Kris Rowlands

Kris Rowlands

Experienced GTD, Productivity & Organization Consultant

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Current
  • Professional GTD, Productivity & Organization Consultant at Fresh Focus on Productivity
Past
  • Document Information Administrator & Designer at Alcoa
  • Lead Mechanical Designer at Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation
  • Mechanical Designer at Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems
  • Admin Assistant at BrainMaster Technologies
Education
  • ITT Technical Institute
  • Black River High School
Connections
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Industry
Professional Training & Coaching
Websites

Kris Rowlands’s Summary

In her former life, Kris was a upper level retail district manager for many fast food and retail chains. Being organized and able to produce, she was sent around from store to store to organize them and bring them into the black. She has dealt with many a challenge, including customer growth, employee restructuring as well as bring red stores into the “black”.

In her current life, she was pushed into school by someone who thought her to be wasting her talents on the retail realm. Now she is degreed in computer aided drafting and design, and currently employed by a Fortune 100 company in another organization capacity. She has the responsibility of organizing and restructuring the corporations’ entire plant history, which includes government aerospace defense contracts, ITAR controlled equipment, and daily maintenance processes. She is responsible for both digital and tactile medias.

Kris, being the child of a hoarder, has grow up her entire life organizing things around her: it is as natural to her as breathing. With over twenty-five years experience, she is honored to offer you her services, in this time of need for busy professionals and entrepreneurs. She can step into any situation , assess it, and determine both the quickest and most productive way to come to an organized solution. Kris is both an expert and professional in her field. Her ability to Get Things Done and teach you how to do it is amazing. She will work with you as long as you need, is always professional and treats each customer with the utmost confidentiality.

Kris is available for consultations, by phone, WebEx and in person. Please feel free to contact her at any time to set up an appointment. She’d be overjoyed to share her skills with you and get you on your path to Getting Things Done with organization and productivity.

Please feel free to call her at 330.899.4925 or email to coaching@freshfocus.info. If she is unavailable, she will definitely contact you as soon as possible.

Kris Rowlands’s Specialties:

Professional Organization and Productivity Expert


Kris Rowlands’s Experience

  • Professional GTD, Productivity & Organization Consultant

    Fresh Focus on Productivity

    (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

    January 2008Present (1 year 7 months)

    When you have to find that special document, does it take you days? Are you late to meetings because you've forgotten the time or location? Do you have trouble knowing which way is up because your schedule is so disorganized?

    You're not alone.

    I have encountered many people and corporations that are disorganized and unproductive. But you know what? That all stops NOW!

    Whether you call or email me at coach@freshfocus.info, take two seconds and contact me now. I will make the biggest impact on your life by renewing your ability to stay on task and get things done.

    I'd love to hear from you! Contact me right now!

  • Document Information Administrator & Designer

    Alcoa

    (Public Company; AA; Mining & Metals industry)

    March 2008January 2009 (11 months)

    • Administrator of Central Engineering PLM database for all facility maintenance, machinery and grounds.

    • Designer of parts and fixes for machine or facility repairs.

    • Worked independently on migration format of PLM database containing 80,000+ drawings.

    • Re-organization of 80,000+ legacy files, both hard copy and digital.

  • Lead Mechanical Designer

    Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation

    (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

    20062008 (2 years)

  • Mechanical Designer

    Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems

    (Airlines/Aviation industry)

    August 2006March 2008 (1 year 8 months)

    • Three dimensional modeling and drafting within the Catia environment

    • Lead designer on a billion dollar military “try before you buy” program

    • Filleting, chamfers, plane creation, and face removal were all part of my modeling work

    • 3D geometry creation in actual 3d space

    • Direct report to engineers and technical staff for work assignments

    • Daily work in the PLM environment of SmarTeam

    • Problem solving and solution gathering for various questions raised by support staff and engineers

  • Admin Assistant

    BrainMaster Technologies

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    20022004 (2 years)

    • Processing and packaged orders locally and internationally for an FDA approved company.

    • Assisting customers with technical support issues.

    • Worked independently on creation of FDA control documents as well as instructional documents.

    • Performed analysis to verify quality of manufactured goods.


Kris Rowlands’s Education

  • ITT Technical Institute

    Computer Design & Drafting 20022004

  • Black River High School

    19821986


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Kris Rowlands’s Interests:

Productivity, organization, software, online reviews, product reviews

Kris Rowlands’s Groups:

  •    eOffice
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    BlogHer
  •    Getting Things Done (GTD) - David Allen Network of Innovators
  •    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
  •    Social Media Influence
  •    LinkedWorking Cleveland
  •    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
  •    Emplayce Professional Organizer Network
  •    JobsDirectUSA.com
  •    Linked Local Akron, OH

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