Summary
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Education
Skills
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Additional Information
Accomplishments
Certification
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Thomas Vagenas

Ogden,UT

Summary

Talented security professional skilled at conducting building patrols, securing entrances and exits and keeping visitors under constant surveillance. Skilled in writing reports, updating records and handling simultaneous tasks in fast-paced settings.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Utah National Guard

Utah Army National Guard
02.1990 - 09.1999

Was a Spanish-Speaking interrogator/linguist. Translated military intelligence documents. One duty was listening to audio recordings of DEA wiretaps of conversations between drug cartel suspects and transcribing them into printed form.

Court Interpreter Ogden City Court

Ogden City
03.1993 - 03.1993

Interpreted for Spanish-Speaking defendant in arraignment proceeding.

Substitute Teacher's Assistant

Central Middle School; Bonneville High School
02.1993 - 02.1993

While on furlough from regular job at Hill AFB I worked in Ogden City Schools as a substitute teacher at Mount Ogden MIddle School, Central Middle School. and Bonneville High School.

LDS Church Mission

LDS Church
09.1976 - 08.1978

Religious instruction to prospective members of the church in Spanish language.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work/History/Spanish

Weber State University
Ogden, UT
05.1981

Skills

    CPR training at Hill Air Force Base

    WritingWrote intellegence reports from Arabic Translations during 1991 Persian Gulf War

    Interrogation of Iraqi POW's with assistance of Arabic interpreter

    Sales associate at Utah Bearing in 1984

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Additional Information

Retired from Hill Air Force Base on October 31, 2022 with 28 years of government service. Last job was an aircraft wing weapons pylon electrician. Assembled pylons with wires and plugs using wiring schematics and technical orders.

Accomplishments

Achieved Eagle Scout Award at age 14.

Certification

Utah Real Estate License

Timeline

Court Interpreter Ogden City Court

Ogden City
03.1993 - 03.1993

Substitute Teacher's Assistant

Central Middle School; Bonneville High School
02.1993 - 02.1993

Utah National Guard

Utah Army National Guard
02.1990 - 09.1999

LDS Church Mission

LDS Church
09.1976 - 08.1978

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work/History/Spanish

Weber State University
Thomas Vagenas