
Caseworker at Congressman Larry Kissell
Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

Caseworker at Congressman Larry Kissell
Fayetteville, North Carolina Area
• Broad political, business & technical experience:
* Political field organizing
* Business plan development & implementation
* Website design & development
• Political writing, editing & analysis, in-field campaign management, business system & website implementation
(Political Organization industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
• Liaise with constituents and federal agencies to facilitate favorable outcomes
• Locate & identify potential sources of legislation
• Research federal, state and local resources for meeting constituents' needs
• Conceptualize & implement local community outreach initiatives
• Actively identify public and military outreach events for district office & congressional participation
• Consistently maintain detailed computer records for constituent & community meetings and events
• Supervise & train local volunteer intern staff
• Manage supplies & equipment, design & organize layout & appearance of local district office
(Political Organization industry)
August 2008 — November 2008 (4 months)
*** Lead a team of volunteers to elect Larry Kissell to Congress ***
• Field organized, managed and executed volunteer recruitment, voter outreach and a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) effort in 2 counties
• Managed a 7 day-a-week schedule for a team of 50-75 volunteer phone bankers and canvassers
• Lead team to make over 30,000 phone dials and contact over 7500 voters
• Performed nightly accounting of all voter contacts
• Results were a 17 & 19% victory in each county and significantly above Presidential outcomes
• Performed extensive daily volunteer recruitment effort at events, by phone and throughout community
• Successfully coordinated high-profile events with excellent turnout under highly demanding time frames
• Consistently met or exceeded rapidly increasing goals
(Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)
June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)
• Conducted and co-coordinated volunteer recruitment effort in the Northeast region of Wake County, NC
• Performed voter registration at events and throughout the community
(Political Organization industry)
July 2003 — July 2008 (5 years 1 month)
• Contributing Editor and publisher responsible for writing, editing and monitoring diverse news sources & analyzing information for writing feature articles, short stories, essays, editorial pieces, press releases, research reports and creative opinion pieces.
• Complete website design & implementation including HTML/CSS, FTP, Javascript, modifying PHP, etc.
• Content published on numerous websites
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2007 — February 2008 (8 months)
• Performed all agency website content editing and updates, in addition to all maintenance, regular FTP uploads, HTML/CSS editing, complete website “face-lift,” including redesigning the layout/menu system and integrating new web-based file-sharing technologies.
• Evaluate, design, plan and implement various IT solutions including technologies related to Intelligent Transportation Systems and making recommendations for their implementation.
• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of IT for the organization including all web-based technologies, networking, desktop support and systems administration.
(Internet industry)
September 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 6 months)
• Created all web content optimized for customer as well as various search engine audiences.
• Developed partnerships with agents from across the state by providing excellent customer service and maintaining an unblemished Better Business Bureau track record.
(Real Estate industry)
October 2003 — February 2008 (4 years 5 months)
Founder of ground breaking national network of real estate investors
• Built national network of real estate investing professionals through:
• Designing and implementing highly profitable online business plan
• Developing online and offline marketing and SEO strategies
• Engineering innovative scalable real estate investing engine
• Creating nationally recognized brand
• Establishing partnerships with related industry leaders
• Providing excellent customer service
• Communicating consistent public messages
• Expanding public relations opportunities
• Offering unparalleled cutting-edge services
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1997 — October 2003 (6 years 5 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Networking industry)
June 1997 — October 2003 (6 years 5 months)
Broad range of expertise in installing, upgrading, rolling-out and troubleshooting hardware, software & networking issues in a Novell NDS/ZenWorks & Windows 2000/Active Directory-based network. Coordinated the completion of dozens of highly visible projects on time and within budget.
• Successfully completed numerous contracts for coordinating rollouts & upgrades of dozens of LANs consisting of hundreds of Windows 95/98/2000 workstations, Novell & Windows 2000 servers, Cisco routers & switches, Synoptic hubs, patch paneling, network cabling, APC UPSs & NCR, IBM & HP LaserJet networked printers.
• Designed scripts and coordinated projects with numerous departments.
• Performed advanced in-field troubleshooting.
• Supervised numerous contractors & banking personnel.
• Designed, installed & configured a WAN between a freight distribution center & offices.
• Designed TCP/IP addressing scheme
B.A. , Political Science , 2005 — 2009
Magna Cum Laude
Multidisciplinary Studies 1997 — 1999
Dean's List / Areas of Study: English, Sociology & Russian Literature
A.A. , Liberal Arts , 1994 — 1997
Cum Laude
Additional Company Websites: http://www.We-Buy-And-Sell-Homes.com * http://www.NationwideHomeBuyer.com * http://www.We-Buy-Houses-Nationwide.com * http://Blog.We-Buy-And-Sell-Homes.com
Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Honor Society, Triangle Real Estate Investors Association
Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor Society Member
CERTIFICATIONS:
MCSA (Windows 2000), CCNA & CCDA (expired) & Cisco Sales Expert.