Experience

National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

• United States
• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Newsletter Editor

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Utilizing InDesign, Photoshop, and Acrobat, assemble a monthly newsletter, due before the first general meeting of the month issued, with submitted articles and feature pieces in a manner both pleasing and thought-provoking that furthers the rights and well-being of carriers • Edit content for grammar, spelling, and syntax while maintaining the author’s voice • Create forms, articles, and artwork to express the issues affecting the NALC within our 12 stations and the USPS, in general Utilizing InDesign, Photoshop, and Acrobat, assemble a monthly newsletter, due before the first general meeting of the month issued, with submitted articles and feature pieces in a manner both pleasing and thought-provoking that furthers the rights and well-being of carriers • Edit content for grammar, spelling, and syntax while maintaining the author’s voice • Create forms, articles, and artwork to express the issues affecting the NALC within our 12 stations and the USPS, in general



United States Postal Service

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Letter Carrier

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Organize mail, discerning correct addresses at a rate of at least 18 letters per minute and 8 flats per minute • Field customer concerns, assist them in their needs, and update boxes with residential information • Bring outgoing mail back, along with securing accountable items, such as keys to the zip codes served by my station, items which need signatures for which notice was left, the route’s gas card, and money collected • Shop Steward – prepare grievances utilizing the JCAM, defend carriers’ rights by holding management to the contract; investigations, policing, research & discovery, presenting arguments, weaving in national laws Show less



Lia Sondergaard, LMP

• Lakewood, Tacoma, University Place

• Licensed Massage Practitioner

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Traveling massage therapist, performing custom massages utilizing Eastern and Western modalities in the Tacoma area. Traveling massage therapist, performing custom massages utilizing Eastern and Western modalities in the Tacoma area.



Avalon Health Care Group

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Dietary Cook

  • Feb 2017 - Mar 2019

  UPRC is an assisted living/special needs facility for recovery and comfortable living. Here, I cook meals for 90+ residents, spend quality time with residents and support the nursing and operations staff to create a warm and engaging home. My duties also include forecasting and team leadership. UPRC is an assisted living/special needs facility for recovery and comfortable living. Here, I cook meals for 90+ residents, spend quality time with residents and support the nursing and operations staff to create a warm and engaging home. My duties also include forecasting and team leadership.



Eden Electrolysis

• Massage Therapy Student Extern

  • Nov 2014 - Jun 2015

  Massage therapy Scheduling/booking Laundry/cleanup/setup Cashier Massage therapy Scheduling/booking Laundry/cleanup/setup Cashier



SimuTronics, Inc.

• Telecommute

• Writer/GameMaster - Hero's Journey

  • Feb 2008 - Jun 2009

  After training for the use of the marvelous Hero Engine, designed by Simutronics, Inc., I learned the basic back story and layout of the Hero's Journey universe. Once that was accomplished, I - along with a group of about fifteen people - began writing lore, fleshing out characters, creating quests, and laying out the shape of the future of Elanthia. Sadly, our project was shelved. I had a wonderful time here and would love to continue the project if it is ever revisited. After training for the use of the marvelous Hero Engine, designed by Simutronics, Inc., I learned the basic back story and layout of the Hero's Journey universe. Once that was accomplished, I - along with a group of about fifteen people - began writing lore, fleshing out characters, creating quests, and laying out the shape of the future of Elanthia. Sadly, our project was shelved. I had a wonderful time here and would love to continue the project if it is ever revisited.



Electronic Arts (EA)

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• QA Game Tester

  • Jul 2002 - Dec 2002

  My assignments were Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers on the PS2, then on the Xbox. You'll find me listed there as William Sondergaard among the credits. The time spent in quality assurance for the Xbox version was spent within a bagel's throw of the developers, offering me the opportunity to breezily top the bug count. My specialty was ferreting out standards violations, with a strong second being my ability to catch spelling and grammatical errors. My assignments were Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers on the PS2, then on the Xbox. You'll find me listed there as William Sondergaard among the credits. The time spent in quality assurance for the Xbox version was spent within a bagel's throw of the developers, offering me the opportunity to breezily top the bug count. My specialty was ferreting out standards violations, with a strong second being my ability to catch spelling and grammatical errors.



Asyst Technologies

• Fremont, California, United States

• Fabricator II

  • 1996 - 1999

  Worked on the shop floor to create front-end, customized, clean environments for wafer and lens handling, utilizing aluminum extrusion AGAM & SODEM and Plexiglas • Tools used were the CNC mill, hand-operated mill, planer, bending brake, table saw, overhead chop saw, drill press, deburring tool, et al • HEPA fan filter assembly where fans were wired, burned in, harnessed, then wrapped and shipped after thoroughly cleaning with ISA • Wafer Management System enclosures where Excite/Hine Design robots were wired, harnessed, taught to pick from pods, then run pre-alignment • Led a team for Front-End Solutions (FES), featuring a Hine Design robotic system on a track. Steel, customized parts with anodized powder coat shells and ESD-dispersing finishes utilized, wiring, harnessing • Field service installation of FES, including teaching and operator instruction Show less