Hal Simon Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas

• Manages advanced long-range interpretive planning, research, and capital exhibit projects for 34 historic sites across the State of Texas, while developing priorities, processes, guidelines, and standards. • Coordinates participation of stakeholders, planning and exhibit contractors, senior division staff and site staffs in major planning and exhibit projects.• Creates project RFPs for posting, scores contractor submitted proposals for selection, and approves project progress reports and invoices for payments.• Manages and tracks all project expenditures, budgets, and initiates any necessary contract modifications.• Manages all exhibit contract processes from project initiation including: - Direction of research and content development, - Coordination of extensive staff review of all submissions, - Issues approvals of final designs and content, - Oversees contractor fabrication and installation process, - Performs final review of exhibit installations including content, fabrication, and quality control, - Creates punch lists and approves final sign off, - Pursues all warranty work issues.• Coordinates with senior curatorial staff on exhibit design for installation. • Coordinates project components with other agency senior staff as necessary to assure cohesive project outcomes and schedule priorities are met.• Performs advanced historical research tasks as necessary and appropriate.Supervises a team of an interpretive graphics designer, interpretive writer, and exhibit design specialist • Identifies issues and formulates recommendations for Deputy Executive Director of Historic Sites. • Trains and mentors site staffs in the development of new programs to assure goals as outlined in Interpretive Master Plans are met.• Presents lectures and presentations to the general public, stakeholder groups, professional organizations and conferences, and governmental representatives.

Plano, Texas

- Chief Executive Officer, responsible for all aspects of institutional and financial management of facility with $500K+ annual budget. - Supervised all museum departments, staff, and volunteers. - Sole responsibility for hiring and firing of staff, reviews and salary adjustments. - Oversaw development of organizational annual budget, monitoring expenditures, preparing city generated general support grants and reporting on quarterly progress. - Administered restoration projects, their bid and grant processes, and budgets. - Successfully guided organization through professional reaccrediation process.- Guidance of Board through Long Range Planning process and revisions of organization procedural documents.

Dallas, Texas

Chief Curator (Jan. 2005 to August 2007) Curator of Collections and Interpretation (March 1998 to December 2004)Curator of Exhibits (April 1995 to February 1998)- Researched, wrote and supervised all aspects of interpretation and exhibit design and installation, - Oversaw management of 25,000 piece artifact collection. - Supervised and trained curatorial and interpretive staff members; trained volunteer docent groups.- Coordinated with other senior staff on facilities and restoration projects and educational programs. - Staging and production of large mission-driven public events and programs. - Oversaw department and project budgets. - Researched, prepared, and presented public lectures and programs to a variety of stakeholder, special interest groups, and community and professional organizations.

Dallas, Texas

Presented interpretive information to public on tours and through programs. Opened and closed buildings. Frontline ticket sales. General Administrative Office duties.

Austin, Texas/Dallas, Texas

Researched, designed and constructed theatrical and historical costumes. Collaborated with Directors on productions details. Supervised fitters, cutters, and costume technicians. Supervised costume crews during public run of shows. Reported to individual show Directors.