Human Resource
Recruiter/Trainer, Management Consultant for profit and non-profit
organizations, Management Information Systems Analyst, Federal Evaluator, Grant
Writer, Mutual Fund/Stock Investor, Real Estate Developer/Investor, Director of
Planning and Research, Change Agent, Operations Manager, Technology
Coordinator, College Instructor, and Public Speaker.
Summary: Results-oriented professional with administration, operations, and
management experience with profit and non-profit organizations.
Experience in budget and forecasting, marketing,
public relations, strategic planning, multimedia presentations, accounting,
software training, information systems, business start-ups, contracting, and
cost-benefit analyses.
Excellent interpersonal skills, team player and
ability to work well with different management styles and all levels of an
organization. Effective presentation,
verbal and written communication skills.
Well-developed organizational, project management, trouble-shooting,
problem solving, and conflict management abilities.
Computer literate and nine (9) years’ experience of
Internet, online, bulletin board system (BBS) and email capabilities. Proficient in WordPerfect 5.1,
AldusPageMaker for Windows, CorelDraw Graphic package, Quattro Pro for Windows
Spreadsheet, Paradox for Windows Database, AutoCAD software, Microsoft
FrontPage and Microsoft Office 97 and 2000 applications. Web Page Design and
Executive Information Skills (EIS). Implemented a management information system
on a Windows NT network with a relational database program for the public
school system.
Career History:
Adjunct
Faculty:
Robeson Community College, Lumberton, North Carolina
Liaison for online courses relating to the Internet,
Computers, Personal Enrichment, Legal, and Small Business. (http://www.ed2go.com/robesoncc/
Instructor for Curriculum and Continuing Education
Departments in “Introduction to Computers”, “Keyboarding”, Microsoft Office
97/2000”, “Web Pages”, “Professional Development”, “PC Literacy”, etc. (August 1997 to present)
University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP), Pembroke
North
Carolina
Instructor for “Business Uses of Computers” (August 1998 to present)
Duke University
ABC's of Grant Writing
for the 21st Century
Director of Program Planning and Evaluation:
Robeson County Board Of
Education, Lumberton, North Carolina.
Responsible for the strategic planning and
technological development of Project Applications and the monitoring of
operational activities of a staff of
thirty (30) people. Responsible for
developing, designing and analyzing research and evaluation reports for a $2 million federal program.
Responsible for implementing changes in operational
policies that provided synergy for national, state, and local goals. Change
agent and leader in developing paperless information systems. (October 1992 to October 1998)
Director of
Planning:
Lumbee Regional Development Association (LRDA),
Pembroke, North Carolina.
Grant Writing to foundations and corporations. Formulated and implemented electronic
networks with different state and federal agencies. Trained employees about
information technological resources.
(December 1991 to October 1992)
Business
Planner/Developer:
JNO, Inc. (President/Owner) Pembroke, North
Carolina.
Planned, Developed, Implemented and Marketed
business plans, feasibility studies, real estate development projects,
grantwriting, database management, and other strategic analyses with computer
software. (December 1989 to December
1991)
Encampment for
Citizenship State Coordinator:
Encampment for Citizenship (EFC), Oakland,
California.
Recruited and promoted youth for leadership
programs. Liaison with alumni groups
and other community support programs.
Developed a network of support services for the program. (June 1988 to December 1989)
Non-Commissioned
Officer of the United States Army:
West Germany, North Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey.
Supervised and evaluated a team of ten (10) people who operated an emergency communications
deployment network (EDCN).
Planned/coordinated work agendas of all operators for 24-hour shifts and
troubleshot all equipment malfunctions.
Responsible for $6 million of
equipment and awarded a top security clearance. Recruited people into the US Army and promoted its benefits to
different groups. (December 1984 to
December 1987)
Education: North Carolina Rural
Economic Development Institute (REDI)
Raleigh, North Carolina
(May 2000)
Master of Arts in Business
Administration (MBA)
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North
Carolina
(May 1997)
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business Management
Pembroke State University, Pembroke, North Carolina
(May 1990)
Communication Electronics, US Army Signal
Corporation
Augusta, Georgia
(June 1985)
Attended UNC-Chapel Hill, University of Maryland,
University of Chicago, and University of Oklahoma.
Honors: Top ten (10) Honor Graduate and Senior Class
President of Pembroke Senior High School, Exchange Student to Mexico, Undergraduate Academic Scholarship
($22,000.00), US Army College Scholarship ($30,000.00), and North Carolina
Fellow Scholar. Awarded three (3) Army
Achievement Medals, one (1) Army Good Conduct Medal and one (1) West German
Army Medal. Awarded three (3)
certificates from a National Management Organization (the Falmouth Institute)
on grant writing and federal contracting. Served on the Class Advisory
Committee for the spring 2000 Rural Economic Development Institute.
Professional
Affiliations: Rural Economic Development
Organization (REDO)
National Education Association (NEA)
North Carolina Association
of Educators (NCAE)
Robeson County Association of
Educators (RCAE)
Society of Applied Learning
Technologies (SALT)
National Association of
Individual Investors (NAII)
Association of Desktop
Publisher’s Association (ADPA)
American Management Association
(AMA)
Personal: Current travel record of
twenty (20) countries and forty-eight (48) states in the USA. Excellent Health.
Volunteer activities: Murdock
Center for Mentally Impaired, Department of Defense Schools (DOD), Robeson
County Schools, and Family Youth Center.
Hobbies: tennis, bicycling,
guitar playing, photography, reading, and beach jogging.
