Professional Experience

Everything you could want to know about my future job preferences, past employment history, skills, education, and more.

Future & Outlook

Bad news potential employers: if I'm applying to your job and it's not in one of these 3 industries, then I don't really want to be there.

Aviation

I plan to be a commercial helicopter pilot by the end of 2028 and a private airplane pilot by the end of 2029. 

Transportation

Immediately seeking high-paying OTR driving jobs, effective spring of 2025, including hazmat, long-haul, and international (including Canada and Alaska)

Real Estate

Will be a muliproperty landlord by 2030, and am seeking new relationships with realtors, property managers, investors, and contractors. Not looking for employment currently.

Employment History

Aircraft Loadmaster & Ramp Agent
Frontier Airlines, KBUF

Buffalo, NY  •  Dec 2024 ~ Present

Summary:

Ensuring on-time departures for all inbound passenger aircraft. Making jokes to all the boarding passengers about how their favorite team didn't make it to the superbowl again

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Engaged in the following responsibilities:


Truck Driver & Forklift Operator
Tarantino Foods

Buffalo, NY  •  Mar 2024 ~ Dec 2024

Summary:

Delivering humanity's most precious resource to Erie County: food

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Truck driver for Tarantino Foods. Transported produce ingredients to schools, hotels, small retailers, hospitals and restaurants in Western New York such as Applebee's, Chili's, Olive Garden, and a number of local restaurants and cafes. Assisted in warehouse operations such as FIFO product rotation, quality control, and customer service.

Assistant Property Manager
Buffalo Management Group

Buffalo, NY  •  Jan 2024 ~ May 2024

Summary:

Giving new tenants a great place to live, maximizing occupancy rates for the landlord, buzzing in the FedEx guy every 5 minutes

Role Details  ▼

Assistant Property Manager for Buffalo Management Group, a privately owned property management company with over 1,000 units in Buffalo, Tonawanda, and Depew. Reported directly to the Senior Property Manager. Was engaged in the following responsibilities:


Regional Sales Representative
Boar's Head

Buffalo, NY  •  May 2023 ~ Jan 2024

Summary:

Making sure your local Tops store doesn't run out of your favorite meats and cheeses (try the herb coated mozzarella !! )

Role Details  ▼

Sales representative in Western New York for Shea Provisions Inc, an authorized distributor of exclusively Boar's Head branded products. This position entailed the following responsibilities:


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Board Game Manufacturer
NewPath Learning

Victor, NY  •  Jan 2023 ~ May 2023

Summary:

Making more educational board games that help middle schoolers remember the difference between an octagon and an octopus

Role Details  ▼

Seasonal resumption of my previous position, in which I printed, organized, assembled, and packaged a variety of products sold by NewPath Learning. This role involved a great deal of organization, attention to detail, efficiency, and operation of equipment such as printers, card cutters, creasers, shrink wrappers, and pallet jacks.

I worked part-time here while attending my last semester of college full-time, before moving to Buffalo.

Canandaigua, NY  •  Aug 2022 ~ May 2023

Summary:

Making a bunch of posters and sussing out the people who set off smoke detectors from smoking but claim it was from their shower

Role Details  ▼

A seasonal role in which I did the following for Association Housing LLC, a subsidiary of FLCC, during my residence there:


Product Support Representative
Google

Mountain View, CA •  Nov 2020 ~ Nov 2022

Summary:

Providing excellent customer support to users of Google Sites until their issue had been resolved. Occasionally getting into arguments (example) and forgetting I'm supposed to be professional

Role Details  ▼

Certified Gold Product Expert in the Google Sites Help Community. Google's "Product Expert Program" is an invite-only program in which Google endorses and certifies highly knowledgeable volunteers to act as a support specialist for one of Google's specific products or services. My responsibilities in this role included the following:


In addition, I was and still am the owner of the Google Sites Facebook Group, having more than 10,000 members, a moderator of a Google Site Subreddit, and the maintainer of an experimentation website which tests new and unusual features released by Google Sites, experimental.joshbauer.com.

Landing Page:
www.joshbauer.com/projects/google-sites

Public Endorsements of Expertise:
www.kirksvillewebdesign.com/google-sites/resources
www.imaketemplates.com/google-sites-blog/learn-to-use-google-sites

Read my 500+ answers in the publicly viewable Google Sites Help Forum:
https://support.google.com/profile/34322033

Board Game Manufacturer
NewPath Learning

Buffalo, NY  •  May 2022 ~ July 2022

Summary:

Making educational board games that help middle schoolers remember the difference between an octagon and an octopus

Role Details  ▼

A seasonal summer position I held between two semesters, in which I printed, organized, assembled, and packaged a variety of products sold by NewPath Learning. This role involved a great deal of organization, attention to detail, efficiency, and operation of equipment such as printers, card cutters, creasers, shrink wrappers, and pallet jacks.

Front Desk Receptionist
Finger Lakes Community College

Canandaigua, NY  •  Mar 2022 ~ May 2022

Summary:

Helping new students and parents navigate the stressful process of enrollment, financial aid, course scheduling, and career & internship opportunities

Role Details  ▼

A part time role in which I worked for the college I was attending from March to the end of the semester, in which I did the following:


I.T. Help Desk Intern
South Seneca High School

Ovid, NY  •  Oct 2020 ~ Jun 2021

Summary:

Fixing tech stuff that the students break. Asking teachers if they've tried turning it off and back on again

Role Details  ▼

A high school internship in which I did the following:


Basketball Scorekeeper
Tyburn Academy

Seneca Falls, NY  •  Oct 2018 ~ Feb 2019

Summary:

Looking at basketballs not go into the net way too many times

Role Details  ▼

A seasonal role in which I did the following as a scorekeeper for Tyburn Academy:


Businesses

Exispace
Online Retail

Buffalo, NY  •  Apr 2022 ~ Present

Summary:

Selling a lot of random things on Amazon

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Corner Tactics
Chess Set Design & Manufacturing

Buffalo, NY  •  Nov 2022 ~ Present

Summary:

Making cool chess sets to sell on CornerTactics.com

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Swiggler Gaming
Board Game Design & Production

Buffalo, NY  •  Apr 2017 ~ Present

Summary:

Inventing awesome skill-based board games

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Projects

Probably too many too put on this page (it's already crowded enough here). So head over to my PROJECTS page

Education

Business Administration, Associate's Degree
Finger Lakes Community College

Canandaigua, NY  •  Aug 2021 ~ May 2023

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Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors
South Seneca High School

Ovid, NY  •  Feb 2020 ~ Jun 2021

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Skills

Airport Operations
★★★★☆

Podcasting
★★★☆☆

3D Printing
★★★★☆

Board Game Design
★★★☆☆

Driving
★★★★★

Forklift Operation
★★★★★

Property Management
★★★★☆

AppFolio
★★★★☆

Incident Reports
★★★★☆

Chess
★★★★☆

Product Research
★★☆☆☆

HTML & CSS
★★☆☆

Android OS
★★★★☆

Organization
★★★★☆

Google Sheets & Microsoft Excel
★★★☆☆

Amazon FBA
★★★☆☆

Punctuality
★★★★★

Collaboration
★★★★☆

Google Docs & Microsoft Word
★★★★★

Geometry
★★★★★

Business Development
★★☆☆☆

Financial Planning
★★★★☆

Accounting
★★☆☆☆

Budgeting
★★★★★

Strategic Planning
★★★☆☆

Wordpress
★★★☆☆

Problem Solving
★★★★☆

Windows OS
★★★★☆

Audio Engineering
★★☆☆☆

Adobe Premiere Pro
★☆☆☆☆

Customer Service
★★★★☆

Inventory Management
★★☆☆☆

Podcast Hosting
★★★★☆

Drone Piloting
★★☆☆☆

Google Workspace
★★★★☆

Google Sites
★★★★★

Communication
★★★★☆

Time Management
★★★★☆

Web Design
★★★★☆

Adobe Photoshop
★☆☆☆☆