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Pickleball 5.0 19+ Gold Medalist
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Travis Nichols

Sacramento,CA

Summary

Full stack web developer and Substance Abuse Counselor educated at UC Berkeley Extension.
Skills in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and strengths in meeting deadlines, creativity, and teamwork.
Proficient in communication skills for rapport building and an expertise in completing projects before deadlines.
Passionate about approaching programming challenges from different angles and collaborating
with others to create meaningful web applications. Excited to develop responsive websites. Understands website functionality and coding for multiple platforms and meticulously creates fully functional code.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work History

Lead Counselor/QA Specialist

Sacramento Recovery House, INC.
Sacramento, CA
06.2019 - Current
  • Night monitor work consisted of crisis response and transformed into crisis prevention and interventions with motivational interviewing and Evidenced based practices.
  • Change agent selling hope to create therapeutic alliances with clients
  • Communicated closely with other counselors to devise programs and activities based on developmental and academic levels.
  • Used cognitive behavior therapy to assist clients in recognizing and redirecting poor habits.
  • Offered guidance and advice to help cultivate self-esteem and community involvement with over 400 clients since 2019
  • Organized clinical interventions and treatment plans for patients suffering from chronic substance abuse disorders
  • Maintained confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment following HIPPA and security regulations to best assist confidentiality of records

Academic Support Tutor

Self-Employed
Sacramento, CA
01.2015 - 02.2019
  • Assessed students' progress throughout tutoring sessions and adjusted instructional methods and content focus.
  • Assisted students in small groups or one-on-one sessions to enhance education and provide support in achieving learning objectives set by school.
  • Assisted over 50 students in resolving deficiencies to enhance academic performance.
  • Provided practical learning and study skill techniques to enhance understanding and integration.
  • Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment
  • Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement

Valet Attendant

Neumann Enterprises
Sacramento, CA
07.2014 - 12.2017
  • Customer Service and Account Management skills developed for over 4 different accounts alongside private parties Bimonthly
  • Managed and supervised other Valet Drivers dictating organization skills and maintaining customer service skills essential for competent work
  • Oversee and assign tasks amongst valets by taking charge.
  • Established positive guest relationships through consistent delivery of excellent customer service.
  • Parked and retrieved cars carefully to prevent damage and avoid delays.
  • Recorded make, model and exact location of each parked vehicle for easy retrieval.
  • Welcomed arriving guests and explained car retrieval procedures.

Clerical Consultant/Administrative Assistant

Nichols Consulting 1857
Sacramento, CA
01.2010 - 01.2017
  • Developed necessary skills in order to achieve practical and efficient work flow processes within office environment to best assist over 45 different accounts
  • Generated future prospects and leads based on marketing techniques established
  • With coherent communication, cultivated relationship between Owner and employee by improving formulas critical to value of company.
  • Updated spreadsheets and databases to track, analyze and report on performance and sales data
  • Edited documents to improve accuracy of language, flow and readability

Sales Representative

Vector Marketing Company
Sacramento, CA
07.2016 - 12.2016
  • Key staff, Presidents club, $20,000+ in Career Sales and head of Northern California for referrals and leads with Average Sale of $190 per sale and 19 recommendations average per appointment
  • Sales by appointment, sales efficiency and phone skills learned
  • Trained and mentored new sales representatives.
  • Reached out to customers after completed sales to evaluate satisfaction and determine immediate service requirements.
  • Set appointments with potential customers through personal contacts and referrals
  • Presenting Cutco products to prospective customers and writing up customer orders
  • Assist existing customers with service requests
  • Review personal performance with their manager through meetings and via phone
  • Attend advanced training sessions and optional conferences to increase knowledge and productivity.

Senate Photographer Intern

Legislative Office Building
Sacramento, CA
01.2014 - 06.2014
  • Photography post edit skills with program knowledge of Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and Bridge also other editing software Picasa
  • Work with 40 Senators under bipartisan branch within Senate Chambers while legislative bills were getting passed at Sacramento State Capitol
  • Kept up with news on daily basis to stay informed about local, regional, national and international events.
  • Selected and set up appropriate props, backdrops and lighting
  • Edited, toned, captioned and uploaded photographs for publication
  • Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement

Education

Full-Stack Development Certificate - Computer Development

University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
2022.Jan - 2022.Aug

CADC-I - Addictive Studies

California Consortorium of Addictive Programs
Glendale, CA
01.2021

Some College (No Degree) - Psychology

Sacramento City College
Sacramento, CA

High School Diploma -

Rio Americano High School
Sacramento, CA
06.2011

Skills

  • Proficiency in HTML, CSS and Reactjs for front-end development
  • Competency in MERN SPA projects with other members
  • JWT authentication to authorize users and adding Front-End User Authentication
  • GraphQL
  • Mongoose and MongoDB
  • Deploying MERN Stack App to Heroku which includes adding Mongoose Validation
  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
  • Adobe Oriented ColdFusion(CFML)
  • User Interface Development
  • Structured Query Language (SQL)
  • Source and Version Control: Git, GitHub
  • Eagerness to Learn New Technologies

Accomplishments

  • Ranked #1 in Northern California for recommendations for the latter half of 2016.
  • Audit documentation and oversee a team of 8 staff members for County of Sacramento and State of California.

Certification

Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor I

Pickleball 5.0 19+ Gold Medalist

Travel to 8-10 tournaments a year to compete in Pickleball at a Semi-Professional level and a Gold Medalist at Tournament in Bend, Oregon.

Timeline

Full-Stack Development Certificate - Computer Development

University of California, Berkeley
2022.Jan - 2022.Aug

Lead Counselor/QA Specialist

Sacramento Recovery House, INC.
06.2019 - Current

Sales Representative

Vector Marketing Company
07.2016 - 12.2016

Academic Support Tutor

Self-Employed
01.2015 - 02.2019

Valet Attendant

Neumann Enterprises
07.2014 - 12.2017

Senate Photographer Intern

Legislative Office Building
01.2014 - 06.2014

Clerical Consultant/Administrative Assistant

Nichols Consulting 1857
01.2010 - 01.2017

CADC-I - Addictive Studies

California Consortorium of Addictive Programs

Some College (No Degree) - Psychology

Sacramento City College

High School Diploma -

Rio Americano High School

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