Louis V. Gaudreau
21 Hickory Lane, Seymour, CT 06483
Home 203-888-0819 • Cell 203-305-1697
E-mail: louis_gaudreau@yahoo.com

WORK EXPERIENCE
Nov. 2007 to May 2010
VCOM International Multi-Media Corp., Hamden, CT.
Data Entry / Customer Service.
Enter all orders into specialized computer program and follow through on all rush orders ensuring that they ship. Invoice orders that shipped. Assist with Customer Service calls.

Nov. 2002 to Oct. 2007
Premier Abstract & Title Co., LLC, Milford, CT.
Title Processor.
Process Abstractor notes and documentation for accuracy. Compile data into various commitment policies for mortgage companies. Responsible for typing all purchases and the more “particular” company commitments. Maintain changing requirement needs and formats for each lender. Assisted with computer system back-up and maintenance. Provide computer support to office personnel.
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Sept. 1994 to Oct. 2002
First Place USA, Hamden, CT.
Customer Service / General Office / Typographer.
Handled all typesetting of stamps, forms, and marketing brochures. Intense wholesale and retail customer service via phones and face to face. Assist in all areas of Production and Administration where needed. Packaged all outgoing UPS and First Class Mail. Managed production while owners were away at trade shows.
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Aug. 1990 to Aug. 1994
Media Ventures, Inc., Bridgeport, CT.
Typographer / Cartographer.
Handled typesetting, layout / paste-up and camera work on a variety of jobs. Received training for Cartography basics on the Mac. Promoted to lead Cartographer in September 1991. Created all maps on a timely basis to meet publishing deadlines.
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Nov. 1989 to Aug. 1990
Valley Publishing, Inc., Derby, CT.
Typographer.
Worked part-time. Typeset and paste-up all articles and retail ads for two weekly newspapers and one bi-monthly real estate paper. Assisted with stripping and opaquing of negatives.

July 1988 to Oct. 1989
Carolina Compositors, Charlotte, NC.
Typographer.
Handled design, typesetting and layout / paste-up of a large variety of jobs, including forms, brochures, ads, and newsletters. Worked with clients on job design.
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Feb. 1987 to July 1988
Monarch Printing Co., Charlotte, NC.
Typographer.
Worked in the Production Department. Assisted with paste-up and camera work. Backed-up the Bindery Department operating an AB Dick 360 press, Baumfold 8-fold folder, collating, stitching, padding and shipping.

Oct. 1985 to Jan. 1987
Panama City News-Herald, Panama City, FL.
Typographer.
Worked in the Production Department designing and typesetting retail ads. Responsible for the typesetting of one weekly military newspaper. Assisted in paste-up.
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Aug. 1983 to Aug. 1985
Georgia Gazette Publishing Co., Savannah, GA.
Typographer.
Performed majority of typesetting for three weekly community newspapers which served as legal instruments for the city and two weekly military newspapers along with all outside typographical work.

Dec. 1982 to Aug. 1983
Savannah News-Press, Savannah, GA.
Typesetter.
Worked in the Production Department as a typesetter. Assisted with paste-up.

Apr. 1981 to Oct. 1982
Godfathers Pizza, Savannah, GA.
Assistant Manager.
Supervised the restaurant operation and 10 employees during business hours. Calculated business dollars and nightly bank deposits. Prepared weekly employee schedule and handled weekly inventories and orderings.

Oct. 1979 to Apr. 1981
W.R.C. Smith Publishing Co., Atlanta, GA.
Senior Typesetter.
Started at this firm as a typesetter. My duties were to input / output on phototypesetting equipment.
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EDUCATION
Data Institute, Milford, CT, 1999 - Certificate - Medical / Dental Office Administration.
Yeoman Class “A” School, U.S.C.G., Petaluma, CA 1976.
Burlington High School, Burlington, VT, 1975 - Diploma.


MILITARY SERVICE
U.S. Coast Guard 1975 - 1979 - Seaman Apprentice to Yeoman 3rd Class.
Performed duties in the Administration and Personnel Office. Main duties were maintaining the service records of station personnel, issuing military ID’s, handling incoming / outgoing mail for the station and a variety of general office duties. Saved one-man-year using Lexitron Videotype 1202 word processor. Released from Active Duty; not a Reserve Member.
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