Entrepreneur ▪ Equipper ▪ Educator ▪ Experienced

Experience in entrepreneurial, equipping and educational roles –including the launch of four, successful, nonprofit companies in seven years; Director of Human Resources for a public school district in Arizona; Business design, development and deployment with a wide range of people-intensive responsibilities (husband of twenty-eight years and father of four); an eye for measurable outcomes with consistent dedication to excellence and proven, intrinsic, leadership ability; Valuing relational health through constructive communication, personal integrity and an opportunistic sense of humor.

                                                     

SKILLS

§  Vision Casting §  Business Design §  Business Development §  Strategic Planning §  Communications §  HR Management

§  Trainer §  Recruiting §  Marketing §  Teaching §  Fund Raising §  Internal Investigations

§  Work Fairs §  Public Relations §  Multi-Media §  Team Building §  Seminars §  Intrinsic Motivator

PROVEN \ TESTED ABILITIES

Design by envisioning clear, infrastructural ideology that provides a sustainable structure for a company's vision, purpose, mission and values; a realistic framework becomes the metric for measuring desired business outcomes.
Development by strategically equipping people to identify and perform within strength-zone.
Deployment with verbal and nonverbal affirmation through affirmation and celebration of productivity.
Discernment by fostering personal and corporate boundaries, accountability and support.

ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE 

Four new companies in seven years 1993 - 1999

Gold Canyon, AZ 1999 www.goldcanyon.org

Led and formed a core team of volunteers from three previous companies (developed successful franchi
ses in less than 2 yrs). 
Swedesboro, NJ 1997 http://myhopecares.org 

Equipped leaders and members to launch (two years of advanced planning /preparation); recently purchased five acres of land in Swedesboro, NJ.
Audubon, NJ 1995 www.joynj.org

Led in forming and developing a core of volunteers to launch this first franchise in the spring of 1995.
Pitman, NJ 1993 http://joycf.org 

Designed and cast vision for developing leaders who would be deployed to start other nonprofit businesses; the first of the 3 subsequent companies (above); Led through transitions of two moves.
Rutgers University, NJ 1987-1992

Organized, trained and led student groups in an urban context on campus.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

AZ Certified Substitute Teacher Nov 5 '08 – Current Three school Districts; Gilbert, Higley and Mesa Public School Districts Rent 2 Own Properties, LLC Business Development Mar 19 – Jul 20 '07 Mesa, AZ 85206 Books Are Fun / Imagination™ Sales Associate Nov 1st , '06 - Feb 16th, '07 Jan 1st, '06 - May 31st, '07 Gold Canyon, AZ 85218 Mountain Valley Church Interim Pastor/Trainer/Speaker Aug - Oct 22nd, '06 Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Apache Junction School District Director of  Human Resources Aug 3rd, '04, - Jul 28th, '05 Apache Junction, AZ 85220 (900+ Employees, certified & classified, Nine Schools); Led & Managed staff of six: Benefits Coordinators, Personnel Records, Sub-Coordinators, Director’s Assistant

All subjects middle/high Schools Served four long-term assignments Four long-term assignments Business development consultation Saved company thousands by identifying alternative resources Successfully led office move Created navigational tools for all sales associates to utilize for ']deliveries Warehouse management Trained 25 - 30 group leaders Large group teaching (1K+ audiences) Business development consulting Supervised all personnel transactions hiring, transfers, evaluations, terminations  Initiated Employee Appreciation Team Professional Growth Trainer: Sexual Harassment, New Employee Orientations Oversaw employee benefits: salary comparisons, compensations, reports, surveys, contracts, employee handbook, evaluations; District calendar

EDUCATION

2007      Gallup StrengthsFinders Coaching, Omaha, NE

1989 MA Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, PA

1987 BA Liberty University, (RA football dorm), 3.9 GPA, Lynchburg, VA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2005 Nov UPS – Driving Safety School, Tempe, AZ
2005 June 21 Keys for Performance Leadership, Gold Canyon, AZ
2005 May Process Model Profile, Kahler Communications, Inc.
2004 Sept Windsor Management Software Training, Chandler, AZ
2004 Oct Internal Investigation Certification, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 Oct Employment Law in AZ, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 Oct Real Teamwork Conference, John Maxwell, Peoria, AZ
2004 Feb John Lawhon, Selling Retail, Oak Express, Mesa, AZ
1999 Jan Personal Mastery, Geier Learning Systems
1997 Aug Jim Collins “Good to Great”, South Barrington, ILL
1998 Aug Daniel Goleman, South Barrington, ILL
1993 Oct Conference, “Bioethics”, Dr. Nigel Cameron, Mt Bethel, PA

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS / AFFILIATIONS

Gold Canyon Business Association 1999 – 2004
Served as president of nomination committee for four consecutive years
Parent/Teacher Site Team 2002 - 2004
Arizona School Personnel Administrators Association 2004 – 2005
Arizona School Board Associations 2004 - 2005

PUBLICATIONS

Front page picture/article, August 15, 1999, Courier-Post Newspaper, NJ
Support Blog http://sub-network.blogspot.com/
National Blog http://busstop.stedi.org/

*Recommendations, References, Portfolio Available upon Request