Business start up, business plans, financing your buisness, financial projections, cash flow, budgeting, intellectual property, turn-arounds for troubled businesses. Retail, manufacturing, entertainment, the environmental industry and non-profits. I began my business career by starting a retail ski shop, which built to $1 million in sales as the ski industry boomed. When my daughter was born I soldl the ski business and became a stay-at-home mom entrepreneur. I sold custom portraits of children and pets through mail order and specialty shops. Five years later I sold the portrait business and entered the University of Pittsburgh M.B.A. program, majoring in Accounting and Finance. After graduating Magna cum Laude I worked as Assistant Controller and Factory Systems Analyst for a large aluminum foundry and rolling mill in Eastern Ohio. Two very cold winters later I moved to Southern California as Project Financial Analyst for Hughes Aircraft.I moved to Disney to manage the financial affairs for several divisions at the park as well as the construction of Thunder Mountain Railroad. I left Disney to work as a Special Projects Analyst for Shell Oil, then spent 11-1/2 years at Digital Equipment Corporation. At DEC I worked directly with the Western Vice President of Sales, managing the budgeting, reporting, and awards programs for a 300 person sales force. I also served as executive partner to several aerospace and banking companies, wrote the strategic plan for a new $50 million venture, served as national training manager for the Finance and Accounting organization, and as training liaison between Finance and Accounting and the sales group. In 1992 I took early retirement and became a SCORE volunteer. Currently, I work half-time doing marketing, accounting, and financial planning for a small family owned firm. I also work periodically with the Cal State Fullerton School of Business Entrepreneurship program and run three small businesses: consulting for several former employers, art beading and freelance writing

Business Expertise · Enterprise Information Systems · International finance · Strategic Planning, Policy and Procedures · Human Resources Management · Crisis & Consequence Management and Continuity Planning

Career Background · US Department of Defense civil service: Senior Strategic Analyst – Developed continuity plans and policy for homeland defense · US Army, Active Duty military and civil service: Army Europe, G-3 Operations, Plans & Training – Managed Theater Army component command analysis branch; U S Army Corps of Engineers – Managed National Emergency Management Programs Branch; numerous and varied other unit command and staff positions of responsibility.

21 years, senior leadership positions as Executive Director for 501c3 Tax Exempt Regional and County Economic Development Organizations and Director, Municipal and County Economic Development; Instructor, six years, on three Technical College campuses in WI- "How to Start A Business"; Serial Entrepreneur over 15 years, owning businesses in the Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Promotions and Light Manufacturing industries; 11 years as an International Photo-Journalist in the Travel and Entertainment Industry; Weekly Newspaper Columnist for eight years and Publisher/Editor/Writer/ Photographer for a monthly Online Newsletter for six years; Web Site Design for non-profit and for-profit sector industries for 12 years; Various leadership positions with 14 Boards of Directors and Regional Business and Economic Development Industries and Non-Profit Organizations; Retail Electronics Store Manager for three stores in Southern California; US Air Force veteran; Rock band member over six years in the mid to late sixties-when music was music that one could understand, dance to and listen to for hours! on end!

Government Contracting and Construction expert. Lead planning and scheduler automotive industry, Planning and Scheduling Supervisor Aero industry, Project Controls for the Nuclear Power industry.