Experience

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  InspiredHigher, Inc.

  • Silicon Valley, CA

  • People Engagement Executive

    • 2017 - Present
    • Silicon Valley, CA

    Senior IT Recruiter ★ Author As a People Engagement Executive, my job is two-fold. I match great people to their dream positions and I help start-ups and global companies attract the right talent at the right time and build fluid organizations that scale.

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  Noetic Coaching

  • United States
  • Business Consulting and Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Keynote Speaker

    • Jan 1995 - Present

    Keynote speaker for athletes, entertainers, poker players and business leaders to teach them techniques for mastering mental mindsets and changing habits that impact there lives.

  • Life, Sports Psychology and Business Coach

    • Nov 2011 - Present

    Noetic (Adj) \nō- ˈ et-ik\"Noetic" is derived from the ancient Greek words noētikos and nous. Though there is no English equivalent for nous, it can be translated as "intellect, " "ways of knowing" or "characteristic of the human mind. "It refers to "inner knowing," a kind of intuitive consciousness or direct and immediate access to knowledge beyond what is available to our normal senses or the power of reason.Noetic Coaching provides Life, Sports Psychology and Business Coaching for Athletes, Entertainers and Poker Players.As a result of professional coaching, clients set better goals, take more action, make better decisions, more fully use their natural strengths and manage the mental mindsets that can impede their performance and destroy the balance between their lives and their chosen profession.Noetic Coaching uses an interactive process that helps individuals, sports teams and organizations improve their performance and achieve extraordinary results.

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  Poker Insider Press

  • Author

    • 2009 - Present

    Author of "Winning Blue-Collar Hold'em," a Texas Hold'em strategy book for low-stakes players. Author of the forthcoming "Mastering Mental Mindsets: Changing Your Unconcious Mind" series of books and information products.

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  Poker Insider Magazine

  • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

  • Editor/Senior Correspondent

    • Jan 2006 - Present
    • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

    Poker Insider Magazine is an online source for poker enthusists of all skill levels. It provides original content, as well as articles on strategy, poker insights and current events from the world's most knowledgable authors and best poker players. It also provides coverage of major tournaments world-wide.

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  Las Vegas Showgirls Womens Tackle Football Team

  • Las Vegas Nevada

  • Sports Psychology/Mental Preparedness/Peak Performance Coach

    • Feb 2013 - Mar 2015
    • Las Vegas Nevada

    Providing mental toughness and peak performance training to football players using NeuroLinguistic Programming, Sports Hypnosis and Lifestyle Coaching.

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  Quit Smoking in 60 Minutes or Less - Las Vegas

  • Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Certified Quit Smoking Specialist

    • Sep 2012 - Sep 2014
    • Las Vegas, Nevada

    We developed our ‘Quit Smoking in 60 Minutes’ program because… well, there is a huge demand. More than 46.6 million people in the US smoke, and 80% of them have said they would like to quit. As a search term, “Smoking quitting” ranks among the 50 most common requests in Google and Yahoo.We want to help you become a non-smoker and we can help you do it easily. The problem most people have while trying to quit smoking is that the popular treatments don’t work. Many conventional treatments have dangerous side-effects, and they don’t guarantee their results. This leaves people feeling that it’s “their fault” or like they “didn’t try hard enough.”With the use of NLP and hypnosis, you can walk into one of our office as a smoker… and walk out as a non-smoker. If you’ve already made the decision, then you don’t even have to try. You will feel no “cravings” that you must overcome by “willpower.”

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  Michels Coaching and Consulting Group

  • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

  • CIO/Consultant

    • Jan 2005 - Jun 2012
    • Las Vegas, Nevada Area

    Michels Consulting Group is an HR/IT consultation firm that can assist in all aspects of small to medium business development.

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  D. Lee Cox and Associates

  • Huntsville, Alabama Area

  • Lead Private Investigator/Owner

    • Jan 1997 - Oct 2000
    • Huntsville, Alabama Area

    Lead Detective dealing with surveillance, background investigations and internet investigations.

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  Mastercraft Painting USA

  • Huntsville, AL

  • CIO

    • Jan 1998 - Aug 2000
    • Huntsville, AL

    Developed Franchisor Lesson Plans, Business Plans, Marketing Plans and designed detailed application to automate cost estimation for house painters. Developed additional database and application software to automate the house painting business.

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  Prosoft, Inc

  • Newport News, VA

  • Senior Analyst/Senior Programmer

    • Jan 1992 - Dec 1996
    • Newport News, VA

    Developed Financial Management Information System Database application with nearly one million lines of code for U.S. Navy contract. Acted as Systems Automation Officer for Yorktown Naval Weapons Station Budget Office contract. Acted as System Automation Officer for Thomas Jefferson National Laboratories Administrative Offices contract. Developed Help Sytsem and Consumer Support database

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  Peninsula Poseidons Football Team

  • Newport News, Virginia

  • General Manger/Owner

    • Jul 1990 - Sep 1995
    • Newport News, Virginia

    The Peninsula Poseidon's Football Team was a member of the Mason-Dixon Football League, winning outright or sharing the Division title for four of the teams five years of competition. The team was ranked in the top ten nationally several times. In 1992, the team was invited to compete in the National Championship game. Without the financial resources to travel to Massachusetts to compete in the game, they ended the season ranked 3rd in the nation. Dan started with the team as their Statistician, developing a comprehensive Statistics Management application program, known as StatMan. He moved up to the position of General Manager at the end of the 1991-1992 season, becoming a 20% owner. By the 1995 season, Dan was the sole owner of the team. Tying for the Southern Division Championship, the final year of the team. Making the playoffs for the fifth straight season, they lost to the eventual National Championship team Fredricksburg, VA Generals in the first round of the playoffs. The role of General Manager of any sports team is a difficult position. Dan was responsible for all aspects of the team that did not deal with the players and coaches. The job included scheduling, stadium acquisition, transportation, public affairs and everything associated with running the non-field operations of the team.

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  River City Software

  • Elizabeth City, North Carolina

  • Editor, Technical Writer

    • Jan 1991 - Jan 1992
    • Elizabeth City, North Carolina

    Lead team of technical writers and edited the Users Manual for AT&T's Terranove Communications Software.

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  Eastern Telecom Corporation

  • Newport News, VA

  • Vice President of Operations

    • Jan 1991 - Dec 1991
    • Newport News, VA

    Oversaw operations of the IT and Installation/Maintenance Divisions for Computerized Pay Telephone and Hotel Telephone Dialer syatems. Developed Financial, Operations and multiple database applications to save manhours and speed payments to clients and sales force.

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  U.S. Army

  • Fort Ord, CA; ROK, Fort Monroe, VA

  • Enlisted as a Private and retired as a Captain

    • Sep 1974 - Oct 1988
    • Fort Ord, CA; ROK, Fort Monroe, VA

    Enlisted Military Policeman at Fort Ord, CA, Reserve Admin Specialist and Dental Assistant at Los Alimitos Reserve Center, CA. Commissioned as a Chemical Officer with Secondary as Nuclear Weapons Officer, Fort Ord, CA. Intelligence Officer in ROK, Chemical Officer and General Staff Officer, TRADOC, Fort Monroe, VA. Additional Secondary Specialty as Systems Automation Officer (Computer Programming and Operations).