John Ozment

Toll Collector at Golden Gate Produce Market

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Strong marketing, accounting, real estate, and writing backgrounds from a BS in Business Administration from California State University, East Bay. Demonstrated history of working in the advertising typography and newspaper ad graphics industries. Skilled in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop, MultiAd, QuarkXpress, Dreamweaver, switchboard operation, hospitality, security, notary, horticulture, genetic genealogy, genealogical research, film history, and indie film producing. Experienced toll collector, guard, and precision lathe-and-mill operator. Holds 14 associate's degrees (2012-2022) in Accounting, Administrative Assistant, Anthropology, Business Administration for Transfer, Business with Emphasis in Management, Economics for Transfer, English with Emphasis in Literature, Entrepreneurship, French, International Studies, Real Estate, Retail Management, Software Specialist, and Spanish for Transfer. Earned over 15 college certificates of achievement (2012-2023), including Health Care Management, Human Resources, International Entrepreneur - French, International Entrepreneur - Spanish, Marketing, Office Technology, Project Management, Small Business Management, and Writing. Earned over 20 technical-vocational certificates, including Insurance Clerk/Medical Billing, Legal Secretary and Transcriber, Medical Administrative Assistant and Transcriber, and Offset Printing. Completed two typographical apprenticeships (of four years each): namely, commercial and newspaper. Took Gregg Shorthand, clarinet, and wood and metal shop in junior high school; automotive, carpentry, drafting, and ornamental horticulture in high school; and machining, further drafting, and offset printing within a few years of high school.

Experience

  • Toll Collector at Golden Gate Produce Market
    Nov 2014 - Present · 11 yrs 8 mos

    Clerk-cashier, record keeper, and guard at gated traffic kiosk. Foot-and-vehicle patrol and truck-traffic coordinator. Supervisors: Mario Caimotto and Bill Strong. President: Pete Carcione. (Teamsters 856.) http://goldengateproducemarket.com

  • Freelance (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4578250/)
    • Independent Feature Film Producer
      2015 - 2022 · 7 yrs

      Associate Producer. "Automata" (2018) (Lovecraft, Gothic Horror Feature) Dir. Lawrie Brewster, Edinburgh, of Hex Media, UK. - - - - - Associate Producer. "Amazon Hot Box" (2018) (Exploitation, Action Feature) Dir. James Bickert. Prod. Brian Williams. - - - - - Producer. “The Cuban” (2019) (feature) Dir. Sergio Navarretta. Prod. Alessandra Piccione (920 Films, Canada). Alzheimer’s drama. Stars Lou Gossett, Jr., and Lauren Holly. - - - - - https://www.imdb.com/filmosearch/?sort=user_rating&explore=title_type&role=nm4578250&ref_=nmbio_ql_flmg_3&fbclid=IwAR3FYt_cnyDtndHdfLd4YWHg91V8NVZ-FiXDOJ-6xHsA8RtRue6oG8koH10

    • Independent Documentary and Short Film Producer
      2011 - 2022 · 11 yrs

      Executive Producer. "Broncho Billy and the Bandit's Secret" (2015) (29 min.) Dir/Prod. David Kiehn. Cinecon, 8/29/14. DVD, 1/20/2018. - - - - - Coproducer. "Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn" (2016) (84 min.) Dir/Prod. Tom Hamilton, Repo Films, London. Almost British FF, SF, 2/14/15 (1st Place). 24th Chichester Int'l. FF, Sussex, 8/18/15 (2nd Place). Britweek, 5/5/17 (M. Mitchell Museum, Atlanta). Talking Pictures TV (2017-18: 1 year's showings, UK). TCM June 2018 (Star of the Month) through Dec. 2021 (for 50 showings). - - - - - Coproducer. "The Enigma of Flight 777" (2018) (90 min.) Dir/Prod. Tom Hamilton, Repo Films, London. - - - - - Executive Producer. “The Deck” (2018) (short) Dir. Iris Gonzalez. Prod. Lydia Hunter. - - - - - Executive Producer. “Tango Down” (2018) (short) Dir. Roger Christiansen. Prod. Micah Haughey & Julia Ling. - - - - - Executive Producer. "This May Take a While" (2018) (short) Dir. Michelle Dos Santos. Prod. Francis Gonzalez. - - - - - Executive Producer. "I Didn't... I Wasn't... I Amn't: An Unromantic Comedy" (2018) (short) Dir. Laoisa Sexton. Prod. Jeff Pucillo & 102 Stories (Dublin, Ireland). Stars Aidan Gillen. - - - - - Honorary Producer. “Hollywood Victory Caravan” DVD (2018) Includes 10 minutes of exclusive Kodachrome color footage plus a new documentary, two shorts made to contribute to the war effort, and a 1953 TV comedy showing part of Hal Roach Studios, a major producer of training films. Prod. Irv Joseph Hyatt. - - - - - Executive Producer. “Another Word for Home” (2018) (short) Dir. Tony Alfaro. Prod. Kevin Hayer. - - - - - Producer. "Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster" (2020) Dir/Prod. Tom Hamilton, Repo Films, London.

    • Independent Film Contributor
      2016 - 2018 · 2 yrs

      Special Thanks. "John Bunny — Film's 1st King of Comedy" (2016) (45 min.) Dir/Prod: Tony Susnick, Mind Pilots Media. DVD. - - - - - Thanks. "I Didn't... I Wasn't... I Amn't: An Unromantic Comedy" (2018) (short) Dir. Laoisa Sexton. Prod. Jeff Pucillo & 102 Stories (Dublin, Ireland). Stars Aidan Gillen. - - - - - Thanks. "No Kings" (2018) (feature) A film by Emilia Mello (Brazil). - - - - - Thanks. "At Road's End – A Taiwanese Western" (2018) (feature) Dir. Pratik Suketu. Prod. Gideon Welles. - - - - - Thanks. 2K restoration on DVD of Lon Chaney's "Triumph” (1917) by Grapevine Video (Nov. 2017) from material he donated to the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. - - - - - Thanks. Restoration on DVD of the Thomas A. Edison adaptation of "Kidnapped (1917)" by Movies Silently (May 2018) from material in the LOC. - - - - - Special Thanks. “Alice Howell DVD Project” (Nov. 2018, 11 comedies from 1914 to 1925) Prod. Ben Model of Undercrank Productions. - - - - - Thanks. "This May Take a While" (2018) (short) Dir. Michelle Dos Santos. Prod. Francis Gonzalez. - - - - - Special Thanks (End Credits). “Another Word for Home” (2018) (short) Dir. Tony Alfaro. Prod. Kevin Hayer. - - - - - Thanks. “Silent Life” (2019) (feature) Dir/Prod. Vladislav Kozlov. A Rudolph Valentino biopic. Stars Isabella Rossellini, Franco Nero, and Terry Moore.

  • Private Security Officer at G4S
    Aug 2014 - Nov 2014 · 4 mos

    San Jose office: Betsy Long — Sunol: Detex, badging, foot-and-vehicle patrols, and levered traffic kiosk. Fremont: Secure Trax, badging, wand-scanner, and metal detector.

  • Part-time Fulfillment Associate at Amazon Sortation Center
    Aug 2014 - Sep 2014 · 2 mos

    Warehousing and shipping activities. Split, sort, scan to palette (small sort and boxes), and shrink-wrap palettes. A "Day One" employee. Given full-time employment at G4S. Site Manager: Brad Brazil.

  • Volunteer Docent at Family History Center
    Oct 1990 - Oct 2011 · 21 yrs 1 mo

    Assisting patrons as a genealogical-research docent for three hours on alternate Saturdays. (Four-year hiatus, May 2006 through Sep. 2010.) Colleagues: Inge Harding-Barlow, John Gleed, and others. Supervisors: Marlene Meshinski, Sue Allen, and others. - - - https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Menlo_Park_California_Family_History_Center https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Menlo_Park_California_Family_History_Center/Resources