Experience

Calhoun Gilmer Career Center

• United States
• Business Supplies & Equipment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Evening Adult Education Teacher

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  The WV Adult Education programs build skills for success by providing adults with the opportunity to acquire and improve functional skills necessary to enhance the quality of their lives as workers, family members, and citizens. These programs play an important role in fostering productive employment, effective citizenship, personal and family growth, self-esteem, and dignity for adult learners. The WV Adult Education programs build skills for success by providing adults with the opportunity to acquire and improve functional skills necessary to enhance the quality of their lives as workers, family members, and citizens. These programs play an important role in fostering productive employment, effective citizenship, personal and family growth, self-esteem, and dignity for adult learners.



Mountain State Educational Services Cooperative

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Career Development Consultant/Instructor

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  MSESC formed in December 2017. The founding members include Lincoln, Mason, Mingo, and Wayne counties. Logan County joined MSESC in June 2018. Mountain State ESC’s mission is to provide quality educational services to our members, non-member school systems and non-profits to leverage resources to meet the needs of school districts and communities in West Virginia. Mountain State ESC administers AEPA WV, an educational purchasing cooperative that supports all 55 WV school systems, municipalities, and other 501(c) non-profits in West Virginia. The Cooperative operates under the oversight of a local-elected Governing Council comprised of five county superintendents and five county board members. The ESC also provides support to educational entities, 501(c) non-profits, and other government agencies in finance, instruction, administration, and personnel. MSESC is able to develop programs and services to maximize local, state, and federal monies to meet the entity’s needs. Show less



West Virginia Department of Education

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• CDC-Instructor

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2018

  Business Description Region V Resa, which also operates under the name Resa V, is located in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This organization primarily operates in the Educational Services business / industry within the Educational Services sector. This organization has been operating for approximately 51 years. Region V Resa is estimated to generate $2.0 million in annual revenues, and employs approximately 26 people at this headquarters location and 35 total employees across all location Business Description Region V Resa, which also operates under the name Resa V, is located in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This organization primarily operates in the Educational Services business / industry within the Educational Services sector. This organization has been operating for approximately 51 years. Region V Resa is estimated to generate $2.0 million in annual revenues, and employs approximately 26 people at this headquarters location and 35 total employees across all location



Ross Education

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Youth Case Manager

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2014

  Ross Innovative Employment Solutions (IES) is a customer-driven workforce development company. We enjoy an ongoing record of quality customer service and superior program performance. Ross IES currently works with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, TANF Welfare Transition and state/local workforce programs in multiple states. Ross IES works closely with Workforce Development Boards, other local workforce agencies and community organizations to identify and support: Business community labor force needs Job seeker needs Economic development objectives Ross IES offers a variety of services to assist youth and adults to enter or re-enter the labor market. Show less



KVC Health Systems

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professional Treatment Parent

  • Mar 1987 - May 2014

  KVC Health Systems, Inc. is a private, nonprofit child welfare and behavioral healthcare organization. When Kansas became the first U.S. state to privatize its child welfare services in 1996, it selected KVC to be one of the service providers.....Senator Jay Rockefeller congratulates Ken and Vanese Cedar as West Virginia’s 2012 Angels in Adoption™ award recipients for their outstanding advocacy for children in foster care and those going through the adoption process. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), which orchestrates the Angels in Adoption™ program, will honor the Cedars, along with more than 140 Angels, at an awards ceremony on September 11 and gala event in Washington D.C. on September 12. Ken and Vanese Cedar have been foster parents with KVC Behavioral HealthCare West Virginia for 25 years and have opened their home to more than 55 different children. Ranging from infancy to late adolescence, the children placed with the Cedars have had a range of mental health, behavioral, and developmental issues. They have assumed guardianship of three children, adopted three children, and have also raised two biological sons. The Cedars have a particular strength in maintaining a sense of structure and consistency in the face of difficult circumstances. They consistently go above and beyond for the children in their care and for the foster care program itself, by actively involving the children in their care into their daily family routine, volunteering to serve as mentors for new foster parents in the area, and by helping to recruit new foster families in the area. The Cedars were also recently named 2012 KVC West Virginia Foster Parents of the Year at the KVC Foster Parent Picnic in Logan, WV. Show less



Century Aluminum

• United States
• Mining
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Tools Developer

  • Feb 1997 - Feb 2009

  Century Aluminum Company is a global producer of primary aluminum and operates aluminum reduction facilities in the United States and Iceland. We operate three U.S. aluminum smelters, in Hawesville, Kentucky (Hawesville), Robards, Kentucky (Sebree) and Mt. Holly, South Carolina (Mt. Holly), and one smelter in Grundartangi, Iceland (Grundartangi). Our primary aluminum facilities produce standard grade and value-added primary aluminum products. Century Aluminum Company is a global producer of primary aluminum and operates aluminum reduction facilities in the United States and Iceland. We operate three U.S. aluminum smelters, in Hawesville, Kentucky (Hawesville), Robards, Kentucky (Sebree) and Mt. Holly, South Carolina (Mt. Holly), and one smelter in Grundartangi, Iceland (Grundartangi). Our primary aluminum facilities produce standard grade and value-added primary aluminum products.



World Wide Equipment Far East Ltd.

• Singapore
• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Welder

  • Feb 1985 - Feb 1997



United States Army Reserve

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Army Reserve

  • Mar 1981 - Mar 1987

  The Army Reserve offers you the opportunity to work in your civilian career or attend college full time while serving near home. Army Reserve Soldiers receive the same training as active-duty Soldiers. After Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT), Army Reserve Soldiers return to their civilian lives and spend one weekend a month and two weeks per year training to keep their skills sharp. The Army Reserve offers you the opportunity to work in your civilian career or attend college full time while serving near home. Army Reserve Soldiers receive the same training as active-duty Soldiers. After Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT), Army Reserve Soldiers return to their civilian lives and spend one weekend a month and two weeks per year training to keep their skills sharp.



Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division of HII

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Apprentice Welder

  • Mar 1983 - Jan 1985

  Newport News Shipbuilding is the sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy submarines. With approximately $4 billion in revenues and more than 25,000 employees, we are the largest industrial employer in Virginia and the largest shipbuilding company in the United States. We build the most advanced ships in the world using our expertise in nuclear propulsion, naval design and manufacturing. We are currently building the new Ford-class aircraft carriers and Virginia-class fast-attack submarines, and performing Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) on Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. We provide fleet services for our ships worldwide. Founded as the Chesapeake Dry Dock and Construction Co. in 1886, Newport News Shipbuilding has built more than 800 ships, including both naval and commercial ships. Located in Newport News, Va., our facilities span more than 550 acres, strategically positioned in one of the great harbors of the East Coast. Show less