dynamic, ambitious and proactive professional with extensive experience in supporting non-profit missionary objectives at an international level.  offering over 10 years of fundraising, development, marketing and relationship building skills, as well as program development and counseling.  caring and compassionate, with a sincere desire to support the fundraising, development and community awareness objectives of a worthwhile organization.  

core competencies include:

   program development and management

   bilingual - english/spanish

   cultivate strategic partnerships

   gain cooperation of others

   persuasive speaking and presentation

   mentoring and training others

   secure financial support

   ministry and counseling

professional history

baptist international missions, inc., chattanooga tn (2000 to 2009)

missionary

   provided leadership, counseling and religious education to communities throughout mexico.

   established us sponsors to fund the establishment of a church in jalisco, mexico.

   identified possible sponsors, identified key decision makers and made presentations to secure funding; updated and reported on new progress and happenings as a result of their support.

   gained the ability to speak fluent spanish within the first year; communicated with townspeople on the fundamentals of the baptist religion, and introduced adult and children s bible study classes to share lessons and provide spiritual inspiration.

   led prayer groups, read sacred texts from the bible, prepared and delivered sermons, organized and lead religious services, and shared information about religious issues by giving speeches and teaching.

   counseled individuals and groups concerning their spiritual, emotional, and personal needs.

baptist international missions, inc., chattanooga, tn (1988 to 2000)

computer department manager

   provided maintenance and oversight for the computer department; performed programming, networking, troubleshooting and systems integration.

   redesigned the accounting system to include upgrades and new technology, and moved system from the terminals and attached it to a mainframe to allow pc s to run on a database called dataflex; rewrote accounting programs using microsoft access, visual basic and sql server.

   effectively created and supervised all ap/ar and bookkeeping programs; and maintained current industry knowledge to introduce new products and processes to maximize efficiency of the business office.

   purchased new computers, hardware and software, and provided end-user training to all administrative staff.

   programmed new pc s and notebooks for missionaries to enable them to maintain communication with the church.

education

chattanooga state technical community college - associates degree of science, electrical engineering

tennessee temple university - bachelor of arts degree, bible