Business Manager for the The Wharf, One of a Kind Art Gallery, The Arcade, and Fish & Crab Shack

http://www.architecturalart.comHiring and managing creative teams, planning and implementing technology upgrade path, accounting and HR systems, licensing and certifications, regulatory and employment audit compliance. Providing brochures, displays, and design visualization graphics. Developed and consulted on brand positioning for business development, created interactive models for cash flow planning, capital expenditures and hiring triggers during growth schedules.Brands:• Architectural Art is a virtual service bureau. The art team includes traditional painters, illustrators, and draftsmen, along with digital artists and 3D model designers. Anything from a post card to an annual report, from new branding to a coordinated campaign with A/B research and study groups, from a website to a data user interface – if it involves artwork then Architectural Art can deliver.http://www.architecturalart.com/• Renderfly offers flexible and interactive visual tools for sales prequalification. Some examples of what we can provide are interactive floorplans, interactive exteriors, animated 3D and story boarded short films, and time-lapse video.http://www.renderfly.com/ • Eight Inks offers big-picture design and branding, as well as front end art direction and creation of specific interactive tools for online education, interactive multimedia, effective and fast loading animations, and meeting and convention presentations. Call Eight Inks for experience in telecom, health insurance, medical office, real estate, aviation, government (civilian and military), and studio design environments.http://www.8nks.com/

http://www.coolthinking.netOperations Consultant for executive and human resources operations including interview, hiring, employee mediation; company-wide plans for healthcare, LTD, STD, Life, and 401(k) benefits; resolution of Department of Labor matters in Maryland and California.Developed and implemented operational support for all following functions using software in MS Windows, Unix, Mac OS, LAN / WAN (node & server) and mainframe environments. Technical lead for HTML and Domino server creation and maintenance; database creation, form and report generation and transformation to and from Lotus Notes and other ODBC data formats. Visual interface (GUI) creation, development, and layout for the full range of print and electronic publications. Desktop output devices from paper to film, scanners, large format film and RC image setters, pen plotters, large format color inkjet printers, and large format color laser printers. Performed extensive photo-editing, image-composting and extensive vector illustration. Developed photographic and illustration images for web site and electronic newsletters.Technical Services:Hardware installation, maintenance and upgrade (components and computer memory), LAN connection and software installation, Desktop PC software installation and upgrade, troubleshooting for user and system software, file and memory management.Training Others:I have run training and display events for corporate, government and military clients. I have also taught classes at high school and university level, and I have been a tutor in math, Spanish, and history for grade school children. I love to teach. I have employed and trained up to 22 people on short contracts, and teams of six for years.Delivered classroom and individual instruction for use of; ADOBE Illustrator / PhotoShop, CorelDRAW!, HTML, Lotus 1-2-3 / Notes, QuarkXPress, Macromedia Dreamweaver / Flash / Freehand, Microsoft Excel / PowerPoint / Word / Works, MS-DOS, UNIX

Contributed to planning and prioritization for program development. Board participation in the Museum Assessment Program. Developing funds for capital improvements. I became a board member by staff nomination and board vote after volunteering as a program and technical advisor the prior two years.

Technology and Design contributor to the Advisory Committee of the Workplace Giving Alliance and the Payroll Philanthropy Initiative. Member of the Board of Directors of Participating Federations.Reviewed contracts and financial documents, evaluated technical and software solutions to logistical problems of participating Federations, developed administrative systems, online presence, and resource libraries.

Project: Construct database-driven system delivered through web browser to automate document exchange, tracking and closing within real estate transactions. Primary audience is professional transaction consolidators including mortgage brokers, title agents and sales agents. Ongoing direct client contact from project scope to completion. Responsibilities: Contribute with principal in definition of business development goals. Define scope of work, site architecture, information workflow. Identify, hire and manage team of programmers, designers and database developers. Define server requirements and establish relationship with vendor. Define e-commerce features, software and process. Establish merchant account and implement online credit-card system. Map upgrade path, schedule goals through 6mo and yr periods, and define milestones. Direct programming resources (C++ and VB) for the integration of Lotus Notes data with personal desktop software such as MS Office, ACT and PalmPilot, and with legacy data in industry dominant desktop tools and federal information formats (Fannie Mae, Freddy Mac, etc). Success has seen growth of current user base and transaction volume, complimentary client reviews and complimentary feedback on user interface "friendliness" and ease of integrating with their legacy software and data.

Physical Security Equipment (PMPSE) and its program, the Force Protection Equipment Demonstration (FPED) requiring "Secret" security clearance. PMPSE: Webmaster for departmental content (audience includes personnel within the command, other DoD and civilian departments, and the public; Disabilities Act and Freedom of Information Act compliance) FPED: Equipment demonstration event every two years. Technical resource during planning process. Define new capabilities to be offered to event demonstrators and attendees, and new administrative and reporting capabilities for general contractor and DoD clients. Liaison with CSC program officers and support presentations to DoD decisionmakers. Support the analysis of internal processes and recommendation of most beneficial points of automation. Determine system requirements, server requirements, software requirements, and new methods, and administer implementation and QC.

Consultant (open PO number) changed to flex status after 1996 tax law. External small-business subcontractor for CSC on DoD contracts. Participation as described below in projects ranging from $400 million to $9 billion. (During the same period, worked similar projects in equivalent roles for the US Army, MDARS projects, under General Dynamics.)

Project: Provide technical and production support to CSC Webmaster for corporate website. Software and hardware support for full range of corporate print communications within internal agency. Responsibilities: Coordinate display and archiving of new content. Establish file management system for html and multimedia files for website. Environment included multiple users in multiple offices responsible for production. Addressed version control and quality issues. Establish and develop internal cooperation for a department-wide file management and archive system for all print and editorial production (including resolution of staff morale issues concerning new processes). Identify and hire vendor for multimedia server resource. Liaison with internal division-level POCs regarding web development features and content requirements. Train and lead technical and design staff for programming and multimedia production (HTML, javascript, Macromedia, Adobe). Recommend technical solutions to senior management. Note: Outside firm was hired to generate look and feel.

Project: Provide technical and production support for AT&T outsourcing plan for the automation of human resource department processes. Define and develop a Lotus Notes intranet system supporting the transfer of several thousand employees affected by an outsourcing deal. Responsibilities: Liaison with AT&T Change Officer and CSC management. Gather team of programmers, database developers, graphic designers and writers. Joint development of project scope with Change Officer. Set milestones and definitions of success, QC methods and process reporting system. Administer development across the team, including the execution of a portion of each component, and some training of team members during facilitation of the project. Since I drew staff from different departments for this project, success required administering milestones within the existing staff schedules and departmental responsibilities. Administer the integration of Lotus Notes data, phone-in key selection data and legacy data from AT&T mainframe.