OBJECTIVE

I am looking for an opportunity to be a vital contributing member of a

great team. A situation that will allow me to bring the experience and
skill-sets developed through solid business leadership to bear. I desire
to find the right opportunity to make a lasting difference.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Director of Operations
January 2007 - present
Glad Tidings World Outreach Center | Omaha, NE
Nonprofit Charitable Organization with local headquarters and
international operations
Currently responsible for all non-ministerial and non-financial
operations of the organization.
Manage a FT/PT Professional, Administrative, Technical, Creative and
Property Management staff. I am directly responsible for the IT
environment, which includes servers, workstations, user support,
vertical app support, security and integration. We are a mixed platform
environment of PC and Mac computers with users that range from basic
word processing skill levels to power users. I am still directly involved
with logistical planning and operations for our Foreign and Domestic
Missions objectives and serve as a managing member of the financial
planning board.
Director of Business
November 2001 - January 2007
Glad Tidings World Outreach Center | Omaha, NE
Nonprofit Charitable Organization with local headquarters and
international operations
Responsible for all non-ministerial operations of the organization.
This position included all of my current duties (listed above) as well as
the financial management of the organization.
As the Director of Business all financial reporting, tracking, planning,
budgeting and control was my direct responsibility. I managed the
receipt of funds in excess of $3,000,000.00 annually, the development
of budgets in excess of $2,000,000.00 annually, the investment of 400k
annually, and the expenditures required for the operation.
I had a financial team to process AP/AR and Personnel as well as a CPA
on retainer for certification, oversight and financial operations reporting.
I led a team to organize, plan and execute a successful Capital
Campaign to raise funds for facilities expansion and improvements.
From the beginning my goal was to establish business procedures and
financial accountability structures in order to provide a strong
foundation for future growth and continuity. The first phase of my
objective being met, we identified and hired a very qualified candidate
to assume the CFO position for the organization early in 2007. At that
time my title changed to Director of operations.
Advertising Operations Manager
April 2000 - November 2001
Omaha World Herald | Omaha, NE
Newspaper Printing and Publishing
The department handled all advertising materials and prepared files for
digital production, created original artwork for retail advertising and
provided creative technical support.
I was directly responsible for the management of this group. All
creative services, receipt and preparation of customer provided files,
pre-flight and repair of all digital content, scanning, typesetting,
composition, layout, proofing, pre-press integration was all part of
this group. I worked closely with the retail sales, providing graphic
design and ad creation through my artists. In this environment I
served as a creative director as well as providing client support with
retail sales development. I worked with the directors or managers of
the various sales groups, news groups, photography and editorial news.
I reported directly to the Director of Advertising. Part of my purpose
in being hired at the paper was to be a member of the "Freedom
Transition Team". During my employ, the newspaper moved from
traditional letterpress production to color web offset. The Herald built
a new facility (The Freedom Center) with the latest technology in
pre-press, press production, and packaging. I was deeply involved
with the conversion process. My involvement ranged from training
of personnel in color production, to helping develop color standards,
helping to develop and integrate new page size, typography standards
and solutions, development of new advertising spaces and ad offerings
to generate additional revenues. I was able to offer a great deal of
consulting in the whole transition to digital color production due to
my previous years of work experience in the Commercial and Business
printing industry.

Production and Creative Services Manager

September 1986 - April 2000
Standard Printing Companies of Omaha | Omaha, NE
Commercial Printing and Publishing
Responsible for sales support, creative services, pre-press and
production operations
Standard Printing was a very successful business printer producing
business forms that included a patented super bill form used in the
medical industry. Because of changing markets, the decision was made
to begin the move toward the "Commercial Printing" market. The
owners recognized the first change would have to be developing an
in-house creative services department. I was hired to lead this process.
I was responsible to develop standards, processes and procedures to
train or recruit staff for this department. It was also necessary to
provide support to the sales staff as they began to learn and sell this
new line of business. At the same time I was responsible to keep the
existing lines of business in production. Maintaining the high standards
of excellence, which had always been the hallmark of this company.
This was certainly one of the best opportunities to gain practical
business management knowledge and skill. By 1996 we were firmly
established as a respected Commercial Printer as well as continuing
in our Business lines. We had developed an entire digital content
/print on demand business line and developed a reputation as a
"printer to printers". By late1999 we had reached our goals and I had
reached my potential with this company, so when the opportunity to
move to the Omaha World Herald was offered to me, I was able to
advance with the kind encouragement of the owners of Standard
Printing Company.

Owner/CEO
June 1975 - September 1986
Pelican Graphics Group | Des Moines, IA
Advertising and PR Services
Creative Services and Graphics Production Cooperative
Details available upon request

Designer, Typesetter, Graphic Artist

January 1986 - August 1986
Indianola Printing | Indianola, IA
Printing and Publishing
Details available upon request

Tool and Die Machinist

March 1977 - January 1986
Little Giant Crane and Shovel, Inc. | Des Moines, IA
Manufacturing
Details available upon request

EDUCATION
Some College Coursework Completed, Commercial Art,
Graphics Production, Commercial Design
February 1974 - June 1976 - I did not graduate
Area 11 Des Moines Community College | Ankeny, IA
BA Equivalency Program, Emphasis on Commercial Design
Southeast Polk High School | Runnells, IA
August 1972 - May 1976
Southeast Polk was a technical High School with an open-campus
approach to education, which allowed me to take some college level
course work while still attending High School

PRACTICAL SKILLS
Creative Services Management Media Management
Art Direction Copy writing
IT Project Management Graphic Arts
Graphic Design - Print and Electronic Print Production
Business Development Business Management
Finance Management Construction Sciences
Copy Writing Building Management
Advertising Direction Maintenance Engineering
Management
REFERENCES
Will be made available upon request