Muzikman's Background
Muzikman's Background

 Hi! My name is Mike and I live in Abbotsford, Wisconsin, a small city with a population of about 2,000 located in Northcentral Wisconsin.



My Family

My family, in addition to my parents, includes one brother and two sisters.

My brother, Frank, lives in Wausau, Wis. where he's a full-time bartender at the Scott St. Steak and Pub, host to many excellent blues bands throughout the year, including their house band, the "Petrified Alien Brain Blues Band". He was voted Best Bartender in Wausau for two consecutive years in a reader survey conducted by City Pages, a Wausau weekly newspaper. He is also a self-employed artist. Check out some of his paintings on display in the "Artful Eye" On-Line Art Gallery, provided courtesy of Angel Heinemann and The Angel Anthony Group. Follow this link to see some more of his artwork, including some of his most recent work.

One of my two sisters, and her son, also live in Northcentral Wisconsin. She works for a medical center. My other sister and her husband and their two daughters live in Northwestern Wisconsin. She is a secondary schoolteacher and he is a plumber.



Education

I graduated from Abbotsford High School in Abbotsford, Wisconsin. I completed one year of the Electronics Engineering Technology program at DeVry Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, after which I moved back to Wisconsin. I then completed the first semester of the two-year Accounting program at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, Wisconsin, after which I switched to, and completed, the 2-year Police Science program at the same school, for which I received an Associate In Applied Science degree. I then completed the one-year Data Preparation program at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire, Wis. for which I received a vocational diploma. At the present time, I am enrolled as a part-time student in the 2-year "Computer Support Specialist" Associate Degree program at Northcentral Technical College



Employment

At the present time, I am self-employed, providing personal computer and Internet servicing and troubleshooting; consulting and training services; website design work; and hardware and software installation and upgrades.

I was previously employed by PC Professionals, Inc., an Internet service provider based out of Wausau, Wisconsin. I worked in their Internet Technical Support Call Center. I also worked for seven years as a Senior Computer Operator in the Information Systems Dept. at Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin. I worked third shifts(11 PM-7 AM).

Previous to that, I worked seven years for Tombstone Pizza Corp. in Medford, Wisconsin, most of that time as a computer operator, and mostly night shifts. I also worked, briefly, as a computer operator, for Peoples Choice Credit Union and the Medford Veterinary Clinic, both located in Medford, Wisconsin.

I also spent some time in the past working as a public safety 911 communications dispatcher, for both the Marathon County Sheriff's Dept. in Wausau, Wisconsin and the Eau Claire Communications Center in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

The Eau Claire Communications Center provides dispatch services for the Eau Claire Police Dept., Eau Claire Fire Dept., Eau Claire County Sheriff's Dept., and all police and fire departments and EMS services in Eau Claire County.

The Marathon County Sheriff's Dept. provides dispatch services for the sheriff's dept. and all police and fire depts. and EMS services in Marathon County.

I found working as a dispatcher to be very interesting, as well as rewarding, although it did tend to be stressful at times!



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