Pacific Bus Museum
Manual Transmission Training
April 2023 – Present
As a member of this museum, I assist in driving historic museum-quality busses to events and special showings. The museum has a collection of 40+, running-and-driving, vehicles from the 1930’s to the 1990’s. Driving many of these vehicles requires mastery of double-clutch transmissions with various shifting patterns.
I have pulled a DMV “learners permit” with the goal of testing at DMV to lift my “E” restriction, which currently limits my commercial driving to automatic transmissions only.
DMV & CHP
Licensed/Certified Class B, Passenger, & School Bus
March-May 2019
- DMV – Commercial Drivers License (exp. 2/2027)
- Endorsements – Class B, P & S
- Restrictions – 29 K M E 50
- CHP – Special Drivers Certificate for School Bus (exp. 2/2027)
- Tested in 42’ Thomas Air Brake Type 1 84-passenger School Bus
- Medical Examiners Certificate (exp. 2/2024)
- American Red Cross Certificate (exp. 3/2024)
Technical Certifications
Lifelong Learning
1994 – Present
Part of my 30 years working in technology included continuous learning and acquisition of updated certifications. This has instilled in me the concept of continuous improvement and lifelong-learning. I have amassed certifications in real estate property management, project management (waterfall & agile), various programming languages and team/people management.
College & Early Career
Radio/TV/Film, Multimedia, & Internet
1990’s and before
Growing up I was very interested in “the media”. Along that pursuit I attended both San Jose State University and San Francisco State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Communications Degree (Radio/TV/Film) in 1991.
My initial forays into the working world included working as a recording engineer for films and working in audio recording studios. This led to my transition to multimedia (CD-ROM’s) production and then to the World Wide Web, where I dedicated almost 30 years.
Tom Baker 