*Co-Founder and Operations Director of small press role-playing game publisher of over 40 PDF and print books. *Author, co-author, or contributing author on over 20 products. *Oversee routine operations for the company including web site maintenance, managing social media accounts, order processing and customer service, distributor and vendor relations, accounting, and day-to-day decision making. *Assist in all areas of product development, especially editing, marketing, and book design/layout. *Work with partners and creators to coordinate release schedules, price points, marketing opportunities, and convention appearances.

*Dispatch field techs to install and repair fiber optic internet, TV, and phone services. *Provide admin support for Oracle Field Cloud Services software.

*Freelance and contract work including search engine analysis, voice app training, and assorted software/web page/technical support. *Additional income from blogging (ad/affiliate revenue and funding through Patreon), writing royalties, Ebay sales, and microjobs/”gig” work through various websites

*Monitored employees for safety violations.*Conducted site walk-through inspections for potential hazards.*Conducted weekly safety meetings.

*Managed spare parts inventory of over 3,000 SKUs valued at approximately $750K. Determined optimal stock levels based on usage and re-order lead time, originated purchase orders, received orders, and tracked parts usage.*Reduced cost by finding alternate vendors and working with local machine jobs to determine which OEM parts could be reproduced locally. *Worked with management, maintenance staff, and outside contractors to minimize machine down-time resulting from machine and facility repairs. *Developed procedures to improve reporting of parts usage by line technicians and to eliminate unexpected shortages of hard-to-track items such as machine oil, hydraulic hose, and small machine parts. *Designed reports in Access and Excel to allow for better understanding of purchasing patterns and parts usage in order to determine budget needs according to purchasing category. *Handled all computer issues for the plant, including server and workstation maintenance; hardware and software training and support; and programming changes to in-house production, shipping, and inventory control software.

*Designed and administered website for local alternative monthly print publication.*Regular contributor of reviews, interviews, humor, op-ed pieces, and feature articles covering politics and popular culture.

*Instituted inventory tracking system--initially database-driven, later using a point of sale system--for comics and games. This allowed us to closely match our orders to actual sales (with 1-2 copies left over for back-stock) and use the money that had previously been tied up in unsold inventory to greatly increase our product selection.*Worked with distributors, manufacturers, and creators to arrange in-store events such as game demos, artist/author signings, tournaments, and other special promotions.*Used targeted marketing and pre-order specials to help determine order quantities for high-price point and “event” items with unpredictable sales potential.*Adapted an off-the-rack point of sale system to the peculiarities of the hobby industry, trained employees to use the system, and prepared instruction manuals for operation/data entry details specific to our store.