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Orange Park, Florida, United States

My family and I own and operate a custom window coverings franchise - Budget Blinds of Orange Park - in the Jacksonville, Florida area. We serve Fleming Island, Mandarin, Oak Leaf Plantation, Orange Park and neighborhoods in south Jacksonville and near the Naval Air Station. Our design team, paired with an array of stunning blinds, shades, shutters, drapery, and more creates the ideal home interior that complements any room, or an entire home. From the latest styles and innovative fabrics to a host of on-trend colors, we’ll show you how fun and affordable it can be to upgrade your décor with the power of the #1 provider of custom window coverings in North America.

Columbia, Md

I provided operational and management oversight of 5 Preschool and Elementary & Middle School Directors. My responsibilities included:• Leading recruitment and placement of Preschool Teachers, Aides and Administrative staff• Improving Preschool staff retention by 20%, reducing turnover below industry average• Improving overall culture in the schools and across the company• Leading a crisis management effort to turn-around and stabilize a troubled Preschool

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I was responsible for personnel and project management of the Administration and Communications Teams. I successfully:• Provided oversight of administration, HR and operations projects, including donor management functions.• Provided personnel and project management oversight for all communications processes, channels and products.• Led effort to assess and recommend improvements to company culture in an 18 page "Organizational Assessment and Health" white paper • Owned fiscal responsibility for $2.3M budget. Oversaw effort to restructure company’s accounting software

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a Senior Program Manager, I was recognized for excellence in program and project management, personnel management, strategic planning, organizational thinking, organizational health and fiscal management. I led and managed a cross-functional team of 14 staff and volunteers who annually implemented over 25 programs for 1600 members representing 70+ nations. Each year, my team has supported 60+ community groups, held 30+ training events and life coached 50+ people. I have extensive experience working with people in a variety of life situations, having coached people experiencing conflict, walking through difficult seasons of life, struggling through significant crises, and facing life’s end. Other responsibilities included: • Providing oversight and support of 18 small groups for leadership development, counseling and care• Developing/teaching over 40 teachings on life instruction, exposition, and leadership development• Participating in fiscal, legal and strategic decisions as Board member, 2011-2018• Having fiduciary responsibility of over 20 departmental budgets totaling nearly $1M• Participating in day-to-day operational policies/decisions as Management Team member, 2016-2018• Organizing/leading 4 Expositional Teaching workshops for 20 faith-based organizations

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

As Executive Director of a non-profit startup, I was responsible for all start-up organizational infrastructure and financial functions, along with fund raising, full-life coaching of members, leadership development, and organizational health and growth. Within one year, I established an executive board that was responsible for fiscal, legal and strategic directions. Within 18 months, I trained an additional layer of leaders who executed on the decisions of the executive board. I managed and engaged in fund raising for the operational expenses of the non-profit, and for numerous targeted causes, totaling nearly $1 million over nearly 8 years. I oversaw a 34% membership growth over the first five years and a 20% membership growth over eight years. I developed and taught over 325 teachings on life instruction, care and leadershipHaving built a solid foundation, I trained, mentored, and installed my successor. This non-profit continues to this day.

Reston, Va

I worked for the federal government's Intelligence community, testing various network solutions and working closely with Cisco Systems to drive their development of advanced router and local area network (LAN) functions. I presented network architecture solutions to executive management and worked with customers to implement a multi-thousand node LAN, interconnecting desktops, data center mainframes and local servers. I represented my company at the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Forum, participating in technical discussions and submitting customer requirements.

Bethesda, Md

I have nearly 11 years of experience in IBM data center and communications systems technology. My expertise focused on IBM's Systems Network Architecture (SNA) to TCP/IP integration, desktop to mainframe connectivity and Local Area Network architecture, design, management, systems tuning and problem resolution. I participated in the design and implementation of network solutions that supported multiple thousands of users networked to multiple mainframes and local servers. I was the technical team leader for an engineering team who provided technical, educational and business direction and support for the customer's data center and network hardware and software technology.