BIOGRAPHY

Personal

Resident of Madison, Wisconsin.
Persistent thinker, adventurer, and vigilant student of self-mastery.
Value my commitments; loyal to others. Continually assess my own behavior to integrate what I teach.
Strong team player comfortable managing the creative tension
often necessary to generate personal breakthroughs.

Education

M.S. in Administration from CSU, Bakersfield, 1997
M.A. in Spiritual Psychology, University of Santa Monica, 1995.
B.S. in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from CSU, Chico, 1981
Certified Social Media Consultant, SmartyVA.com, 2010
Coach U Graduate, 2000
Corporate Coach U International Graduate, 2001

Technical Skills

Advanced PC/Window Software user; early adopter of PC (1986), Internet (1995)
Twelve years experience designing business websites in Dreamweaver.
Advanced experience in the design and conduct of teleclasses and webinars using a variety of platforms.
Advanced experience in all aspects of e-commerce and information product creation.
Certified Social Media Consultant, with experience in LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
One year video editting experience with Camtasia.

Business and Life Coach

Ten years experience coaching individuals and business owners in perfecting their personal and business lives.
Gifted listener, guide, and truth-teller.
Founded FacilitatorU.com, a Virtual University offering virtual training, tools, and resources to facilitators, trainers, and group leaders.
First Site Manager for CoachVille.com the worlds first and only International Internet Portal for Life Coaches.
Served two years as a virtual staff member at Coach U, the world's largest coach training organization.
Completed CoachU and Corporate CoachU Training Programs.

Trainer and Facilitator

Manager and chief trainer of FacilitatorU.com, offering virtual training, tools, and resources to facilitators, trainers, and group leaders.
Design and deliver regular teleclasses on a variety of facilitation and training topics.
Co-developed a 5-day workshop, The Journey of Facilitation and Collaboration in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Publish the Master Facilitator Journal to 5,000 readers in 100 countries, providing weekly tips, resources, and tools to support facilitators, trainers, and group leaders since May, 2002.
Licensed Facilitator for the "Coaching Clinic," a two-day seminar for leaders to experience and learn coaching skills and competencies for application within their workplace.
Coordinated and facilitated an innovative work-based curriculum called the Master Worker Project for 5 years at Cerro Coso Community College in California, USA.
Facilitated a community collaboration between business, industry, government, education to design a curriculum with 16 workplace competencies.
Facilitated "emotional mastery" to enhance personal qualities, i.e., self-esteem, responsibility, integrity, respect, and teamwork.
Designed and facilitated over 100 meetings within the business and educational communities to refine project details.
Made presentations at national conferences.
Recipient of 1997 "Innovation of the Year" Award from Kern Community College District.
Project coordinator and member of the Master Worker Board of Directors, a community guidance and certification team.
Member and facilitator of the "Creating Healthy Lives" wellness Council and Executive Board in Ridgecrest, CA.
Member of the International Association of Facilitators.
Certified Master Facilitator (International Institute for Facilitation, INIFAC)

Design Engineer and Technical Manager

Seventeen years experience in engineering services in both government and industry sectors (held Secret Security Clearance).
Directed a department of 45 technical staff. As Director, also served as corporate principal, responsible for personnel matters. Led a team providing a new "full-spectrum" marketing service to government clients.
Over 10 years of writing experience completing dozens of successful proposals, reports, manuals, and technical papers.

Professional Writer

Wrote and published nearly a dozen online e-books and one paperback.
Write and publish an online newsletter called, "The Master Facilitator Journal," distributed to 5,000 readers weekly in 100 countries.
Developed three winning grant proposals for Master Worker Project.
Documented curriculum delivery and collaborative process in "The Master Worker Guidebook," Vol. 1 & 2.
Disseminated both guidebooks to all 108 California community colleges.

Personal Interests

I am here to awaken potential in myself and others. I love working with creative people on a spiritual path who are serious about making a contribution.
Periodically teach a weekend course in a meditation technique called Ascension.
Love to facilitate the reclaiming of dreams by reflecting and endorsing people's innate gifts.
Self-directed student of spiritual traditions, consciousness studies, transpersonal psychology, mysticism, perennial philosophies, leadership, and personal growth for 25 years, with a personal library of over 300 books on these subjects.
Knowledgeable of alternative healing modalities and the maintenance of optimal health.
Attend numerous workshops on contemporary therapeutic and spiritual practices.
Private pilot.
Musician for over 30 years playing the guitar and occasionally the saxophone.
Certified Scuba Diver; enjoy vacations in tropical locations.