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Phone: 937-836-6255
Mailing address: Rivershark Inc. PO Box 6, Englewood, OH 45322 [Google Map]

Major Accomplishments:

• Created an integrated Web-based work-flow system for event management including marketing, registration, sponsor ad sales and tracking, application management, hotel booking, travel and entertainment management and branded product sales. Currently being implemented in youth soccer tournaments, Special Olympics Games in softball and basketball.
• Successful implementation of a materials design and production workflow for a Newspapers In Education department.
• Designed and delivered two workshops (2002, 2003) for the US Youth Soccer Association on Integrating Tournament Operations and the Internet.
• Designed and developed the Theraquine brand and product for ELA
• Designed and executed the marketing position and brand identity for the StimMaster for ELA. Secured the endorsement by Christopher Reeve for the StimMaster.
• Created and implemented a comprehensive HR program for Spar Marketing.
• Developed and implemented an IVR solution for collecting daily data from 5,000+ field reps for Spar Marketing
• Created and implemented an inter and intranet solution for NARMS to include a revenue-generating job board and search.
• Created and implemented a comprehensive, university-type training program for Huffy Service First.
• Designed and implemented a week-long leadership seminar for all internal managers at Huffy Service First.
• Established and currently operating Rivershark, Inc.
• Established as a thought leader and speaker within the retail merchandising industry. Designed and deliver two seminars per year at the semi-annual educational conferences hosted by NARMS.

General Skills:

• General business management, including P/L responsibility, all aspects of staffing including employee selection, training, career development and corrective action, setting and executing corporate objectives from a mission statement to strategic implementation, staff leadership and task management.
• Project management with linear as well as multi-priority projects
• Brand development and promotion
• Product/service design and development
• Marketing research and strategic entry
• Multimedia project development
• Website design, implementation and maintenance
• Proposal preparation and delivery to internal and external clients
• Public speaking, i.e., seminar and speech delivery to large and small groups
• All aspects of Human Resources including designing and implementing systems for training and development, compensation, employee entry and separation, benefits and HR database management.

Technical Skills:

• Graphic design from creative concept to file construction
• Newspaper page design, instructional design, multimedia production Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Pagemaker, QuarkXPress.
• CGI programming using Perl 4.x,5.0 and PHP
• HTML
• UNIX/LINUX
• MacOS, Windows 9x, 2000, XP
• Database design (MySQL, Filemaker, MS Access)
• Hardware and software configuration on Wintel and Mac platforms

Employment History:
11/95-Present Rivershark Inc. Englewood OH, President/CEO
7/98-3/02 Dayton Daily News, NIE, Dayton, OH Marketing
2/96-7/98 Electrologic of America, Inc, Dayton, OH, Marketing
7/94-11/95 Spar Marketing, Minneapolis, MN, Vice-President HR
5/87-7/94 Huffy Service First, Dayton, OH, Manager, Training and Development
2/82-5/87 Target Stores, St. Paul, MN, Team Specialist

Education:
BA, English/Linguistics, University of Minnesota

Web Site Portfolio (partial):
Rivershark Inc
TourneyCentral.com
Soccer Tournament Sites
MVYSA
ICCDS.com
NARMS International

References:
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