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Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Providing a comprehensive Art Education experience for grades 7 & 8 at a leading middle school.

United States

This was potential full time position that was reduced by falling enrollment. Great opportunity working with at-risk students in credit reclamation school. Sorry it didn't pan out!

Newbury Park

Leave replacement / Guest Visual Arts Teacher for 9th - 12th grades in a highly rated public high school in Southern California. Filling in for a teacher on sabbatical. Teaching advanced AP 2D Design, Drawing, and Art Media. International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement instructor. Club Advisor: Science Olympiad / Regional winners.

Newbury Park

Visual Arts Teacher for 9th - 12th grades in a highly rated public high school in Southern California. AP 2D Design, Drawing, and Visual Art.

California, United States

Creating studio environments for students to explore a variety of materials and processes to create art. Skilled painter, illustrator, graphic artist and ceramicist. Understanding of Art history and the various genres of work within. Ability to promote a fun and unified environment where everyone can relax and do their art. Ability to promote discussions and introspection, journaling and sketchbooks. Builder of portfolios, champion of the strange and disaffected. Talent scout. Coach and Mentor. Yearbook Advisor. My classes are structured, safe, & serene. One year fully virtual / distance learning and one year onsite learning. Student Work below:

Lakeview Terrace

Took over in November after the Art Teacher resigned. Stayed until they could find a suitable candidate for this location.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Worked Independently to create soundtracks, instrumentals, and received writing credit on one album release. Continued to paint and create artwork on a small scale. Took on a few personal projects and commissions for friends and acquaintances. Acted as a transportation for my daughter.

New Jersey

K-12 Art with emphasis on 2D & 3D work. Only instructor in the high school to teach both areas. I am an MA graduate of U.S.F. in 1992 Double Major Fine Art and Education (60 hours) 2-year NCATE accredited program. High score in my sitting of the Praxis exam. Certified NJ Art k-12 strong background in music including published work and original nationally syndicated music composition. Strong command of Art History and overall love of the material help sell ideas to young people based on the curriculum and their skills and interests. Differentiated instruction, Spec. Ed., and diverse population, at-risk student instruction and strong one-on-one skills. High favorability ratings with students of all ages. Adept at developing creative kids for success and in working with at-risk and special needs children as well. Fortunate to have worked in the same district in a wonderful grade school (8 rated) and later meeting many of those kids in High School. Some students going on to the Nation’s finest Universities and places like Pratt, SVA and RISD. Family relocation precipitated move.

Boonton, Nj

SEM/Search Engine Marketing firm11-person organization with a mission to optimize web sites for web visibility and eCommere. This startup had one client when I joined and was growing.The only Business Development Pro on staff. Won the Boonton, NJ based firm two key clients in essential verticals. Bayer account was a key account for DG for well over three years. Ian Schrager Hotels was also a loyal client for 3 years following the win. Each account has their own story of how it was won, but the process was tried and true prospecting followed by servicing the accounts effectively.

New York City

Avnet Enterprise Solutions, IBM UNIX Servers and Enterprise StorageWorked closely with Bowne and Co. to upgrade their data warehouse. I’m IBM UNIX RS/6000 Sales Certified and also hold certifications in Websphere, IBM SANs, and IBM sales training. That was useful in helping to build Avnet’s presence in the Business Partner arena. Company-wide RIF led to severance.

New York, Ny

Business Development ManagerLed multiple cross-functional teams of professions in pitches and presentations to senior management and C level executives at some premier firms including Starwood, Time Inc., Pfizer, AMC TV, with creative professions and technical experts who would formulate strategies, integrate legacy data into accessible transactional systems, online stores like Bloomingdale’s (dot com) and Chrysler (dot com) were Organic clients. Present for the IPO. Wonderful experience working in downtown NYC at that time for a major player in the web services space. Leveraged all of my creative and technical skills. Firm was decimated by the Tech Crash. $60 stock closed at .37 before being acquired by Omnicom.

Chicago, Il

1998 – 1999 Champion SolutionsChicago-based Area Sales Manager for this Boca Raton based IBM Premier Business Partner. Earned the firm $2m in incremental revenue and formulated a new division within the firm based on new business wins at Lucent and Hyatt which were consulting Lotus-based projects that were focused on organizing and accessing legacy data into usable libraries of actionable material. Worked with large RISC based transactional systems and mass storage arrays. Certified. Dynamic. Seasoned. Builder of great business relationships.

Chicago, Il

Nexar TechnologiesMy first IPO. A hardware firm based in Westborough, MA that marketed a PC that was upgradable. Won the firm a huge OEM deal ($10m) with Datacard in MN. Worked with reseller and select OEM clients.

Chicago, Il

Ran a $120M territory for a firm trying to integrate a Datago acquisition and deliver on high customer expectations. Exceeded aggressive sales goals and consistently won incremental business from competitors. Documented successes including a trip to the Superbowl in the company's Winner's Circle. Lured away by the promise of start-up riches and the exodus of Mike Pickett from the firm

Clearwater, Fl

Beginning in the company's smallest territory and through hard work and excellent call stats, became a part of the firm's first National Accounts Sales Team. Incredible growth and success which fueled growth of this distributor's revenue during a key time in the company's history. Accounts including: Digital Equipment Corporation and CDW.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Fine And Studio Arts And Education

Activities and Societies: SIgma Nu -- Eta Rho Chapter WKU -- Affiliated at USF socially. Great bunch of guys.Two year double-major Fine.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Advertising

Activities and Societies: Sigma Nu Fraternity; WKU R.F.C, HIGHER EDUCATION Band.