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His strengths include learning quickly, tenacity, kindness, rapport building, client\-centered sales conversations, and responding effectively in high\-pressure settings\. As a solo owner\-operator, Lewis built a fitness\-sales pipeline through word of mouth, targeted advertising, and booked calls, and he reports an 80% close rate while selling $3,000 packages\. In emergency care, he has supported physicians and nurses in high\-volume emergency\-department settings, including trauma, stroke, and cardiac events\. Earlier roles include firefighter EMT service with the City of Peoria and Chatham Fire Department, production leadership at Safran, and chemistry tutoring at Illinois Central College\. Lewis holds an Associate of Science in Physical Sciences from Illinois Central College and studied Business Administration and Management at the University of Illinois Springfield\. ## Highlights - Serves concurrently as a personal trainer at Strength in Balance Fitness and an ER technician at Springfield Memorial Hospital\. - Owns Strength in Balance Fitness LLC and centers the business on client success\. - Built a fitness\-sales pipeline through word of mouth, targeted advertising, and booked calls as a solo owner\-operator\. - Reports an 80% close rate and experience selling $3,000 fitness packages\. - Creates 100% personalized fitness programs and provides weekly email support and client checkup calls\. - Supports patient care in a high\-volume emergency department, including during trauma, stroke, and cardiac events\. - Monitors and records vital signs supports EKGs, specimen collection, clinical procedures, and electronic medical\-record documentation\. - Worked as a firefighter EMT for the City of Peoria, Illinois, responding to fires, medical emergencies, accidents, and hazardous situations\. - Provided volunteer firefighter/EMT service with Chatham Fire Department, including advanced life support, fire\-suppression equipment operation, and apparatus and EMS\-equipment maintenance\. - Worked as an Emergency Medical Technician at Memorial Health System, performing assessments, blood draws, specimen collection, ECGs/EKGs, documentation, trauma support, and life\-support equipment maintenance\. - Has CPR and AED certification listed through his Memorial Health System EMT role\. - Worked as a Mobile Collections Site Operator at SHIELD Illinois, handling sample tracking, collection, sorting, transport, compliance, biohazard disposal, and testing\-site safety\. - Worked as a Security Specialist at Target, documenting incidents, supporting merchandise recovery and apprehension procedures, conducting receipt checks, using video systems, and training team members on shortage prevention\. - Worked as a Pharmacy Technician at Walmart, preparing prescriptions, performing calculations and medication reconciliation, preparing cancer medicines, and assisting with investigational drug studies\. - Supervised 30 to 40 operators as a Production Lead at Safran\. - Led Lean Six Sigma projects at Safran to increase production while maintaining safety\. - Worked with electrical and mechanical aerospace components and engineering blueprints at Safran\. - Handled hiring, scheduling, and Microsoft Word safety spreadsheets as part of Safran production\-lead responsibilities\. - Served as an Academic Tutor/Supplemental Instructor for Chemistry at Illinois Central College, creating study materials, conducting practice tests, and coaching students on academic strategies\. - Worked as a personal trainer for Wellbridge Athletic Club & Spa\. - Has experience as a solar\-sales closer\. - Earned an Associate of Science in Physical Sciences from Illinois Central College\. - Studied Business Administration and Management at the University of Illinois Springfield\. ## Experience - **Personal Trainer at Strength in Balance Fitness** (2023\-11\-01–present) — Schedule sales calls • Preform sales calls • Gain Rapport with client and formulate a game plan • Sell client services that will help them achieve their goals • Formulate a 100% personalized program for the client • Preform weekly email support • Preform checkup calls to ensure client is satisfied and be informed of any life updates\. • Worked for Well bridge Athletic Club & spa as a Personal trainer - **ER Technician at Springfield Memorial Hospital** (2014\-03\-01–present) — Assist physicians and nurses in providing patient care in a high\-volume emergency department • Monitor and record patient vital signs and support clinical procedures including EKGs and specimen collection • Communicate with patients and families in high\-stress medical situations while ensuring compassionate care • Coordinate with multidisciplinary medical teams to maintain efficient patient flow and rapid response during emergencies • Maintain accurate documentation using electronic medical record systems • Respond quickly during trauma, stroke, and cardiac events to support emergency medical staff - **Business Owner at Strength in Balance Fitness LLC** (2024\-01\-01–2026\-01\-01) — Ensuring my clients success is my success\. - **Firefighter EMT at City of Peoria, Illinois** (2022\-01\-01–2025\-02\-01) — Responded to emergency calls including fires, medical emergencies, accidents, and hazardous situations • Provided emergency medical care and life\-saving assistance to patients in high\-stress environments • Collaborated with firefighters, EMTs, and law enforcement to ensure effective emergency response • Maintained firefighting equipment, vehicles, and safety gear to ensure operational readiness • Communicated clearly with victims, families, and team members during critical situations • Participated in ongoing training to maintain certifications and improve emergency response skills - **Mobile Collections Site Operator at SHIELD Illinois** (2021\-04\-01–2025\-02\-01) — Greet visitors, log clients, and direct them through sample collection process • Use dedicated software and equipment to track samples • Collect, Sort, and Transport samples to associated labs • Follow legal requirements, provide safety information, ensure compliance with standard testing procedures • Set up, clean, maintain, tear down, and adjust testing site setup as needed • Dispose of properly labeled biohazard materials according to regulation • Assist in maintaining stock of consumable supplies • Evaluate and notify others of equipment repair, or vehicle maintenance needs • Ensure that safe workplace environment, PPE, social distancing, and sanitation standards are followed • Adjust and respond to evolving deployment needs • Other duties as assigned - **Security Specialist at Target** (2021\-03\-01–2025\-02\-01) — Support sales by welcoming and engaging guests and team members at the front of store and on the sales floor • help guests find the products they are looking for, in\-store and online • Lead a physical security culture for our team members and guests by assessing and maintaining safe and secure standards throughout the store, including exterior property\. • Respond to and accurately document security incidents\. • Understand and leverage escalation tools for guest issues in order to provide a safe and secure environment for our team members and guests\. • Conduct productive merchandise recoveries and provide apprehension support as needed, strictly adhering to AP policies and procedures and AP leadership guidance\. • Prevent theft and shortage at the front of store by performing receipt checks for exposed high\-dollar merchandise\. • Submit appropriate documentation in the system for all incidents following AP policy and procedures\. • Understand and appropriately use the video system\. • Trai - **Academic Tutor/Supplemental Instructor for Chemistry at Illinois Central College** (2020\-01\-01–2020\-12\-01) — Reviewing classroom or curricula topics and assignments\. • Assisting students with homework, projects, test preparation, papers, research and other academic tasks\. • Working with students to help them understand key concepts, especially those learned in the classroom\. • Teaching skills to improve academic performance, including study strategies, note\-taking skills and approaches to answering test questions\. • Demonstrating academic best practices for specific subjects and assignments, including research and writing tactics\. • Developing and distributing teaching materials to supplement classroom lessons, including study guides\. • Conducting practice tests to track progress, identify areas of improvement and help set goals for exam preparation\. • Providing students positive and constructive feedback\. - **Production Lead at Safran** (2018\-09\-01–2019\-08\-01) — Supervise a crew of thirty to forty operators ensuring production operations were safe and efficient\. • Educate operators on new production methods\. • Lead Lean Six Sigma projects to ramp up production while ensuring safety\. • Knowledge of building electrical and mechanical aerospace components, along with reading engineering blueprints\. • Administrative duties such as, hiring new operators, creating schedules, and generating MicrosoftWord safety spreadsheets\. - **Pharmacy Technician at Walmart** (2018\-01\-01–2018\-07\-01) — Screen prescription orders for accuracy and completeness • Prepare prescriptions \- retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure, and sometimes mix the medication • Perform calculations • Prepare medicines used to treat cancer • Perform medication reconciliation • Assist in the management of investigational drug studies • Use technology to help maintain accurate patient records, prepare and package medications, • and place orders\. - **Volunteer Firefighter/EMT at Chatham Fire Department** (2015\-08\-01–2016\-09\-01) — Place equipment and operate high\-capacity pumps and directs water streams • Raises and climbs ladders • Uses chemical extinguishers, safety belts, lines and hooks and uses self\-contained breathing apparatus\. • Respond to requests for pre\-hospital emergency medical care and evaluates patient's condition • and/or injuries and accident scenes and/or medical emergencies and administers aid and • interventions as per protocol • Monitors patient's vital signs and provides advanced life support at the scene and during transported to hospital • Performs daily preventative inspection and maintenance on the station and its contents, various • fire apparatus and equipment, ambulances and EMS equipment • Cleans exterior and interior of vehicles • Assures fire apparatus and ambulances are properly stocked with necessary supplies\. - **Emergency Medical Technician at Memorial Health System \(IL\)** (2015\-03\-01–2018\-09\-01) — Performing patient assessments • Assisting nurses and physicians in all medical procedures • Knowing the location of all equipment\. • Setting up and maintaining all life support equipment • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation \(CPR\) and Automated external defibrillation \(AED\) certification • Blood draws and specimen collection\. • Documenting patient information • Performing ECG/EKG • Trauma services ## Education - Business Administration and Management — University of Illinois Springfield (2025\-01\-01–2027\-12\-01) - Associate of Science \- AS, Physical Sciences — Illinois Central College (2019\-08\-01–2020\-12\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Lewis do? Lewis is a personal trainer at Strength in Balance Fitness, an ER technician at Springfield Memorial Hospital, and the owner of Strength in Balance Fitness LLC\. ### What does Lewis do as a personal trainer at Strength in Balance Fitness? At Strength in Balance Fitness, Lewis schedules and conducts sales calls, builds rapport with clients, develops game plans, sells services aligned to client goals, creates fully personalized programs, provides weekly email support, and conducts checkup calls to monitor satisfaction and life updates\. ### What is Lewis's role at Strength in Balance Fitness LLC? Lewis owns Strength in Balance Fitness LLC\. His stated focus is that his clients’ success is his success\. ### What sales experience does Lewis have? Lewis built his fitness\-sales pipeline through word of mouth, targeted ads, and booked calls\. As a solo owner\-operator, he reports an 80% close rate and experience selling $3,000 packages by identifying pain points and helping clients reframe their stories\. ### What experience does Lewis have in solar sales and sales transitions? Lewis has experience in solar sales as a closer\. He moved from trauma EMT work into sales following shoulder surgery\. ### What does Lewis do as an ER technician at Springfield Memorial Hospital? At Springfield Memorial Hospital, Lewis assists physicians and nurses with patient care in a high\-volume emergency department\. He monitors and records vital signs, supports EKGs and specimen collection, maintains electronic medical\-record documentation, communicates compassionately with patients and families, coordinates with multidisciplinary teams, and responds during trauma, stroke, and cardiac events\. ### What did Lewis do as an Emergency Medical Technician at Memorial Health System? At Memorial Health System, Lewis performed patient assessments, assisted nurses and physicians with medical procedures, located and maintained equipment and life\-support equipment, completed blood draws and specimen collection, documented patient information, performed ECGs/EKGs, and supported trauma services\. His listed qualifications included CPR and AED certification\. ### What did Lewis do as a firefighter EMT for the City of Peoria? As a firefighter EMT for the City of Peoria, Illinois, Lewis responded to fires, medical emergencies, accidents, and hazardous situations provided emergency medical care and life\-saving assistance coordinated with firefighters, EMTs, and law enforcement maintained equipment, vehicles, and safety gear communicated during critical incidents and participated in ongoing certification and response training\. ### What did Lewis do at Chatham Fire Department? As a volunteer firefighter/EMT at Chatham Fire Department, Lewis operated pumps and water streams, climbed ladders, used extinguishers, safety equipment, and self\-contained breathing apparatus, evaluated patients and scenes, administered care according to protocol, monitored vital signs, provided advanced life support at scenes and during transport, and inspected, maintained, cleaned, and stocked fire and EMS equipment and vehicles\. ### What did Lewis do as a Mobile Collections Site Operator at SHIELD Illinois? At SHIELD Illinois, Lewis greeted and logged visitors, directed them through sample collection, tracked samples using dedicated software and equipment, collected, sorted, and transported samples to labs, followed legal and testing requirements, maintained and adjusted testing sites, disposed of biohazard materials, managed supplies, identified equipment or vehicle maintenance needs, and upheld PPE, distancing, sanitation, and workplace\-safety standards while adapting to deployment needs\. ### What did Lewis do as a Security Specialist at Target? At Target, Lewis supported guests and sales, helped maintain physical\-security standards, responded to and documented security incidents, used escalation tools, supported merchandise recoveries and apprehensions under asset\-protection policies, performed receipt checks, used video systems, trained team members on merchandise protection and shortage opportunities, executed shortage action plans, and modeled safety, ethical conduct, compliance, and store cleanliness\. ### What did Lewis do as a Pharmacy Technician at Walmart? At Walmart, Lewis screened prescription orders for accuracy and completeness prepared, calculated, packaged, and ordered medications sometimes mixed medications prepared medicines used to treat cancer performed medication reconciliation assisted with investigational drug studies and used technology to maintain patient records\. ### What did Lewis accomplish as a Production Lead at Safran? As production lead at Safran, Lewis supervised 30 to 40 operators to support safe, efficient production taught new production methods led Lean Six Sigma projects to increase production while maintaining safety worked with electrical and mechanical aerospace components and engineering blueprints and handled hiring, scheduling, and Microsoft Word safety spreadsheets\. ### What did Lewis do as a chemistry tutor and supplemental instructor at Illinois Central College? At Illinois Central College, Lewis reviewed course topics and assignments, helped students with homework, projects, test preparation, papers, and research, explained chemistry concepts, taught study and note\-taking strategies, demonstrated academic best practices, created study guides, conducted practice tests, set exam\-preparation goals, and provided constructive feedback\. ### Where else has Lewis worked as a personal trainer? Lewis also worked as a personal trainer for Wellbridge Athletic Club & Spa\. ### What is Lewis's education? Lewis earned an Associate of Science in Physical Sciences from Illinois Central College and studied Business Administration and Management at the University of Illinois Springfield\. ### What strengths does Lewis bring to his work? Lewis describes his strengths as being a fast learner, tenacious, and kind\. He also identified grace as an area of personal growth\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/ACoAADakF6UB14U5kEVI1w6qWxA3zUQ3ELX361c