Highly experienced in union negotiations (SEIU, IAM-AW, Teamsters, Operating Engineers and International Association of Firefighters). Have successful experience in defending management in union grievances. Had experience also before NLRB as well as arbitration.Deep experience in composing and producing HR policies and standard operating procedures and seeing to their effective implementation. I am well at ease with current Microsoft Office 7 software programs (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)Gained significant experience in the Nevada Legislative process inclusive of bill writing, bill amendment editing, testifying before legislative budget and other committees.I was an invited guest lecturer on "Organizational Dynamics" for several years in the upper division management classes taught by Professor Dan McCallister at the UNLV College of Business Management and am substantially at ease with public speaking and the making of technical and non-technical presentations to various sized audiences.I was elected vice-chairman of the Employers National Job Service Improvement Committee sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (in which approximately 15,000 employers participated). I assisted the DOL as an employer representative and Committee Vice Chair in making presentations to employer groups throughout the nation on the values of using and improving the services offered by the federal/state job service sites.I have also served as the local chairman of both the American Society of Professional Administrators and the International Personnel Management Association. I also was elected for two terms as the President of the Nevada Public Health Association.Because of my knowledge and familiarity with employee health benefits, I was appointed by Nevada's late Governor Kenny Guinn to the Board of Directors for the state's Public Employees Benefits Program which, at the time, encompassed management of insurance benefits for 28,000 lives.Specialties: Acute listener and communicator.Seasoned wordsmith and experienced in executive communications both written and oral.I have maintained a language fluency in the Dutch, Flemish and South African language/dialects and have been invited on various occasions to be a translator for visiting dignitaries.