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Ok, so how does one make a difference? I believe being able to help young minds that I can make a difference. Our Specialty Toy Store, focusing on S.T.E.A.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). If that doesn't sound fun! We are so excited to bring in toys specifically designed and considered to prepare this next generation.

Specialty Toy Store that bring fun and play with focus on Technology, Math, Science, Engineering and Art. AKA S.T.E.A.M.

Bringing expertise in instructional design for video based online learning, along with providing insights to IT industry trends and standards.

Soaring Solutions is a company that is driven to provide business solutions to enable managers, and leadership teams to work beyond their current outcomes using the natural laws of man and technology. Our team accomplishes this by providing solutions customized to the organizational needs; improving, and creating solutions with technology that will integrate into existing systems to allow increased output with reduced efforts and cost. This includes communication processes, leadership skills development, and creating software solutions and methodologies that allow teams and management to better focus on the most critical tasks of the business. Through the streamlining of processes and methods our goal will be to work together to enhance the bottom line, making more time for strategic development and keeping a competitive edge against the competition. Client tasks have included area in Software Product Development, Program Development, Project Management, Training solutions and Training processes, Software Design Support, and Implement Quality Control Systems in Product life-cycle.

The Admirals Quarters is a property management company that handles vacation properties in the southwestern states. We handle high value properties for rentals of 30 days+, fully furnished and with full amenities for a perfect holiday. We handle marketing, contracting, maintenance and provide a full service solution for your properties.

Responsible to prepare Graphic Ads, Prepress lay-out, and Quality Assurance

Working with program director to support the ongoing efforts to identify, build, support and develop start up companies. Strategic consulting and business development

As general manager of WinWeb Experts it was my duty to support the strategic initiatives and drive the direction of the company. This included working with the owner in strategic development in areas of staffing, client development, financial management, budgeting, reporting along with team development and leadership. During my tenure with WinWeb I provided infrastructure and employee development to allow the company to stabilize and grow in a very dynamic industry. WinWeb Experts, a grassroots software engineering group that has during my management role, expanded staff by 10 Full time SW engineers, 2 UI/UX engineers, 1 Marketing Manager, 1 Talent Acquisition Manager, 1 Sales Manager, 2 Project Managers. Problem:When I joined WinWeb the company was not meeting organization, infrastructure and profitability goals.Actions:I took charge of the general management tasks, hired F/T staff to handle the accounting and financial reporting, project execution, sales and marketing. I did this by converting Contractors to employees, hiring within the sphere of influence for the company and my personal network. I created policies and procedures to support the growth objectives. I monitored cash flow, revenue generation opportunities and modified the Accts Receivables process to sustain the growth. We added a Marketing Manager, Talent Acquisitions Manager, and Sales Manager to the team along with additional Development staff. I addressed the P/L management issues, and modified various workflows to create better ROI and efficiency.Results: WinWeb experts generated just under 1M dollars profit swing with in one year. Team moral and retention along with career development for new hires generated profitable growth and customer expansion.

As Sr. Project Manager I worked directly with software engineers, clients, and technical requirements to complete working software solutions. At OveractDev Technology Partners (OTP) it was my responsibility to make sure the projects met clients expectation, to keep the project on time, on budget and maintain the expected outcomes of the project. I would work daily to ensure the project was on schedule, used a modified Agile process to keep the project transparent to both the clients and the engineers. I worked both internal to the company and externally with the clients teams that included SW engineer teams QA engineers, Product Managers, Project Manager, and Group Manager. I was the Sr.PM or directly supported OTP projects with Intuit-(Intuit Payment Network, Grow Your Business, Bill Pay, and In-Channel Marketing), and with several startup company projects in the Silicone Valley.Problem:When I joined Overactdev the project management process and team structure was not established to ensure the customer expectations where met.Actions:I first addressed the team trust issues with engineering and Project Management processes. Additional I focused on team building to incorporate communication from engineering to management, added software, hardware and training to open up the communication process. I added process and method and training to better use the tools and understand the workflow. I reviewed the planning process with the key team members so they could gain the confidence that the projects where being executed using standard to the industry processes. I shared vision of project success for both stakeholders and the team. I provided training opportunities for their individual skill setsResults:Projects where planned, and executed, monitored and controlled by standards fitting the industry. Team members embraced the use of PM-Agile processes. Customers expanded the engagements and requested additional teams to support their ongoing projects.

LearnKey, Inc creates video based streaming elearning content, delivering content to B2B, gov, and education channels via online or desktop interfaces. I worked for LearnKey in various capacities over a 14 year timeframe. Responsibilities have been production, marketing, sales, and Chief of Operations . While at Learnkey I was able to increase overall profitability while the industry was growing, expanded Strategic Partnerships and Vertical Channels to meet changing market conditions. Streamlined operations and increased efficiency. As COO I collaborated with team managers setting direction and goals, setting benchmarks, verifying ROI on products and process. Problem:When I became the COO the company lacked trust and drive to meet the company mission statement. Action: The first matter of business was to create team trust and leadership. I established the communications with the functional teams that they were all vested in the outcome of the company’s vision. I met with team leaders and managers, reorganized the structure and gave the authority to the leaders to work out the details for their departments. I monitored the successes and failures, adjusting the progress in a very dynamic industry, keeping communications open, adding tools and training to allow the staff to develop to a sales and manufacturing business model. I drove the product and the marketing efforts to support the sales effort in the educational channel, addressing the issues as our primary focus moved from at B2B channel to the K-12 educational channel. I expanded product lines to support the new channel, while at the same time addressing the continued technical and efficiency requirements to stay viable in the industryResults:The company maintained market shares, revenue streams and advanced product development in a very competitive technical environment. The company shareholders maintained the equity value in a complex merger due to our financial liquidity and market share.

Worked with teams to bring product into markets, developing channel messages, and sales campaigns. Marketing focus has been on print and online advertising with award winning results. Developed Marketing events and tradeshows focused on B2B and Education. Directly involved in daily management and strategic management of the marketing team which included Web Site Development, Design and Content Management, Graphic Design, .SEO and lead generation. Sales direction at this interval was to focus on the K12 and Higher Education channels along with expanding the B2B market opportunities. Managed both inhouse and external sales US based reps along with international distribution partners.Problem:Company market place became saturated with similar products that lacked the complexity or feature sets at a lower price. Environmental conditions had a downturn for IT technology due to the dot.com decline.Actions:Modified the marketing message of the product to differentiate the outcomes of the use of the product and highlighted the feature sets. Worked with the sales and marketing departments to evolve how we reached our customer, what market segments and channels would have strong demand for the product and identified our unique proposition. I also modified how we presented our message, and how the customer accessed the information. I incorporated a CRM system, along with automating order processing and product information retrieval. I motivated Sales teams to set individual goals and team goals, provided them a sales focus support staff and tools to help expedite the sales process.Results:Sales team moral improved, channels sales numbers increased and market penetration/market share in the education channels improved. Company was recognized by the industry as a major contender. Company and product branding was heard in the channel. Grew Sales revenues and maintained profitability.

Work with software developers and customers to evolve software platform on CD-rom, Web based and Network solutions. My focus was on CD-rom based products which has evolved to Web-base solutions. Involves providing direction, and specifications with PHP, Delphi, C+, C++, ASP.Net programmers to customize solutions to meet customer requests.Problem:Software Development was not handled as a fully functional project, not developing through the Project Processes.Action:I added additional processes and methods to the software development life cycle. All projects where clearly scoped out and stakeholders involved in the development outcomes. Initiating feasibility studies, budgets, and projected timelines along with resources management and quality Assurance processes. Results:Stakeholders had full knowledge of software projects, the objective of the projects and the expectations of the deliverables were meet. The software developers understood the project requirements, scope and timelines providing back the quality, activities and feedback to move forward to additional phases and projects that meet the program requirements.

As production manager at LearnKey my direct reports where both internal and external to our facility. While in this position we created over 150 titles per year of award winning standards, which still to this day is well noted in the industry for it’s excellence.Problem:The production operations where not standardized, documented or fully developed to maintain quality, efficiency in process, or expansion.Actions: I worked directly with the production line to document and create standardized processes and methods. I dedicated a team to continue in R&D as our product evolving with industry standards and prototyped platform modifications along with reviewing methods and processes to maximize ROI in the production process. I shared the results with the production teams and asked them for their inputs. I listened and created efficiencies and new outcomes of processes to allow us to modify and eliminate duplicate efforts. I retooled the teams with state of the art technology to allow them to produce a better output and maintained quality of product while reducing the actual manhours and cost in the production process. I worked with the marketing department and technical support teams to solicite feedback directly from the customers.Results:Teams created more product with less resources, including a better designed product and usability for the customer. Team members highly engaged in solving for ROI on each product by increasing quality and feature sets, participating in address the changing industry and materials needed. Customer feedback on the products escalated to Excellent from Good, customers interacted directly with sales teams to help us understand their requirements. Key customers grew; product design was recognized by the industry with awards.

At KNME-TV our team of 3 managed and administered the network system within the TV station, to ensure TV programming and system operated 24 X 7. Our system was a mixed environment of Novel and MS Servers.