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Private consulting practice: market research, business feasibility analysis, business planning, profitability assessment, copy writing, direct marketing.

Rehabilitation for Wisconsin in Action is a trade association that supports Community Rehabilitation Programs as they offer a variety of employment services to Wisconsin residents with disabilities. My role is to develop programs and services that facilitate the ability of the Community Rehabilitation Programs to carry-out their respective missions.

Role:~ Internal & external program development to facilitate long-term care services for the organization's membership.~ Marketing & public relations. Market research. In-house creative services. Trade show management.~ Internal consulting. Strategic planning & budgeting.~ IT & non-technical project planning, management, evaluation.~ Technical & persuasive copy writing. Group writing projects.~ Publication editing & production.Accomplishments:~ Re-branding, including: ● Organization name change. ● Brand-image design. Style guides. ● Communication messaging strategy.~ Expanded service territory from 13 to 21 Wisconsin counties.~ Founded cross-functional Publication Management work group.

Role:~ Start new businesses. Recover financially troubled businesses. Carry-out economic development projects.~ Market program to recruit income-eligible clients. Manage client cases.~ Market research, financial forecasting, business feasibility analysis & business plan writing.~ Small business financing searches/applications.~ Start-up marketing materials for clients.~ Match & coordinate client needs with other agency programs and with the programs of affiliated government & non-government agencies.~ "Ambassador" to federal, state & local government; and other economic, business development and community organizations.~ Teach business planning & business management classes.~ Grant application writing: economic, business & housing development. Grant contract management.~ Program performance data tracking and reporting.~ Marketing support for the agency, and for agency programs.Accomplishments:~ Served over 800 clients, enabling over $1,000,000 in small business financing leading to 45 new business start-ups, rescuing 15 businesses from failure, and creating 120 new jobs.~ Designed, secured funding & administered agency-sponsored small business loan funds.~ Multiple grant awards to fund economic, business and housing development projects as well as program operations.

My wife and I operated a small manufacturing, wholesale & retail business. My role:~ Develop & manage the wholesale program. Acquire & service accounts.~ Develop & maintain the business' website.~ Develop & produce advertising and merchandising materials.~ Organize & sponsor annual wellness expo.~ Anything else that needed to be done.

I played three main roles with the organization that, at the time I left it, was called Royal & SunAlliance. The three roles roughly corresponded with changes in corporate ownership. In 1989, I joined Viking Insurance as Home Office Operations Manager. About 1996, Viking was purchased by Guaranty National Insurance. Following re-organization, I became Market Services Director for the resulting organization as part of the Product Management department. By 2000, Royal & SunAlliance Insurance purchased Guaranty National. Following another re-organization, my role expanded somewhat to become Business Services Director working out of the Information Technology department.Not long after I left RSA, the original Viking product lines were purchased by Sentry Insurance of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Ironically, Viking was founded by the Anderson Brothers, former Sentry executives.Here's a summary of my roles with Viking, Guaranty National and RSA:Business Services Director, Royal & SunAlliance Insurance, 2000 through 2001~ System and product development project administration.~ Support software for network of 6,000+ independent insurance agents across 42 states.~ Retained functions of Market Services Director of Guaranty National.Market Services Director, Guaranty National Insurance, 1996 to 2000~ Actuarial data, pricing analysis and business analytics.~ Product management software development.~ Regulatory compliance~ In-house creative services.~ Field support for network of independent insurance agents.Home Office Operations Manager, Viking Insurance, 1989 to 1996~ Systems & procedures analysis and design. Project management.~ Quality control, including "Model Office" function.~ Policy forms, billing statements and related insurance documents.~ Print and mail functions.~ Baldrige-style development of culture/systems of high performance.

In 1997, First Financial and Associated Bank merged with the organization retaining the name of the latter.My role at First Financial:~ Internal consulting/organizational development.~ Organizational structure, systems & procedure design, staffing models.~ Organizational change projects.

In 2001, Heritage changed its name to the current Acuity Insurance.My role at Heritage:~ System & procedure design.~ System testing.~ System & procedure documentation & training.~ Insurance policy writing, editing & production.~ Staffing models.