HR manager of the Bank of Montreal once told me that he does not read resumes, because he knows - resumes lie. He said, he only read covering letters, because they contain more of a personality. So I tried to put as much of my personality here, as I could.

I am presently employed with MGI. Worked for that company since 1999. MGI makes video hardware. I test drivers for that hardware on Linux platform. I write scripts, install different distros of Linux, run various applications in many resolutions and pixel depths, mostly in multi screen environment. And often in multi adaptor. I have up to 10 systems under test at a time, so I switch a lot. All my systems are multiboot with up to 20 distributions installed. Systems are mostly new models from HP, Compaq and other, not so well known manufacturers, but those are mostly thinclients.
Our team is given 2-3 coop students a year. One of them goes to Linux group. It is my job to educate that student and make sure they become actually productive in 2-3 weeks. I also provide techsupport to some of our corporate clients. This consists of looking at the logs they send me and most of the times just writing a correct xorg.conf for them. Or clearing up other configuration issues. And I am often busy educating people who need to work in connection with Linux - remote desktop testers from our SQA lab, or developers who were assigned to code under Linux. I am also responsible for our internal web portal where we put testing related info, drivers, test logs, howtos for people from other departments and various tables with info on our products. This involves HTML coding with CSS, quite a bit of JavaScript and some graphics. We use GForge so I know just as much of PHP as it takes to customize GForge to suite our needs.
Before I started in Linux group I had worked in Windows QA. More or less the same work, but no tech. support, no trainees, and all on Microsoft platforms. I was mostly responsible for applications, so I became quite an adept in many. Especially graphic editors. Office apps too. I wrote batch files to automate backups and macros to run robustness tests. (To ensure that system doesn't crash when running CPU/GPU-intensive office app overnight). About that time we started to use Winbench and Winstone test suites. And many others.
Briefly I feel comfortable in advanced using and tuning of Windows and Linux. I also feel comfortable with PCs and related hardware. I can assemble a PC with my eyes closed, but this, I guess, every third person in our SQA lab could do.
I am very good at Photoshop. Feel comfortable with Corel Draw and Photopaint. Used Adobe Illustrator. Used Linux based graphics editors a lot - Gimp and Inkscape (vector graphics editor). Most of my graphic projects were graphics for my web pages, concert ad posters, wallpapers and t-shirt transfers. Intermediate level of video editing - mostly home videos editing and publishing (to DVD or YouTube with Adobe Premiere) and advanced level of sound editing - Adobe Audition under Windows and Audacity under Linux. Recorded my own songs with tracks for back vocal, drums and bass.

I worked as an electrician for more then a year. My experience with that is also based on years of employment in geology where I had to do with drilling equipment, so I got familiar with electric motors, transformers, control panels and high-voltage wiring. I don't have a Canadian/Quebec license though.
I worked as a stone-mason for 3 years. I fact we did almost any renovation related work including plumbing and carpentry, but 80% of time it was stone. Together with my friend we started a company where I was a painter/plasterer and he was a stone-mason. As it went on we had to switch, both gained from each-other experiences and became equally adept in stone working and painting which we did much less. We did mostly stairs, porches, walls, columns and graves. Faced them with stone that is. Not that I expect to get hired as a stone-mason. Just to show that I had to deal directly with customers and most of the times they were happy. Otherwise I'd have to change occupation.
I worked in geological prospecting for 7 years. I started as a general worker while taking courses in university. In a year I had my security clearance and exam and became a blaster. We worked high in the mountains of Northern Caucasus, in an unpredictable environment, constantly watching out for something to happen. We looked for rare-earth and colored metals. Manually drilled holes, charged them with explosives, blasted them up and took samples for the lab. All that mostly 3000 meters and more above sea level. In winters, when there was no field work for blasters, I worked as a driller on rotary core drilling, looking for the same set of elements. In 500 meters range. There was one year when I worked as an industrial blaster - demolished two bridges, an old mill and countless foundations for all kinds of buildings. Again, I am not looking to get employed as a blaster, unless for insane salary. Still part of my experience.
And last, but not least on this long list of my experiences is my parenting. I am a father of 3 sons. And a proud one at that. I am putting this here as a proof of my managerial, teaching and people skills - that's what it takes to run the family. Credits are shared with my wife, of course.
I don't mind disclosing my age - I was born in 1966. Being a Shorinjiryu karatedo practitioner and instructor, as well as year-round bicycle commuter, I am in very good physical shape. I wear glasses. Non-smoker.