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"I love the city,
I love the rural
communities, I
love the heritage
and cultural
diversity, I love
the dynamics
of growth."
- Paul Pettypiece
AbundanceNet
"Abundance is
not something
we acquire. It is
something we
tune into."
- Wayne Dyer
"The earth is
but one country
and mankind
its citizens."
- Baha'u'llah
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Career
Highlights
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Coach/Consultant/Co-ordinator/Planner
. . . especially in a
people-oriented organization which offers challenge, variety,
responsibility and opportunity to learn, as well as opportunity to train
and coach in community improvement, personal development, research and
analysis, transportation planning, traffic safety, statistics, personal finance,
computer database creation, or visual communications.
EMPLOYMENT & CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS
Visual Communications - Website
Development
AbundanceNet.com, various volunteer organizations
Visual Communications - Print Layout and Design (including logo
design, mapping)
AbundanceNet.com, P.D. Promo Arts, Fletcher Printing, Advisor Graphics,
Associated Engineering, Waskasoo Printing, Galaxy Printing, Province
Printing & Graphics, various volunteer organizations
Visual Communications - Photography
AbundanceNet.com, P.D. Promo Arts
Training - Traffic Safety
Defensive Driving School of Canada
Training - Personal Development
P.D. Promo Arts, Image One School of Modelling and Personal Development,
Primerica Financial Services
Training - Financial Education
Primerica Financial Services, Junior Achievement
Training - Graphic Arts
Province Printing & Graphics, Galaxy Printing, Waskasoo Printing
Publishing - Internet
AbundanceNet.com, Focus on the Red Deer Region, Springbrook-Waskasoo
Life
Publishing - Magazine & Newsletter Production
Focus on Western Manitoba, various volunteer organizations
Research & Analysis - Transportation Planning
Associated Engineering
Consulting & Sales
Primerica Financial Services, Waskasoo Printing, Province Printing &
Graphics, AbundanceNet.com, P.D. Promo Arts
Supervising & Co-ordinating
Province Printing & Graphics, AbundanceNet.com, P.D. Promo Arts,
Associated Engineering, Waskasoo Printing, manager of 12-unit
Innisfail apartment building 9 years, various volunteer organizations
Editing, Copywriting, Report Production
AbundanceNet.com, Focus on Western Manitoba, Associated Engineering
Printing Production
pressman, assistant web pressman, typesetter, paper cutter, binder for 3
printing companies in Manitoba and Forest Free Press in Ontario
EDUCATION
June 1966 Graduated GRADE 12 North Lambton
High School, Forest, Ontario
9/71 - 6/72 Red River Community College, Winnipeg, Manitoba
GRAPHIC ARTS Certificate, SEARS AWARD for highest standing in
class
other
1982 Fundamentals of Applied Municipal Engineering - Red Deer
College, Red Deer, Alberta
1982 Short Course in Traffic Control - U of A Extension, Red Deer,
Alberta
1985 Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations,
Red Deer, Alberta
1992 Emergency Vehicle Advanced Driving Course, Red Deer, Alberta
2000 Life Insurance, Segregated Fund, Mutual Fund Certification, Red
Deer, Alberta
2003 Several Peak Potentials courses including Train the Trainer,
Warrior, Life Directions
2005 Certified E-Business Consultant course,
Edmonton, Alberta, online
INTERESTS, VOLUNTEERING AND RELATED INFORMATION
Self-taught in Personal Computer skills including word
processing, database, spreadsheet, graphics
Served as Chairman of the Civic Affairs policy committee of
Red Deer
Chamber of Commerce
Current Vice-President of Central Alberta Regional Trails Society
(CARTS)
Served as volunteer Registration Co-ordinator for
Arthritis Society Central Alberta
Current and founding member of Harvard Historical Aviation Society
Current member of Advisory Committee of Junior Achievement Central
Alberta
Served as President, Secretary and Treasurer of
Springbrook Condominiums
Board of Directors
Served as President of Springbrook Community Association
for 3 years
Served as Treasurer of Baha'i Community in Innisfail for 10 years
Served as President and founding member of former
Alberta Central Model
Railroad Club
Hobbies include: Website Development, Model Railroading, Statistics,
Mapping, Community Development, Geneology, Transportation History
Clean driving record (had class 4 Drivers and Alberta Instructors
Licences while at driving school)
Had Alberta Life Insurance and Securities Licences while at Primerica
Financial Services
Amplified
Resume
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS by Employer
2/2005 - present
ABUNDANCENET.COM, Red Deer,
Alberta
- Internet property development and website creation
- Publisher of online magazines Springbrook-Waskasoo Life and Focus on
Red Deer Region
- Operating as AbundanceCreations.com for simple custom website
development
- Successfully completed 7 stage certification training program
- Created 27 dealer world network in home business internet training
2/2000 - 2/2005
PRIMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICES,
Red Deer, Alberta
- Licenced to sell life insurance, segregated funds, mutual funds in
Alberta
- Coached, advised and created financial plans for over 100 clients
- Public presentations on how money works, investing and benefits of
joining company
- Office training programs on personal development, goal setting, tax
strategies, etc.
- Close to one million dollars of investments under management
- Created and trained team of 10 licenced representatives
Reason for leaving: Desire to create web development, internet and
online magazine business
1/1987 - 2/2000
DEFENSIVE DRIVING SCHOOL OF CANADA INC.,
Red Deer, Alberta
operating as RED DEER DRIVING SCHOOL and LAKELAND DRIVING SCHOOL
- Training and evaluation of in-car and classroom instructors
- Driver evaluations and advanced driving techniques for industrial and
transportation corporations
- Assisted in developing Beginners and Advanced Defensive Driving
Courses, including teaching and testing materials, course manuals, and
promotional brochures
- Up to 100 in-car students taught per year, ages 14-93, some with
severe language difficulties
- Average 20 Beginners Classroom courses taught per year in Red Deer and
throughout Alberta
- 20-30 Advanced Defensive Driving Courses taught per year
- Clean instruction record -- no insurance claims or traffic violations
in 13 years of instruction
Reason for leaving: Company was downsizing and no opportunity for
advancement
4/1984 - 10/1985
PROVINCE PRINTING & GRAPHICS,
Innisfail, Alberta
(Division of Innisfail Province)
- Co-ordinated job scheduling, purchasing, inventory, sales, and
production
- Increased sales by 38% over previous year
- Trained personnel in sales, graphics, and image assembly
- Designed corporate logos and developed attractive promotional
brochures, posters, catalogues, menus, and stationery
Reason for leaving: Economy moves by newspaper resulted in abolition of
printing division
2/1981 - 6/1982
ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING SERVICES
LTD., Red Deer, Alberta
- Technician Trainee -- duties included data collection, research,
analysis, drafting, surveying, report production, interviewing, and
field trips
- Co-ordinated data, and assisted in developing a computer simulation
model of present and future traffic patterns for major Red Deer
transportation study, including 5, 10, and 20-year strategies in city
road network
- Researched, catalogued and classified types of dangerous goods depots
and modes of travel within city of Red Deer, and developed proposals for
dangerous goods routes
- Collected, analysed and developed 20-year projection data on land use,
population growth, traffic counts and patterns, parking, truck and bus
routing, railroad crossings and relocation, and external growth effects
for Red Deer Transportation Study Update 1982
- Collected and analysed data for major transit study, including traffic
generators and destinations, patron surveys, and ridership
characteristics
- Designed report and proposal covers and exhibits, co-ordinated report
production, produced maps and charts in meticulous detail
Reason for leaving: Economic down-turn resulted in restructuring of
company and loss of several positions
8/1977 - 2/1980
IMAGE ONE (P.D. PROMO ARTS LTD.), Red Deer, Alberta
- Managed school of modelling and personal development and model agency
- Instructed portions of advanced modelling classes, coached graduates,
and developed agency of 24 professional models and hostesses
- Produced, directed and co-ordinated fashion shows
- Photographed amateur and professional models for career portfolios
Reason for leaving: Business closed due to limited market potential at
the time
10/1973 - 8/1977
ADVISOR GRAPHICS and
FLETCHER PRINTING, both in Red Deer,
Alberta
- Design, layout, image assembly, pre-press
- Logo development
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