Experience

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  Palm Springs Rendezvous

  • Palm Springs, CA

  • Hotel Manager

    • Apr 2018 - Mar 2020
    • Palm Springs, CA

    Relocated to Palm Springs and accepted a short-term hotel management position responsible for all hotel operations including managing employees and planning, coordinating, and administering hotel services.● Reduced expenses by analyzing, defining, and streamlining processes and procedures.● R...

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  Sebastopol Area Senior Center

  • Sebastopol, CA

  • Director Of Communications

    • Oct 2014 - Mar 2018
    • Sebastopol, CA

    Responsible for external communications and marketing, bookkeeping, application and system implementation and support, membership program management.-- Upgraded image by redesigning appearance and format of all newspaper, internet and intranet websites; evaluated and strengthened editorial conten...

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  Two Spirit Group

  • Sebastopol, CA

  • Business Management Specialist

    • Mar 2008 - Mar 2015
    • Sebastopol, CA

    * Provides business planning and development consulting services. * Develops online learning solutions for employee development. * Installs, develops and provides bookkeeping services using QuickBooks. * Designs and develops print and web site projects. * Volunteers at non-profits.

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  Inn at The Willows

  • Guerneville, CA

  • General Manager/Innkeeper

    • Dec 2003 - Apr 2008
    • Guerneville, CA

    Changed direction of a failing lodging/campgrounds business and grew it to the largest provider of guests to the Russian River valley in a difficult economic environment and a major 10-year flood. Experienced in all aspects of travel and hospitality industry. * Grew the hospitality business by...

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  Cisco Systems

  • San Jose, CA

  • Senior Manager

    • 1998 - 2002
    • San Jose, CA

    Re-engineered and built a high performance team from 3 to over 40 individuals; Managed a $20 million budget. Functional areas include instructional design and content development, project and program management, editorial, print and media production, graphic design, and web development. * Crea...

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  Oracle Corporation

  • Redwood Shores, CA

  • Senior Director

    • 1996 - 1998
    • Redwood Shores, CA

    Refined and built publishing services team from 27 to over 35 individuals in United States and Europe. Managed a $4 million budget. Functional areas included project and program management, editorial, print production, graphic design, and web development.* Established a scalable solution for edit...

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  Prairie Publications

  • Dell Rapids, SD

  • Publisher and General Manager

    • 1980 - 1995
    • Dell Rapids, SD

    Started Prairie Publications by purchasing the assets of an unprofitable publisher. Restructured and introduced broad range of successful and award winning publications with multi-location work groups.* Shaped and supervised all writing, editing, design, photography, advertising, marketing, and p...

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  Corsica Schools

  • Corsica, CA

  • Instructor of Language Arts and Communications

    • 1976 - 1979
    • Corsica, CA

    Taught language arts and communications at the junior high and secondary level while serving as primary advisor for the yearbook and newspaper staffs. Developed students who won state recognition in school media communications. Class went on to win numerous state awards in 1977.