career objective

 

results-driven and solutions-focused professional eager to contribute proven project development, management, and entrepreneurial skills toward achieving a challenging and rewarding national and / or international business consulting role where previous experience can merge toward the active achievement of exciting new business opportunities for continual operational growth.

 

professional highlights

 

~ organizational development~

utilize exceptional organizational skills to create and operate thriving ventures, such as

vacant spaces, artful places , an extraordinarily successful richmond and petersburg, virginia-based program that actively works with vacant building owners, city officials, and local arts organizations

 to transform unoccupied commercial storefronts into beautiful art exhibits, necessary to encourage potential buyers to look positively on the cityscape s vacancies and effectively deter crime.

 

~ operations management ~

present outstanding directorial abilities toward achieving success in various international projects, such as overseeing a paraguay-based firefighting operation which encompassed 3.5-million acres of rainforest.

 

~ interpersonal relationship-building ~

apply unique negotiation and communication talents in the support of international meetings with such notables as russian foreign minister lavrov to discuss u.s. / russia partnership opportunities,

as well as proactively working with the cuban interest section in washington, d.c.

to assist with aviation issues throughout central and south america.

 

professional experience

 

ø  successfully work within a non-profit capacity to restore and preserve the uss zuni / uscgc tamaroa the last surviving warship that participated in the battle for iwo jima and immortalized as the hero of the blockbuster movie the perfect storm.

ø  actively working with the secretary of the navy to utilize the ship as an annual training vessel for thousands of navy and marine jrotc cadets.

ø  optimally work with companies, organizations, and private individuals to provide comprehensively unique ways to improve their existing situations.

ø  recognized for superior organizational service by attaining the 2008 top muse award from the virginia museum of fine arts out of 100 nominees statewide for providing the most creative solutions to various business problems.

ø  spearhead the operations of an international disaster mitigation organization responsible for actively supporting foreign and domestic government leaders and the media involved in providing assistance with internationally-based disasters and wildfires.

 

professional experience (continued)

 

ø  actively represent russian interests on an international level, including working closely with russian leaders, the united states congress, other foreign governments, and the media to extinguish major wildfires utilizing russian-based aviation assets.

ø  utilize superior international liaison techniques to assist with such activities as the installation of a moscow-based 911 communication systems and the representation of u.s. / russian government relations toward mutual assisting with wildfire / disaster management and mitigation.

ø  speak regularly before various educational, civic, and governmental organizations regarding u.s. / russian relations and the war of terror .

 

ø  contribute highly profitable real estate and economic development experience throughout the state of virginia, including attaining several notable awards and accolades for superior restoration of key historical neighborhoods.

ø  employ superior project development expertise by founding the virginia fire and police museum / gallery 5 www.gallery5arts.org which successfully has been recognized as a national historic landmark.

ø  created and implemented exciting programs for richmond s at risk students concerning life-saving fire, safety, and crime prevention programs.

ø  honored with the president s thousand points of light award , the national heroism and community service award , two governor s gold medals , the national citizen of the year award, and united way s national golden rule award , among others.

 

~ additional key experience ~

ø  successfully created and performed dynamic fire program and emergency services instruction for potential instructors, including providing engaging lecturing and consistently utilizing resourceful teaching methodologies.

ø  developed several nationally acclaimed fire and crime prevention training programs for students for pre-school through to 5^th grade.

 

community activities (past and present)

 

guest lecturer                                                          various statewide universities / organizations

president                                                        center for education for fire and police personnel

chairman                                                           mathews county recreation and parks commission

chairman                                                                                       mathews county visitors center

chairman                                                            henrico county recreation and parks commission

vice-president                                                                           united states air force association

vice-president                                                                                    richmond goodwill industries

 

~ nominal russian and spanish languages spoken ~