This is my extended résumé. Please see the attached file.
Austin Bunton – Curriculum Vitae – 2018 April
I’m super chill and usually mostly humble if not a little wild with the jokes, so introduce yourself and let’s see where it goes.
Call me a citizen of the world… or universe… or megaverse. It’s all good.
Want to do some cool biz with me? I’ll be on Earth for the next few years or generations. Tell me what your schedule is and we’ll figure out something mutually groovy.
Peace, my current and future home skillets. See you around.
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2026 June update:
I have scouted the world to determine where I want to ‘plant roots’, and I have remained studious and helpful along the way, learning all I can about agriculture, business, health, innovative construction, leadership, sustainability, and so on. I am available for consulting and part-time work.
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Lifelong: exploring all 50 states, six continents, and dozens of nations, and attending
universities and veteran events in many states, with annual efforts to reach the
seventh continent, Antarctica; focus: orient to as much as possible, examine ruins in
person, sample exotic/rare crops and healthy restaurants, and much more
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Youth: Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, advanced-placement courses, clubs, martial arts, sports
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2000: Congressional appointment to a military service academy
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2003-2007: Military service, active duty, including hundreds of overseas combat missions, and
culminating in the instructing/teaching of tens of thousands of fellow Marines and some FBI personnel from more than a dozen battalions during a couple seasons
-discharge from service: Honorable-
2007-2010: Military Reserves while returning to civilian life and universities
-and- forklift variants experience
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2007-2008: fixed-wing small-airplane pilot lessons, not yet certified
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2008-2013: Associate’s, Bachelor’s, and Master’s in Computer Science; Information Technology
-and- high WPM typing rate
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2009: learned the P2 Primavera software suite for project management (more advanced
than mastering Microsoft Projects), and the Corps of Engineers Financial
Management System, helping build and adjust complex templates and schedules for
nationwide multi-million-dollar projects; comfortable using complicated software
and maintaining schedules with thousands of interrelated activities
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2011-Present: novelist; series about establishing a self-sustaining off-grid community, written for a
mature audience, including elements of romantasy and realistic near-future science
fiction, plus a giant cookbook, all on Amazon.com, listed on Goodreads.com
(editing and publishing at the rate of roughly one novel per year, with 2nd editions
eventually to be added)
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2014-2015: experience operating compactors (a.k.a. trench rollres), dumptrucks, skid-steers, and
even a small crane (for assembling log cabins)
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2016: Business Management and Executive Leadership Training at Dartmouth College
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2017: assisting/consulting for the startup “MOVE-UP”; Missouri Veterans and
Entrepreneurs United Project, considered for an executive (C-level) position
-and- open-sided (doors off) helicopter scouting; comfortable in the air
-and- volunteer construction work in Nebraska for a type of house called an
Earthship; off- grid, year-round temperature-regulation, built-in crops/farm, etc.
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2018: Sustainable Agriculture Technology course and certification; growing food in
greenhouses and outdoors, using sophisticated methods and technology
-and- Farm Management for an off-grid homestead in Alaska, including 2 families,
28 greenhouses, and 400 animals –details of all tasking available upon request
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2020: consulting for an off-grid community project, visiting properties in Mexico for
dozens of people considering moving there to start a farming neighborhood
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2021: House Inspector coursework; going beyond property management
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2021-2025: computer modeling my off-grid self-sustaining community design, plus a variety of
vehicles included in my series of novels, ranging in size from that of automobiles to super-carriers, using a Java-based game-engine easily accessible to many people
-and- ongoing business-website building, to be debuted soon
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If further details are desired, I have a 28-page curriculum vitae which includes information such as:
all awards and jobs (and their certifications) during the military (including all classes I taught),
course names during multiple rounds of college/university,
computer skills (including names of applications I have experience using for work),
other veterans I have helped,
scale-models and presentations I have made,
writing projects,
affiliations/clubs,
tallies of places I have traveled,
mountains ascended,
interests,
goals,
places I am willing to work,
go-between / temp’ jobs,
additional references,
and more.
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I do not drink alcohol, smoke, chew tobacco, or do any other drugs.
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If a drug test is required for screening, I am willing to provide a urine sample or some strands of hair, but not take a mouth-swab or give blood.
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I am not a felon, violent criminal, or sex offender.
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I do not have medical issues or mobility limitations.
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Thank you for your time and this opportunity. I wish you well.
