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Paul Swain

St. George,UT

Summary

High-energy security officer focused on promoting customer satisfaction through exceptional service. Courteous and professional with a great sense of humor. Have spent half my life working for family in the farming, cattle, trucking, and research industries. The other half in the security/hospitality industry. Am looking for a manager position in the ski industry.

Overview

46
46
years of professional experience

Work History

Security/Ski Patrolman/Safety Officer

Vail Resorts
Vail/Keystone/, CO
08.2000 - 07.2023
  • Assisted guests with any special requests and problems during their visits
  • From lost skis, deaths, medical calls, locked cars, money delivery and retrieval, unruly guests, lost people, thefts
  • Key organization and distribution for employees
  • Rekeying entire resort every summer
  • Fire and medical calls
  • Patrolling.

Baler, Manager, Foreman, Equipment Operator

Triple S Farms/Reata Cattlefeeders
Brawley, California
06.1977 - 04.2016
  • This is my family's businesses
  • Have worked fulltime since summer of being 13 years old
  • Whenever I wasn't working anywhere else I was working for the family
  • Ran every piece of equipment used on our farm and feedlot, managed baler men, managed irrigators staff, managed the Feedlot, managed the farm, ran a cancer product corporation, and more
  • I never liked working on the farm, but returned many, many times when the family needed me
  • That is over with.

Security Officer II

Mammoth Ski Area
Mammoth Lakes, California
10.1998 - 04.2000
  • Graveyard shift officer responsible for patrolling, assisting guests, answering all medical and routine calls, lockup, bear control, documented and followed up on all unusual behavior, and maintained accurate and detailed logs.

Lift Operator

Alta Ski Resort
Alta, Utah
10.1991 - 04.1992
  • Load guests on lifts and watch out for their safety.

Production Manager Assistant

Powder River Inc.
Provo, Utah
10.1989 - 08.1991
  • Redesigned and reorganized the production process for the world's largest cattle equipment producer.

Student Assistant to the Dean of Students

BYU Student Resources
Provo, Utah
09.1988 - 06.1991
  • Organize weekly and monthly events, such as freshman orientation, and weekly student center concerts
  • Representative to the Alumni Association
  • Duties included organizing homecoming and the building of schools on the Navajo Nation
  • Take care of errands for the Dean (Marin Mortenson)
  • Sit in on meetings for the Dean.

Education

Bachelor of Social Science - Organizational Psychology

Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
01.1991

Skills

  • Communicates effectively
  • Listening skills
  • Reading comprehension
  • Staff management
  • VIP services
  • Operations management
  • CPR & Child CPR certified (1998 to 2012)
  • EMT II certified (2000 to 2012)
  • Exceptional multi-tasker
  • Inventory management
  • Employee training
  • Computer proficient
  • Clean and professional
  • Organization
  • Hospitality Expertise
  • APICS certified
  • Forklift Trainer certified

Affiliations

  • Student Representative to the Alumni Association
  • Brawley Chamber of Commerce. Organized their Bluegrass Festival during Cattle Call Rodeo for 3 years.
  • BYU Alumni Association

Accomplishments

  • Created and activated an OSHA approved safety program from scratch for a million dollar plus, a month, corporation. Also for 2 major farms and feedlot.
  • Organized several major college events for several thousand students at BYU.
  • Created a stolen ski recovery and return policy, that maintained a better than 98% return rate while I worked there.
  • Reorganized and designed a production system for a major production company that measurably saved the company more than $400,000 in expenses.
  • Organized and maintained the key distribution for a major ski resort.
  • Developed machinery and production process to develop a product from test tube to major production of a cancer curing product.

Timeline

Security/Ski Patrolman/Safety Officer

Vail Resorts
08.2000 - 07.2023

Security Officer II

Mammoth Ski Area
10.1998 - 04.2000

Lift Operator

Alta Ski Resort
10.1991 - 04.1992

Production Manager Assistant

Powder River Inc.
10.1989 - 08.1991

Student Assistant to the Dean of Students

BYU Student Resources
09.1988 - 06.1991

Baler, Manager, Foreman, Equipment Operator

Triple S Farms/Reata Cattlefeeders
06.1977 - 04.2016

Bachelor of Social Science - Organizational Psychology

Brigham Young University
Paul Swain