltron, EHP Waterborne, Delfleet One Commercial, DTRC (Distributor Technical Rep Certification)
- Demonstrated advanced product knowledge to solve customer issues.
- Assisted customer in understanding products, components and systems using technical demonstration.
Lead - Head Painter
MARINE TECHNOLOGY INC
Wentzville, MO
09.2018 - 10.2021
- Enjoy leading a team of skilled technicians in preparation, masking, layout and execution of high-end custom paint jobs, ensuring finishes were completed accurately to design renderings.
- Assemble a meeting to go over paint schedule, and to make sure we reach our target date.
- Communicating with customers, and collaborate with multiple departments to meet strict completion deadlines.
- Developed an efficient system for ordering all materials necessary to complete each project.
- Provide advice and training to other technicians.
- Seal, base, shadow, and blend out fades on cabin, deck, hull.
- Administer quality control checks through the entire process.
Head Painter
Auto Crafters Autobody
Red Bud, IL
03.2016 - 09.2018
- Mix paint and make sprayout to ensure proper color match.
- Sand and prep various surfaces to ensure proper adhesion, mask and assemble vehicle in the booth for paint.
- Find paint code add it into the database for estimators, Scan car for color match if needed, mix, tint, base, cut in parts, and clear vehicles.
- Responsible for all equipment maintenance, guns, booth, compressor, filters.
- Ordered paint and body materials, keep inventory, check in and put away shop materials.
- Certified in PPG Envirobase (WB), Deltron, and tinting and blending.
- Always keeping a clean work space.
Assistant Painter
Kurt's Carstar
Maryville, IL
04.2009 - 10.2014
- Painting, priming, sanding, prepping various surfaces for priming or coating ( such as washing, using a plastic prep solvent, scraping, or sanding) to ensure proper adhesion.
- Calculate amount of materials to complete a job, mixing colors, tinting, color matching, cutting in parts.
- Ordering paint materials, maintained a clean work cite, cleaned tools, equipment after each use.
- I-CAR certified paint training.
Auto Body Technician
Collision Plus
O'Fallon, IL
05.2007 - 11.2008
- Repaired dents, performed cosmetic repair and replaced badly damaged panels and components such as bumpers and fenders.
- Straightened bent parts, aligned parts and assemblies and applied body filler for minor or cosmetic repairs.
- Inspected vehicle repairs for quality control during entire repair process and prior to customer delivery.
- Also delivering vehicles to customers.
Education
WyoTech Graduate -
Wyoming Technical College
01-2004
Mascoutah High School
06-2003
Skills
- Detail Oriented
- Excellent Time Management
- Problem Solving
- Positive Attitude and Self-Motivated
- Team Leadership Skills
- Organized and Good Sence of Communication
Accomplishments
- Http://www.instagram.com/oliviacook08
- Certified PPG tinting and blending
- Certified in PPG Deltron Solvent, Delfleet, and Envirobase (WB)
- Sherwin Williams Certified training in Chicago Illinois
- Speed on the water http://www.speedonthewater.com July 2021 Speed on the water is one of the biggest publications covering all speedboat news, I was published in July's issues called Women of Substance. The three page spread of my work at MTI.
- The WAC features guest speaker Olivia Cook http://www.autobodynews.com The article talks about my work for MTI as well as paint work I had featured at SEMA for BASF.
- Certified PPG Technical Representative
- Event Coordinator and Instructor for Bushmasters Paint workshops sponsored by Iwata and Sherwin Williams
References
Petra Schroeder
- I've looked up to Petra for years and has been a mentor for me. She has just 2 month shy of 47 years in the Collision Repair Industry for (Herberts/Dupont/Axalta). She is also member on the board of directors for WIN (Women's Industry Network)
- Email - petra.schroeder@comcast.net
- Phone - (734-751-1856)
Bogi Lateiner
- T.V. Host to MotorTrend Networks, Automtive spokeswoman. We've worked together over the years on Sema builds, and sponsored programs with 3M and BASF. I painted a Chevy pickup for SEMA at the Blue Print Motors booth in 2019.
- Phone - (480-414-8930)
Darin Poston
- Application specialist for PPG Marketing Team USCA, I've had Darrin as a instructor over the years when i was using PPG, and still call him for advice from time to time about paint application.
- Email - dposton@ppg.com
- Phone - (402-400-3798)
Timeline
Head Painter
Gerber Collision And Glass
03.2022 - Current
Territory Manager/Technical Representative
Painters Supply And Equipment
10.2021 - 03.2022
Lead - Head Painter
MARINE TECHNOLOGY INC
09.2018 - 10.2021
Head Painter
Auto Crafters Autobody
03.2016 - 09.2018
Assistant Painter
Kurt's Carstar
04.2009 - 10.2014
Auto Body Technician
Collision Plus
05.2007 - 11.2008
WyoTech Graduate -
Wyoming Technical College
Mascoutah High School