Trevor Romano
Livonia,MI
Summary
Detail-oriented, organized, and meticulous employee. Works at fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success. Extensive background in culinary and outdoor work. Hard worker willing to learn to skills and add to a team. Strong knowledge of software engineering, cooking, outdoor/indoor painting, and working as a team.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cook
A&W® Restaurants
05.2025 - 09.2025
- Set up and prepared cooking supplies and workstations during opening and closing to maximize productivity.
- Created identical dishes numerous times daily with consistent care, attention to detail, and quality.
- Instructed new staff in proper food preparation, storage, use of kitchen equipment and sanitation.
Line Cook
Red Robin
09.2024 - 04.2025
- Grilled meats and cooked seafood to customer specifications.
- Prepared food items such as meats, poultry, and fish for frying purposes.
- Followed restaurant stock management schedule to monitor product freshness and rotate out old products.
- Plated and presented all dishes to match established restaurant standards.
- Prepared and cooked full course meals based on restaurant recipes and specifications.
- Followed health, safety and sanitation guidelines while preparing and serving food.
- Wrapped up and stored unused food in appropriate containers and placed in refrigerator to avoid spoilage.
- Changed and sanitized cutting boards, benches, and surfaces between tasks to avoid cross-contamination.
- Prepared multiple orders simultaneously during peak periods with high accuracy rate, maximizing customer satisfaction, and repeat business.
Dental Assistant
Comfort Dental Spa
05.2024 - 09.2024
- Prepared and arranged instruments, medications, and required materials for dental procedures.
- Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
- Maintained dental supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory levels and placing and expediting orders for supplies.
- Assisted dentists, hygienists, and other personnel by handing appropriate tools and supplies needed for procedures.
- Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
- Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
- Recorded patients' health histories, documented current symptoms, and pulled up records from prior visits for dentists to view and evaluate.
- Prepared patient x-rays and images for dentist review.
- Took dental images following strict patient protection rules, applying lead aprons.
Food Service Worker
Jimmy Johns Gourmet Subs
09.2023 - 03.2024
- Prevented food spoilage by monitoring dates, rotating stock, and following proper storage procedures.
- Made food according to standard recipes with requested changes for customer satisfaction.
- Strictly followed sanitation and food safety guidelines as required by regulatory agencies and company.
- Cleaned and sanitized dishes and utensils, consistently keeping adequate supplies on hand for expected customer loads.
Painter
Rays Painting & Sandblasting
05.2023 - 09.2023
- Operated power sprayers and hand tools to prepare and paint large areas.
- Painted indoor areas such as hallways, bathrooms, and lobbies.
- Painted surfaces using brushes, spray guns, and paint rollers.
- Applied putty, wood filler, spackling, and caulks to prep uneven surfaces and fill in holes.
- Painted exterior commerical buildings
- Prepped job sites during initial cleaning and setup and cleaned up when job was over, leaving no dust, tarps, etc.
- Climbed scaffolding, staging, ladders, and planks to reach work area surfaces and observed safety protocols to prevent falls.
- Prepared trim, walls and ceilings for painting by cleaning, smoothing, and priming.
- Prepared surfaces and surrounding areas for painting using sandpaper, tape, and other materials.
- Applied primer, paints, varnishes and lacquers to walls and surfaces using traditional and sprayer methods.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
University of Michigan, Dearborn
Dearborn, MI05-2028
Skills
- Recipe-based cooking
- Sanitation
- Dish preparation
- Spray painting
- Attention to detail
- Touch-up painting
- Self-directed and motivated
- Indoor and outdoor painting
- Instrument preparation
- Sanitation protocols
- Exam room setups
- Dental staff assistance
- Computer Engineering/Programming - JavaScript, C, C
- Able to learn new skills fast
Certification
- HTML Certification License
Languages
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Elementary
MAMUN (Mid American Model UN) Crisis debate winner
Won an award in my freshmen year of high school at an all grades model UN debate during the crisis section
Timeline
Cook
A&W® Restaurants
05.2025 - 09.2025
Line Cook
Red Robin
09.2024 - 04.2025
Dental Assistant
Comfort Dental Spa
05.2024 - 09.2024
Food Service Worker
Jimmy Johns Gourmet Subs
09.2023 - 03.2024
Painter
Rays Painting & Sandblasting
05.2023 - 09.2023
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
University of Michigan, Dearborn