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Career
Highlights
Rec ently
Retired;
President - Forth Junction Heritage Society & Central Alberta Regional
Trails Society (CARTS), Historian, Advocate, Researcher
CAREER POSITIONS have
included
JA Regional Coordinator,
Financial Coach, Website Designer, Driving Instructor, Printing
Supervisor, Publisher, Editor, Graphic Artist, Transportation Analyst
. . . specializing
in financial awareness, event coordination, railway history,
visual communications, intelligent urban growth, traffic safety, data
collection,
inter-community trail
development, urban and interurban passenger movement,
cultural appreciation, marketing and report production
Special Projects involved in include:
Red Deer Transit
Study 1981,
Red Deer Transportation Study Update 1982,
Central Alberta Regional Trails Initiative 1999,
Springbrook Redevelopment Plan 1999,
Gasoline Alley West/Liberty Crossing
Urban Concept Plan 2006,
Gasoline Alley East Concept Plan 2007,
Springbrook Heritage Urban Design Plan 2007,
Greater Downtown (Red Deer) Action Plan Update
2008,
High Speed Rail Policy Paper Red Deer Chamber of
Commerce 2008, 2011,
Springbrook-Penhold Trail Initiative 1999-2008,
Alberta Central Historical Model Rail Project
2008-2016,
History of Railways in Central Alberta Research
Project 1985-2016,
Forth Junction Major Tourism Heritage Project 2009-2016
Publisher of:
RedDeerRegion.com,
Springbrook-Waskasoo Life
Webmaster:
Forth Junction
Heritage Society,
Central
Alberta Regional Trails Society,
Springbrook Community Association,
Div3
Recreation & Culture Board
Current Project: The Railway as a Catalyst in the
Urbanization of Central Alberta
Website
Development:
Central
Alberta Websites
Volunteer Service to the Community:
President of Forth Junction
Heritage Society
President & former Vice-President of
Central Alberta Regional Trails Society (CARTS)
Past President of
Springbrook Community Association
(served on Board for 15 years)
Treasurer & former President and Secretary of
Springbrook Condominiums Board
of Directors
Member & former Chair of
Red Deer County Division 3 Recreation
and Culture Board
Treasurer of Central Alberta
Historical Society
Former member of Regional Leadership Council of
Junior Achievement Central
Alberta
Former member of the
Transportation, Civic Affairs and Housing & Infrastructure policy committees
of
Red Deer Chamber of Commerce
Founding member of Harvard
Historical Aviation Society
Founding member of
Forth Junction Heritage Society
Served as volunteer Registration Co-ordinator for
Arthritis Society Central
Alberta
Served as Treasurer of Baha'i
Community in Innisfail for 10 years
Served as President and founding member of former
Alberta Central Model
Railroad Club
Candidate for County Councillor in Division 3 Red Deer County 2007
(unelected)
EMPLOYMENT & CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS
Research & Analysis - Transportation Planning
Associated Engineering
Supervising & Co-ordinating
Junior Achievement (Central Alberta),
Province Printing & Graphics, Central Alberta Websites, P.D. Promo Arts,
Associated Engineering, Waskasoo Printing, manager of 12-unit
Innisfail apartment building 9 years, various volunteer organizations
Publishing - Internet
Central Alberta Websites, RedDeerRegion.com, Springbrook-Waskasoo
Life
Publishing - Magazine & Newsletter Production
Focus on Western Manitoba, various volunteer organizations
Editing, Copywriting, Report Production
Central Alberta Websites, Focus on Western Manitoba, Associated Engineering
Visual Communications - Website
Development
Central Alberta Websites, various volunteer organizations
Visual Communications - Print Layout and Design (including logo
design, mapping)
Central Alberta Websites, P.D. Promo Arts, Fletcher Printing, Advisor Graphics,
Associated Engineering, Waskasoo Printing, Galaxy Printing, Province
Printing & Graphics, various volunteer organizations
Visual Communications - Photography
Central Alberta Websites, P.D. Promo Arts
Coaching and Training - Traffic Safety
Defensive Driving School of Canada
Coaching and Training - Personal Development
Junior Achievement (Central Alberta),
P.D. Promo Arts, Image One School of Modelling and Personal Development,
Primerica Financial Services
Coaching and Training - Financial Education
Primerica Financial Services, Junior Achievement (Central Alberta)
Coaching and Training - Graphic Arts
Province Printing & Graphics, Galaxy Printing, Waskasoo Printing
Consulting & Sales
Primerica Financial Services, Waskasoo Printing, Province Printing &
Graphics, Central Alberta Websites, P.D. Promo Arts
Printing Production
pressman, assistant web pressman, typesetter, paper cutter, binder for 3
printing companies in Manitoba and Forest Free Press in Ontario
Data Collection & Enumeration
Statistics Canada 2011 Census & 2006 Census, Elections Alberta Voters
List Update
EDUCATION
June 1966 Graduated GRADE 12 North Lambton
High School, Forest, Ontario
9/71 - 6/72 Red River Community College, Winnipeg, Manitoba
GRAPHIC ARTS Certificate, SEARS AWARD for highest standing in
class
other
1982 Fundamentals of Applied Municipal Engineering - Red Deer
College, Red Deer, Alberta
1982 Short Course in Traffic Control - U of A Extension, Red Deer,
Alberta
1985 Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations,
Red Deer, Alberta
1992 Emergency Vehicle Advanced Driving Course, Red Deer, Alberta
2000 Life Insurance, Segregated Fund, Mutual Fund Certification, Red
Deer, Alberta
2003 Several Peak Potentials courses including Train the Trainer,
Warrior, Life Directions
2005 Certified E-Business Consultant course,
Edmonton, Alberta, online
Self-taught in Personal Computer skills including word processing,
database, spreadsheet, graphics
Extensive research in railway history, transportation and military
history of Central Alberta,
trail development, urban planning, interurban transit, population
growth, cultural diversity
Hobbies include: Website Development, Model Railroading, Statistics,
Mapping, Community Development,
Geneology, Transportation History
Clean driving record (had class 4 Drivers and Alberta Instructors
Licences while at driving school)
Had Alberta Life Insurance and Securities Licences while at Primerica
Financial Services
CAREER
& EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Chronological Amplified
Resume
2/2012 - 4/2016
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT Southern Alberta
Regional Co-ordinator Central Alberta Region 2012-14
Event & Development Co-ordinator Central Alberta 2014-16
- coordinated annual World of Choices Career Forum 2014-16
- coordinated annual Economics for Success event at Red Deer College and
Olds College 2012-16
4/2011 - 9/2011
STATISTICS CANADA 2011 CENSUS & ELECTIONS
ALBERTA
Enumerator
2/2005 - present
CENTRAL ALBERTA WEBSITES, Red Deer,
Alberta
- Internet property development and website creation
- Publisher of online magazines Springbrook-Waskasoo Life and
RedDeerRegion.com
- Successfully completed 7 stage certification training program
- Created 27 dealer world network in home business internet training
2/2000 - 2/2005
PRIMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICES,
Red Deer, Alberta
- Licenced to sell life insurance, segregated funds, mutual funds in
Alberta
- Coached, advised and created financial plans for over 100 clients
- Public presentations on how money works, investing and benefits of
joining company
- Office training programs on personal development, goal setting, tax
strategies, etc.
- Close to one million dollars of investments under management
- Created and trained team of 10 licenced representatives
Reason for leaving: Desire to create web development, internet and
online magazine business
1/1987 - 2/2000
DEFENSIVE DRIVING SCHOOL OF CANADA INC.,
Red Deer, Alberta
operating as RED DEER DRIVING SCHOOL and LAKELAND DRIVING SCHOOL
- Training and evaluation of in-car and classroom instructors
- Driver evaluations and advanced driving techniques for industrial and
transportation corporations
- Assisted in developing Beginners and Advanced Defensive Driving
Courses, including teaching and testing materials, course manuals, and
promotional brochures
- Up to 100 in-car students taught per year, ages 14-93, some with
severe language difficulties
- Average 20 Beginners Classroom courses taught per year in Red Deer and
throughout Alberta
- 20-30 Advanced Defensive Driving Courses taught per year
- Clean instruction record -- no insurance claims or traffic violations
in 13 years of instruction
Reason for leaving: Company was downsizing and no opportunity for
advancement
4/1984 - 10/1985
PROVINCE PRINTING & GRAPHICS,
Innisfail, Alberta
(Division of Innisfail Province)
- Co-ordinated job scheduling, purchasing, inventory, sales, and
production
- Increased sales by 38% over previous year
- Trained personnel in sales, graphics, and image assembly
- Designed corporate logos and developed attractive promotional
brochures, posters, catalogues, menus, and stationery
Reason for leaving: Economy moves by newspaper resulted in abolition of
printing division
2/1981 - 6/1982
ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING SERVICES
LTD., Red Deer, Alberta
- Technician Trainee -- duties included data collection, research,
analysis, drafting, surveying, report production, interviewing, and
field trips
- Co-ordinated data, and assisted in developing a computer simulation
model of present and future traffic patterns for major Red Deer
transportation study, including 5, 10, and 20-year strategies in city
road network
- Researched, catalogued and classified types of dangerous goods depots
and modes of travel within city of Red Deer, and developed proposals for
dangerous goods routes
- Collected, analysed and developed 20-year projection data on land use,
population growth, traffic counts and patterns, parking, truck and bus
routing, railroad crossings and relocation, and external growth effects
for Red Deer Transportation Study Update 1982
- Collected and analysed data for major transit study, including traffic
generators and destinations, patron surveys, and ridership
characteristics
- Designed report and proposal covers and exhibits, co-ordinated report
production, produced maps and charts in meticulous detail
Reason for leaving: Economic down-turn resulted in restructuring of
company and loss of several positions
8/1977 - 2/1980
IMAGE ONE (P.D. PROMO ARTS LTD.), Red Deer, Alberta
- Managed school of modelling and personal development and model agency
- Instructed portions of advanced modelling classes, coached graduates,
and developed agency of 24 professional models and hostesses
- Produced, directed and co-ordinated fashion shows
- Photographed amateur and professional models for career portfolios
Reason for leaving: Business closed due to limited market potential at
the time
10/1973 - 8/1977
ADVISOR GRAPHICS and
FLETCHER PRINTING, both in Red Deer,
Alberta
- Design, layout, image assembly, pre-press
- Logo development

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