Objective Thinker

Denver, CO USA

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Effective at chairing and/or facilitating group discussion regarding plans and scopes

Business planning and scoping. Contributed to the establishment of an organization and human resources development consulting partnership by facilitating the iterative resource planning process.

Organization facilitated mentoring research.  Communicated findings to the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Arizona State Conservationist and Civil Rights Council members outlining concerns, recommendations, and a list of benchmark contacts regarding in-house mentoring program development.

Unique at experimenting with new approaches after benchmarking resources and comparing results

Employee with disability accommodation.  Advised the USDA-NRCS Arizona Leadership Team and the State Conservationist on accommodating a low-vision field office employee to use a personal computer in a field office.

Seminar presentation and content development.  Assisted the development and presentation of a professional seminar at The Buttes Resort in Tempe entitled The Mentoring Advantage. Shortly after the seminar, keynote speaker Dr. Isaac Barpol, AlliedSignal Corporation Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, departed from his prepared speech to share his fond memories of professional mentor and protégé relationships.

Excel at functioning as an information broker by gathering data from a variety of sources, including the Internet

Employees with disability program management. At least twenty-one individual contacts were developed within three months among program managers, associations, rehabilitation service agencies, university and college career counselors, and professional associations.

Internet tools.  Accessed the Internet using Microsoft (MS) Internet Explorer and communicated by electronic mail and facsimile using MS Outlook Express  in the MS Windows computer environment.  Use search and megasearch engines.  Familiar with McAfee VirusScan, Privacy Corporation BOClean, and PGP electronic mail encryption and authentication software.

Competent at deriving computer software applications from other people’s ideas or technical resources

Software file developments. Developed Party and Business Budget MS Excel 97 Workbook file, a twelve-month historical or plan budget tool complete with computations, tables, and graphs. · Developed documents using MS Word · presentations using MS PowerPoint and SPC Software Publishing Harvard Graphics · mathematical and data analyses using MathSoft Mathcad · and schedule and resource analyses using Primavera SureTrak Project Manager and MS Project Manager.