Experience

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  Extended Family Ties - Genealogy Consulting Services

  • Oak Park, IL

  • Genealogy Research Consultant and Lecturer

    • 1995 - Present
    • Oak Park, IL

    Research and produce family trees and other genealogical data for clients interested in compiling family histories. Visit courthouses, cemeteries, libraries, and other record storage facilities to obtain pertinent information, such as birth, death, and marriage certificates, wills, and other probate materials. Former governing board member of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, the Chicago Genealogical Society, and the British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois (BIGWILL). Speaker on variety of genealogy topics, including Irish sources and urban and rural research in the United States.Ancestral Surnames:Paternal Lines: Kane, Flannery, Sheehy, O'Dowd, StackMaternal Lines: Reaum/Rheaume, Vallely, Linton, Whitehead, Manley, Feenan, McArdle, Butterly, Banks, Burchall, Creswell, Mayal, Whalley, Shalcross, Benoit/Benway, Allaire, Chretien, Chartier

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  Registration Technology, Inc.

  • Customer Service Manager

    • 1999 - Present

    Floor assistant to RTI President at trade shows. Trainer and supervisor of data entry operators.

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  Not For Baby Boomers Only - Disc Jockey Service

  • Greater Chicagoland

  • Freelance Disc Jockey

    • 1985 - Present
    • Greater Chicagoland

    Provide mobile entertainment for weddings, corporate events, class reunions and senior citizen functions, "significant" birthdays, and block parties. Thousands of selections available, from the 1930s through the 1990s and beyond, including 2014!

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  DW Simpson - Global Actuarial & Analytics Recruitment

  • Chicago, IL

  • Human Resources Researcher

    • 2007 - 2014
    • Chicago, IL

    Conducted internet research of companies and job candidates in the actuarial profession. Maintained database of over 100,000 candidates for actuarial, managerial, analytics, modeling, data mining, and programming positions in the insurance and financial services industries.D.W. Simpson Global Actuarial Recruitment has been specializing primarily in the recruitment of actuaries since 1989, dealing with all levels of experience, from Actuarial Student to Fellowship.

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  WJJG - AM 1530

  • Western Suburbs of Chicago

  • Radio Announcer & Programmer

    • 2006 - 2009
    • Western Suburbs of Chicago

    Produced and delivered weekly radio show, featuring the music and historical background of Frank Sinatra and other entertainers from his era. Previous on-air experience in Dubuque, Iowa and Fort Pierce, Florida markets.

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  Chicago Transit Authority

  • Chicago, IL

  • Manager, Customer Assistance

    • 1973 - 1998
    • Chicago, IL

    Managed department in charge of processing complaints, commendations, and inquiries from CTA passengers. Responded to customer communications and provided data for management decisions regarding service levels and human resource issues.

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  CRIS Radio

  • Chicago, IL

  • Volunteer News Announcer

    • 1984 - 1988
    • Chicago, IL

    Delivered local, national, and international news for members of Chicago's visually impaired community. Chicagoland Radio Information Service (CRIS Radio) provides verbatim readings of newspapers and magazines via WBEZ-FM’s subcarrier frequency, on the Internet, via the Telephone Reader, and on CAN-TV in Chicago, channels 19 and 21.

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  Allstate

  • Northbrook, IL

  • Training Program Developer

    • 1971 - 1973
    • Northbrook, IL

    Designed, wrote, and produced instructional materials and programs aimed at Allstate agents, with particular concentration in the Property and Casualty area. Based at Allstate's corporate headquarters.

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  United States Army

  • Pleiku, Vietnam and Bamberg, Germany

  • Public Information Specialist / Military Journalist

    • 1968 - 1970
    • Pleiku, Vietnam and Bamberg, Germany

    Edited and reported for Army newspapers and handled media relations for an Engineering group in Vietnam and a Field Artillery group in Germany. Conducted in-country orientation sessions for soldiers newly arrived in Vietnam.

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  WDBQ Radio

  • Dubuque, Iowa

  • Music Director, Disc Jockey, News Reporter and Announcer, Advertising Copywriter

    • 1966 - 1968
    • Dubuque, Iowa

    As Music Director, led the transformation of this medium market AM station to the highest rated Top 40 outlet in the area by offering listeners a three-tiered music format of easy listening during morning and afternoon drive times, Country & Western mid-day, and rock and R&B evenings and overnight. Split air time between afternoon music show and evening newscast. Wrote copy and produced commercials for local and national advertisers.