Entrepreneur and high-level manager with a diverse background and strong marketing, team-building, project management, writing, and presentation skills. Former mayor with years of experience in IT and web-based app development and programming, internet-based startups, and traditional education administration and teaching. Previously director of business development for a disruptive multi-million dollar, international tech startup, I have also served as mayor of Kirksville, Missouri. I served as the first principal of Riverside Scholastic International Kindergarten in Beijing, Scholastic Inc.’s first and only branded educational institution in the world. I have produced viral marketing videos and placed stories which have received international news coverage. I work well at assembling ad-hoc teams of diverse people for large projects. I thrive in a creative team or solo environment and enjoy fast-paced, deadline work.Internationally-fluent with basic proficiency in Mandarin, I have also taught in schools in the USA, Japan and China. In addition to owning and managing a small full-service transmedia production company for over 20 years, I also do professional voiceover and acting work, on both stage and screen.