Projects: WestLake Academy K12 Technology Plan & Implementation; Dialogs.com Business Development

WordSmith Industries is a consultancy, writing and publishing concern focused on business development, training and appropriate application of technologies.Major Projects: Business plan writing successful in attracting over $10M in venture capital and grant funds; development for many K12 software companies; WestLake Academy, Westlake TX technology plan; developer of over 400 hours of online courseware in various industries; conceptualization, design and marketing of funded pilot LMS in MI Online University Initiative; development of training and support guides for multiple Learning Management solutions; staff writer for Successful Farming Farm Computer News and technology supplements for Better Hoes & Garden

Custom breeding and sales of tropical fish (show guppies, angelfish, bettas, catfish and others) and various reptiles, amphibians and cage pets.

Marketing, sales, training, course development and on going support of over 100 e-Learning portals in non-profits and franchise corporations. When investors downsized in favor of otehr investments, assumed several client contracts and ond continued to operate under WordSmith Industries (WSI).

Marketing, sales and business development for multimedia industrial training products and supporting Learning Management Systems via CD, LANS, WANS and Web to F500-F1000 and related partners. Key projects included: PC Skills licensing to state K12 school systems; 250 course Industrial library deployed in ACT Learning Centers at 250+ community college campuses; White Label license programs with Kelly Services International, major textbook publishers.

Key team member of startup / spinoff of Chancery Software marketing innovative State & National Education Standards correlation software to K12 schools systems and educational publishing partners under venture capital and parent company management, eventually sold to BigChalk.com

Sales & Marketing team member, K12 networked learning system that integrated over 100 3rd party publishers software to their individual strengths. Key participant in growing business to acquistion by Chancery Software and assumed overall managent of business unit in process.

17 state manager for Israeli based education software company, developer of Science courseware and Novell/IBM based learning system.

Sales, marketing & support of 1st microcomputer network, initially to all business and education in upper Midwest with 5 reports; assumed co-Natl Education Sales, division sold to Control Data PLATO and continued there until PLATO division sold out. Partnership / dealer development with software companies and local resellers.

!st salesperson, eventually in charge of all outside sales for largest Apple & other computer product lines in Midwest.

Business equipment sales to small business, corporations & government

Major retailer competing with KMart, Target; responsible for 10 store region Sporting Goods, depts.

Retail pet shop