Career Summary
Highly motivated and talented life coach with successful experience providing inspiration and education to empower youth to achieve a higher quality of life. Engage in stimulating dialogue with parents, teachers and administrators, to enhance youth success.
Career experience
WAKE4Youth
2009 - Present
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Provide leadership to greatly extend our reach to a much broader number of young minds
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Direct our sustainability efforts and unique inspiring approach to forever make a difference in the lives of many at-risk teens
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Collaborate through effective community building partnerships with other youth organizations to help build their capacity with motivated participants
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Ensure the operational focus of WAKE4Youth is always supportive in helping the talent of committed volunteers and staff provide our mission work benefiting youth with consistent outcomes
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Reach thousands to teach millions their power and potential to succeed
Youth Counselor, Life Coach
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Deliver academic self-sufficiency presentations to middle and high school students
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Design course material and training programs to help disadvantage and underperforming youth achieve success in life
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Developed “How to Inspire Your Teen” workshop for parents, teachers and administrators
AARP
1996 - 2011
Telecom Manager
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Managed national telecommunications staff, training and support services to remote office locations throughout the United States
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Provided project management of telephone system installations, relocations and upgrades.
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Managed high quality vendor services of equipment, maintenance and local telephone companies
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Managed helpdesk support, remote system administration and trouble escalation for all locations
SunTrust Bank
1990 - 1996
Communications Officer
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Responsible for providing voice communications support and training for over 150 retail offices and executive offices in Washington, DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia
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Duties included project management of switch installations and upgrades
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Provided user training and system administration to a network of telephone and voice mail systems
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Responsible for the management and trouble escalations of telecommunications equipment and service problems
UniteD States Army
Radar Technician
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Responsible for maintenance and repair of guided missile radar systems
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Top student in radar maintenance course, recruited to become a course instructor
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Received several promotions for leadership qualities
Professional Affialiations
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Advisory Board Member, Maryland Scholars Speakers Bureau
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Top Presenter 2011, Maryland Scholars Speakers Bureau
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Ambassador, Maryland Scholars Bureau
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Club President, AARP Toastmasters
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Club President of the Year 2010, AARP Toastmasters
Honors and Awards
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Competent Communicator, Competent Leader 2010, Toastmasters International
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2010 Club President of the Year, Toastmasters International
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Speakers Bureau 2011 Top Speaker
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Gazette.net article: Student Presentation
Education & Training
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Prince George's Community College
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Capital Institute of Technology
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Avaya Systems
Summary of Qualifications
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Effective speaker and presenter for youth empowerment workshops
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Successful leader that inspires employees to maintain peak performances and productivity levels while simultaneously maintaining high morale
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Consistently led an all IT service departments in employee satisfaction surveys
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Exceeded top quartile index report of excellence for all managers
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8+ years experience in Youth Development
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15+ years experience in Project Management
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15+ years experience in Training; Course Designing, Training of Trainers
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15+ years experience in Multi-Vendor Management
Certifications
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Toastmasters Competent Communicator (CC)
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Competent Leader (CL)
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Les Brown Seminar Speaker
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Oracle 11g Certified Associate (OCA)
Civil Service
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United States Army
2010 - present
2010 - present