CAREER HISTORY
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Ethereal Networks, Inc. - CEO & President - Midlothian, VA 1/2023 to Present
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/Stream TV focused on metaphysics, natural health and uplifting content.
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Reiki with Angels - Reiki Master-Teacher - Richmond, VA 1/2005 to Present
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/Teach Reiki Therapy workshops virtually to people worldwide.
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Opalessie, LLC - Managing Partner - Midlothian, VA 8/2016 - 10/2019
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Developed the business plan and led the start-up of our product development firm. Research and analyze products manufactured world-wide, negotiate contracts, create sales strategies, oversee marketing and accounting.
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BE Healthy Expos, LLC - Managing Partner - Richmond, VA 11/2006 - 4/2011
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/Started as a business consultant to Barbara Marsh, the former publisher of Natural Awakenings Magazine of Greater Richmond, regarding a business plan and event management for a health fair. We co-founded and co-presented the Richmond Alternative Health Expo with 200 exhibitors and 700 attendees, equivalent to a national health expo.
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Center for Therapeutic Justice - Business Consultant - Richmond, VA 1/2009 - 3/2009
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/Brought in to improve operations and set a new strategic direction for the business. Relocated corporate headquarters, reduced spending, implemented SOP, wrote operation and program budgets and reinvented the client acquisition process. Created a PR and marketing strategy called the "Immersion Experience" to entice prospective clients, politicians, philanthropists and the media to learn about the Community Model in Corrections program on-site.
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Sites By Ellen - Web Developer - Richmond, VA 2/2002 - 6/2006
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/Architect-ed a website content management system: wrote the business requirements, managed the project, designed user interface, oversaw back-end programming and web server install in a co-location facility. Led consultations & contract negotiations, designed via Adobe Photoshop, hand coded HTML, and SEO.
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Sentraliant - Business Analyst - Glen Allen, VA 9/2000 - 2/2002
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/Key account manager to Sirius Satellite Radio. Spearheaded reorganization of the project team serving Sirius to increase efficiency and resolve interpersonal conflicts. Managed a key EJB API development project. Facilitated cross company collaborative development, networking, and system administration between Sentraliant, Digex/WorldCom, Agency.com and Sirius. Conducted a successful satellite radio activation test on 2 days notice. Corrected an underbid statement of work by renegotiating it from $600K to $950K. Increased billable revenue for technical writing from 15% to 100%.
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Mahloy Web Development, Inc. - Web Developer - Richmond, VA 1/1999 - 9/2000
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/Led design consultations, contract negotiations, wrote business & technical specs, designed via Adobe Photoshop, hand coded HTML, E-commerce via Miva Merchant and SEO. Assisted clients select web hosts and register domain names. Collaborated with graphic designers for coordinated print designs and logo designs and Flash developers.
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Marketing Specialist - Capital One - Glen Allen, VA 10/1997 - 11/1999
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/Demographic data subject matter expert for all business lines, domestic and international. Orchestrated reduction of a $500K/18 month demographic data contract to $275K/24 months. Managed U.S. and Canadian demographic database rrefresh processes, managed 13 vendor relationships, wrote/published demographic data dictionary, liaison between technical teams, business analysts, statisticians, marketing specialists and vendors.
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Technical Analyst - Capital One - Glen Allen, VA 11/1995 - 10/1997
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/Liaison between business analysts and IT teams. Managed numerous IT projects involving banking systems, letter systems, databases and an OCR system. Oversaw IT project prioritization and change control for Secured Card business unit. Wrote business requirements and technical specifications. Created the Secured Card UAT process and trained the team who performed over 100 tests. Passed the 1996 UAT audit with the highest rating.

EDUCATION

PMP - 25 May 2016 and GCPM (GIAC Certified Project Manager), GIAC - 5 Oct 2015
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA - BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts 16 May 1992