Paul E. Wellman
Resume

Education:

1984 - 1998 Colorado Mountain College - Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Continuing education courses including: Authoring Web pages, Claris CAD, Aldus Pagemaker,  Desktop Publishing, Excel, Understanding HyperCard and various graphics programs (I bought the very first Macintosh computer sold by the local computer supply company in 1984)

1968 - 1970 Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, Oklahoma

Major: Mathematics; Minor: Engineering

1967 - 1968 Northwestern State College - Alva, Oklahoma

1965 Graduated from Enid High School - Enid, Oklahoma

Affiliations:

1988 - 1993 Helped found the Rocky Mountain Log Builders Association. The RMLBA was established to increase the quality of hand crafted log homes in the Rocky Mountain region. We set up standards for construction that members were expected to adhere to. Served as Secretary/Treasurer and prepared newsletters twice a year. Addressed correspondence daily. Made all arrangements and hosted annual retreats.

Work History:

1995 - Present WellMan Enterprises -  1993 – 2003 Steamboat Spgs., CO; 2003 - Present OKC, OK

Visit  www.greenearthstructures.com  to see more about WellMan Enterprises Dr. Daves Place

Owner/Operator: Design and construction of green, environmentally friendly, non allergenic,  structures. Started WellMan Enterprises to fulfill this dream. Have currently built three homes that have exceeded my expectations for energy efficiency. All three have been different and I have not found a plateau in my learning curve. Have done all my own drafting and design for these homes including: site planning layout, architectural, structural, framing and detail drawings. I work closely with an architect who is familiar with my unique building system.

1991 - Present Technical Publications, Ltd. - Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Owner/Operator: Various positions in the desktop publishing, drafting and design areas. Work closely with Soda Creek Secretarial Service in different capacities including: menu design, small and large manuals, advertising fliers, ad campaigns, newsletters and the design of different types of forms. Also perform computer software consulting.

1976 - 1994 Mountain Wood, Inc. - Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Visit my MountainWood Memories page to see a small sample of what I have built. MountainWood Home
President/Operator: Initially began operations to provide lumber products to the construction industry. I ran the sawmill for the first year. Moved into the woods the second through sixth years. Gained experience in log home building and started the log home construction end of Mountain Wood in 1980. Specialized in Scandinavian Scribe-fit custom homes. Provided the public with genuine works of art. Constructed approximately 40 log homes ranging from 800 to 10,000 square feet. Ran construction crews of twenty persons while managing crews up to twelve in the sawmill. Did all my own drafting and design for log home business including: site planning layout, architectural, structural, framing and detail drawings.

MountainWood was founded on the use of plentiful standing dead timber around the Steamboat Springs area. This material was under utilized and swiftly deteriorating in the forest. I am proud that we used this unique material to build some of the most beautiful homes around. The same standing dead timber was used in MountainWood's mill to produce dry milled house logs and timbers.
During my eighteen years with MountainWood I gained experience on about every kind of heavy machinery. I drove log trucks, skid logs (with dozers and rubber tired skidders), ran fork lifts, cranes, front-end loaders, backhoes..... I never got to run a road maintainer (sad to say).

1990 - 1991 American Fundware (a fund accounting software development company) - Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Desktop Publisher: Took a year off from log construction and worked full-time for American Fundware. Gained much experience in the desktop publishing field. Responsible for their advertising, operating and service manuals, and various other desktop publishing related tasks. Our service and technical manuals averaged 600 pages. Used primarily Ventura Publisher along with other word processing and graphic programs.

1975 - 1976 The Industrial Company - Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Millwright Foreman: Worked on the Tipple #3 & Marion Dragline jobs. Responsible for crews of 12 people doing on-site machining and equipment installation. Left TIC 3/76 and started Mountain Wood Products.

1973 - 1974 Allen & Garcia Construction - Steamboat Springs, Colorado

UMWA Millwright: Worked at Energy Fuels Mine installing conveyors, crushers and other processing equipment. Job required welding, machining and equipment set-up. As the project wound down, they subcontracted me to supervise a TIC job.

1972 - 1973 Palmer Construction - Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Carpenter's Foreman: Worked on the Stagecoach Resort, running crews from three to eight men.

1972 Various Contractors - Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Carpenter's Foreman: Worked on large construction projects through the Carpenters Union including the Ramada Inn and Gondola Plaza.

1971 - 1972 Friend's Records - Stillwater, Oklahoma

Owner/Operator: Duties included inventory purchase, public relations, employee management (hiring/dismissing) and accounts receivable/payable. Left in the spring of 1972 to move to Steamboat Springs.

1970 - 1971 F.T. Stackpole, Dr. of Optomology - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Laboratory Assistant: Worked manufacturing contact lenses (using a lathe and various hand operations). The business was sold in the spring of 1971.

1970 American Offshore - Coast of Alaska

Hydraulic Mechanic: Based on experience gained working on marine vybrasize equipment at George E. Failing job, acquired position servicing hydraulic systems on geophysical survey equipment. Worked off the west coast of Alaska, Cook Inlet and the waters of Puget Sound between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia.

1969 - 1970 Speedstar, a Division of Koehring Company - Enid, Oklahoma

Machinist & Aerospace Union Class A Machinist: Worked at salvaging pieces scrapped during manufacture. Became proficient on all types of machine tools and welding. Also responsible for machining special modifications to parts.

Worked in several small machine shops during college.

1965 - 1966 George E. Failing Co. - Enid, Oklahoma

Machinist & Aerospace Union Class A Machinist: Built oil and water well drilling equipment. Started apprenticeship on turret lathe. Soon moved to a 24" engine lathe, then to 48" engine lathe. My father ran the 48" lathe in the day and I ran it at night. This gave me a very good education on machining techniques. I left in 7/66 to begin college

1959 - 1965  During and after high school worked for my father remodeling houses he bought, rented or re-sold.

Portfolio: Available upon request.


 

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