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Operations Management and Efficiency Optimization: Oversee day-to-day operations. Improve workflows, distribute workload, and manage staff to consistently exceed revenue goals by >20%.Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Acquisition Integration: Played key role in 2 acquisitions. Facilitated integration of acquisitions.Strategic Planning and Growth Strategies: Create targets, KPIs, financial models, and business plans that align with organizational goals. Implement systems and procedures that position the business for growth.

Strategic Planning and Growth Strategies: Create targets, KPIs, financial models, and business plans that align with organizational goals. Implement systems and procedures that position the business for growth. Budgeting & Forecasting and Resource Allocation: Develop budgets, analyze overhead, recalibrate labor rates, and determine services to add or cut. Reassess and adjust budgets regularly to meet goals.Problem Solving: Solve problems to optimize finite resources. Leadership, Hiring, and Positive Work Environment: Cultivate positive work environment. Train, motivate, and lead staff of acquired companies through transition. Support professional growth and development. Oversee hiring and termination. Marketing Strategy: Engineered a brand refresh that increased new customers by 37%. Grew leads by 31% and revenue by 37%.Customer Service and Skilled Labor: Step in to serve customers or perform hands-on labor when required. Led company during absence of general manager to achieve highest revenue in recent history.Workplace Safety and Workers’ Compensation Claims: Oversaw insurance claims and workplace and fleet safety programs. Reduced Workers Compensation Experience Modification from >1 to .80. Growth Initiatives: Assumed management of HVAC department during Covid lockdown. Coached sales staff to increase average new equipment installation by 75% and grew installation department revenue by ~$1M over 2 years. Process Improvement: Overhauled procurement, warehousing, and inventory processes. Valuation: Delivered supporting data/evidence that resulted in additional million dollars to valuation of company from initial offer.

• Discovered, organized, and distributed property-loss leads• Title research; tracked down decisionmaker• Designed and maintained map visualization database of U.S. storm information• Wrote and proofread correspondence for sales team and company president• Rewrote and redesigned corporate information packet

Editing, Attention to Detail, and Written Communication: Edited, fact-checked, and rewrote journal articles, technical whitepapers, and sections of a book manuscript. Information Management and Writing: Synthesized information from a wide range of sources and authored succinct deliverables, including news briefs, article blurbs for the journal, and book evaluations for the editor. Graphic Design: Designed magazine and web advertisements in Adobe Illustrator for publication. Research and Due Diligence: Conducted research in government libraries and attended policy panels to grow knowledge of emerging issues.

Administrative Assistance and Organization Skills: Delivered administrative assistance—such as answering phones, managing schedules, maintaining databases, and writing meeting minutes—to support school staff and leadership. Educational Materials and Electronic Resources: Wrote informational packets on the college application process, providing key resources for students and parents. Confidential Documents, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Access: Employed Microsoft Excel and Access to maintain academic transcripts. Teaching and Oral Communication: Served as a long-term substitute for grades 9-12. This included creating and implementing lesson plans, managing energy of large classrooms, leading classroom discussions, and teaching remedial writing skills.

• Designed, built and maintained custom websites for industrial and commercial companies. • Developed corporate branding to better present themselves to potential investors and clients.

Ran my own licensed business specializing in Family Portraiture, Engagements, Fine Art Landscapes and Glamour. Sold my fine art landscape photographs in Charleston’s historic city market as a night vendor.