PROFILE

Inspired and experienced leader with the ability to connect invisible dots and create order out of chaos.  Talented multi-disciplinary administrator with practical creativity, usable ideas, and excellent communication skills.  Well differentiated, self-motivated, and achievement-oriented.  Background in personnel management, accounting, property management, project management, web tools, network administration, training/teaching, public speaking, writing, meeting facilitation, consulting, strategic design, and tactical implementation.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Oregon State Health Division, Medal of Excellence
• Leadership in quality management and improvement.
• Co-creator of first statewide EMS database
• Received 2^nd highest award from the Oregon Health Division

– EMS Impact Award.

• Writer, Producer, Director, and Presenter of video training programs, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue
• Various Awards Received: Employee of the Year, Employee of the Month, Washington County Citations, and Oregon Health Division Recognition.
• Special Projects Coordinator, Tuatatin Valley Fire & Rescue
• Co-developed design specs and RFP for purchase of five new paramedic/rescue vehicles totaling over $500,000.
• Enable successful implementation of automatic defibrillators on all first response vehicles in Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue.
• Redesigned motor-vehicle crash extrication protocols.
• Various research and development projects.
• Designed and implemented work-order processing system for college tech-support office
• Reduced tech support request wait times from three weeks to three days, while successfully balancing the budget.
• Successful grassroots, faith-based community startup
• Designed, developed, acquired funding, recruited volunteers and leaders, to provide alternative faith options, community service, healing, hope, and recovery for hundreds of people in the Colorado Springs metro area.
• National Conference Coordinator
• Designed, coordinated, marketed, and implemented 3^rd annual re:church conference for postmodern church planters.
• Served on various State, Regional, County, and Local committees and subcommittees relating to trauma, EMS, quality management, and 9-1-1 emergency communications.
• Blogger, Confessing My Dad Attitude, http://daddytude.com

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EXPERIENCE

2007-present              – Visionary, Life Coach, Motivational Speaker,

Administrator, Pastor

Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Gladstone, Oregon

2001-2007 – Visionary, Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, Pastor

Rocky Mountain Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Denver, Colorado

1999-2001 – Full-time Student, Conference Coordinator, WindowsNT

Network Administrator and Tech Support

Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan

1997-1999 – Administrative Director, Leader, Speaker

Young & Restless Ministries, Grand Terrace, California

1997-1998 – Business and Property Manager (Asst. to the Controller)

La Sierra University, Riverside, California

1995-1997 – Full-time Student, Technical Services Coordinator

La Sierra University, Riverside, California

1981-1995 – Emergency Medical Services Officer, Operations

Manager, Disaster Management Overhead Team, Trainer, Paramedic, Firefighter

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, Aloha, Oregon

EDUCATION

• B.A., Business Administration 1997

La Sierra University, Riverside, California

• M.A. Candidate, Leadership (60+ credits)

Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan

• Numerous courses and certifications in emergency services related fields, disaster management, and leadership/management related issues.

STRENGTHS

Responsibility, Command, Self Assurance, Ideation, Achiever

NOTES

• Considerable experience with a wide-range of software and platforms (including traditional office applications, open source, Linux, Mac, Windows, PocketPC, Palm, Blackberry, web development, Wordpress, graphics, video, et cetera)
• Learning software and experimenting with it is a natural talent.

REFERENCES

(by request)