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Summary
of Qualifications and Employment2006-2013
Business Consultant - Consultant2Biz
Teacher - Chiaravalle Montessori School
Author - Outskirts Press, Inc.
- Consult with real estate developers engaged in the construction and management of multi-use projects requiring professional parking operations with specialized customer/clientele amenities.
- Consult with medical office health/wellness practices providing business plans,
organizational start-up, and on-going financial and operational analysis
and guidance to western and alternative medicine practitioners
owning/managing health/wellness patient centers..
- Assist highly respected half century old North Shore Montessori learning institution with teaching and administrative responsibilities in Parent/Infant, Toddler, 3 to 6, Kinder, Lower & Upper Elementary, and Middle school programs.
- Published author of Vision of Eagle/Strength of Bear, a fiction/visionary genre from the author's personal journals
about his journey as a financially successful white middle-aged
businessman whose life is abruptly changed as he encounters the
Native American Spirit World while attempting to deal with a
life-threatening illness.
1997-2006
President - Wisdom Bear Co.
- Founded company that provided consulting
services to businesses in the Real Estate, Retail, Medical Office,
Health/Wellness, Biotech and E-commerce industries.
- Establish goals and the optimum path to
achieve the business/financial objectives of
ownership.
- Provide professional counsel and
guidance for creating and maintaining a productive workplace that
reflects a higher standard of business ethics, self-respect, and
balance within the physical, intellectual, and spiritual needs of both
the employer and the
employees.
- Owned a retail store and a retail Internet website
promoting spiritual and physical wellness through Native American
themed and backwoods country artisans' handmade goods and
crafts.
1979-1997
Chief Operating Officer -
Executive Vice President, Standard Parking
Corporation
- Employed as the senior
executive officer responsible for the property, financial, and
administrative divisions.
- Co-initiated the
organizational planning, developing, implementing, managing, and
overseeing of a third generation Chicago-based real estate
development/parking management company.
- Achieved
significant growth from 22 to 380 North American properties located in
21 states and 32 cities generating annual gross property revenues
exceeding $500 million dollars.
- Hired, trained, and
mentored key executives to provide their managerial expertise to 3,800
employees.
- Provided parking technologies/services
as senior consultant with project assignments for the development,
construction, and operations of parking garages in office buildings,
retail shopping centers, residential apartments/condos, hotels,
hospital/medical complexes, university campuses, sports and special
events stadiums, and airports.
- Appointed President
of Standard's California subsidiary parking company located at Century
City.
1975-1978
Chief Financial Officer -
UIDC Management, Inc.
Employed as the property management
company’s senior financial officer for a Chicago-based real estate
developer of regional shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and
condominiums. Also served as Project Controller and Operations Manager
for Water Tower Place and as Assistant to the
President.
Education and Certification
MBA and BS
Commerce - DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Education
Certification - Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Certified
Teacher, College-level Business and Adult Education –
Illinois
Former Certified Substitute Teacher –
Arizona
Paraprofessional Montessori Educator
Certified in Current Good Manufacturing
Practices
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