Experience

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  Elissa Strati, Author

  • Author

    • 2016 - Present

    Having retired from owning and managing antiques malls I am now devoting my time to writing.

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  Columbia Antiques

  • 40 North Third Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania 1...

  • President

    • Dec 2014 - 2016
    • 40 North Third Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania 1...

    A brand new antiques mall in the heart of Columbia's antiques district, we join more than 2 dozen shops and malls within walking distance of each other. Come discover this pre-revolution town which is a Smithsonian "top place to visit."

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  Avenue Antiques, Inc.

  • HAMPDEN, Baltimore, Maryland

  • President & CEO

    • Nov 2003 - Dec 2014
    • HAMPDEN, Baltimore, Maryland

    Avenue Antiques was a 3-level, multi-merchant (74 at our peak) antiques mall offering an immense range of merchandise temptingly priced. Unique gifts, heirloom collectibles, furniture and decor.As of April 1, 2012, we expanded into The Ideal, a renovated and restored former movie palace, adjacen...

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  Five & Dime LLC

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • CEO

    • Jun 2003 - Dec 2014
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Loving restorations of charming white elephants, bringing them into optimal productive use.

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  Alfred X. Strati Co., Inc.

  • Vice President & CFO

    • 1993 - 2014

    AXSCO provided boutique contracting services to private clients and developers, specializing in asphalt paving and tar & chip surfaces but including many other aspects of the construction industry. The paving arm closed in June 2014. The company now only does private, boutique work and is n...

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  Cathedral Connection

  • photographer

    • 1995 - 2005

    Specializing in group and portrait shots, I also managed to get some interesting object pictures, including one of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen which was used for the cover of the brochure created for His Holiness John Paul II's visit to Baltimore.

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  "'Travelin' (Wo)Man"

  • temp help

    • 1981 - 1988

    Must get out my old diaries and firm up some of these dates! Now begins the footloose phase of my career. I had crossed the "never trust" line, was still happily single, owned my own condo (thanks to my forward-thinking mom who gave me the down payment), had money in the bank and a de...

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  The World Bank

  • Consultant

    • 1982 - 1986

    Technical editor. Prepared papers and books for publication. Also served as a tour guide for a group from the People's Republic of China which was studying recycling facilities in the U.S. and Europe (US portion only).

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  CNA Insurance

  • Sr. Claims Analyst

    • 1977 - 1981

    CNA, in conjunction with VOSCO, had developed a unique program to provide professional liability insurance for Architects and Engineers. The office in which I worked had the responsibility for coordinating claims nationwide and monitoring their handling and resolution. I was involved in a numbe...

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  Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc.

  • various

    • 1971 - 1977

    In an era when the glass ceiling hadn't even become transparent, a forward thinking employer started hiring women for management trainee positions. I was one of the first outside hires (he cleverly advanced in-house talent first) and rose quickly through the ranks from rate technician to cla...