Philip Smith
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Exercise D - Public notes, examples, thoughts, misc. stuff.
Family History and Connections Site - Watermelon Smith
Many years ago I read a note in someone’s genealogy file that their goal was to "find all of the ancestors of their grandchildren and all of their descendants". Unfortunately I did not write down the person's name, it was a long time ago, today I would add it to their biography with a date and source note. However, I have thought for a long time that it was a reasonable way to define the scope of my research. Many years ago I also realized it was not possible. I only manage about 55,000 family names and it is not nearly enough. Now, I have found Wikitree and realize that maybe it is possible, if everyone works for the best possible system.
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Phil Smith
I live in Silicon Valley, grew up and was educated in California. I am retired. I am too lazy to enter a proper biography so I attached an old resume.
I have worked on genealogy since the early 1970's when I inherited my grandfather's Herman Willis Smith notes and diaries. Currently I am working on family lines for both my immediate family and many others who have asked me to look into someone.
When I was still working one of the suggestions for job interview questions was "If you had to describe yourself with one word what would that be?" I was ready with an answer: Polly-dimensional. To which I expected the reply - "But that is not a word."; and I would have said, "Exactly". Of course I was never asked - so I had to write it here.
An old resume is included - if you are really bored and have nothing else to read.
OK - working on a biography -
I, Philip Wayne Smith, son of Philip G. and Myrtle Edrie (Roach) Smith, was born on 11 January 1947 in Riverside, Riverside County, California. My father was a printer and printed a birth announcement card.
Birth Announcement Card. |
I appeared on the census of 17 May 1950 in the home of my parents at 839 N. Main St., Riverside, Riverside County, California. My grandmother was living with us. My paternal grandparents were listed next to us.[1]
I attended Fremont Elementary in Riverside, Central Jr. High, and Riverside Polytechnic. I was in the ROTC for two years at Poly, the honor Day Ceremonies on 10 May 1963 show that I received a Bronze Metal - Professor of Military Science - interesting I do not remember it and can only guess it was for academic performance, I was not very good at anything else in ROTC.
I learned to cook when I was very young. My mother starting working with my father and told my sister and I that we were to cook dinner. She wrote out detailed instructions - what to fix, how to fix it and what time to do each thing. I was cooking dinner for the family of 6 when I was 11 years old. Mary and I were to trade off, one doing dishes the other cooking. She hated it, and her cooking reflected her feelings. I was hungry and so I cooked. Since then, if I can find a recipe, I can cook it.
My grandmother, Edrie, raised chickens and thought it was important that I learn how to kill and clean them, so it was also something I did at about the same age. I still have the the butcher knife she bought for me to kill chickens.
I was told by my brother that he and my sisters would talk me into making biscuits. I don't remember them doing so, but I know I made biscuits. They were good, and still are when I make them, but not quite as good as my grandmother's.
Paperboy of the Week. |
The first job I had was a paper route, it was a bicycle route and I had about 75 customers, that took the afternoon paper. At that time almost everyone took the paper and as the most of the homes were in a tract I was able to complete the route in less than an hour. I later became the station manger for 15 carriers and then moved to the mail room at the Press-Enterprise, Riverside, California. The mail room is where the newspapers are bundled and loaded on trucks for distribution. I was there, working at night, for two years while I was in Junior College.
When I moved to San Jose, California to go to school I worked at a number of different jobs. One was as a meter reader and maintenance man at the water company in Niles, California.
Registered for the draft on January 12, 1965. Received notice to report on May 20, 1969, and was given an extension to June to finish the semester at San Jose State. Inducted US Army, June 18, 1969. Completed basic training at Fort Ord, Monterey, California. Completed MP training at Fort Gordon, Georgia, January 1970. Service in Co. B, 504 MP Battalion of the 18th Military Police Brigade in the Republic of Vietnam, February 13, 1970 to February 11, 1971. Promoted to SP5 December 23, 1970 with a 94B20 MOS. (Cook)
Spent most of my tour managing a mess hall in DaNang as a first cook, the only training I received was by another cook who spent two weeks teaching me the job before he was transferred. Supervised a staff of 50 Vietnamese and 4 soldiers. Prepared and served meals for about 1,000. The mess hall served US Army and US Marine units as well as the prison at DaNang. I was told by a visiting Major, who was responsible for bring supplies into Vietnam, that the meal he had just eaten at at our mess hall was the best he had eaten in Vietnam. We were serving liver and onions.
Discharged February 11, 1971.
I was told much later by my daughter, Erin, that perhaps I should have continued in school as it was something I really enjoyed. Perhaps she was correct. When I returned from Vietnam I returned to school at San Jose State and finished my degree. I realized that the job market required graduate school and I applied to the Social Science department at San Jose and the Statistics department at California State at Hayward. I was accepted at both. I talked to the department heads and asked them the same question. "What is the job market like?" At San Jose I was told, well most of the students are already teaching. At Hayward, Dr. Park, told me "I can get a job for all of my graduates." I took statistics, and Dr. Park was not only a great teacher he was right.
After college I worked for Health Application Systems and then the California Trucking Association. While working full time at the Trucking Association I returned to school at the Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California.
In 1981 I went to work for Viking Freight System, Inc., Santa Clara, California. I was there until 1997.
I had a difficult time learning to read - I remember with a great deal of pain a first grade teacher correcting me over and over in front of a reading class as I could not seem to be able to remember the difference in various words - I think that "they", "those" and "them" were a special problem. By the third grade something happened and I was reading sixth grade books, those are the ones I used for book reports, there were a large number of other books that I suspected would not meet with approval and I was reading them as well. In high school I took a speed reading course. I was reading at over 5,000 words a minute, when tested. I did not actually read that fast most of the time, but when I need to work my way through a large about of material I am able to do it quickly. I read everything - these authors and books are some of my favorites. - In no particular order.:
In January of 2007 a large number of cousins and family members set up a surprise birthday party for my 60th birthday.
I have done cross stitch since I was quite young, my grandmother, Edrie, probably taught me though I do not remember her doing so. The earliest cross stitch I have is a table cloth that she started and I finished probably by the time I was 13 or 14. Later my sister, Mary, made a lace boarder for it. In 2021 I gave the table cloth to Jennifer (Smith) Avedissian. Photos of the table cloth with the lace border are in Mary's images.
Table Cloth - 1 of 3 |
Koi and Flowers - Phil Smith - 29 Sep. 2021 |
In Junior High School I took wood shop for one third of year. All of the boys took woodshop, metal shop and drafting. Girls took home economics classes. In Viet Nam there was a small library and I started reading about wood working and started a subscription to a wood working magazine. I continued the subscription when I returned home. I found that I like designing and then building furniture. One table I did was from pine that my grandfather brought from Arkansas to California when he moved about 1946. The lumber was in storage in his attic. I finally worked out a plan to use all of the pine and built this entry table in the late 1990's.
Entry Table - Phil Smith - about 1997. |
839 N. Main St., Riverside, Riverside County, California
PROFILE
I am a business consultant, accountant, financial analyst, manager, strategic planner, and an English teacher. I have significant experience in the transportation, construction and insurance industries with projects in operations, administration, costing, industrial engineering, information and incentive systems, data services, and pricing. I am able to work at any level or department of an organization. Available to travel.
EXPERIENCE & PROJECTS
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau. 2009 – 2010 Crew Leader, Trainer – 2010 Census – Part Time
HANSA ONE, INC. 2008 - 2011 Business English Teacher. One-on-one. Business Professional students.
ISABEL CHIU, & CO., LLP, Certified Public Accountants 2008- 2013 Tax Preparer - Seasonal
SILICON VALLEY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER 2007 - 2009 Business Advisor – Part Time
SILICON VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, Milpitas, CA 2006 - 2007 Accountant – Half Time
FINANCIAL RESULTS INC., Pleasant Hill, CA 2005 - 2006 Business Analyst, Bookkeeper – Part Time
ARKANSAS DELTA PRODUCE MARKETING ASSOCIATION, Turner, Arkansas, USA Business Analyst 2005 Analyzed business plan for a new non-profit organization, developed operating plan and designed data base to track sweet potatoes from slips to final sale. Identified problem in building/business design that saved client $50,000 - $100,000. Project managed by Winrock International
ASSOCIACION ALDEA GLOBAL, Jinotega, Nicaragua 2004 Business Planner Analyzed existing business, developed financial plan, trained staff. Farmer-to-Farmer, USAID project managed by Winrock International
FANTSUAM FOUNDATION, Micro Finance Organization, Kafanchan, Nigeria 2003 Financial Analyst Analyzed existing accounting and reporting systems developed and installed new processes. Farmer-to-Farmer, USAID project managed by Winrock International
AGENCE POUR LA COMMERCIALISATION AGRICOLE, Conakry, Republic of Guinea, West Africa Survey Consultant 2003 Developed and completed survey on the use of Market Information, saved project 20 million GNF. Statistician. 2002 Developed procedure to forecast crop yields, trained project and field staff. Survey Systems Trainer. 2001 Developed training materials; trained staff on survey and computer usage while conducting survey. Farmer-to-Farmer, USAID projects managed by Winrock International.
JIANGSU POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, Changzhou, Jiangsu, P.R. China; Teacher 2002 - 2003 Taught International Finance and Business Writing to juniors and seniors at four year university.
TRANSWORLD SCHOOLS, San Francisco, California; EFL/ESL Teacher Intern 2002 Taught multi-lingual classes at beginning, intermediate and advanced level. Responsible for lesson planning and material selection.
SMITH & LAM INC, Milpitas, California; President 1997 - 2000 Set up new home construction/contracting business in Walnut Creek, CA. Recruited, hired and trained staff. Achieved profitability in 6 months. Received award for highest gross revenue for a medium sized territory in second year of operation. Successfully marketed and sold business.
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT 1997 - 1997 BAX completed assignment on the design of a new information system for international shipments. In New Zealand worked for a privately held automobile carrier that has over 60% of the market.
VIKING FREIGHT, INC., San Jose, California; Vice President Corporate Planning 1981 – 1997 A $1 billion regional Less-Than-Truckload motor carrier with 15,000 employees
Managed staff of 55 professionals, including engineers, cost analysts, SAS programmers, statisticians, planning, and data analysts.
Created an activity-based costing system used for all pricing decisions, integrating the use of the data into the entire management decision-making process and generating over $60 million in profit.
Wrote and managed the production of all material for annual field employee meetings. Presented results, plans, and programs monthly to employees throughout company.
Participated in a project team for the design, development, testing, and implementation of a completely rewritten computer system to handle operations, payroll data collection, equipment and shipment tracking, and receivables with interfaces to general ledger and payroll.
Member of Pricing Committee; met twice weekly to handle all pricing policy and approval of pricing for large accounts representing 36 percent of sales. Created a sophisticated rate index system to measure price changes and track effectiveness of changes in pricing.
Evaluated truckload and perishable operations; following evaluation, worked as member of management team and shut down those operations to stem continuing losses.
Evaluated acquisition candidates; following evaluation, worked as member of management team that integrated new companies into the Viking organization.
Established a companywide incentive system with individual work group goals aligned to corporate objectives in the areas of productivity performance vs. standards, on-time service, revenues, claims, and safety, contributing profit of more than $39 million in six years.
Directed installation of an equipment maintenance software system while acting as an internal consultant to the maintenance organization, comprised of Vice Presidents and Directors from four companies. Project included developing initial specifications, vendor selection, file structures, hardware configurations, and installation.
Designed and installed a PC management reporting system to measure key operational, sales, maintenance, and administrative variables. Designed the automated tariff assignment system, which eliminated most rating and billing errors and allowed over 80% of shipments to be automatically rated.
Created, staffed, and developed the industrial engineering function, gaining a 33 percent improvement in productivity in the three months following installation in three new divisions.
CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, Burlingame, California; Manager/Statistician 1977 - 1981 The trade association for California motor carriers, representing the industry before the California Public Utilities Commission and government agencies.
Conducted seminars on costing systems for owners and presidents of trucking companies. Appeared as an expert cost witness before the California Public Utilities Commission.
HEALTH APPLICATION SYSTEMS, Burlingame, California; Management Consultant 1975 -1977 Managed a group of three statisticians and analysts. Evaluated, selected, and installed new software to meet corporate data analysis needs.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
PAPERS
"An Estimate of Pickup and Delivery Stop Time for a Less-Than-Truckload Motor Carrier” with M. Housden, J. Jones, M. Leslie & K. Strickland. Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Vol. XXX N.1, 1989, p 153. Received the best paper award from the NAFC in 1990.
"Platform Cost by Weight Bracket for the Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Common Carrier” AST&T paper 1982. Paper describes application of work sampling techniques.
EDUCATION
Advanced CTESOL (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) CTESOL (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Transworld Schools, San Francisco, California – 2002
MBA - Finance, University of California at Berkeley – 1980
MS - Statistics, California State University, Hayward – 1975
BA - Social Science, California State University, San Jose - 1973
Engineering, Riverside City College, Riverside, CA – 1967
COMPUTER SKILLS
The Master Genealogist, QuickBooks, Windows Office Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Genealogy, Photography, Reading, Woodworking, Travel, Gardening, Cooking, Robotics.
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In the event of my demise, please turn all of my profiles over to my closest WikiTree relative who is willing to manage them, or to any Leader if that is not possible. Please make all of my profiles as open as possible and appropriate including my own. Thank you, Smith-40964 10:57, 1 May 2015 (EDT)
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Philip Smith and Polly Watkins are both descendants of Elizabeth Stewart (abt.1450-abt.1529).
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While I can see that you are quite diligent in your research, I can find no background (sources) on our friend Duty-135 ...do you have some info I don't see--it looks to me to be completely unsourced? Thanks so much! (Re: merge of Duty-432/Duty-135) I will continue to poke around a bit, although it's not much fun from my phone...
Amy Payson-271 and spouse David Randall-5236 Amy Whitney-980 and spouse David Randall-995
I noticed that you changed the birth and death dates on Borgersdatter-5. Do you happen to have sources that you can add to support those estimated dates?
Thanks, Laura
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~Mary ~~
Nice Wikitree page. We're 7th cousins through David Britain Dodge.
Farley Mowat's Wikitree ID is Mowat-164 in case you'd like to link him in your favorite book list.
Greg
edited by Greg Bishop
Thanks for picking up the duplicate of Elijah Painter. Appreciated rgds Murray
Thank you so much for your help with Sibyl North and others! What a lovely surprise. Im quite the newbie, so your expertise is most welcome.
Jennifer Kerr
Can you possibly help me understand how it is that the recent merger affecting my 6th Great grand Aunt Euphemia (Radley) Badgely--( Radley-265 and Radley-74) was completed by you without my being first consulted as one of the profile managers involved? I am not necessarily objecting to the merger, just noting what appears to be an important glitch in the system. Best. Mike Bissell [Bissell-517]
And... thank you for your service in the US Army.
Pippin Sheppard
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The Appreciation Team thanks you for all for your hard work for reaching 1000+ actually, over 1500!) contributions for the month July 2019. Onward and upward!
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Gordon Warder Jr "Bud"
Thanks for suggesting the merger for Anne Quarles Matthews, my Calhoun-2608 with Calhoun-193. I think there are serious problems with Calhoun-193, some of which I detail in a Note at my Calhoun-2608. I had worked on it long and hard to the point of being very frustrated. If you don't mind I am going to do an Unmerged match at this time. I will also do the same with her husband, Isaac Matthews. I intended to look at it closer, within a few years, maybe, after retiring, including a trip to the areas in Virginia and South Carolina where they lived. Thanks again.
For your note to merge Shuck 317 into 207...as it was a duplicate. It took me a while but I think I got the confusion figured out...and now they are one! Regards, Joyce Ferguson, aka Jakeway-65
The bio of -5125 is definitely NOT the individual of profile -64, but let's merge anyway to simplify the tree.
Actually, I had created -5125, feeling cocky I could corroborate and document a different line of the Sims family but hit an immediate brick wall and later learned that such an individual may not have existed, based on subsequent DNA confirmations from that line of Sims family!
I've since become much more conservative in profile creation, and was embarrassed to have created this profile.
So I'll delete the bio and sources, and let's merge. Problem solved! :)
Best, Mark