James Stratford

Current

President at Stratford & Associates
Counselor at Servicenet Inc

Past

Owner IT Consultant at Stratford Associates
Mission Pastor at Lighthouse Baptist Church
Property Manager at Oasis Development Enterprises

Pastor at Bible Baptist Church
Supported Living Provider at James Stratford
Associate Pastor at Faith Baptist Church
Assistant Program Director at Nonotuck Resource Associates
Program Manager (Dir.) at Valley Resource Center
Product Vendor at Brook Farm Distributors
Direct Care Counselor at Valley Resource Center
Dry Wall Subcontractor at James Stratford
Gage Machinist Journeyman at TRW

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Education

Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary
Baptist Bible College East
Greenfield Community College

Liberty University
Thomas Road Bible Institute
Amherst Regional High School

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

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James Stratford’s Summary

Direct Response Marketing, Website Design, SEO, Social Media and all associated. Interested in opportunities in Social Media and SEO since the two can logically integrate to some degree for everyones benefit.

James Stratford’s Specialties:

Search engine optimization (seo), local seo, Direct Response Marketing and Social Media.

James Stratford’s Experience

President

Stratford & Associates

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

Direct Response Marketing, Social Media, and SEO.
Counselor

Servicenet Inc

(Mental Health Care industry)

September 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

Provide program participants with what they need to become more independent.
Create documentations to take to their appointments as well as transporting them there as needed. Dispense medications, train clients to self dispense or package their medications, update all documents through Ehana our online https secures documentation CMS. Encourage the use of public transportation to get around as well as utilizing Mass Rehab for job and vocational counseling and services. Encourage the use of their computer for them to access needed information on the internet to increase their knowlege and independence.

Crisis interventions include listening and interacting with the program participants as well as referring back to DBT or Wrap in order to deal with their rapidly fluctuating emotions to assist them in being more able to handle their de-escalation independently and refer them to appropriate crisis services as needed.

When emergency services are needed proper protocols are followed and act as an intermediary with Police, fire, and ambulance services.

Trained and Certified by Red Cross in 1st Aid and level 2 CPR for portable defibulation as well as applicable State mandated trainings.
Have previously been trained in CBT, DBT, Social Competency Model, Social Roles Valorization (principals of normalization), Labor Relations for Union Management, Objective Driven Supervision, and Psychodynamic Supervision, though not utilized in this setting additionally:

Trained and Certified by Red Cross in 1st Aid and level 2 CPR for portable defibulation as well as applicable State mandated trainings.Chains in learning, Applied Non Violence all levels, and many more to numerous to mention.
Owner IT Consultant

Stratford Associates

(Internet industry)

January 1991 — December 2002 (12 years )

IT Consultant, built, upgrade, troubleshooting, recommended need based computer systems, and tutored user in the use of software.

Direct Response Marketing online via Bulletin Board Services and AOL before the internet. When the internet became public then then transitioned to the internet and later to Ebay a few years later.
During that time was involved in providing web host services, creating websites, and Internet marketing.

While working for Oasis Development Enterprises Stratford Associates handled the grounds, painting and as needed.
Mission Pastor

Lighthouse Baptist Church

(Religious Institutions industry)

October 1997 — May 2002 (4 years 8 months)

Served as the Mission Pastor with the roles of preaching, teaching, administration, outreach, and nursing home ministry. Served on the town council for elder and domestic abuse and served on different committees within our association as well.
Property Manager

Oasis Development Enterprises

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

March 1997 — May 2000 (3 years 3 months)

The property management component was everything from the day to day collecting rent, rent collections, customer service, customer retention, inputting and updating accounts, creating daily reports on time usage, assigning maintenance tasks based upon prioritization, monitoring, supervising, and scheduling maintenance according to changing needs (ie weather, event, or traffic related).

Created the advertising to generate the interest in renting space and showed the space and setup the time for the lease to be signed or another appointment as needed.

Procured Contractors for snow removal, parking lot sweeping, line painting, build outs and repairs at the best price possible when coupled with the ability of the company to perform the work needing to be done in a minimal period of time.
Pastor

Bible Baptist Church

(Non-Profit; Religious Institutions industry)

December 1995 — March 1997 (1 year 4 months)

As pastor and church planter the ministry started while still at Faith Baptist Church and started out of that ministry.
The typical roles of the pastor from preaching, teaching, counseling, locating the physical location of the assembly, as well as administration of the church. Additionally was active in the Fellowships Association, continued to do substitute teaching as needed at FBC.
Supported Living Provider

James Stratford

(Mental Health Care industry)

July 1993 — July 1996 (3 years 1 month)

Supported Living Provider for a dual diagnosed client with a severe reputation that had improved with more consistant behavioral patterns and developed ISP objectives for daily living skills, provided transportations to all appointments, integrated him into our family activities, and acted as the laison between the clinician, psychiatrist, DMH, work program, church, and his family. Proper level 3 behavioral plan implementations for interventions and there were no physical restraints needed during those years which was a huge change as a direct result of the modification of the model.
Associate Pastor

Faith Baptist Church

(Non-Profit; Religious Institutions industry)

November 1992 — November 1995 (3 years 1 month)

Served as Associate Pastor,
Administratively in conjunction with the Board of Directors (corporately), non profits accounting, and monitoring the physical plant as well as the grounds.
Academically as the Chaplain, Music Teacher, and Substitute Teacher.
Ministerally as preacher, teacher, youth director, and music director.
Assistant Program Director

Nonotuck Resource Associates

(Mental Health Care industry)

July 1990 — October 1993 (3 years 4 months)

Was responsible for staff supervision, hiring, and firing in a unionized agency. Overseeing the administration of the level 3 behavior plans by staff and inputting with the clinician as well as creating reports for the psychiatrist for the monthly onsite visits. Oversite for the medications as well from counting the medications and logging them in to dispensing into containers that the staff could administer from. Kept lines of communication open between the agency, work program, and parents. Individual Service Plans were developed and implemented as well as behavioral interventions according to the Social Compency Model. Our agency sought to work within the principals of normalization and abstain from segregation and congregation so community involvement was encouraged and a variety of activities were pursued at different time.
Program Manager (Dir.)

Valley Resource Center

(Mental Health Care industry)

December 1989 — July 1990 (8 months)

Was in charge of all aspects of the program from being sure the clients were best served within the structure of their level 3 treatment plans, their Individual Service Plans, their financial plans, and intereacted with all service providers, staff, and parent (s) in the clients best interests. Responsible for all documentation, dispensing all of the medications and being certain that the medication administration was being executed properly as well as documented properly by staff. Kept track of the property and van for maintenance needs and made calls to schedule accordingly, Smoothed over public relations with the town and the police department from past incidents and worked to quiet things down utilizing the implementation I developed and ran by the clinician, client and informed the parents so they'd be aware.
(The agency shut down and client based was assimulated by the next one)
Product Vendor

Brook Farm Distributors

(Food & Beverages industry)

August 1989 — December 1989 (5 months)

Ran a vending route and was responsible for taking care of the existing customers, ordering, restocking, filling the customers spaces and expanding the customer base as well as expanding what the customers were handling.
Direct Care Counselor

Valley Resource Center

(Mental Health Care industry)

January 1988 — August 1989 (1 year 8 months)

Responsible to follow the instructions of the clinician in the setting of their home and in the community. Provided transportation to appointments, assisted with Daily Learning Skills for them to learn independence. Wrote notes in the daily log as well as monthly and quarterly progress notes on each client.
Dry Wall Subcontractor

James Stratford

(Construction industry)

October 1986 — October 1988 (2 years 1 month)

Dry wall subcontracting for a variety of companies as well as a few jobs of our own. Supervised my crew(s), loaded drywall, measured, cut, and installed including corner beading. Additionally taped and sanded drywall when we were low on hanging it.
Gage Machinist Journeyman

TRW

(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

July 1978 — July 1986 (8 years 1 month)

Created tooling and threaded gages according to blueprints with .5 thousands tolerance. For the larger one it was done with a variety of machines and for the smaller ones part of it was done by hand which was a special skillset that not everyone could master. Ranged in size from 00 - 120 to 5/8-40 and even more diverse if for a special order.

James Stratford’s Education

Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary

Biblical Studies 1992 — 1993
Baptist Bible College East

Bible and Theology 1991 — 1993
Greenfield Community College

Computer Information Systems/Business 1986 — 1988
Liberty University

Youth, Bible/Theology 1974 — 1978

Activities and Societies:

A member of:
Youth Aflame
Youth Aflame Singers
Thomas Road Bible Institute

Bible and Theology 1974 — 1974

Transferred to LU at that time it was Lychburg Baptist College.
Amherst Regional High School