Kent Bates Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Greater Salt Lake City Area

National News Writer/Anchor during weekday morning drive program

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Happy to return to American Express after nine months away. Looking forward to working with regulators during numerous compliance-related exams.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

-Established and managed affiliate vendor contracts (Annual value: $500MM+) by developing relationship with vendors and collaborating with senior-level leaders.-Developed and executed program to ensure regulatory compliance of bank-affiliate relationships. -Developed a risk assessment to determine inherent and residual operational risk profile of two dozen key affiliates with key focus on operational risk. -Developed program and led 25-member engagement team for 500+person organization and organized and executed more than two dozen on- and off-site professional development, recognition, and engagement activities.

-Created and executed a comprehensive communications strategy for a 500+person organization.-Strategically developed and executed a communications plan for the deployment of regulatory training to 120K employees and contractors. -Collaborated in the development of regulatory training program to ensure employee knowledge and awareness of key banking laws and regulations.

-Assistant Producer for Remington Firearms multi-video national contest: Tall Tale-A-Thon.-Coached national author in video presentation skills: Vickie Halsey “The Hamster Revolution”.-Developed public relations strategy for national author Marvin Perkins’ local appearance that increased attendance at community events.-Authored newspaper stories for 5 local newspapers resulting in an increase in public knowledge of church youth group activities.-Developed public relations campaign for the local council of Boy Scouts of America to help promote 100th anniversary of scouting. -Instructed Guilford County Animal Shelter staff and board in traditional and social media strategies that increased public’s knowledge of services.-Developed and delivered seminar on writing and presenting at Idaho Press Club annual conference leading to requests for taped instruction in writing and presentation.-Produced television campaign of local runners training for and completing Dublin Marathon resulting in a 300% increase in participation over two years.

Teaching: Fundamentals of Speech course in the Evening Degree Program.

-Managed change strategy to promote and improve awareness of 11pm news program; resulting in market share increase from 3rd to 1st for the first time in more than six years.-Authored stories of community events and activities and delivered stories during three nightly newscasts earning inclusion in local newspaper’s “Best of Television” segment in 2008.-Excelled in stressful, deadline-driven environment leading team of reporters/producers/photographers during hurricanes and natural disasters resulting in live coverage.-Authored weekly articles on writing skills; published in newsletter for staff of 40 writers/producers thatemployees credit for improved writing skills.-Analyzed and evaluated job applications. Made recommendations for hiring that saved manager’s time in narrowing candidate pool.

-Company spokesperson through nightly newscasts and dozens of personal and professional appearances resulting in higher public profile of news product and station brand.-Led team during coverage of 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York resulting in the first interviews with Arkansas victims broadcast from New York resulting in increased image for station.-Presented news coverage of 1999 plane crash in Little Rock that resulted in Regional Emmy Award for Best Spot News by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.-Authored and produced news stories on home burglary recognized by the Radio Television News Director Association with Edward R. Murrow Award.

-Weeknight anchor for 5pm, 6pm, and 11pm newscasts.-On-site special coverage-reporter for major spot news events. -Company spokesperson through hundreds of personal and professional appearances.

Began as weekend anchor/reporter. Became weeknight anchor in July 1992.

Provo, Ut

-Evening anchor of nightly PBS affiliate newscasts.-On-Air mentor to beginning broadcasters on daily cable newscast.

Mba, Business Administration, 4.0

-Ken Blanchard School of Business, Executive MBA Program. -Student Excellence Award for Highest GPA (4.0). -Only student in the program.

Ba, Communications, Broadcasting

Music/Communications