As a dedicated voice actor specializing in audiobook narration and production, I understand that every author's manuscript is not just a story, but a journey. My mission? To guide your listeners through an immersive adventure. I perceive each manuscript as a unique world, and my role is to bridge the gap between your written words and the imaginative realms of your audience. I transform your narrative into an authentic, vibrant audio experience, making me not just a narrator, but an essential companion in bringing your vision to life.Picture this: I am the author's alter ego, a conduit through which the emotions, nuances, and soul of your story flow. My voice doesn't just recount words; it breathes life into characters, weaves emotions into scenes, and creates a cinematic soundscape that captivates the listener. My goal? To turn each listening moment into an unforgettable experience, as close to a cinematic journey as possible without the need for visuals.My love for language, both written and spoken, fuels my passion for storytelling. It's not just about reading a script; it's about crafting a world. By layering voices, emotions, and pacing, I create a tapestry of narratives that resonate with listeners, making each character memorable and every relationship real.Beyond narration, and depending upon circumstances, I can be your partner in the journey of audiobook promotion. Understanding the challenges authors face in today's market, I can offer tailored follow-up services to help your audiobook reach its full potential, amplifying your voice in the literary world.Together, let's transform your manuscript into an audio masterpiece, captivating hearts and igniting imaginations, one listener at a time.

Appeared in a short series of TV commercials for a regional automobile dealer; a commercial for Scripps Clinic in San Diego, a 30-minute infomercial for Fitness Quest, and a voice-over engagement for a software company specializing in voice communications.Appeared in both local and national print advertising for Pomona First Federal Savings, a California financial institution; Medtronics, Inc., a large medical electronics company; and one of the largest health maintenance organizations in the U.S., Kaiser Permanente.Reactivating my short career as a multi-media actor after a long hiatus, I am now available for on-camera and voice-over assignments in film, commercials, industrials, television, and CD/DVD, and also available for print assignments.Using my extensive knowledge and experience in survey and analysis of business and other operations, I am writing a book on human networking.

Principal Voice Actor, helping to empower businesses, small and large, wherever located. to succeed in achieving their strategic marketing goals by providing them with the highest quality audio content marketing support possible.

Operate a Networking Portal for anyone who is interested in Operations Security as a management discipline and the role of Operations Security in maintaining a strong national defense. The field includes those who work within federal, state and municipal government agencies, the world of academe and private industry.

Provide confidential consultation involving strategic planning and other governance and management matters to an IRC 501(c)(6) corporation.

Provide confidential consultation involving strategic planning and other governance and management matters to an IRC 501(c)(3) corporation.

Provide Executive Level Marketing Guidance

Managed commercial real estate portfolio for own account.

Telecommunications Management SpecialistManaged the Engineering Department of a startup designer, manufacturer, provider of Packet IP-based voice, fax, and voice-enabled equipment and services.Rescued an effort languishing many months on the CTO's desk. As facilitator, change agent and PM, spearheaded effort to achieve ISO 9001. Achieved certification in five months, a record for the shortest time from initial implementation of a QM policy to certification.Obtained contract with TÜV Rheinland for European certification and GE Capital IT Services, Inc. for service of deployed hardware.Established an Engineering Department Operational History and Operational Readiness Reporting System covering personnel, funding, materials, and time.As VP, planned the organization and staffing of the Operations Department including security; quality assurance and the five areas of: administrative management, including planning/budgeting, training, document control, logistics/purchasing, receiving, inventory/materials control and shipping; manufacturing management, including planning/scheduling, assembly, inspection, production control and process control; field activities management, including hardware deployment and servicing, as well as liaison with outside service vendors; customer relations management, including prepaid calling card support, technical support, financial auditing; carrier relations, including purchases, sales, and financial auditing.Working with a team comprising an outside consultant and other staff members, produced a comprehensive report containing the information necessary to prepare a Software Requirements Specification (SRS) document. SRS was for computer code to be written to support implementation of a centralized Network Operations Center (NOC). The team exceeded its assigned objective in that additional basic information was generated and became available for subsequent enrichment of the database in other operational and administrative areas.

Administrative management and training of loan officers.

Observed business operations, inspected documentation, analyzed data. Based on analysis, made recommendations to management intended to assist them in being more responsive to the needs of their business, to substantially increase the effectiveness of internal financial management efforts, increase profitability, and encourage consistently high levels of morale and performance from their staffs.

Established and managed a branch office of a law firm renowned for its specialization in estate planning using the revocable inter vivos trust.Interviewed prospective clients, elicited from them specific personal and business information pertinent to their estate planning needs, analyzed the information collected.Based on the analysis, and within the standards established by the law firm’s principal, assisted prospective clients in determining the appropriateness of an revocable inter vivos trust for their situations, including suitable successor trustee(s) and asset distribution.As scrivener, under the supervision of a managing attorney, prepared initial drafts of trust provisions for use by the managing attorney.

Registered with the National Association of Securities Dealers as General Securities Representative (Series 7) and General Securities Principal (Series 24), Registered Investment Adviser associate; formerly licensed as independent agent for life insurance and disability insurance sales in the States of California and Massachusetts.

Various positions of increasing responsibility in relatively new and growing University, handling a broad scope of problem-solving and management duties cutting across all departmental lines, covering a wide spectrum of operational, financial, and management activities.Executive assistant to the University’s Vice-President and General Counsel, managed the planning and operation of the telecommunications network serving the telephonic, radio, and data communication needs of the widely-spread university facilities.University member Telecommunications Association (TCA),Assisted controller in matters of cash-flow forecasting, budgeting, compilation and preparation of reports, pro-forma and other financial information for submission to financial institutions and independent auditors.Concurrently, as Adjunct Professor of Management, designed, developed, and taught in an academic program for M.B.A. degree candidates which emphasized the financial and planning aspects of the management of corporate-level telecommunications resources.

Training SpecialistDirected training operations at a shore activity with plant and equipment of approximately $176,000,000, and annual budget of approximately $30,000,000 (in 2010 dollars).Led staff of 275 officers and enlisted men, managed six navy schools, in which over 30,000 students were trained annually in over 100 subject matter areas with technical, operational, and administrative content.Spearheaded the design, and brought to fruition, several cost-saving projects, one of which reduced average training time for junior executive personnel from nine weeks to two weeks. The results were savings of over $4,200,000 annually, a simultaneous rise in training effectiveness, and more efficient employment of staff.

As a member of the original 17-man PURPLE DRAGON Team, traveled extensively within all four Tactical Corps Areas of Vietnam as well as Pacific Rim Countries participating in joint-service “OPSEC surveys".Accompanied ground, sea, riverine, and airborne units of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force on combat operations, while conducting on-site observations, collecting data, and analyzing operational, administrative, and logistic support activities, to determine possible sources of enemy prior-awareness of friendly intentions.Gathered, analyzed pertinent operational and administrative information that could be exploited by hostile interest, evaluated actions necessary to improve security.Designed and developed countermeasure programs, methods, procedures for the operations security problems discovered.Implementation of the countermeasures resulted in successful prevention of further exploitations. raising combat effectiveness and saving human lives and material resources.Wrote for Commander Naval Forces, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Force Operations Security Manual, encompassing naval operations security “lessons-learned”. Information from this manual is now a part of normal naval operations security considerations.Efforts resulted in development of a systematic process and proved a methodology by which the Armed Services, the U.S. Government and supporting contractors could deny to potential adversaries information about capabilities and intentions by identifying, controlling, and protecting generally unclassified evidence of the planning and execution of sensitive Government activities. A major contribution of the team was the development of the techniques of inquiry and information collection associated with its “surveys”. Based upon successes resulting from the implementation of the OPSEC methodology, President Ronald Reagan, on January 22, 1988, signed National Security Decision Directive 298 (NSDD 298).

Amphibious Warfare Specialist, U.S. Pacific Fleet.On two lengthy deployments, operating independently, led 140 officers and men in a Tank Landing Ship of 4,100 tons full load displacement, plying the logistic support routes of the Western Pacific and South China Sea, including the coastal and riverine environments of the Viet Nam combat zone, primarily engaged in transporting war materials and personnel in direct support of the military and naval forces operating ashore in Viet Nam just south of the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone).

Received all-source raw intelligence reports, subjected them to analysis. Detected patterns, deviations, changes, developments in platforms, sensors, weapons, tactics of the Navy of the U.S.S.R. Wrote summaries and interpretations of analyses for dissemination throughout the community of interest.Produced forecasts of trends in strategic and tactical operations.Produced finished, actionable intelligence for the U.S. Underseas Warfare Community of Interest.Recognized change in primary focus of Soviet Undersea Warfare Strategy from defense of territorial littorals to offensive world-wide blue-water operations in direct challenge to U.S. surface and subsurface forces. Advocated for, and achieved, appropriate changes in National Intelligence Estimates.Performed original research for and wrote two books of high security classification (“Soviet Anti-Submarine Warfare Capabilities” and “Soviet Mine-Warfare Capabilities”) which were recognized as best treatment to date of certain operational intelligence by the books’ end-users. These projects required extensive coordination among offices of all the armed services and agencies within the civilian intelligence establishment.Awarded Certificate of Achievement for Meritorious Service and Letter of Commendation for outstanding performance of duty.

Anti-submarine Warfare SpecialistSupervised and directed the operations, care and maintenance of the ship’s armament and fire control equipment, including guns, gun director, missile battery, fire control radar, anti-submarine batteries and associated sonar units, control systems and equipments and installed nuclear armament.

Naval Operations SpecialistIn a Gearing Class, 2,250-ton nuclear-capable Destroyer (Squadron Flag embarked) assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, served as Operations Officer during Major Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization Overhaul (FRAM I); managed the installation, administration, operation, and maintenance of ship's electronics including communications and sensors.

In 14,100-ton Attack Transport Ship (Squadron Flag embarked) served as Radio Officer, Combat Information Center Officer, Air Intercept Controller and Assistant Operations Officer. Initial commissioned service after Officer Candidate School.

Performed highly specialized duties involving communications, intelligence, and similar activities requiring U. S. government security clearances up to and including Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) including Cryptographic and Special Intelligence.