Experience

National Museum of the United States Navy

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator (Art/Visuals)

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  Researches, writes, edits, and produces scripts for videos and photographic presentations for the National Museum of the US Navy. Within seven months, I have written, edited and produced over 460 potential photograph exhibits for a new location for the museum. In addition to writing this script, within a span of a month, worked out the plan to exhibit of over 600 images related to the Korean War for a special exhibit area at the Pentagon. Since 2013, researched, wrote, and edited a 60 page script on World War I, with close to 300 corresponding images that were hand-picked and scanned. The video can also be broken down into sixteen different parts for strategically located kiosks and can be adapted for use online for presentation. Have completed the groundwork to the Battle of the Atlantic exhibit with over 70 pages and over 400 images. Travels to a wide variety of museums, collection, and libraries and researches topics to incorporate materials from other collections into the museum’s exhibits. Since July 2013, I have gathered close to 29,000 images from the National Archives that can be picked for exhibit use in the new museum location. The imagery can be reviewed in easy to reference finding aids that are now over 2,000pages long. Fluent in various computer programs used to adapt photographs for published media and moving images. Interacts with the public and presents topics to a wide audience of professionals. Created the first ever digital collection of imagery for the National Museum of the US Navy, incorporating and cataloging over 6,000 entries of historic photographs for staff and outside exhibit and/or presentation use.



Naval History and Heritage Command

• Museum Curator, Photographs

  • Jun 1999 - Present

  Media outreach reached 100 million page views since I created and developed the command Facebook site. Site has become the place for the world to read about U.S. Naval History due to my writing, organization and structure. Additionally, wrote histories for the main Navy Facebook site and added a weekly history story, which reached over 10 million people per week. Expert in United States and Naval History. Wrote, edited, and published historical documents on the Navy History and Heritage Command website, accessible for public and private research worldwide. Answered inquiries relating to Naval History from the U.S. Congress and high-level officers and officials at the Pentagon. Maintained accountability of donated historical photographs and related documentation for a collection that contains one-and- half million images of priceless value. Contact point dealing with all world-wide news and entertainment networks about the collection and how it can be digitally accessed and used. Managed volunteers, interns, and staff equating to five personnel.



Writer @ Large

• Writer

  • Jan 1988 - Present

  Creative writer who has completed 5 volumes of poetry that are for sale on Amazon, Smash Words, and Barnes and Noble websites. Creative writer who has completed 5 volumes of poetry that are for sale on Amazon, Smash Words, and Barnes and Noble websites.



Warsaw Study Centre

• English Teacher

  • Jan 1998 - Jun 1999

  Prepared lesson plans and taught working professionals desiring to learn English. Invented a study-aide for English verb tenses that allowed students to learn proper verb tense. Supervised large classes of students. Clients included: Coca-Cola, Multi-Media, IKEA, and Soltysinski, Kawecki, and Szlezak, one of the best law firms in Poland. Prepared lesson plans and taught working professionals desiring to learn English. Invented a study-aide for English verb tenses that allowed students to learn proper verb tense. Supervised large classes of students. Clients included: Coca-Cola, Multi-Media, IKEA, and Soltysinski, Kawecki, and Szlezak, one of the best law firms in Poland.



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ship's Secretary/Yeoman

  • Jul 1984 - Oct 1994

  Worked for Trident Training Faciity, USS DEWEY (DDG-45), and NCIS in London, England. Worked for Trident Training Faciity, USS DEWEY (DDG-45), and NCIS in London, England.