William Dewey Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, NC, US

Charlotte, NC, US

Charlotte, NC, US

Charlotte, NC, US

New York, NY, US

Victor, ID, US

• Responsible for instructing/guiding high-end clients in casting lessons, half day, full day, and overnight fly fishing trips.
• Used communication and perception skills to manage the pace of the day to ensure client goals were being met.
• Managed phone and email communication with past clients and followed up on new client leads to ensure repeat business. Demonstrated record of gaining repeat clients. 0 repeat client trips in 2008; 33% in 2011.
• Selected to guide in prestigious Jackson Hole One Fly charity tournament for 4 years (2008-2011).

Victor, ID, US

• Logistically supported team of 30+ guides by arranging meeting times, coordinating lunches, arranging vehicle shuttles, and ensuring we were within our government permit restrictions for different rivers.
• Responded to phone and email inquiries. Sold trips to phone, website, and walk in clients. Processed payments and issued invoices to vendors. Maintained relationships with hotel concierges to increase new client inflow.
• Liaised with state/federal agencies to ensure government compliance and to voice WorldCast concerns.
• Cultivated ability to anticipate future conflicts and direct solutions for up to 30+ guide engagements per day; ensuring accuracy, clean logistical operations, and client satisfaction.

Teton Village, US

• Taught ski lessons daily to clients with a variety of skill levels, and developed loyal long term client relationships by innovation of video taping lessons to provide accurate feedback and lesson DVD.
• Demonstrated adaptability in lesson plan to manage client needs, changing weather, and skiing conditions. Used persuasion skills to get clients to exit their comfort zone to try and accomplish new skiing terrain.
• Self started and achieved Professional Ski Instructor of America Level 1 & 2, and Accredited Children's Educator 1 & 2 certifications in first year, to become a more technically proficient teacher.
• JHMR Ski School employee of the month twice (March 09’, December 10’)

Sunderland, VT, US

Solely initiated, researched, and wrote grant proposal to study “Effect of International Tourism on Economy & Culture in Kyrgyzstan”. Used skills in budgeting, negotiating, interpreting, and communicating across a significant language barrier to conduct research from USA and in Kyrgyzstan. Spent 3 weeks in Kyrgyzstan and 6 weeks in China to add comparative.

Victor, ID, US

• Independently supplied, maintained, and managed offsite river camp for overnight fishing clients.
• Solely navigated logistical issues to supply a camp with no road access.
• Maintained the camp facilities and solved problems in the wilderness with innovative and resourceful solutions.
• Saw needs for improvement and self started projects to improve camp infrastructure.
• Planned meals and cooked for high-end clients. Taught myself the art of dutch oven cooking where my specialty was fresh baked parmesan herb rolls from scratch and pineapple upside down cake.

Took on project of organizing parts warehouse of parts for classic Army Jeeps from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam war eras. Streamlined process of locating and shipping parts. Inventoried parts to update management on status of supply.

Assisted with restoration of Austin Healey, MG, Triumph, and Jaguar classic cars. Routinely filled parts orders from salvage yard. Used diagnostic and problem solving to locate and extract hard to come by parts. Assisted with car and parts restoration for resale. Learned the value of a hard physical dirty work in my first job here, and enjoyed every minute.

Ba, Classics (Major), Economics (Minor), & Art History (Minor)

Classics

Education record

Education record