Executive Director-Martin County Alliance for Economic Growth

• Nov 2020 - Present

Strategic focus in advising and counseling elected officials on emerging and existing economic development. Maintain strong working relationships and communicates effectively to groups and individuals, engineers, clients, media, architects, contractors, developers, businesses, executive board, and the general public. Maintain a macro level perspective on the county's economy. Present to local civic and business groups on proposed economic development agreements/projects. Manage database of all land, parcels and buildings available for purchase. Liaison for state and government agencies, developers, landowners, local businesses, elected officials and grant organizations. Prepare and maintain information on utilities, taxes, zoning, transportation, tourism, community services, financing tools, and incentives, in order to respond to requests for information for economic development. Prepare grant proposals, applications, contracts and other necessary documents for community projects. Negotiate and manage professional service contracts, property sales and acquisitions. Formulate and implement marketing and business attraction strategies. Show less

Business Owner

• Apr 2005 - Present

Freedom Training & Consulting provides consulting, training, and course development for businesses who need assistance with Microsoft applications throughout their organization. I travel onsite to schools, banks, local businesses and private/government agencies. -Develop curriculum for government training expanding business growth each year by 4% -Prepare technical documentation to meet DoD and MIL-STD requirements -Teach over 60 Microsoft classes per year including Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, 365,MS Project -Develop schedules to meet project milestones by weekly customer program reviews -100% on time delivery for meetings and training with corporate and field teams -Maintain metrics and daily reports for financial analysis of government projects -Partner with stakeholders and customers to develop digital and classroom training -Identify the objectives, stakeholders, milestones, risks and metrics needed on assignments Show less

Leadership Consultant

• Sep 2012 - Aug 2015

Led a team of five managers, set career plans and arranged for mentors to improve their network, leadership skills and professional growth Lead & facilitated all Microsoft classes for the Navy, helping 4000 employees increase productivity by 30% Recorded, edited, proofed, stored and revised correspondence according to Navy regulations Compiled daily analysis for training metrics Led a team of five managers, set career plans and arranged for mentors to improve their network, leadership skills and professional growth Lead & facilitated all Microsoft classes for the Navy, helping 4000 employees increase productivity by 30% Recorded, edited, proofed, stored and revised correspondence according to Navy regulations Compiled daily analysis for training metrics

IT/Microsoft Trainer/Sales & Marketing

• Jan 1998 - Mar 2001