Skills

Essential Talents and Capabilities

Strengths

Essential Traits and Preferences

• Writing: Media / Releases, Technical / Case Studies, Research, Creative, Speechwriting

• Electronic Design and Production:  PC-Based Word Processing and Graphic Design Suites (Office, WP, Acrobat, PageMaker, MS Publisher); Electronic Illustration and Photo / Image Management (Illustrator, Photoshop); Web Page Animations and Graphics (DreamWeaver, Fireworks, Flash, Swish, Syntrillium); Print / Production Management

• Media / HR / Investor Relations:  Product / Business Spokesperson, Media Event Sponsorship, Employee Journal / Newsletter Writing, Photography, Design and Production; Annual Report Writing and Production, Investor Communications
• Computer-Based Management Tools: Hardware, Networking and Operating System Management (Windows NT, WIN2K, UNIX); Network Systems / Protocols (Novell, NT, WIN2K); Mid-Market and Entrepreneurial Accounting Systems (Solomon / Great Plains, Navision, Crystal Reports, Cognos Finance, QuickBooks, PeachTree, DacEasy); Spreadsheet, Statistical Applications (Lotus, Excel, SAS, Storm); Project Management (ShurTrak, MS Project, MS Visio); Database (SQL Server 7.0, MS Access, Lotus Approach)
• Accounting / Finance:  Business Plan Creation / Pro-Forma Sales, Cost and Financial Measures Modeling; AP / AR / Payroll / Tax Bookkeeping Management; Bank Reconciliations, Cash Flow Management; Inventory Control and Optimization 
• Entrepreneur Business Management: Business Plan Stakeholder Presentation; Project Management, Execution; Stakeholder Relations, Government Relations and Lobbying Retail Ergonomic Space Design; Property Management, Building Design and Development (Planning, Zoning, Historical Board Relations)

• Innovative, Creative Thinker:  Broad "Out-Of-the-Box," "10,000-feet-level" View

• Grand Business Vision:  Passion For Macro-Management / Marketing Models, Deal Formation, Financing, Entrepreneurial, Macro / Micro Economics

• Outgoing, High Energy:  Persuasive and Dynamic Personality / Communicative Style

• Strong, obsessive work ethic, Dedicated Joiner, Faithful, Hard-Working, Especially Through "Non-Work" Off-Time Periods
• Broad Computer Experience:  Affinity For Wide Variety of PC Applications, Operating Systems, Networks, System Design and Application Tools
• Significant Marketing / Sales Experience: Talents and Passion for Customer Service /  Service-Interaction Perfection, Ergonomic / Sales Promotion Formats, Sales System / Model Programming, Relationship Designs
• Multi-Industry / Multi-Discipline:  Experience, Scope, Vision, Appreciation
• Intellectually Ambitious: Challenged By New Ideas and Concepts; Preference For Absorbing and Applying New Concepts and Paradigms
• Fervid Media Consumer: Extensive Reader of News, Books, Web and Electronic Media
• Healthy, Very Athletic: Avid Runner, Skier, Hiker, Traveler
• Well traveled, America and Europe: Multi-Cultural / Multi-Lingual Experience, Knowledge, Training.

Qualifications

Education, Career Background

Aversions

Unfitness, Unfamiliarity

• Marketing / HR / Investor Public, Media Relations: Nine years' direct experience, corporate, agency environments (balanced)

• Business / Entrepreneur Management: More than 10 years' experience, retail consultant, restauranteur, retail / sales promotion systems; promoter / financier / lobbyist

• IT Systems Specialist: More than 20 years' experience with computer-based writing, design / pagination, photo-management, operating system / networking, database, accounting / spreadsheet / statistics, project / macro-business management systems
• Masters of Science, July 1999: University At Albany / Albany, NY; Major, Accounting; Minor, Information Technology

• Masters of Business Administration, June 1996: Union College / Schenectady, NY; Major, MBA

• Bachelors of Science, December 1983: West Virginia University / Morgantown, WV; Major, Journalism (Marketing / Public Relations); Minor, Geology

• Preference for home / flexible work periods, hours (with consistent on-line workplace connectivity

• Affinity / preference for periods of free time for athletics (long-distance running, skiing, hiking / snowshoeing), travel, reading and career and personal research

• Aversion to extensive computer programming, lack of IT programming experience

• Lack of extensive technical education in select scientific areas