Administrative Manager for the City of Lake Charles in charge of coordinating projects and activities with city department heads and general city operations. Also, responsible for supervising various city bond projects and the ARRA (Stimulus) program for the city.

Assigned to SWLA Partnership for Economic Development as Business Development Director for Micorenterprise development and the LED's Small & Emerging Business Development.

Cruise Planners, Inc. - Lake Charles, LA September 2001 - present

My wife and I are owner operators of a travel agency specializing in cruise travel and resort packages. As a small business operator, we must formulate budgets, sales forecasts, market analysis and planning.

Laboratory Manger for Industrial Zeolite - Lecompte, LA July 2002- July 2003.

The facility was a new chemical plant in the startup phase of operations and was scheduled to begin shipping product by September or October of 2002. In order for the chemical plant to ship product, P&G (the major customer) required that the laboratory become certified to their approval.

I was hired as laboratory manger under Frank Viguerie, Plant Manager, in late July 2002. My express purpose was to establish a successful and quality laboratory operation. I was responsible for interviewing, staffing, and training all laboratory technicians, as there were no laboratory technicians when I was hired. I successfully implemented a training and quality program that secured certification from P&G in October, 2002, 2 ½ months after my hiring and ahead of plant production of product. The certification permitted the chemical plant to begin shipping its first product in November, 2002. I implemented a quality control program to ensure product quality and operations control. I stayed on through two changes in plant management and plant managers while continuing to drive 4 hours round trip every day for a year. Upon my departure, the laboratory was a fully functional and quality based operation.

Owned and operated a retail gift store, Alana's Hallmark - Lake Jackson, TX · 1995-2001

Responsibilities included purchasing, budgeting, hiring, contract negotiation, sales forecasting, and market analysis. As an independent business owner/operator, I have prepared and managed budgets of approximately $750,000. I managed an extensive POS (point of sale), MCS (merchandise control system) and shrinkage procedures to control inventory costs. I have hired, trained, managed and evaluated a diverse staff.

President/CEO Alpha Phi Alpha, a national non-profit organization, Headquartered in Baltimore, MD · 1997-2000

The organization, which was founded in 1906, has over 700 chapters, and 100,000 members located throughout the United States, the West Indies, Europe, and Asia. I led the program to develop a five-year strategic plan that encompassed employee evaluation, fund development, membership services, and convention planning. I also provided direction to three separate foundations, Education Foundation (whose assets doubled within 3 years), Building Foundation and MLK Foundation.

Purpose, Retail, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategic Leadership