Resume and Curriculum Vita

Employment History:
December 2007-February 2010       Editorial Consultant for : The Portland Alliance
                   Am on the editorial board and serve as a consultant for this 30 year old
                   Portland Institution
July 2007-August 2009                   Editor in Chief: The Gathering Managing editor

                   and layout and design editor for a magazine for the combined Faculty
                   Federations PCCFF/PCCFCE/AFT/AFL-CIO/Local 2277
December 2004-January 2008        Writing Tutor in Upward Bound Program at PCC
                   Tutoring Students www.WritingResource.net/ Damon Hickok, Supervisor
September 1995-February 2010        Private Tutor & Computer Consultant
                   specializing in ESL and ENNL.  Use a unique system of student-specific
                   web resources, diagnostics, and remediation. Also assist individuals,
                   businesses, and non-profits with web pages, servers, and computer literacy.
July 2005-February 2006               Literacy Consultant for Beaverton Literacy Council
                   Spoke at Orientation, Participated at board meetings and training
                   Liaison: Carole Pye
September 2004-February 2010    Radio Commentator and Host at
                  KBOO Labor Radio
June 2003-November 2007           Union Vice-President for the
                  PCC Faculty Federation /AFT/AFL-CIO.  Did organizing, committee Work,
                  and served on the executive council, Union Vitae (most recently Publicist)
September 2000-June 2003            Professor of Writing & Computers at PCC
                 Sylvania Campus.   Taught CIS-120, Writing 80, Writing 90, Research, &
                  CAS-133 Delyse Totten, Kathy Bernunzio/ Taught two sections of Writing
                  80, seventeen sections of CIS 120-Computer Concepts One, one section of
                  CAS-133 Office 2000 applications
Spring 2001-January 2004          Internationally Certified Master Tutor Tutored
          Writing, Composition, English and other subjects or in the Student Success Center
          Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus (Fran Palk-supervisor)
           My website is still used as a resource: www.writingresource.org/ also worked
           with a Conversation Group
September 1995 -Feb 2010 Curriculum Developer   http://www.writingresources.org/

             ~~~ ESL, composition, sentence structure, grammar, creative writing, etc.
May 1998 to Feb 2010        Web Site Administrator ActiveResource.org
             ActiveResources.org  ActivismResource.org   AlternativeNewsResource.org
             ComputerResource.org   InternationalPeaceresources.org
             P eaceResource.com   PeaceResource.org    ReadingResources.org
             TheWordsmithCollection.org   Unionresource.org   WritingResource.info
           WritingResource.net   WritingResource.org   WritingResources.org and
            others. My duties include administration of several thousand web pages and
            supervision and maintenance of the International Peace Resource Center
            Library in Missoula, Montana.
Fall 2001-June 2003    Received grants for Curriculum Development and Service
               Learning.  I provided and developed specific resources on ESL, ENL, syntax, rhetoric, composition, sentence structure, grammar, creative writing, and more.
October 99 to February 2010   Private Web site consultant and designer
                 Certified through the International Association of Web Masters and Designers November 1995-June 2000    Substitute teacher in Missoula County Public Schools.
Summer 96-June 2003 Editor/Publisher The Wordsmith Collection:  magazine for writing
                 & creative arts www.wordsmithcollection.com/ Duties include magazine
                  publication, online publishing, setup and hosting of local art shows.
Winter of 1999     Taught Seminars on Writing and Study Skills at the University of
                 Montana at Missoula (specialing in Native American Populations)
Summer 97, 98, 99, 2000, and 2001.     Independent Contractor Supervisor and
                   Instructor for Royal Amusements, Inc. / Butler Amusements, Inc.
Fall 1995 to Spring 1998     Tutor: Completed Certification Program as Master Tutor
                   and Tutored in the Equal Opportunity Program at Univ of MT at Missoula
                  (supervised by Ray Carlisle and Suzy Hampton) (400 hours prox)
Fall 1995 to February 2010 Private tutoring: study skills, writing, literature, computers,
                  history,composition, behavioral science, sociology, and other subjects.
Aug. 1995 and August 1998 stage crew Western Montana State Fair.
                    Supervised by Jay Bradley (406) 721-2765.   We installed stage, lighting,
                    and sound components & provided security for the acts at the fair.
1991-1995    Tutor at the Learning Assistance Center and the Writing Center at
                    Northern Arizona University. Completed 400+ hours of writing instruction
                    and tutoring. Ms. Rodriquez was my supervisor in the Writing Center and
                    with Gwen Crites in the LAC.
1991-1992 Public Relations, writing, columns, etc. The Arizona Daily Sun / Flagstaff, AZ
1990-95        Taxi Driver in Flagstaff, Arizona.   Worked for Dream Taxi and then helped
                     establish and build A Friendly Cab. The owner is Pat Ball/ Flagstaff/Arizona
1986-90 Owner and General Manager Martin Installation/ Covina, CA
                      (pallet rack, lockers, shelving, conveyors, offices, partitions, and custom
                       material handling equipment) I was a licensed contractor and performed
                        all duties typical of any small-business owner, including supervision and
                       management of sixteen employees.
1979-86   Installer, then Installation Manager, then Operations Manager of Engineered
                        Storage Systems / Industry, CA   Duties included management of thirty
                        employees in shipping, installation, delivery, and production depts.
                        I helped develop the necessary computer support systems for the merger
                      of two firms, did major purchasing, reconciled payroll, devised and
                      implemented market strategy, closed sales, and managed inside sales.
                      (Supervisor Garth Gilpin-owner (818) 961- 0961) Sold and installed office
                       partitions, conveyor systems, and other material handling systems in
                        Southern California.
1974-79          Taxi Driver and then Owner\Operator of Taxi Service
                        Saint Louis County, Missouri (ABC Cab Corp. affiliate)

1970-73           Forklift Driver, Dock worker, Paint line finisher at: Hussmann Refrigeration
                       in St. Louis County, Missouri (member of the AFL-CIO employees union)
                        (also worked part-time in Park Maintenance)
1970                 Foundry Worker     at Hampstead Company in Watertown, Massachusetts
                         Co-operative work assignment with Antioch College
1969                 Bicycle Messenger   San Francisco at Xerox Corp.
                        Co-operative education assignment w /Antioch College
1969                Microbiological Research Assistant
                        Washington University Research Facility
Pre '69             Waiter, Busboy, delivery, carnival helper, landscaping, editing,
                        door to door sales, writing.